The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
(Tu Be Continued.)
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

Bcfnn3IbI IL vars oHi.
Europe has 5OU opera houses.
Walter Jones il % years old.
Lydia Barry has pneumonia.
"A Tin Soldier will be revived.
Jennie Yeamans Is in vaudeville.
Chicagos new theatcr seats l,5G).
Ada Rehans hair Is quite gray.
Camille DArville is disenSaged
Germany's emperor is writing drama
LA Poupec' is Il new opera by Auafai
NJ. u. Curtis will produce 'The Promot'
err
Lawrence Barretts widow lives in Lon
Margaret Mather's season began last
week o.
Newell Brothers will revive The oper'
ator." ~
Jarbeau will star in Carmen" bur
lesque.
"Disby Bcll' will be seen in Crane :
Pacific Mail"
Henshaw and Ten Brock will revive
''The Nabobs.'
Theatrical amuscments cost New York
crs S6,0lU,CD year. -
Ward aud Vokes will be seen in "Thc
Two Governors" next season.
Theater parties OF women without es
corts are coming to be quite the rage Il!
New York.
A new vaudeville circuit embraces &
dozen leading cities, and salaries ale Il
be cut down.
The Barnum- Bailey circus and Buffalo
quarters.
Women subscribers are hereafter tC
have voice in the control of the New
York Symphony orchestra.
Minnie Naldorn Fiskc is the author OF
1.-The Dream of Mathew Wayne to lt
acted shortly by James O'Ncill.
Levin {. Tees. author of AT Gay Cone!
Island" has completed threc-trt farce
comedy called A Roaues Luck
An Illuminated trolley car is now be
ing run nightly from Paterson and Ruth
erford direct to the Lyric theater Hobo.
ken.
Theodore Kramer the author of 'Tht
Nihilist," claims to have been exiled L
Siberia and gathered his material Will,
in prison.
During procession in honor of tn,
patron saint of Granada, a young singer
Rafael Bc2ares, sang an Ave Maria to ;
crowd of 10000 people.
Tom Nawn, of the Nawns. paid an elcc
tion bet in Brooklyn last week by wheel
ing Robert Fulgora around the block il
Il whee!barrow.
Gerald Du Marrier. son of the lat,
George Du Maurier, will be Il member o
Beerboom Trees company during tn,
forthcoming American tour.
At the Grand Ducal theater. of Neimar
the floor of the orchestra has been To-"
cred by over yard for the wind instru
mcnts and by over half yard for th'
strings.
Vaudeville and music halls have beer
declared demoralizng to the youth o
Sweden and the government has prohibit
ed them henceiorth. Orchestral concerts
are to take their places.
At the Savoy theater the thousGn1tf
performance of "The Mkalo'' in I.ondoi
has jus been given. Sir Arthur Sullivan
conducted and Mr.. Gilbert was present
in the audience.
Nine. Nordica bel:vcs she has beer
driven out of the Metropolitan compan!
ard blames NJ. De Reszke. Manager
Grau declares that De Reszkc had moth
ing to do with the assignment of Rrun
hide to Nine. Melba.
Henry L: Dixey is TO resume his OLD
part in "Thoroughbreh." This will nc
cessi:ate the retirement of Thomas =
Seabrooke, who will star under the man
agement Of Duncan b. Harrison in t
pIHlaHy IH.Hy,,t; by the author of THE Wrong Mr.
In Paris, Resane is playing the title
roll of "Eysistrata." a version of the
story that Aristophanes used in one of hi!
frankest comedies, and which Maurice
as the subject for very. Partisan play.
Massenet, speaking of the creation o
Sapho, said: Il have worked an entir,
year necessarily on Sapho. | shall con
tnue to work on it for another year. Blu
think! After! What a void in my cX
istence when | shall no longer live will
this thought!'
Is Mr.. DAILY going into the "continu
Gus perfol nance" business? Beginnln!
on Nov. % five matinees of "The Gesha'
viii! be given each week at his theater
while in the evenings and on one after
noon Miss Rehan and the stock compan!
will present AS You Like It,"
1t is stated that the relatives of tn,
late Katherine Klafsky are bringing
suit for libel against 4 certain petsoi
who circulated the rum0r that the famous
singer committed suicide 1t is IL strange
fact. however. that very few details o
klafsky's last sickness and death hav,
been made public.
In Boston women, especially lone wo
| men, do not think it derogatory to then
TO be seen sitting in the top gallery o
theater witnessing play, and when /
fayorite one is enjoying ii run coupon:
| for reserved seats in the front rows of tn,
| top gallery are often sold for perform
| aNceS Il month off.
| The success that James A. Hearn il
| meeting with shore Acres is gettin:
TO he embarrassing For he has a new
| piece ready which is powerful Hcuri
| is also ANXIOUS that his wife. Katherin
| GOrcoran, should reappear upon the stage
| And there is no part for her in the pres
| ent piece. though very strong one IN tn
| next.
Geraldine Tlmar, the actress and sing
| er, has secured deed of separation from
| her husband. Ivan Caryll. About thre,
| years ago Mrs. Caryll and her husban,
| secured verdict of fl, 900 damag ges agairs
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newspaper for defamation in alleging tha
| Mr. Caryll was taking proceedings for
| divorce.
The profits this coming season are esti
| mated about rs follows: The De Reszk
| brothers, $l25,O00; Melba, SSC.OU; Eames
| $4,000; Plancon, $4,000; Lasalle. $50 ON
| and the smaller ones less. During TIN
| European season the De Reszkes this yea
made nothing: artistic Europe, for rca
| sons many of us here do not seem to car
| to know, did not wish to pay to hea
| them. Musical Courier
| During the matinee of "The Geisha' n
| Days theater a lady made an effectiv,
| move against the large hat nuisance
| She declined to take her seat. The attend
ant said: Madam. | cannot chang,
your seat because you object to that la
| dy's hat The lady removed her ha
at once. and each lady with a large ha
appeared to think she was also referre,
to, SO off went these ;lbominat tOns.-Dra
matte News-Times.
| The success of a play is frequently geo
| graphical matter Even in our own coun
try we find that a piece which suits Nev
York may displease Boston, and tha
| eastern audiences reject an entertain men
which Is approved by the west. Phlla
| delphia is at variance with Washington
and Baltimore has an independent opin
ion Of its own. Coming still closer home
| 1t Is discovered that these are eXtraorli
nary differences of taste between ttj
city and Brooklyn Hillary Eall In New
| York Press.
Lillian Russell complains bitterly, /,
letters to relatives In New York, ut th