The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

theatrical Tattle.
Mccarthy Mishaps" will be the at
traction at the Columbia during the week
! OF April 26.
| Virginia Harmed dlsplaces Mary Hampton
I'm the company Uf Edward II. Sothern,
and Miss Hampton returns to the Frohman
forces.
Hoyt's "a Black Sheen" with Otis
| Harlan and the original company will be
| at the Providence Opera House. April 22,
| 20 and -.
Miss May kenpest of AttleborO, whose
| singing of ballads last winter at the Col
| umbia was 50 much enjoyed, has u num-
ber of tlatrering offers for other vaudeville
! engagements.
Minstrelsy has been slowly but steadily
| turning from black 10 white and now
! Primrose a. West say their company for
/ next season will not be smutted with
| burnt cork at all, nor contain any genuine
negroes.
Eleonora Duso is now acting in Italy
after an unprecedentedly successful season
! I'm Russia IL is said that az the bhcatcr in
which she played in St Petersburg the
average receipts were not less than $500
"a night.
Sweet Molly Ballou, the new song
by Mrs A. H. Bosworth of this city,
which Miss Queenie Read sang at the
Columbia last week, scored "a flattering
success; and Mr.. Langstaff' 5 orchestration
was an effective feature of its presenta-
ton.
"Only Baby's Face" is the attractive
title of "A new song by Mr.. ii. Irving
Dlllenback of this city, which Lane, Cole
a Co., of Boston expect 10 issue from the
press within ten days, with the most
elaborate title page ever designed III New
England.
Mrs Florence Batcheder Snow one of
the best local sopranos in church and con-
cert work in this city, made n most un-
mistakable success in THE Mikado'
last week, her first venture in opcratic
work although the score of the part of
katisha was altogether inadequate for the
display Of her high and resonant voice
Melbourne MacDowell made his first
appearance in Montreal as Charles the
Wrestler when Adelaide Nelson presented
''As You Like It. F" He threw Orlando
too hard, much to the amusement of Miss
Nelson and the gallery gods. He joined
Fanny Davenport company In 1884.
Following Seymour Stratton's come
dians the attraction at Lothrop's Opera
House will be Charles f. Cooks Re
portOire Company. supporting the talented
leading actress Marion Chester and the
and the popular star, Edward l.. Sullivan
i'm an excellent list of dramas.
For the week OF April 10, the attraction
at keith's Opera House will be that char
acteristic farce, which SO typiiies certain
phases Of New York life, 'Hogan's
Alley" The famous Kings Of Ireland,
Gilmore * Leonard, will be seen in the
characters of Hogan and Brogan and the
other familiar figures of Mickey Dugan,
~ - - n A
of competent players.
Henry Arthur Jones' new play, "The
Physician, is said TO suggest the recent
contest between woman client and "A
we'll known London physician as To "a
Doctors right To reveal secrets profes-
sionally intrIsted to him. The physician
in the play does not tell the secret of her
lovers infamy TO the woman who loves
him, but he is tempted to and the truth
Is ultimately revealed without his inter
vention.
Nine Sofia Scalchi, the well-known
contralto, is the last celebrity To take to
the vaudeville stage. She is sing ing now
in the music halls in the West and her
agent has written To one of the large
music halls in New York asking for an
engagement. She wants TO appear in the
garden scene from Faust, and will do
so for $1,000 n week. She will supply the
The events of the week in New York
included single afternoon performance
of new play at the Empire Theater, |
called "A Man and His Wife" the APP |
pcarance Of Lillian Russell Della Fox and |
jefferson DE Angels in The Wedding |
Day" at the Casino; a magnificent re- |
vival at Daly's of Shakespeare's seldom |
acted play, 1.-THE Tempest" and Olga |
Nethersole's presentation mt the Garden |
Of "A new drama from the Italian, en-
titled "The Wife of Scarli. "
The theatrical situation in London just
az present seems very different IN some
respects to that which prevails here. There
are said to be "a number of actors anxious
Ca find thcaters and the scarcity of them
II said 20 be a serious question. Rents |
are reported TO have gone up in many
cases as much as 100 per cent IL is said
in London that John Drew and Maud
Adams will not be seen there this spring,
owing To the impossibility Of getting a
theater Olga Nethersolc, who wants To
play "Doniso' there, John Hare and the
producers of The Mayilower find
themselves with number of Others in
the same position. lt happens that three
theaters are To be closed in New York
next week.
The New York sun says: Whom Olga
Ncthersolc played Camille in New York
two years ago her performance was fun
Df promise in nearly every respect, AMI I'm
some Of It's achievements it was notably
nnc But IL was I'm the indication of
future results that the actress accom-
plishcd most. For the sake Of the power,
thc strongly dramatic temperament and
The evident artistic intcli gcuce the ror-
rayal showed the crudities and oxaggcra
Ion wero forgiven There was reason TO
believe that they would disappear in the
acquisition of u moro finished techniQuc.
I'm that event her real natural gifts
would probably have placed her among |
ho few great ones OF her profession. For
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