The morning times., 1896-04-26
DRAMATIC NOTES.
The Kendals are touring England.

BeerDOHIu Tree is tlring or SVenRat
Ida Siddons got married the other day.
Arthur Cecil, the English actor, is dead.
Chicago has had six Hamlets this season.
Belle rcher says she will star next year.
"A Contented Woman closed Thursday
The Tabers closed their season last night.
Verona Jarbeau is impersonating Chey-
alier.
Crnrles L. Davis is still playing .'Alvin
Joslin."
Ia Loie appears in New York city once
this week.
Lawrence Hanley is dangerously ill of
pneumonia.
Fanny Davenport has goue to Roxbury
for her vacation.
Dave Warfieldh. Al of "The Merry World"
Dowling's Below Bridgcr failed in its
London production.
Bronson Howard is great champion
of the school OF acting.
Scot Inglis,t an Australian star, is ad-
vised to come 70 America.
seidrs Orchestra will make a trans
continental topr next fall.
"Cymbeline' is booked for revival by
Irving on his return to England.
An effort is 70 ls made 60 give Excel
sior. Jr., a long Philadelphia run.
Robert Mantell has played THE Cor
sican Brothers, over 200 times.
dUilnuDy fT1IEtT was SUCCESSFULLY
produced in brooklyn last Monday.
Hinricls and, the remnants of his company
play summer season in Philadelphia.
Baltimore got the No. 2 ''Trilby'' com
pany, and they remained only one Week.
Beerbobm Trees daughter is To make her
debut soon as Arthur in king john
Clyde Fitch has sold play 10 Carrie
Turner, in which she will star next Sc ason.
Judic has been playing in comic opera in
Belgrade. She Won the Seryian monarch.
What do you think of Ha ppy He'll for
farce comedy? It's coming next season.
Katharine Grey is a devoted student Of
Ibsen. Her ambition is To play Hedda Cab
ler.
IAN the Comforts OF Home is stin on
tour in England. And England is not large,
either. l'~
willard has rechristened Jones play "The
Rogues Comedy" instead OF Tie Sooth-
sayer.'
most Killed Father in "The Slavey."
I Dan can.
Paderewski attended the performances
OF Duse and Irving recently on the same
evening.
Hammcrstcin has imported Ere goli. an
Itniian lightning change artist for his May
novelty.
Calve organized a charity performance
recently In New York and sang a dozen
encores.
A clergymen's matinee was given last
Wednesday of The Village Postmaster"
In New York.
The Abbey benefit Friday night by the
grand opera artists Detted $4,000 to the
impressarios.
Loie Fuller didn't draw worth a porous
plaster in Chicago. Did she write sym
pathetic Duse?
Copenhagen is to have professional thea
ter in which the characters will be played
by women only.
Milton and Dolly Nohles are still at 1t
out on The Pacific coast. For Revenue
Olly,'' as usual.
A San Francisco writer suggests that
Mausfien have Beauma rchais dramatiZed
Not Il bad idea.
As high S Si9n Was paid for gle tickets
the first night Nelson appeared iii Ambrose
Thomas Hamlet"
Sol Smith Russell closed his season last
night in Ne burg, n. Y. Fred Berger Will
be back home presently.
Iisle Leigh, who was here in Northern
Iignts.'' is leading lady OF the Morocco
Stock Company, Frisco.
They say in Italy that Pezzana has no
rival. They are tickle in that sunny land,
or unappreciatiye of Dusc.
Hartford. Conn, heretofore a one-night
stand. is next season to be promoted TO
the dignity of three nights.
j. E. Dodson has never spent a summer
| in America. This year he is going to re-
| main and sample the resorts.
a Midnight Bell has new life with Dig
| by Bell and Laura Joyce Bell i'll the lead.
| a merry chfIie, these three.
"A Sinless Sinner and The Pity of It.
were recently biGed side by side on London
walls and caused many a smile
| The hig stars have this season made fea-
| turc of prominent acts from their roper
| tOire for fare Veil performances.
St: Louis actually, praises Mar Marie E Vain Vain
l,i..lc nj a ik-
| De Wolf Hopper has found a new mas
| cot i'll the scarlet claw of fine boiled
| lobster. Frank Daniels sent 1t TO him.
| When Sir Henry Irving recently ieciured
In Phiiadelpfia Eleonora puse Was pres
| ent and sat Ut the side OF Ellen Terry.
An actors contract usually has a two
| weeks clause i'll il. Sometimes their mar
| riage contracts seem to be worded that way.
| Daisy May Crcssy is coming all the way
| from Frisco TO adopt the concert stage.
| That name would max a hit at kerEan's
Chicago had three Hamlets last week
| for the second time during the season. Sal
| vini, Kcene and MGntell. Viva Shakespeare,
Clay Clement has twice played in Chi
| cago this season, and they speak OF him in
raptnres. He played In The New Domin-
| ion"
Maud Jeffries, tue young American ac-
| tress who supported Wilson Barrett. has
| decided to retire permanently from the
stage.
The Irving Company missed Monday night
| at oston because baggage car containing &
| the wardrobe was missent from Pbiladel-
| phia.
Edward Harrigan has been on the stage
I continually for twenty-five years. He
| will retire for q year a the end of this
| season.
Undaunted by the failure of "A Social
| Lion" and "A Bachelors wives" Dan Sui
| ly has new play he is going to try next
| season.
the opening OF a new Harlem theater
| 1t will cost $400, ,000-and the river was
| so near.
Thoroughbred" performed by Dixey
| and Charles Frohman company, failed
| last Monday. Good acting couldn't save a
| poor play.
| The first Rice company which ever dis.
| banded for lack of support was the 1492''
| company. The wreck was Strewn on Jer-
| Scy sands.
| Frida night and last night Creston Clarke
| closed his Philadelphia season with Edga T
| Allen Poe" by George HaZlctoD, Jr., OF
| Washington.
Stuart Robson will not appear in the
| dramatizatioD of Opie Reads book. The
| JudkinS,'' but will oversee its production
| by another company.
While England has The Sign of the
Cross and THE Sin of st: Hulda'' Italy
| presents "Stabat Mater" md Via Crucis.''
The religious play has come.
| Marie WAN wrlgHl crosses tiiS week, freti'
erick Warde, Sans Gene and The New
| South May 2, Olga Nethersole this week.
| and Darkest Russia May 8.
Australia is in q .oyous furry Of antici-
| patton over the coming OF the American
| companies this winter-that is. Australian
winter and American summer.
The Mirror last week announced the en-
1 gagement of Clara Quigley to Major James
| Doyle. Miss Quigiey is member of the
Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb Company.
Hubert Wiikie at the he ad Of his O wn opera
company appears to nave made pro-
| nounced success in Halifax. Josephine
Knapp aud Ccie Ellis are with him.
Cora Van Tassell and William Stuart will