The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-13
theatrical Tattle.

The Bostonions will produce a new
comic opera, 1.-The Serenade," in New
York next week.
FLAMES O'Neill began his theatrical
career in Cincinnati, at the National
Theatre, as the sentinel in "Mazeppa.
On March % Miss Olga Nethersole will
appear at the Garden theatre, New York,
in Carmen - with Mf. Nathaniel Hurt
wig as Jose.
Sarah Bernhardt has repeated her deter
mination to act Hamlet. A new play Is
now in rehearsal to succeed "Spiritisme"
at her Paris theatre.
j. +. Dodson has made contract to
remain for another season at the Empire
Theatre New York as the leading COM
edian and character actor of the company.
Louis n. Parker, who is an American
by birth, although he has spent little
| time in this country, will hereafter live
for half of every year in the United
States.
The opportunity of appearing in the
farce written for May Irwin was offered
to Johnstone Bennett, who has found
vaudeville profitable enough to be able to
decline the offer.
Following ION the Mississippi" F" the
attraction at Lothrops Opera House will
tion entitled "Slaves of Gold, +" which
will be given by the original company.
A brand new notion comes from the
Garden Theatre, New York The man
ager says that ~, 900 persons have wit
messed performances of Heartsease, and
that the one who buys the 20, 000th ticket
will receive "a unique souvenir of the
occasion.
Among the plays carried over in New
York, "Spiritisme" passes into n third
week at the knickerbocker 1t is an ex-
ample of Sardou's stage craft in the style
of his work before he began his series of
picturesque melodramas, and in that re-
spect is a masterpiece
The handsome and sprightly little SOU
bret, Miss Emma Dunn, who, as mem
Der of Lothrop's stock company gained
such popularity during her two seasons
engagement comes to Lothrop's Opera
House next week with Davis & keogh's
play, "On the Mississippi"
Julia Marlowe's time has been extended
at Wallack's theatre, New York, owing to
the acceptat fifty of her performance of the
heroine in "ror Bonnie Prince Charlie"
She is pathetic in expressing the love and
loyalty of the beggar girl. Mr.. Taber's
representation of the blind old bard is ex-
cellent.
Jennie Kress, one of the first actresses
to play in German in this country, died
recently in Louisville. She was born in
Hamburg in 1882, and came TO the United
States when n very young woman. As
Jennie Jacoby, she played for many years
in New York, Cleveland and Cincinnati
She retired from the stage in 1865 and set
tied in Louisville with her husband, who
had also been an actor.
''It is an awful fate TO become identi-
fled with ono song, bewals Jessie Bart
lett Davis. "Only recently IA woman Of
my acquaintance told me that she asked
ono of her friends III the latter knew me-
"Do you mean oh, Promise Me, ," asked
her friend, and upon receiving an afiirma-
tive reply, she continued 'Oh, yes; I
believe / have met her But Just think
OF being known as oh, Promise Me-
Davis.
John Il. Schoeffcl of tie Abbey,
Schoeffcl & Grau company arrived in
New York from Chicago and Is I'm Boston
TO make arrangements for the two weeks
season tn bc given there by the company.
Mr.. Schocffcl said that the business
showed signs of Improvement and that
the tour would be made in accordance
with the itinerary laid out when the COM
pany left New York That includes visits
to st. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, and
Boston.
Henry Arthur Jones Is the author of
the next play that will be acted by
Charles Wyndham, who has decided not
90 give the drama written for him by
Louis Parker and Murray Carson, and
based on an incident of the South sea
bubble I'm England. The play by Mr.
Jones Is called Tho Physician. " This
drama has called attention 20 the little
known fact that Mr.. Wyndham was once
a surgeon, and was I'm 1883 admitted 20
the medical department of the army i'm
this country. He gave that up and was
able to make his debut rs an actor through
tho instrumcntality of John Wilkes Booth.
He appeared here first with Mrs. John
Wood. and met with such little success
that he returned TO the army
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