The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-21
IN DRAMATIC
CIRCLES.
Jessie Bartlett Davis is III.

-arbeau will be seen in a new English
| burlesQue next season.
| The Royal Opera, Budapest. will pro-
duce a cyclus OF Hungarian operas.
New Orleans is 10 have a summer sea-
son OF opera, beginning Easter Sunday.
The New Orleans French Opera Com
pany will probably be seen I'm Frisco.
Bessie Bonehill abandons vaudeville at
tho end Of the season 10 enter Rich and
Harris stock company.
Another OF Salvini's plays written by
him IN conjunction with Paul kistner,
may soon be produced by Margaret Ma
Their.
In New York vaudeville bills last week
were Robert fHilliard. George Monroe,
Marie Dressler. and Lawrence Hanley.
When Francis Wilson returns 10 New
York in May he will present new comic
opera adapted from the French Of Chivot
and Durot.
Mrs. Baker. with Thomas w. Keene
Co, celebrated her eightieth birthday on
January 25th. and IS doing good work
now I'm her sixtleth year upon the stage.
Mr. oscar Hammerstein by cable last
week engaged Dan Leno, next TO Cheva-
Tier probably the best music hall perform
or in London lie will appear at Olym-
pia next month at 1880 a week.
Hattie Starr, actress and composer OF
such darlcy melodies "a Little Alaba-
ma Coon" and do. My Huckleberry
DO" is charged with shoplifting in New
York.
A new comic opera called The Little
Bandit will be produced early next sea-
son by Steve King. present manager for
Della Fox. The opera is by Herman
Perley and Edgar Smith.
Alfred Kennedy author Of Dangers
OF Great city," and Lady Blarnay,
has completed q romantic play Of social
and political life IN Washington. called
Tho Secretary Of state
The four Drlma donne Of the Carl Rosa
Opera Company are Americans. "a well
as the leading tenor. Mr. Hedmandt, and
the baritone. Mr. Homer Lind. England
thus appreciates the American singer.
on Sunday last Paderewski played be
fore the Saxon court. I'm Dresden. and
had twenty-five recalls. and had to sup
piement his programme with six pieces
4 week before he played for the Italian
court. aud was made Commander OF the
Crown of Italy
1t Arad, hungary. an actor named
Bala. persOnating a character who COM
mts suicide with a pistol. played HIS part
in earnest. and. having summoned his
friends 70 witness him act his best. killed
himself on the stage in the manner indi-
Gated.
Three or four years ago a young man
named John w. lsham was going around
New York carrying bucket Of paste.
bundle OF bills and paste-brush. He
now has two colored companies. and Is
credited with being worth about $4,000.
al Il
coed I'm securing for their Microscope one
good film Of tho Corbett and Fitzsimmons
neht they viii unquestionably clear an
enormous financial return. as they can
send their machines all over the world
az biz prices.
Calve was so upset by tho nows OF
Madame Games illness that she called
MS soon as she could an the Hotel Marie
Autonotte and LETT FOR the sick artist
a small ccruidx. one that she believed
10 Doe Invested with miraculous powers.
Calve SIS fervent Roman Catholic
Llttlo Lord Taunueroy Is following In
DTS mothers footsteps Vivian Burnett
has written the book 10 a comic opera
and it Will Doe tho next ri Eta Play az
Harvard. Young Burnett IS best known
as the original Of Cedric in his mothers
novel and when he played soubrette in
tho III Eta theatricals last year be won
ID u0t0rletv which he aid not NJ all enjoy.
The Matinee Girl had breakfast with
Louise Doaudet one morning last week,
and learned for the first time that
dance IS as exhaustlng and porsniraton-
compelling as q Turkish bath. She had
throo eucoros. and when sle got 10 her
dressing-room she had 20 be rubbed down
Nke Il. e-hOrsc.-pranatic Mirror.
Ecerhohm Tree. IN an article i'm the
North American Review. thinks that the
huIk of achievement given 10 the stage
during our generation has boon ollie to
the actor-managcr. while be admits that
under proper conditions the lay manager
should DE the ideal head OF tho theatre.
The tendency Of control in England is
siIll toward the actor. while in this coun-
try lag management grows apace.-Dra-
matte Mirror
In addition TO "Heartsease." which now
begins its sixth week az the Garden. and
"Eonnie Prince Charlie" produced last
week az Wauacks Mr. Clarke has two
other Important works I'm process Of conf
u'etou. During his last season IN Amer
ieQ Sir Henry Irving read scenarios by
Mr Clarke approved them and ordered
plays on their plans. One IS a roman
te drama on the life OF George Washing
tom the other q comedy, with Don QIiX-
o'o as its hero.
Among other tragic incidents in the7t-
r.cal circles this week has been the att
tempted murder o. Miss Waller. am ac-
tress lately engaged In the Inflated "pi-
grim's Progress" at the Olympic. by, n
poor mcntally-aniicted admirer who. az
ter having shot at the unfortunate llule
In1v turned his revolver upon himself
ana killed himself at once The poor girl.
whose life seems 10 have been in every
way exemplary has had to De subjected
to much N-rays examination, but is, nev-
orthelc-s improving apace.-London LETT
ter Boo Dramatic Mirror
From Chicago comes tho story that
- number OF prominent stars are oreaniz-
Inr au effective opposition to the ccm-
hlnatiou popularity known as tho Syn
dictate" That such O. project has been
considered for some time past is we'll
known here. The names OF FANNY DaV-
enu0rt Francis Wilson. Nat q. Goodwin,
sol Smith Russell Stuart Robson and
Frank Daniels arc mentioned as irier-
esttl. while a. d. Palmer r. G. Whit
uar tho Rosenfelds and several other
managers or attractions and theatres are
Also named. Whatever may be tho re-
suit Of this or the other opposition 20
tho "eyndicate' there is no doubt that
rho stars ANA combinations OF tho coun-
try hold tho key 20 the situation II they
choose 20 get fooeIher. IL Is not thea I
eros chat are difficult 20 p-ocure-it SIS sue .
oc-sfll attractions 10 place IN the thea
tres. 80 Syndicate can create enough I
attractions OF a paying kind 10 on the re-