The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
WITH MASK AND WIG
Personal Paragraphs Con-
corning Stage FavOrites.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Stage Items cfthe Season---GOssip of
the Green Room.--What They
are Doing.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Edward Harrigan is at Tacoma.

Aubrey Boucicauls has joined New
York stock company.
Charles Dickson WILL star in "The
Sham Battle next season.
Tamagno will sing the title role in
''Samson'' at Buenos Ayres.
Louise Kissing will soon Join the
New York Castle Square Opera Com
pany.
'The Continental Dragon" is the
title of Robert N. Stephens new play
for Z. H. Sothern.
William Spencer, author of ''The Lit
tie Tycoon" and "Princess Bonnie" will
shortly produce new opera.
Henry T. Donnelly will manage a New
York theatre next season and Girard
will revive Natural Gas"
John f. Henshaw and Richards and
Garfield will be seen in "Around the
Town. a Boston summer attraction.
Comic opera, says Hillary Bell, has
more dangers than any other form OF
the drama for a handsome young
woman.
Ricardo Juan Jose. the counter tenor,
is to marry Esther Schrieve, one of the
richest women in California. Jose used
to be a blacksmith.
Melba did not faint during the panic
at Frisco. The collection of opera cloaks
hats, bonnets, opera glasses, etc., left by
the fleeing audience represent over
$1,000
Rice's "Monte Carlo" season closed so
abruptlytin Philadelphia that the
theatres doors weae not opened last week
Joe OFT disbanded his company to Join
Monte Carlo"
Sadly can't help thinking that Mou-
net-Sullv, still powerful, but already on
the decline is the last splendid tragedian
that, after him, | shall see nothing but
shadows. Paris Figaro.
Irving will produce "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac" in London and Mansfield will
present the play here. Coquelin played
the title role in Paris. Irving's produc-
ton OF ''The Medicine Man failed.
In Kate Kipp, Buyer" acted for the
first time on any stage in Kansas City
last week. May Irwin plays the part of
a buyer for commercial house, charac.
terizing an up-to-date business women.
"War Bubbles" produced at Ham
merstein's New York Olympia last
week is described as "a light and frothy
entertainment, literally besprinkled with
jests and shapely women" Airline
Crater is in the cast
George H. Primrose and Lew Dock
stader will next year appear at the head
of the Great American Ministries. -
There will be no white faces in the enter
tainment which will conclude with a big
spectacular afterpiece.
EIwyn A. Barron and Wilson Barrett
have almost completed a new play of
the period Of George III. in which Mr..
Barrett will appear as a distinguished
cOurtier, greatly harassed by the guar
dianship OF the sprndthlift hero.
1t looks like the beginning of the end
for Marion Manola. Her mother has
appealed 10 the Courts to have a guar
dian appointed for Der unfortunate
daughter. Drugs have worked havoc
with the once popular comic opera song
stress and she will soon be only mem
orv.
No artist of the Imperial Opera Com
pany. OF Vienna, can 60 outside Vienna
even on the days when he is not singing,
without written permission from the
management, and whether there is Il re-
hears Il or not the entire corps de ballet
has to sign roll call at II o'clock every
morning.
W. J. Ferguson, Of the "Tarrvtown
Widow cast was on the stage OF Ford S
Theatre the night on winch President
Lincoln was assasinated, but still keeps
youthful and humorous, not withstand
ing the antiquity and tragedy OF that
memorable event. Mr. Ferguson has
been actively employed in our drama for
nearly 10 years.
Grace kimbaI and Lawrence N. D..
Mcclure were married Saturday morn
ing in the Church Of st. Francis Navicr.
Mrs. Mcclure has been one of Frohlnan's
leading women for some seasons. Mr.
Mcclure is a wealthy Harlem merchant
The actress embraced the faith of the
Roman Catholic Church before she BE-
came Mrs. Mc,iuire.
Annie Russell produced "The See
mario" in New York one afternoon last
week to test its value, and she may star
in the play next season. Five years after
having stabbed her cruel husband, the
heroine is a prominent actress in Paris
and is about to marrya man she loves.
Her past bohs up and she dies. The
role of the heroine was acted by Miss
Russell.
Rose Coghlan's vaudeville debut at
tracted 1000 people 1.-TWO performances
to keith's Boston Theatre on Monday
last. Miss Coghlan is paid $1,000 per
week and will appear in vaudeville in
the Keith theatres exclusively. Next
season she will play the chief role in
"The White Heathen." Frank Losee,
the original Legree in Uncle Toms
Cabin" was seen at keith's New York
house last week.
At Gambia, in an old monastery of
Venetian monks, number of interest
ing and hitherto unknown documents
have been discovered, relative to Othello,
who commanded the galleys of the
Venetian Republic and won several
naval victories. These documents state,
among other things, that Desdemona
survived the famous Moor of Venice
many years. This is overturning ro-
nance with vengeance. The "widow
Othello!'
The Lambs Club .(an organization of
actors and managers) has formed a min