Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18
Dramatic and Musical Notes.


William Redmund is winning success in
that great old drama, "Danl Druce."
1t is rumored that this is Viola Aliens
last season as leading woman of the En-
pire theater stock company.
"Charleys Aunt has broken the record
banner of long runs in London. 1t has had
nearly 1,4OO consecutive performances.
The receipts Of Half a King" which
Francis Wilson is PLAYING in New York, York,
of "Erminie'' for the same run. This
breaks comic opera record.
Cora Urquhart Potter has purchased of
George REGINALD the rights to her Biblical
she will bring it to America with her.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield. besides being a
great actor, is a musician Of no mean tenn
eral plays. Aside from this he Is also a
great linguist. speaking six different Ian
guages.
A concert will be given at Lyeeum hall.
nany Rsa tae oi pc
number of the leading musicians OF the
city will be heard on this occasion.
IT is probable that TON Crogan." which
Augustus Thomas aided Hopkinson Smith
in making into q play, may not te produced
has to be done on It to get it into shape
as the first draught was far from salts
factory.
A dramatization of Hardy's novel. Tess
ward and will be produced as soon as
possible. simultaneously In New York and
tond9n The hesSne Will Id6srI be played .sa in
Nine. Sarah Bernhard is hard at work
Dame Aux camellias." It win be a grand
of the period, instead of, as usual in mod
ern toiettes, the designs having been OBJ
tained from Sardou.
NarS Hs0d Rasss Tho IN Rms Rnys ass as
is a young actor, though one possessing
varied experience. He has been in support
Of many snS Stas MaSep ae
also the original in the character he plays
In Mime. Sans Gene"
The music that Ed Germain arranged for
the production of 1.-THE Merchant of Ven-
ice" as presented by Mr.. Richard Mans
field was first heard in London. Since then
it has been performed at the Gewendhaus
and Philharmonic concerts In London. The
music is Handelian in style, ,sand thoroughly
suited to the gothic subject.
Tsehaikowsky's symphonic poem, called all,
piece was played In 1891 under the COM
poser's direction at concert given by the
success that Tschaikowsky. in burst of
passion. tore up the score. The work would
have been lost forever had Siioti not gath
A contract was signed yesterday by
which the David Henderson opera company
of sixty people has been secured to follow
the Mansfield engagement at the Audito-
rum. The engagement will be limited to
four performances. as follows: Monday.
THE Bells. of Cornville;' Tuesday. "Bo-
heman Girl" Wednesday afternoon. Boo
caccio." and Wednesday night, "Olivette. -
The week will be filled out by the Austria
Ian '.Trilby" company.
With Walter Jones. David warfleld., Lee
Harrison. Lucy DAILY. Jeanette Bageard. La
Liska. Gilbert Gregory and Arthur V. Glib
| son leading the list of about eighty people
that engage in the riotous fun, frolic and
dous hit that piece has made wherever ii
has been seen is easily understood. 1t is
easily first among the hits" of the new
season, both in point of business done and
follow "Sans Gene at the Coates.
Humanity" the successful English mel
odrarAa by Sutton Nane. will be given its
initial Kansas City production at the
Der 25 The play abounds with thrilling
to have woven In enough romance to make
It M The Pay is to be
in the hands of Joseph Grismer and Phoebe
Davies. There are twenty-six speaking
parts in addition to which there are ten
horses and pack of English fox hounds.
guine Mapleson states that he has pro-
duced, sltogether, $500 operas. and has di-
rected $500 concerts. Where he obtained
SO many operas. and who has heard them
confession of his is that he engaged Patti
in 1851. when she sang for him at Covent
Garden IN four performances for nothing.
her or not. and that he then engaged her
for 5000 week. during which period she
mad to sing six times; winding up with