The morning times., 1896-05-10

Night We win add TO our repertoire .Ro-
mOia' and translation OF COpee's Jacob
ties Also a couple Gf OHe-aCt pieces.
We sail Tor Europe directly this tour Closes
j. d. Leffngwell. the manag ger for Otis
Skinner. sailed Tuesday IOT kIO JaHelrO.
MOntevideo and other South American
ports TO place some OF the big Spectacular
productions IN those cities, returning IN
time to take his place IS Mr.. Skinner's
mana ger in the early fall again-
II is rumored the next produCticn n which
Forbes Robertson aud Frederick Harrison
Will undertake Will ne a dramatZatIOu
OF the novels Ma gda" aud Tess Of
d'UrberyilIes," ," both OF which are selected
with view TO meeting the requirements
OF Mrs. Patrick Campbell. What about
Olga's claims on Tess"
It will be- news D the friends Of Lizzie Mac
nichol Mrs Frank Netta that she is en-
ga aged TO Richard Carroll They Were botf
sren here this winter with Rob Roy
Carroll Is twice divorced from Annie Suth-
erland. This anti mat rmOnial dupi;City
was caused by his having remarked 4 nnie
again after the first divorce.
one OF the sinking successes OF Bostor-
amuSemeuts is tie alE-tbe-y year rOuHd opera
at the Castle SJuIIC 'ihe5ittr. Arthur =.
CLARK. the mana ger. has leased the Grand
opera House. Philadelphia, and Will at
tempt the same scheme there the latter
part or TINS mouth. Mr.. CIarz's father IS
Representative Samuel N. Clark of Iowa.
The tour OF tbP Marie Tavary Grand Opera
Company closed May > N Toronto, Ont
t.
after a successful season II thirt v-Biu.
weeks, embracing u tour Il Old SiexIro
British Columbia, and the large cities uT the
United states and Canada ina king one II
the longest and most xtcnSive grand opera
seasons ever accomplished in America
The few stragglerS lert ou the road are
scattered about as Follows JhlS wees. OTIS
Skinner IN Chicago. SalViuI IN Detroit CLAW
. Clement in IiHEois, F. Il. SOUhern in Brook
I lyu, Henry Irving III New York shore
Acres III Boston, james O'Nei!Iin st. Paul.
John Drew IN Chicago. R.ea q Iowa. Roland
Reed IN Washington STATE, stuart Robson
( in Detroit and Thomas Keene in New York
State.
Munich theater has introduced rOtat-
Ing stage, similar IN principle To the one
at the Madison Square Iheater, IN New
York. The first play performed uEOn the
new stage was ShdkeSpeare's Comedy or
Errors, and great success was scored
with the new arrangement. TheShort dura-
/ ton OF InterIniSsiOns and the apidiUy Of
changing the scenery was commented upon
very favorably-
Berlin dramatic editor recently re-
ceiYed letter containing small royalty
HON "a WlSS mana ger wuC explained That
one of his SubCrdinateS. a director OF a
little thedUcr, had been pIa ylng two OF the
editors operettdS without authority. The
Swiss manager had acted honestly in the
matter a { the inSt!gatiuu OF his CCRfeSsur
III confession be gC od for play piracy, there
is a great missionary fleId in this country,
particularly in the Western meteS and
+
The term gallery gods was first aD-
piled to the iniiabitgntS OF the upper regions
OF the Drury Lane TheJter, LCndOn. Tie
ceiling was painted to represent a blue
sky with clouds, among which were Cupids
flyiug IN every direction. The ceiling Px-
tended over the gallery, and, consequently,
the occupants OF these higher seats were
said TO he among the gods" while later
| the term gallery gods was used III every
| theater.
pha e,,,.D,,. ax,ra,-;o,, ..ta s+o.,v .t,n
| der was originated by u theatrical man.
| John Dennes. the English critiCanC dra matiSt.
! invented some artIflCial thunder, which
| the manager of the Drury Lane Theater
! rejected, i'll connection with Den nes' play.
! but arterwdrd used in representation
! of Macbeth. Upon hearing this tire TN
! fortunate playwright exclaimed They
t won't act my tragedy, but they steal my
! thunder"
| Charles Hoyt is going TO revive his first
| play 1t was not a comedy. but Western
melodrama and was written in three days
| Hoyt was bright Young reporter on a
| Boston daily paper and he wrote the
| play TO help his friend Harris, the manager
| of the BOSTON Athena cum. It was on
! Wednesday that Mr.. Harris found his house
would be vacant the next week He asked
! young Hoyt TO write play and have it
i rehear rsed by Monday. That was how
/ Charles HOyt became a playwright.
! Mrs John Stetson, who used TO charm
| US with her daring equestrianism when she
1 n
| rider, died in Boston on Tuesday last.
/ She died of a broken heart. Her husband,
| known the country over as the Shrewd,
honest and iliterate John SteJSOn, died
! only a week before. and the blow was TOO
! much for hiF devoted wife. He left her
/ million and 4 half dollars, which will now
! go to her next OF KIN. 1T is said that the
| executor of John Stetson's viii is dying
Miss Violet yanbrugh, who has made
| hit in The Chill Widow which Will make
] an American tour next season, Is IN private
life Mrs. Arthur Bourchier, They were
/ both members of the Augustin DAILY COM
pany, Mr.. Bourchier as leading man and
/ Miss Vanbrugh as the uuderstudy for Miss
| Ada Rehan. When they left the Daily COM
The London Royalty Theater, London, and
at once made big hit in The Chill
| Widow" which has now reached its two
! hundred and siXty-SecOnd performance.
The Mirror prints the folio wing extracts
from New York Notes i'll recent issue
| of the London Entr' ACte: "Sousa's mar
vcious fife and drum orchestra leave for
Vienna in Nay--Bertie COote is acting in
The New Boy at the Opera House, Miss
| Companies given to playing pieces under
| names OF their o wn concocting are kno wn In
the States as Block Flag Pirates At the
Bowery on the 2Oth inst. was acted for the
first time FitZballSh drama called Cuba
Free which did not go. The Giddy
Gusber Papers by Mary H. Fiske are well
| worth perusal.''
Duse saw Henry Irving act and sert
ilLl 6iic lObuWlIS5 liuOfSet1enJ, signed Dy
all the members of her company: "Sir
Henry Irving: The dramatic company of
Signora Eleanora Duse, inspired by your
lofty art, hold it duty. to which is
| added their personal delight. to express to
you their sense OF high admi ri tfona nd graft
| trlde for having revealed to the minds of
] aliens. through your great talent, and by
the proud flights of your genius, the
sweet idioms OF your Shakespeare. They
pray You further te present to Miss Ellen
! Terry, your valued and worthy comr ade,