The morning times., 1896-01-05
DRAMATIC xerhs.

Marshall P. Wilder wiifgfy q concert
at the Hotel Waldorf.
Annie Ward Tiffany bas,6ee1 re-engaged
for the part of Biiidy Ronau, In Shadows
of a Great CITY," She has pla yed this pa rt
! over two thousand timeeS
Charles Kirke VIII play q Fading role In
"The Lady siavy.r
| Willie Collier and Louise Allen will
withdraw from the cast " Little Chris
topher.
Helen Ber,ram will remaip with the Bos-
tonians next season. She denies the rumor
that she has been engaged by Canary i
Lederer.
Joseph jefferson Will take three
months rest and spend the time. on the
| Pacific coast.
| Alexander Salyini celebrated his thirty
fourth birthday recently. His sfathey is
sixty-six.
Maxine Elliot has been offered the lead
| ing role iu "The Sign of the Cross" by
| Wilson Barrett. She declined. preferring
TO remain with Mr.. Daily.
OTIS Skinner lectured before New
Orleans audience on Christmas Day. His
| subject s.Drarnatic Art and Beauty"
1t is rumored that Fritz Williams is en-
gagged TO be married 10 katherine Florence.
Both are members of the stock company of
tit ttHtE -'C" AVih
Miss Ffolliott-Paget has resigned from
Robert Hilliard's company. She left
Thomas @. Seabrooke but a short time ago
to become Hilliard's leading lady.
Giles Shine has completed the scenario
of a comedy which will be called '.The Com
mon Councilman"
Marie Burroughs has given up her starring
venture. The company was called together
last week and notified that she would not
"go OUT.
Gladys Wallis has closed her season. and
will not produce lreruew play as announced
Charles H. Hoyt presented his wife-Caro-
line Miskel-with a brooch containing q
four-karat pigeon.blood ruby and twenty
four diamonds, for a Christmas present.
Madge Ellis has new song, entitled "a
Hot Member" A number of colored
couples assist her in the chorus.
Yvette Guilbert will sing in few OF
the larger Eastern cities when her season
at the Olympia ends.
"A woman,s Silence" by Sardou, which
proved failure when produced in this
country, met with no better fate in Paris
under another name.
1.-THE Prisoner OF Zenda" will be pro-
duced in London on January z.
Louis De Langc hasIeft 'Old Hoss''
is the author of the play.
Bonnie Thornton has signed contract
with Manager Proctor agreeing to appear
only in New York during 1896.
Ibsen'snew play, .The Fes,ivalat solhaz,"
has been enthusiastically received at Mainz,
Germany. fis1
Mabel Ainsworth, the dancer, who is
being raved over in Australia, Will come
to this country in February next.
Victory Bateman and Bla nche Aoulton
are late additions to Thomas S Q Seabrook's
company. tsa
Bernhardt will be seen next season in a
play based on the life of the Empress
Josephine. ~
The long drawn out controversy over the,
American rights to "Gentitman Joe" is
stiIl doing business at the old stand, but
n. B. Curtis produced the play on Christmas
Day.
Arrangements have been made whereby
An Artists Model company will appear
in Australia when its American tour is over.
Should the Australian tour prove successful
China, Japan, and Africa VIII be visited.
The sidnew Drew Company has dis.
banded in Memphis, Tenn. Bad business
and internal dissensions caused the collapse.
Last Friday night James A. Herne pre-
sented "Shore Acres" for the 1,O00th
time. Appropriate souvenirs were distri-
buted.
Annie 0'Neal, leading lady for w. II.
Crane, has been engaged by Manager Brooks
for the principal female roles In the plays
to be produced by the New American Thea
trical Syndicate for next year.
Richard Mansfield will produce Under
the Red Robe" in New Orleans on January
IA. The play is adapted from Stanley
Weynlan' novel OF that name.
Eleauora Duse will sailfor this country on
January 90, beginning her engagement at
the Fifth Avenue Theater carly in Febru-
ary. Her tour includes Washington.
A Kansas City manager Is up-to-date.
The men Nsfers have been replaced by
some OF the 'shandscItlest young ladies In
the city" who wear Ibloohaers-