The record-union., 1896-04-05

hard luck, says Hillary Bell in the New
York Press" He has produced moth
ing since "Aristocracy," which was a
failure everywhere, except in New York.
The celebrated playwright worked for
two years over comedy for the En-
pire, which piece, after many revisions
by it's author, has been finally refused
by Mr.. Frohman. Since I'm Mizzoura,' .
Augustus Thomas has done nothing
that succeeded. Since his Introductory
play, Beau Brummell," Clyde Fitch has
brought forth nothing worthy of mem
tion. Bronson Howard earned $780,
600 out Of Shenandoah" but now he is
forced to live on the interest of that
money. Bafnard's County Fair" made
S5OO,OOO, but the authors later pieces
brought him no income worth speaking
of. De Koven cleared $4,000 out Of
Rob Roy" and similar sum out of
robin Hood" but in ''The Tzigane" he
arrived at misfortune. His partner.
Harry B. Smith, on the contrary, had
another success in the book of 'The
Wizard Of the Nile" whose score lifted
Victor Herbert out of ill-luck into pros
perity.
the road next season by VIM. A. Brady
will include James J. Corbett in "A Ma
val Cadet" Maurice Barrymore in
Roaring Dick & Co.," the spectacular
drama Under the Polar Star" the
dramatization of Edward w. Towns
ends novel, "a Daughter of the Tene-
ments"; the comedy-drama when New
York Sleeps" by Alice E. Ives; Eddie
Foy in a new farce comedy; the new
melodrama Cuba" by James w. Hark-
ms, Jr,; the roaring farce "All for a
Girl" by Alice E. Ives; Sutton Vane's
Cotton King and Humanity a
$4,000 production of the fairy specta-
Gle Snowflake" and a new play of
Broadway life, introducing Charles B..
Ward.
"a Daughter of the Tenements" has
been published in England. The Eng
lish literary critics term Edward w.
Townsend, the author, "the Dickens of
America"
Little May Cook, the California cor
net soloist, has married Romulus, the
strong man. and both are with Orrin's
circus in Mexico.
Madame Frances Saville, the famous
opera singer, used to be a Field Semi
nary (OaklanD girl, am apprised.
Her name then was Josie Simonsen.
Some years ago she married an Eng
lishman named Rown. She is en- route
to California, I am told, says the Oak
land Echo man.
A great bazar is to be held in London
on June Both and July 1st and I'd for
the purpose of starting a fund for the
relief of the orphans of actors. 1t is
proposed, eventually, to secure some
sort of provision for these unfortunate
waits in the great asylum at Watford.
Evan Stephens, leader of the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir, is the author of the
ballad SO often sung by Emma Nevada,
MY Western Home" Brigham Young's
family will be we'll represented in the
choir which sings here April Dist. Two
of his daughters, one of his sons in law
and several of his granddaughters are
members of the organization.
In Turin, Italy, Wagner's "Gotter-
dammerung" has proved SO successful
that it is given nightly before crowded
houses. In Rome Wagners "Walkure"
was given seventeen times in succession.
y
Charles Frohman has the dramatic
rights of F. Hopkinson Smiths novel
Thomas Grogan." A play will be made
from it by Mr.. Smith and Augustus
Thomas. 1t will be produced early next
season, probably in Chicago.
Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel"
has already had over 100 performances
in Berlin, and is still very popular.