The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

Rose Coghlan Is to shortly appear IN
The Passion Play" is to be produced
"Eiectra' is the title of burlesque by
Richard Stahl.
Librettist Cheever Goodwin was former
ly a base ball pitcher.
Next season Rose Coghlan will produce
Max O'Rell's Hearts Ease"
Belle Archer will play the widow in "A
Milk White Flag" next season.
John Drew will produce next season a
Red Robe
oscar Hammerstein has decided to
hereafter use only newspapers as adver-
IAN American Beauty" by Gustave Ker-
ker and Hugh Morton. will be produced by
Lillian Russell next season.
season Evans and Hoey will be seen to-
gether in "A Parlor Match
Wilton Lackaye has accepted southern
pastoral comedy from the pen of Robert
John r. Rogers says Marie Studholme
will next season be the leading lady in
the Strange Adventures of Miss Brown"
Henry e. DiXey,s real name is Dixon.
and his uncle. William Dixon, is the pres
ent stage manager Of the Hollis Street
theater. Boston.
The living pictures are now dressmaking
or dancing the ballet. Their occupation Is
gone. their glory is faded. their curves
told tale.
Two new theaters are now being built
In New York, and before long the erection
Of a music hall will be begun at Fifty
ninth street. between the Boulevard and
Eighth avenue.
De Koven and Smiths 1.-THE Mandarin"
will be Chinese both as to libretto and
music. The scenario and plot are both
cast in China; every character will be
thoroughly Chinese.
George. W. Lederer, fired by the big
profits Of the all-star "Rivals" company,
has a scheme which embraces the appear,
ance In some opera. not yet decided upon,
OF Lillian Russell. Camille D'Arville, Del
Ia Fox, Marie Dressler, Francis Wilson,
Jefferson De Angels and Frank Daniels.
dents Of Boston what he can do in panto-
mime "Rohan the SILENT" one-act
play written for the actor by Evelyn
Greenleaf Sutherland and Emma Sheridan
Frye. two most imposing names. is one.
act pantomime in which the hero does not
speak word until the very end.
Comedian SeabroOke has replaced Henry
earned $500 week, demanded $500. Mr..
Dixey informed the Dramtic News last
week that he was seriously considering r.
proposition to travel with Hermann next
the field of leserdemain year later.
Monday, June /, will be a gala night at
the Chestnut Street Opera House, Phila-
delphia, when for the fiftieth time Miss
f,nllauelpHld, Win all Her Ouu ways ana
characteristics will be presented at that
theater. One Of the many features that
have made Miss Philadelphia" the popu-
lar favorite she is. is the marvelously
parts. including John +: Henshaw. Nancy
Mcintosh. Florence Wicks Inez McCus>
ker. Frank Cushman. Charles Bigelow,
Will Armstrong. and a well-trained
| chorus of forty.
Miss Camille d'Arville has signed con-
| tract with Oscar Hammerstein to head
| the organization to be known as the Olym-
| pia Comic Opera company. He has de-
aud make productions Of his own m the
| theater of Olympia next season. Besides
| Miss d'Arvilie he is negotiating with the
hopes to secure number OF other wel-
| known comic opera singers, such as Miss
Pauline Hall. Mis- Della Fox and Thomas
| q. Seabrooke. Ire season will open with
| the production Of an opera by Mir. Ham.
msrstein himself. entitled Santa Maria"
There is no doubt about 1t, the bicycle
| craze has hurt the theatrical business in
| no small degree" said II. Grattan Don
| nelly. The reason for ii doesn't lie deep.
| ly hidden. ON Dalmy moonlight nights u
young swain and his lassie, who are de-
| votees of the wheel find as great enjoy
| ment in spin on their machines as In 60.
| ing to the average play. Then. it's cheap
| er. Perhaps the young man Is paying for
his bike on the inStallment system, ard
1t behooNes him to save the price to TWO
| tickets 10 the show. But he gets the So
ctety of his girl. all the same, and keeps
! the cash.'
| The successes Of this years amusement
season. says the New Yor!; Sun, have be .n
| garnered in aimot every case by women
who are thin! The record of this year $
| season shows three stars of the first rank
and magn!tude--Sarah Bernhardt, Eleo-
| nora Duse and Ellen Terry. Nor has
this popularity been observable this sea-
son only among actresses from foreign
| countries. Miss Rehan, the leading lady
of what is new in seniority of establish
mert the Oldest stock company in New
| York, was as thin as Miss Terry, and when
at both the beginning and end of tho
! present season Days theater was sur
rendered to travelling attraction, the
| star feature of that company was Mrs.
sumo that this list would not be complete
without the further addition of the name
Of John Drew's leading lady, Miss Maud
| Adams