The herald., 1896-05-10
Green Room OossIo

When Nine. Tavary concludes ber
coming engagement at the Grand Oper.
mouse, New York. she will go to London
to sing for short time at Convent Gar
den
Laurence Hanley is at ST Vincent s
hospital, Eleventh street and Seventh
avenue, New York. He recently had an
attack of pneumonia, which. compli-
Gated with an extreme nervous condi-
tion. required his removal to the institu-
ton in question. 1t has been reported
on the Rialto that Mr.. Hanley's illness
is due to his old enemy, but the facts are
as above.
Among the plays which Miss Georgia
Cayvan has under consideration for her
repertory for her starring tour next sea-
son is one by Nine. Sarah Bernhard;.
Thls piece, which is described as com
edy drama. has been given the provis-
ional title. Lilette and Jeanne. 1t tells
the story of two sisters: one is married
and the other, jealous of her sisters do
mestic happiness. tries to steal her hus-
bands love. Nine. Bernhardt has writ
ten the play on such lines as she thinks
will suit the American public.
The David Henderson company. in
corporated under the laws of Illinois, has
become lessee. with Ira j. La Motto. of
the Schiller theater, and will aim to make
that establishment house of produc-
tions. Mr.. Henderson will have entire
control of the stage end of the under
taking, and will take possession about
June 1st. Mr. Henderson, who is travel
ing eastward from the Pacific coast,
writes to the Dramatic News that busi-
nesS in general in that part of the coun-
try has not been good. and that Sinbad
and Pudd nhead Wilson have been about
the only exceptions to this rule,
An Amesbury (Mass) special says:
hn t-nt aafn IJoy 10 lra "a
was widely known 40 years ago through
out the country, when he travelled with
John Wilkes Booth and other dramatic
stars. appeared before a great audience
at the opera house tonight in the old
time drama. Micheal Earle. He was
supported by amateurs. Blake was one
of the four present at the memora BILE
dinner given by Edwin Booth in Boston.
The dinner was the outcome of a bet,
and the loser was to furnish a dinner for
four. costing $1,000. The four were Ed
win Booth. Wilkes Booth. Harry Blake
and a merchant of Boston named Wood
bridge.
Il have seen Bernhardt." said Fanny
Davenport recently. land do not claim
to rival her. l have not seen Duse. and
know nothing of her methods Of course
Rernhardt is all fireworks Duse must
be electric. because everyone says she
is so natural in her methods. and yet she
seems to WELD great fascinating power.
one thing / do claim. and that is that |
put Just as much study into my parts )
they do in theirs. And l do another
thing that neither Sarah nor Duse can
dol translate and adapt my own plays
Ny adaptation of Gismonda was the
one thing which the New York papers
condescended to praise. They never
miss an opportunity of criticising me and
sitting down on me, but they did consent
to praise my adaptation. Not that they
liked the play or admitted that they did
When | put it on in New York the critics
said it was the worst play that had been
in New York for l don't know how long.
But now? Oh, now that Sarah is play
ing it it is beautiful play
Sarah is a great artist, and admire
her genius. ! cant say that | have any
fondness for her personality, however.
She has been saying very unpleasant and
uncalled- for things about me lately,
and naturally l don't like it, In her in
terviews she said that she understood
that my Gismonda was rotten Well,
inasmuch as she was indebted to me
for the privilege Of playing it here at all,
it seems to me that common courtesy
would have kept her from saying such
= thing She hadn't seen me herself, and
had no opinion of her own to express, so
| don think it was eXcusable.'
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