The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-08
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

The salary list Of the Irving company IS
$Iass per week.
Glen Macdonough Is writing a play for
me Ns~ York I-yceum- II viii be called
Louisiana"
The Rise Of Snas Iapharrs'' IS being
1fanaiized by Paul kester. with the col
alteration OF the author. William Dean
doHsils and William II. Crane IS to pro-
duee the play.
Miss Emily RigI and Mrs Dion Bouci-
Hernia respec lively IN Augustin llaly 5
presentation OF A Midsummer Nights
Dream al the Grand opera house. New
York.
Rose CoghIan will shortly appear again
in the stellar role Of a New play. Mad
anne. from the pm OF her gifted and &C
centric brother. Charles Coghlan. The
play WI he produced in New York at
Palmer's theater.
The rivalry between the Jockeys OF I'm
Old Kentucky" caused a disaster in San
Francisco recently-9ueen Bess Lost the
race BY full length. II was necessary 70
disqualify the other four horses 10 MAKE
things come out right.
Fred n Inness. the leader Of the famous
Inness band. IS well remembered in Seat
to He writes 10 a personal friend here:
1t l. more than probable We shall be
through your country on totr Al no
great stretch Of time from this writing.
Yvette Guilbart is strinsiag a long bow
and the impress.onable Partisan inter
viewers with the statement that she
brought back $4,000 as the result e I'VE
weeks work In America In all prooa bill
ity she did not take home half that sum.
Minnie Radcliffe. Of Sol Smith Russell's
company. IL IS said. is 10 become the wife
OF Duke Won Aetternich. grand nephew OF
the late Prince Won Metternict. premier OF
Austria. Miss Radcliffe is now in New
York. The date Of the event is not made
known.
Eleonora Duse has received the rare
honor Of the medal for arts and sciences
from the king OF Sweden. She also re-
ceived the kings Photograph with his au-
tograph. but earned II by listening to King
Oscar while he played and sang to her
ballad Of hls own composition.
Last week when a London company
went down 10 Manchester to play. return
ing in the evening for the usual perform
ance in London. the managers insured the
company for $1,000. and the chance CT not
opening the theater that night for s. 100
This enterprising hit OF business was done
al Lloyd's for premium OF -.
Primrose and West. the MINISTRIES, Will
celebrate the twenty-dfth anniversary OF
their partnership as performers and man
the Madison square Garden. New York,
for that night. and promise one OF the
most unique and colossal entertainmenl >
ever presented at that place. There VIII be
3,G performers upon the stage IN the rrst
part an orchestra Of fifty musicians, and
a brass band of fifty.
f $ Willard has finally made up his
mind 70 come to America next season.
He needs an American season. He made.
"A fortune here some time ago. and he has
lost a great deal of II trying TO run the
Garrick Iheater. in London. Henry Ar
thur Jones is at work upon new play for
this actor and II il Is not finished in time
for production at the Garrick theater.
where WIZARDS lease expires in June. II
viii have its first presentation in New
York At the Garden theater. Willard VIII
also bring over a new play by j. Nj.
Barrie