The evening times., 1896-06-16
Dramatic Notes.

Rose Coghlan, Maurice barrymore, M.
B. Curtis and Cora Urquhart Potter are
graduates OF Belasco's tuition, and he
trained both Sothern and Grace Kimball.
Richard Carle, the burlesque comedian
has written a comic opera called \ Dry
Reign" Change the name and the theme.
We are intoxicated with bihulous vulgar
tiles.
The mana ger of the Frankford. Pa, the
ater has his office wall papered with can
ceied stamps. There are 2l2,O0O on the
s4.s4o.
Marte, who has been Partisan star for
twenty-three years, retired last Week. ana
the event was signaized by the appearance
in tie same bill OF Coquelin, Mounet, Suily
and Silvain.
During performance of Lockbart's Amer
ican Circus. at Antwerp, May 81, stair
case fell and "A pauic ensued- Twenty per-
sons were more or less injured in The excite
mcnt aud crush.
Keith. OF continuous If not perpetual,
fame. is in London. He is talking like a
Dutch uncle TO tie English reporters and
sends marked copies home To tie critics
where ne has theaters.
What will be the popular summer song?
1t is due. Las year 1t was ''0nly one Girl
in the World for Me-" Sousa has given a
faduisn two-sUep, lns ''Ei CapItan.'' WHO
will be the pop liar laureate OF this summer
tide?
May Yohe will open her career as man
agrees OF the Court Theater, London, by
reviviDg "Nitouche.' This is the piece IN
which Lotta failed IN London, and IN which
Marie Jansen failed in New York. Judc did
it in Boston.
Octan Fcuillet's ''Mountioye," last acted
here by Beerbohm Tree, under the title
of Punch of Violcts," is to be revived
at the Comedie FraDcaise, following the pro-
duction OF Paul MeGnco's new version of
Hamlet"
When Johanna Gadski was cast for the
leading role in DSmrosch's Scarlet Let
ter she did not know word OF English.
But as the opera was to be sung in the
yernacular she had to learn 1T, and did in
six weeks.
Joe jefferson announces that he will play
Sir Peter Teazle in an all-star spring tour
of School for Scandal to begin April IL.
No Others of the cast have been selected.
That Joe should worship mamInon while
his brethren starye!
The late Frank Mayo left surviving him
two children, Edwin F. Mayo, wellkDown
on the stage, and Eienor Mayo. now Mrs.
Elvenore OF Philadelphia, remembered in
Washington for9sher excellent work in
princess BonnieJ
A meeting of Richard Mansfieid's credit
ors was held at fbeI Garrick Theatcr the
other day, wbichlcaused a wag to inquire:
why should Mansfield select a little
theater like the Garrick for his creditors
to meet in when Central Parks available?"
A noted player hasj jnst passed away in the
QedJn O1 ErneSlO .1kOSSl, dn lldldD, UedTly
seventy years old, who had the early adj
vantage of playing with Ristori. He
became famous not only as a romantic ac-
tor, but for his -personation of Shakes
peare's heroes. HIS Romeo was marvel.
He was born at LeghOrn, studied law at
Pisa, and acted in all the principal capitals.
He retired in 1889.
Miss lie There, for thirty years associated
with London theatricals, has sretiredfromthe
stage and opened. school for acting, out
Clapbam way, in the London suburbs.
Miss LIE There was in the original cast of
Boucicault's .Hunted Down." with Henry
Irving. She pla yed tile Lady sheDdryn in
ours when Mrs. LaDgtry made her debut
as Blanche Haye, and was the original Mar
quise de Rio zares in Diplomacy" when
the Bancrofts produced it in 1878.
Herman Sunde rman is coming to America
next year. Which suggests the problem
"What for?" to New York writer. HE
comes.' says The aforesaid, Ito profit by
the vogue which Bernhardt, Duse and
here. II is not quite clear to me how he
proposes to profit by this. Will he star
In 'Magda.' or does he propose to give
readings of it in the original. Or does he
simply yearn to be much interviewed and
then go over bome and write book about
us?''
The Referee (LondoD) says: 1.-THE de-
votional drama, which began with "The
Sign of the Cross is not TO end with Mr..
Wilson Barrett's piece, if Miss Marie
Corelli can help it. She is ma king play
out of her latest novel, in which the chief
clIara cter is little boy eleven years Of age,
who hangs himself with a silk sash from
rafter as protest against his fathers in
teEtioD t. make an atheist OF him. Sounds
promising, doesn't it," At this rate, some
one will yet dramatize "Jude the OBJ
ocure."