The morning times., 1896-04-12

first production of the new Irish opera
:. BRAN bOru" the occasion or the open
of ihe New Columbia TheateT xt season
The Mystery OF Ann Page, which Marie
Wainwright produced in Chicago Easter
Monday. proved tUo much Tor the CTIue
The mystery is how she ever cdIhe 70
play ii. The reviewers Foue ONel az iOu7'
Herman Klein. the musical critic of the
London Sunday Times, Is ia this Coun-
try. tie comes 10 see sls n, "T'ieIG char,.s whose
FL Captain Hopper IS 10 pr"uGee pIeS
entity. ,,.-
BiIr Hall writes that Fitzgerald Murphy,
the autnor or The SILVER Llliihss il rh;cb
working on Il Chicago newspaper, witch
ouiy goes To prove the truth Oh the OH - y
i,,g tf,at there. is no silver lining without
cloud. -.
,f,fs whole season when 20 many changes
of hill were made as last MOnday hlSHt-
Every tneateT III IBe cIty but one had new
attraction, and the critics were kept "ii
the jump -
MAY finished which Augustus Ptou II 10
itrGduCr It is a romantic meiour.iina %
Inc BTiJish-Afgban war IN winch MI Al
inur was a correspondent lor Ehglish anu
American papers
..Sncjetv queen is the title OF Ar. Ru-
dolpu AronsOn's latest Walt, dedlcatcu 70
Herr Edward Strauss. Inc S,Iduss VI
chest ra recently performed MI ArQh- 70
sons Little DUCueSs OaNOttC d1 tHN
kuenstler Halle, Vienna
sydney Rosenfeld is indefatiguabie- he
Will follow the House OF cards run d'
the FIith Avenue by au original play ne
Familv Physician Campbell Gollin- woo
pIayed the villain in tue ABOVE piaS' i
cast Tor the leading role
new opera by AlphOnse DuveTnoy,
-Hclle,' viii soon be produced at ihe
Paris opera Ii IS saId 20 iloa' t,S nei IN
the recotieCtions of pa gamsul ana e tle
advent OF new world Madame Rose
CaFon will be prina donna.
The press agent idea TO dale Is the
'wanteL ad. or the unfoTt unate gehtleiilil q,
who laughed his false teeth out OF hlS
mead ana will pay reward Tor Ilelr
rcfurn. This is said actually 10 have hap
pened in New York recently
This week the Tabers are in Baltimore.
Henry Irving in Philadelphia. Nat Goodwin
- Michiyap- Sol smith Russell in WiScOn
sin, the HolIa uds in Harlem DuSe IN I 9ila-
drlnhja SaIvini IN Chicago. Hopper IN boS-
ION aud Francis Wilson IN Cleveland
sgeaking of the advantages in the rEal
Bernhardt and Davcnporl en Ili
went TO see both actresses IN Orter 10 CCin-
pare, but lit was as cheap to see Davenpoft
as TO buy libretto, auu lnllhiIeiy ihofc
satisfactory
Jnhu W Dunno. than whom there is not
Northier man in the profession had Deu-
eff FRIDAY night in Chicago. He lost
| everything he had trying 10 make 6Iadys
Waliis u star. bid Gladys SEND on !he priCe p,C
uf a seat out OF DeF earrings HUM 1VHh
Drew's S payroll?
AT the Vienna VOlkstheater AS on
Like it, was recently given IN the manner
prescribed by the auIhCT. and followed Out
| only in the old English playEodSes-tndl IS,
without change OF scene. The performance
was very successful. both from an artlstC
ana financial standpoint.
As noted last week, Charles Frohman
was infringing on a copyTlshteu title IN
naming his new farce Thoroughbred
The owners of the Copyrleht nave Slute
| given him permission to use the tltIe gratis
| III the FrOhman play succeeds they VIII
| be amply repaid IN advertising
Otis Skinner will crea Ie the leading char
| actcr in a new English military pay called
| An Officer of the Second, which VIII be
produced at the Grand Opera House Chi-
| cago, ou May 3- Ihls is the pay MhtCh .
! u,,,ier fine name of lone OF the Eest has
| bceu running some months q I the AdeIphl,
! London.
/ Signora Ma ierini, who was very success
fut I'm this country as the Countess LIcka
| Maurice barrymore and John Drew toured
| Together in the play, has been heard of
| once again. She is in Sydney. New South
| Wales. with the Brough-Boucicaul stock
| company.
The maid clauue at the Paris Opera Is to
| be discontinued. Another claque splanned
| the members TO be admitted free and u
| wear evening dress with white cravats
| but no gloves. They will he led Dy a s'il
| aripd chief So cold are Partisan au-
| diences that a cIaque is regarded as Il
| positive necessity.
! L.R. Stockwell is organizing company
/ to play during the summer al the Camorhl'
| Thei,ter, san Francisco de proposes ,,t t'
| revive THE Wife and other Lyceum sue
| cesses, and is in negotiation with Herher
| Keicey, Charles Dickson, Nelson Wheat
| croft aud other members OF the orlglna
! Lyceum Company No contracts nave a.
| vet been positively closed.
PhiIadeIphia has been more prosperous
! theatrically than any other city IN tht
| country this year. Boston has shown W
weil and Chicago has PAID handsoreIy Y
| the best New York opened Ike the gate
| way TO a new Eldorado. but the VEIN wa
| exhausted after six weeks More dead
| heads have passed the tlckettdkeF III INA
town this year than paying patrons
Mfr. Bronson Howard and Mr.. DAME
Frohman are going TO make u tour o.
| England on bicycles this summer. one
day last week Mr.. Frohman received
telegram from Mr.. Howard, witch read a.
! follows: will meet you al . a. M, jun
/. in Trafalgar Square, London, facing th'
monument, prepared to start Mr.. Froh
man wired back: 20. X. I'll be there"
| It is pleasant to be able To chronicle TN
distinguished achievement or another az
tor who claims Washington as his home
Edward Boring is at present leading ma
of the new Grand opera House Stock Con
pany, in Boston. Miss May HOsmer is lead
ing lady. In the course OF a revival Q
American dramas, they are this week prt
ducing Barley Campbelfs Galley Slave.
Easter week saw the presentation OF seN
erai new plays in London. Among thes
| were Stuart Ogilvie's romantic historics
| drama, at the Shaftsbury; Henry Arthu
Jones new play at the Garrick; the ne'
piece at Days, named dolly japan;
another new play at the Prince of Wales
and George r. Sims and Arthur Shirley
romantic drama at the Princess called th
| Star OF India"
The London Entr' Acte inf orms il
| readers in IA recent issue that Stuart Rot