The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-29
DRAMATIC NOTES.

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SicianS at Milan.
Marie Corelli's Sorrows of Satan
will be dramatized.
The Sandow Olympia company begir
their tour September II.
Thomas Q. Seabrooke has been elect.
ed president of the Alimony club.
The role of Peter Daley in "A Good
Thing is that of a voluble auctioneer
On his next American tour Henry
Irving will impersonate Napoleon in
Madame Sans Gene
1t is annouced that Marie Tempest
will return to America season after next
to appear in new comic opera.
Guy Wilson, for several seasons past
identied with Francis Wilson, will &c
out ahead of Georgia Cayvan in hei
initial starring venture.
Felix Weingartner's latter symphonic
poem. King Lear, will be performed for
the first time on October 20, at Colonge.
Performances will follow at Bremen and
Mannheim.
"Hendrick Hudson" has been rewrit-
ten and enlivened by Karl Blooming
dale for Corinne. Mr.. Bloomingdale' s
keen wit and pungent style are familiar
to all readers of Footlights.
William Lange. centre fielder on the
Chicago nine, will appear with Eddie
Foy next season in a rejuvenated ver-
sion of "Off the Earth Mr.. Lange's
part is being written into the piece by
John w. Dunno.
l.. II. Sothern has decided that the
first of his plays to be shown this sea-
son will be II. N. Stephens "An Enemy
of the King" 1t vii be produced at the
Lyceum with as fine stage settings as
can be obtained.
| Rubenstein left a voluminous work,
containing not only his opinios on musi-
| cal subjects, but also "reminiscences of
the more important events in his life.
1t consists of aphOrisms and brief ac-
counts of his experiences.
| Georgia Caine will play the part orig
inally assumed by Jennie Goldthwaite
in Lost, Strayed or Stolen" Miss
| Caine made a big hit in the part during
the Chicago run of the piece. when she
was called out to play it at u few hours
notice
| Alexander Salvini's repertory for the
| season will include Hamlet" "Othel-
! 10. "The Three Guardsmen," and Don
| Caesar de Bazan." Later a special and
| elaborate production of Romeo and
Juliet" will be added to his repertory.
Oscar Hammerstcin has refused an
| offer of $3,00O000 for the Olympia in
New York city. The bid was made by
| the Empire Theatre company. of Lon
don, whose music halls have been de-
pleted Of their best actors and singers
by the recklessly eXtravagant bids OF
American managers.
Tim Murphy's new play, cold lnnO-
cense," is reported to be another adapt
alton of Les Petits OlseauX," by Flu
gene LabicSe and NJ. Delacour. The
play is well known here through Sydney
Grundy's version. "a Pair of Spectac-
les John Hare played it at the Broad
Street theatre last season.
Olga Nethersole has purchased the
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Greek Meets Greek The character of
the heroine has been rewritten and de-
veloped specially for her by the authors.
Carmen, it is reported, will no longer
find place in her repertoire. as its fall
llre.in London is regarded as fatal to its
further chances of popularity in Amer
icat
Was she fair as summer day,
or dark as StyX's stream.
Was her skin as olives are,
Or as peaches and as cream?
Were her cheeks all pale and flushed?
Surely one cannot forget,
Even in the rush of years,
Some dear little sweet soubrette!
Dramatic Mirror
1t is not often that an actor is sent all
the way to Australia from New York
to play a part. Such good luck, how
ever, has fallen on Charles Warren, who
will be sent to Australia in the course
OF a few days to play the part Of the
general in "A MIX White Flag" which
is to be presented at Sydeny, Australia,
on October II.
Providence Is to have new theatre
and from all accounts very unique and
handsome one, too. 1t is to be called
THE Talma" in honor Of the French
actor of that name. Negotiations have
already been closed by which the Talma
becomes one of the chain of theatrs con-
troled by the Hayman-F -FrOhman, klaw
&, Erlanger, Nixon & Zimmerman-Rich
& Harris syndicate.
To add to the realism of one scene in
Shannon of the Sixth" Edward f.
Kidder's romantic drama dealing with |
life in India during the famous Sepoy |
mutiny, Manager w. II. Powers has |
specially engaged native snake
charmer, who introduces his curious |
performers in a bungalow, before an |
tudiece of native Brahmns and Eng |
lish officers and their wives and daugh- |
ters.
Robert and John B. Campbell an
nouce that they will present "The |
White Slave" in the principal cities this |
season, They will also produce a ro-
mantle play written by BARLEY Camp
bell several years ago under the title
of 1.-THE Soul of Honor" The Messrs.
Campbell are in negotiation with a
prominent composer to furnish the |
score of q musical satire, which the |
dramatist completed shortly before his
death, and which had never yet seen the
light. This will be a decidede novelty |
as BARLEY Campbell's name was always
associated with the serious drama.
There are many objects of interest
in New York city, but none of more
general interest than the hundreds of
wonderful wax groups and figures at
the Eden Musee. The majority of
visiting the city go to the
Musee even before they visit Central
park or the Brooklyn bridge. There is
scarcely DAY that there are not
among the visitors to the Musee repre-
sentatives from every state in the
union and many foreign countries al
so. The famous group in the Cham
ber of Horrors showing the Hindoo
custom of burning the widow with the
body Of her husband has been entirely
rerodeled and important changes
made. A beautiful woman Is tied to a
stake while around her and over the
body of her husband the flames are
slowly creeping upwards, sending up q
cloud Of smoke. The weird picture of
horror on the victims face as she strug-
giles to escape the flames Is startling.
Her movements are now so natural
that it is difficult to believe that she is
really not alive. The daily after
noon and evening concerts in the win
ter garden are more popular than ever.
Each concert lasts two hours and the
consist of classical and
popular music exquisitely rendered.
In addition there is rendered each day
an entire act from some one Of the