The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-20
THEATRICAL MATTERS.
INTEk6sTIsG POINTS ABOUT PLAYS
And PLAYERS,
New Ventures on the stage and the For
tunes Good and Otherwise Of Old
oBes-Europesn stars.
Sadie Martiuot will star.

Paris has 275 music nails.
Chicago has eighteen variety houses.
Dublin Is TO have 4 new theauo
Miss Helyett' IS a Paris revival
Patu has written a one-aCt opera
Banshold will produce "Cymoe >
Max Alvary IS III with append -,
Americas stage. employs .ct9ls'
The 'Black Crook' Will t. .JeAico,
cess.
Ludwig Englander Is a Yiennese by
birth.
Lincoln J. Carter has nine companies
Chicago hos two permanent opera COM
Fanny Davenport will this season re-
yive FEDORA
otis skinner acted Richard III. in Chi
cagO last week
New orleans French opera season opens
In November.
steve Brodio has been punching his
managers head In san Francisco.
Sol. Smith Russell produced "A Bacne-
lors Romance the other night
Bull-hght9 are now regular atIacuons
at several French resorts.
Zelie De Lussan Is a member of the
Carl Rosa Opera Company.
Nat GOODWIN VIII open his American
tour with An American Cousin.
Brady's big success, ''The Polar Star,
will be produced m London.
w. A. Brady Will manage Loie Fuller
I'm Journey Around the World
walter Jones ran away from home az
ten years Of age and Joined a circus,
Hillary Bell says that Francis WI
sons Half King IS but half an opera.
MY LORD and Two L9dies' roman ue
comedy, VIII be acted by Louis James.
John Hare IS rchcarsing caste ana
"Ihe Hobby Horse for his American
tour.
season in the hypnotic play 'Dr. Bel
| graf
Pittsburg has two continuous perform
ance theatres; New York. 8: Philadelphia
Dun declares thar the opera "shamus
O'Brien' VIII be given In America this
season.
Mamie Guroy and Eugene o'Rourke
| viii be- seen I'm the Strange Adventures
/ OF Miss Brown"
the Brothers Renad haye performed
THE Swiss Express over three thousand
! times In England.
Sarah Bernharlt has accepted modern
tragedy by Gabriel D'Annunzio, entitled
la Vile Mortc"
The Chicago benefit FOR the family OF
the late J. W. Kelly. "the ro.ling-mil
man" was given last week.
10 is runiorel In England that The Prin-
ccss Of Wales attended incogffo the
Wacncrian festival az Boyreuth
In a Chicago theatre a scrio-comic fe-
male vocalist attacked from the stage
woman critic who had criticized her
Philadelphia has the only permanent
minstrel house In the world. There arc
ten minstrel companies now on the roan.
At New Brighton England, ON August
ss' Mrk s ana..-, ,or -. P one.
.,.o,,,Ser'i.b tf,ro
The cast OF Charles Trohman's produc-
zion Of los Dtuv Gossc7' Will embrace
Mary Hampton T. J. Radcliffe, and Min
r,. fr,,to,, "c,-t, ,,a1o % fft In New
biet Idr.e que I.H'' 81 .-' d.,
| York. Annie russell piafel iHt tlllr ID-c
and Joseph Iawortn imlersonateu ira
Bcasler
Grafton DonnellY mas Two piaf' on
road this season. "Ihe ~ oman pm bia.H
ana An American DlIA 4''''''
ham Us in the lttlti. ..... a.. ...,. aud
routes or the Afu1'e - "
valuable department .I tnr l'i"il'' peg
NcWs one can mere i'."te amy '"-
viie artist OF prominence
Tho characters in Aascafnl Japaness
Ciri' are ID doll % screen, 'I' 3D. .'''i' 'i
art. not 10 I.en-lo" " .o."7
du llai' Tag -.I. ..o.. Co. .r,. conn
a ldIi1 i'l',t 90. d. f,. i
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inr lafe at fcNfai iilf- 'ie l".
mInute' % for am eniife I.h. i4a.-, 't-.
Jesse N',f i..,,. cottr'.b
lr.c.4.. r..f sl,r-
the iA.., ,,-I, .,a sb.nhrrd are Win
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,-.I.r.,. r....I'aI.f Annie Meyers. Coile
r.I, T.rf.rf llte Mrs D. Is. Emmett.
i.v Emerson. George Thacter and VIII
lnm prletto have joined The faudeiul
RANKS
,rna Smith and Rico Company. 40
Philadelphia. made au unexpected h.t in
"1fy Friend irom India The engage
mont was extended and 4. VIII be put
on in New York for "a ruu.
Messrs KlaW and Erianrer'a elaborate
production a. INucts strange Adfeli,