The morning times., 1896-05-24

faced children who are whanged by their
father, and on whose bruises the. heroine
quartet In the wings sings maudln songs
Next September Irving will cele ebrate his
fortieth yearontne stage. He md lie his first
appearance at the Lyceum Theater, Sunder
Ian 1, in s5b, as Ghe Duo D'Orleansi in Richie
lieu.
Summer concerts were not success at
the Metropolitan, and once again the man
agement Is confronted with the problem
OF what TO do with the house during the
three-qnarters OF the year that the opera
is absent.
A London daily which criticises American
grammar said the other day that Gordon
Craig. the promising son Of Ellen Ter rry, who
is playing Macbeth at Chatham, met with
a painful accident to his hand in the tight
with MacDufiP'
Wilton Lackaye has accepted another
drama, This time it is by Robert Drouet,
and is called Colonel Bob" II is a Vir-
ginia story, aud Colonel Bob is a Southern
gentleman, whose heart is young though
his hair Is white.
Rudolph A Aronson has secured the Ameri-
can rights to the japanese musical comedy.
The GeiSba.' which is successfully run
ming at Daly's London Theater, and says
he will produce IL a the Casino when he gets
that house again. This is indefinite
For the first time in more years than any
one with any senS or pride III Ada Rehans
age can remember, Daly's company will
play in June in Chicago at another tneater
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bia. This is as strange as saying mass in
synagogue.
John Dennis thinks the abolition of the
free lunch counter would be a MASTER
stroke for American dramatic art. He
asks why S il that when we want Il va riety
performer who can entertain us for half
all hour without failing down, pretending
TO be drunk, or 6icking.a brick with hat
overit. we have TO send to- Europe for himo
During a recent revival of Ten Nights
in a Barroom, by Dan Barry's company in
Melbourne, II was rema rkeu that more men
went out between the acts OF the tenn
perance play than 7cusfomarily disappear
at like intervals ofotheT. reices. and The sa
looms about the tfeater were literally over
whelmed at the coaCiusion OF each per-
formance. An Australian observer believes
that the reaction was too severe for human
throatS. -
In a performance OF fOurs." at the Hay
market Theater in London week ago last
Tuesday, the following actors appeared:
Alexander, Mr.. Barrrort, Forbes Robertson,
Miss Rose Leclercd, Mis-. Beerbohm Tree
and Mrs. Bancroft. From this list it may
be seen there are other star casts which may
be compared to the present Rivals
organization. rs
When Henry Irving has rested for awhile
he will begin his pre- para tons Tor a revival
of ''Cymbaliue. 1t WILL not be his first
was still an unknown man, he appeared
with the famous Helen Faucit, playing
Pisauio. The famous Helen appeared last
in 1879 at Stratford- on Avon. She is still
alive and is my Lady Martin. In tie forth
coming production Irving VIII play Post
humous one night and IaChimO the next.
Ellen Terry will, of course play fmCgene.
Sarah Bcrnhardt complains thatthe wear
ing of diamonds destroys the heSteXpresSlon
of the face. dins the fire of the eyes and
makes the teeth look like chalk. Her fad
is costly gowns, which size designs and
superintenus down to the mlnutesU detail.
is useful in this connection. The latest
acquisition to Sarah'S magnificent ward
rohe is embellished with great number
Of turquoises, aud has train lined with
the skins Of 200 ermine. II cost $500.
The public at large will indorse heartily
Oscar Hammcrsten S resolve To have no
more aerial feats performed at hls New
York Olympia Some of the acts which the
aerial artists perform there are thrilling
and attractive, but one such accident as
befell 4 Abdulah on the high wire on Monday
night more than COunteraCtS the effects.
Hanmerstein's determination, however,
will be some what rough on the performers,
who find their market growing smaller
season by season. Since the fatal accident
at keiths some months ago, when young
female trapeZe performer was killed, aerial
artists are debarred from all the Keith cir
cult OF theaters,
Miss Laura Burt is going to make all the
dialect stars hustle for first hoDorS next
season. She believes that the Swedish.
German, and Irish comedia ms have all lost
the element, SO she Will star in Welsh
comedy drama called The Lily of Llan-
daft now being put in shape for her by
II. Grattan Donnelly. Miss Burt is of
Welsh extraction, and her dialect is said
to be beyond reproach. One OF her brothers
is a Welsh clergyman at Wilkesbarre, and
breaches every Sunday in the vernacular
The actress was recently entertained by
500 Welshmen in Salt Lake City. nd her
singing of one of their native songs made
them enthusiastic. The story of The Lily
of Llandaff'' is located among the Welsh
miners of Pennsylvania