Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-22
$Dramatic and Musical Notes.

"The Prodigal Father will follow Jolly
Old Chums' at the Ninth Street opera
house.
Nat Goodwin has returned from the sea-
son. One of his productions this season
Will be revival of The Rivals
w. H. Crane produced, with apparent
| success, Martha Morton's new play, "A
! Fool of Fortune" at Louisville last W elk.
James w Kingston will sing tenor aria
from The Hymn of Praise" at to-nigEts
| services of the First Congregational church.
It is probable that A. NJ. Palmer will
| shortly pull up stakes in New York and
| devote himself exclusively TO the Great
| Northern theater. Chicago, which was ded-
iCated a few nights since.
Julia MarloweTaber and Robert Taber
| will soon produce new play entitled For
| Scotland an adaptation from Francois
| Coppee's Les Jacobites." Mrs. Taber VIII
| prince. and Mr.. Taber that of blind old
| man.
| Wilton Lackaye was recently approached
| by smiling critic of one OF the sensational
| review of your performance, Mr.. Lack
| aye?" to which the actor replied. No;
| shave myself" 1t is not recorded what
the representative OF the barber Shcp Or
| gan did said.
Richard Mansfield has recently been de-
| voting his leisure moments to the writing
| OF a book for children. He calls it Blown
| Away" and it is almost ready now for
| publication. The style of the work is akin
to that of Alice in Wonderland" being
| interspersed with nonsense rhymes of the
| sort made familiar by Edwin Lear and Ge-
| lett Burgess.
| The Philharmonic orchestra. under the
direction of Carl Busch and assisted by
Mrs. Carl Busch. pianist; Mrs j. Otis
| tone, and Mrs. Jennie Schultz, accom-
| panist, will give an excellent concert pro-
| g1amme at the Academy of Music Sunday
| night, November %. for the benefit of the
| German hospital.
| THE Prisoner of Zenda" has proven such
a success that Daniel Frohman has been
obliged to organize a new Lyceum theater
company for the opening of the season at
that theater next Tuesday evening. The
company will be headed by James X. Hack
EFT and Mary Mannering.. The first pay
will be THE Courtship of Leonle," by Ii.
| V. Esmond.
AT Philadelphia a jury decided in favor
of Julia Marlowe-Taber her suit against
Frank Howe, Jr.. manager of the Walnut
four weeks engagement in March, 1885.
| Manager Howe had contended that the
| plaintiff had broken her contract by using
the name, Julia Marlowe-Taber, instead of
Julia Marlowe, on the bills.
E; S. Willard opened his American tour
in Boston last week. His His rePert9ry for
Judah THE Professors Love Story
and several new plays, among the latter
being "The Rogue's Comedy" by Henry
Arthur Jones. His leading woman is Miss
has been in London for number of years.
The first scene of Hoyt's new successful
farce, "a Black Sheep" to be seen at the
stone A T. showing the barroom of the
| IIorgue hotel. The second and third scenes
are at the Mudd mansion: Fifth avenue,
| company in "a Black Sheep is pronounced
to he even better and more laughable than
the celebrated 'Bowary' dance introduced
in the BLACK Crook"
1 a e..
rection is distinctly interesting. He Is tre-
mendously energetic. and speaks his own
| lines with all their vigor: he rushes about,
| instructns first this actor and then that
actress he consults with the scene painter
| and the property man; he seems to see
and hear everything. He may have gone
"in front" to see the effect of a piece of
scenery, and the others may think him out
of earshot but at the least deviation from,
his notion of the best. back comes his voice
| with a correction and request to repeat
New York World.
The only regret associated with the an
| nouncement that NJ. Massenet is writing a
new opera is that he has chosen for his
libretto Alphonse Daudets "Sapho," the
| most impure and nauseous novel that mas
ter of fiction ever wrote. 1t is pity Saint
Cecilia should smirch her spotless robes
| by dragging them in the mire of such n
| story as ''SaphO," who. be it remembered,
is not the passionate heroine whose story
supplied Gounod with the libretto of his
| first opera, but was Partisan courtesan
| of the very lowest class.
The Apollo Club concert az the Audito-
rum. December 5, will be greatly enhanced
by the appearance of Clementine DeVere-
Sspio. the celebrated soprano. as soloist.
Both the programme chosen and the re-
| hearsals given to it, not to speak of the
| enlarged and apparently improved chorus,
| indicate that the concert will he one of the
best ever given by this organization. The
/ chart will be open to subscribers at the
Grand Junction ticket office Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday of this week. Those
| wishing to subscribe can address F. H.
| Clark, s4 Wyandotte street.
Palmer Cox's Brownies" c. B. Jefferson,
| Klaw & Erlanger's wonderful spectacle,
from its great run of $50 nights in New
York. will attract an immense attendance
| at the Coates the week of November 80.
The Dude, Chinaman, Dutchman, Twins
and other funny Brownie characters in
vented by Palmer Cox are said to be even
more comical on the stage than in the
books The whole band of Brownies, en-
bracing more than forty types, is shown in
the gorgeous production. Palmer Cox him.
self will be here with the big show.
The novel spectacular success. C. b. JET,
ferson, Klaw & Erlanger's magnificent
production of Palmer COx's Brownies u
will be seen at the Coates next week. The
gorgeous extravaganza enlists the services
of over 1o0 people. The Brownies will
be presented here. juST- as it ran for 15r
nights in New York. with all the splendid
scenic effects. ballets. specialties, etc
Nothing will be cut out" or omitted, and
lytdI LiltditISOETS VIII De erlNtSQ 10 ENJOY
the great metropolitan production intact
The marvellous flying ballet from the Folies
Bergeres. Paris. the troupe of beautiful
Oriental dancing girls, the four Richards
who are the greatest acrobats in the world
and the wonderful musical eccentriques
Newhouse. and Waffle. are among the
many striking features that will be seen
in the remarkable production.
Says the Chicago Post: Elwyn A Bar.
ron's friends in this city will be interested
to learn that the first production of tbs
new comedy upon which Wilson Barrett
and he have collaborated will take place
soon at a prominent London theater-pre.
sumably the Comedy. Since the extraordi.
nary vogue of Wilson Barrett's Sign OF
the Cross" this actor-author has been be.
| sieged with requests for new plays, and
If he could turn out three day ne would
doubtless find a market for them-unti
his boom collapsed. But Mr.. Barrett was
desirous of maintaining the standard SET
by THE Sign Of the Cross" and therefore
the collaboration with Mr.. Barron was
brought about The name of the new play
is The Wishing Cap" It is not. as its
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