The record-union., 1896-06-21

know what the ordinary playwright
would have made of such a scene, the
sentimental commonplaces he would
have reveled in; and we all know how
the ordinary actor would have whined
and maundered through it. But here
the very palthos of the thing lay in the
old mans Inconsistencies Of pathos
The authors have steered a very accu-
rate course between cynicisTn and
nlawkishness, and the actor has inter
rreted their conception with sensitive
art"
In Paris the reprise of a drama is ar
event. There are many new plays every
year, and comparatively few repetitions
of old ones. Yet it seems strange thai
LA Dame aux Camelias" has only just
reached its thousandth performance
forty-four years after Its production
Perhaps the newspapers have made q
mistake, and Nine. Bernhardt is going
to celebrate her own thousandth per-
fcrmance of Marguerite Gautier. She
took up the role late in the seventies.
Philip Hale writes in the "Musica.
Courier: 1T is fact worthy OF re-
nlembrance that Adelina Patti never
created a part in an opera that kept the
stage. She created the chief part ir
Canpana's .Esmerelda, or 'Nostrs
Dana di Parigi,' ST Petersburg, 1863
in 'Estella,' by Cohen, London, 1880, 6
revision of Les Bluets,' I believe; ir
'Gelmina,' by Prince Poniatowski, Lon
don, 1872, and in 'Gabriella,' opera ir
one act, by Emilio Pizzi, Boston, No
ven1ber %, 1893"
"The Matchmaker" the comedy by
Miss Clio Graves and Miss Gertrude
London Shaftesbury Thealter, although
it received favorable notices from mos
of the critics. The chief virtue it seems
to have existed in the dialogue, which
was smart, but not always proper. One
writer comments upon the increasing
ccmmonness of indelicacies in the worl
CT female dramatists.
Suburban thealters are springing uI
in all directions around London. Tht
latest of these, the Shakespearean The
alter at Clapham, will be opened il
August These houses form a sort OF
connecting link between metropolitan
and provincial audiences, and are il
great demand for the ambitious expert
ments of young actors who long for ant
yet are fearful of London verdict.
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Louis Delaunay, son of the famous ole
French actor, has just made his frs
appearance at the Theater Francais ir
Paris. He played Alceste in LIE Mis-
apthrope,'' and his performance is
spoken of by critics in fiattering terms
A play by Fred Horner, said to be
completely new and English, and wholly
Independent of French origin, is on ir
Terry'S Theater, London. Fanny
Brough, Maud Millet and F. Kerr viii
enact the principal characters. There
is also possibility of an early produc-
ton of Love in Idleness,'' by Louis N
Parker and E. ]. Goodman, at this
house.
Fun in Shantytown" is the title o1
Edgar Seldens latest play, and it is
to be given a tour of all the larger cit
les this coming season under the direc-
ton of NJ. w. Hanley. The play is a
three-act comedy, dealing with charac-
ters of everyday life.
John E. Nash, the welI-known Cali
fornia stage manager, has gone East
on business in response to a telegram
requesting his immediate presence to
direct the rehearsals of new opera.
The Hallett-Brewer-N Mobiles combina-
ton did not have a financially success
full tour in the north coast. Who knows,
they might have done better had they
remained in Sacramento?
Hither by special train of greater
number and larger size than were ever
before used in the transportation of a
circus, come the great Sells-Forepaugh
Consolidated Shows, with the greatest
exhibition ever brought west of the
Rockies. says the San Francisco "Mu-
sic and Drama"
Julia Dean, niece of Julia Dean
IIayne, who died in New York in 1868
made her debut on the Sth inst at the
Grand Opera-house, Salt Lake, in "Ca-
mile" which was first presented in the
City Of the Saints by her famous aunt
in 1866, and what a splendid actress
and fine woman Julia Dean Hayne was,
to be sure.
The Salinas Opera-house in Salinas
City is the latest addition to the list OF
new theaters on this coast. 1t is a
handsome structure, and it's interior
arrangements are up to date in every
respect.
Mabel Sherwood, late Of 1.-THE Pass
ing Show" has completed her arrange
ments to appear as prima donna
during the latter part Of August.
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