The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-16

while Julia Nelson will be Beatrice-she
ought to be very fine in the church scene
and Miss Fay Davis Hero. Fred Terry
will be a handsome Don Pedro, and
that excellent actor, W. II Vernon, is
certain to be good Leonato. H. B.
Irving will have chance as Don Juan.
The Dogberry will be H H. Vincent. On
the whole. the cast exhibits remark
able array of talent.
Herr Carl Goldmark recently cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of MS
entry upon a public career. Goldmark,
who is now 60, is known abroad chiefly
by his Rustic Wedding symphony.
and his opera, on the story of Dickens
Cricket on the HEARTH" would have
been produced at Covent Garden last
year, but the manager and the musician
could not agree upon terms.
According to the latest reports it is
probable that Forbes Robertson and
Mrs. Patrick Campbell will act Hamlet
and Ophelia in Germany before long.
speaking in English, and that after
will enact the same characters in Ger
man. If the German critics are not
too polite to tell the truth, it will be
interesting to compare their comments
upon these performances and those Of
the London press.
The executors of r. l.. Stevenson
have intrusted the task of making
play out of his latest story, .'St. Ives. =
to w. f. Henley. and it is promised that
an authorized version for copyright
purposes, in New York and London,
shall be ready by the LIST of February.
Meanwhile they protest against all pi-
ratical adaptations Of the story.
Gertrude Coghlan, the handsome sew
enteen-year- daughter of Charles
Coghlan who was secretly married to
Reginald Cameron, the son of clergy
man whom she met two years ago at
Prince Edwards Island has brought
suit for divorce on the ground of nom
support.
A niece of the late Senator Stanford
is to make her debut as an actress on
the 18th of January at Hoyt's, New
York. The young lady's name IS
Electa Page, and she will appear with
the students of the Stanhope Wheat
croft School of Acting in Higher Ed
ucation,'' a comedy by Francis Hoad-
ley.
It is announced that the London Av-
enue Theater has been leased by
wealthy lady amateur, who proposes
to revive there Robert Ruchanans
stage version of Rhoda Broughton's
Sweet Nancy and to play the prin-
cipal character herself.
The play which Dr. Conan Doyle is
writing, with Sherlock Holmes for the
principal character, is not founded up
on any of the published detective
stories, but upon a series of entirely
new adventures.
1t appears that the name Of A. w.
Pinero's new comedy, ''Trelawney OF
the Wells,'' is taken, not from the wells
at Bath or Tunbridge but from the old
Sadlers Wells Theater, made SO ia
nous by Samuel Phelps.
Charlotte Tittell of California has
been engaged for female leads with the
stock company at the Standard The
alter in Philadelphia
E. J. Holden appears to have become
a fixture in Butte, Mont. Having COM
pleted his engagement at Sutton's
Union Theater he joined the dramatic
portion of the company at the Casino.
Louis n. Parker is reported to be at
work upon a new stage version of The
Three Muskeeters."
Miss Margaret Mather is expected to
try her fortunes upon the London stage
before long.
A grand procession of orchids is one
of the scenic features of this years
pantomime at Drury Lane, London.