The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-27
THEATRICAL
AIuUocMENTS.
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vauu, ville! 10 the actor salutaIion
nOwdud.s.
nm. PIRATES OF Penaance' was recent
~ sung iOr the inst uino IN Esspt at
Ih,rles Coehlan vii be the Brutus IN
Beeruomm TIces production Of julius
Laur. Bigger and Burt Haverly will
star in the Queen OF Diamonds next
Weber and Fields have offered 500 for
rood song wrlten by an inmate OF
Sing sing
Marie Geisinger appeared at New
York last week in a piece written for
her - years ago.
"Tucle Toms Cabin" and Kate Clax-
ton In tho Two Orphans will be given
In New York this week;
Manager Smyth, of My Friend From
Ind, has married Sydney Armstrong,
Of Lost Paradise lame
JuIr Nackey Is In New York and de-
mands $50 week Before she appear
ed IN London she received 50 per week.
Goldmatk's queen OF Sheba recent
~ nau IFS nundredtn performance at Buda-
pest. The composer hungarian ny
birth. was present.
Madeline Lucette Ryley's "A Coat OF
Many Colors." will be the play In which
Herbert Kelley and Mss shannon Will
star next season.
Skipped by the Light Of the Moon
is a London attraction. The Silver
King" and Shall We Forgive Her are
being acted in Australia.
The prJdigal Son Is a new theme OF
Scriptural drama by Wilson Barrett.
Rejane will pay Barrett 5000 for the use
of his theater three weeks
Edward HMrigan and Felix Morris
will bc seen I'm vaudeville. Rose Cogh-
Ian will produce Peg Noiilnston ana
Forget Me-Not" at a Pittsburg contin-
uous ihealer
A new play entitled "U'ncle Toms Cab
In" is an astonishing thing. James W.
Harkins and Edwin Barbour have writ.
ten 1t, and IL is TO be acted soon. IL Is
a fresh treatment of Mrs. Stoves novel
The European manager employs about
half dozen dressers. who act body
servants OF the leading actors In his
company.and are regular employees ot
the house. ike gasmen. cleaners and
scene filters.
Rehearsals Of 1.-THE Circus Girl at
Days theater New York now b,.Sin
daily at midnight and continue witt out
interruption until s o'clock In the morn
ing. The .heater Is used for regular
performances twice n day
In the Good Mr. Best John J. Nc
Nally employs a moving picture machine.
BY touching a button the husband sees
his wife with her lover, and the hus'
bands gay time with an actress Is also
doll tot Of
better half
a benefit Is TO be rendered in Now
York TO ]. w. Collier. formerly Of the
managerial firm Ct Shook and Collier
two OF the most prosperous men OF their
day. Part OF the programme may be
a production Of "Fanchon. with Collier
and Maggie Mitchell IN the chief roles
In lie Femmes de Japhet,' is an OPP
eretta now being produced in Paris.
Japhet has a dozen wives TO contend
with. The first scene Is laid In Salt Lake
City. The thirteen are In Paris In the
second act and here one OF them dis
covers that the uncle OF Japhet was her
second husband.
Arthur Lewis. who is the brother OF
Julia Arthur and from whom the actress
took the name OF Arthur, her stage pseu-
donym has gone TO London to confer
with her sister regarding the forthcom-
ing production OF "A Lady of Quality.
Frederick De Belleville will be her lead
ing man.
While witnessing a performance OF the
professors Love Story" at Detroit last
week Frederick Warde recognized in r
s. Willard a fellow-super In produc-
ton given at Glasgow twenty-seven years
ago. They had not seen each other Tor
twenty-six years, and both actors cried
with 10Y.
In Chicago to-day Sunday Seabrook~
will produce farce nv George II. Broad
hurst. entitled What HaDnened n
Jones" For Mr. Seabrooke Mr. Broad
hurst has drawn the character ~
drummer for a hvrnn hook publish'n"
mouse Charles Coote will appear as the
Rishop Of Ballaraf.
II &c fancy Of Miss Orga Nethersoie'e
to play Camille" on Good Fridav NIGHTS
and II is also q fancy Of her friends n
beg from her the ascension l1'"s which
she uses 10 tvpifv Camille's redemp'i"r
from sin. and lay them on the altar o.
some church. They were nart NJ the 10
raj decorations al st Patricks church
Washir~ton. last Sundav
Peerhohnr Tree has decided 70 have
two inaugural performances ut H"'
Maiastv's Thoater THE week. The
course has hean roraseit ,tad ~ the o~o~
mons number IF ra~'''ar frvt-n'~htor~
who will frd the-oeeivae "cr0-~fod ou''
On tho "S.h I,u. viii 10 cr"r'o1 20 o-'o'
alI-or nearly all-the exciiements OF a
rrer,,iern on tho @0fh Ten thouea ~
nar~ia wrote for SCOTS for the o~~n'~~
no-formarce. THE seats 81 the Mighty
will he the hiil
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&c IN have Us own "pav~e-'h" thi~
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