The record-union., 1898-05-15


Orpheum Company was Incorporated
some years ago, and while Mr.. waiter
: was President and general director, he
has Of late had very little to do with
{ the general conduct of the business,
which has been intrusted mostly TO
Morris Meyerfeld, Jr., the Treasurer Of
the company. and to John Morrissey,
the Assistant Director.
The principal feature on the new BILL
to begin at to-day's matinee, is Carroll
Johnson, the famous black-face come
dian and banjoist In his particular line
Mr.. Johnson has few rivals, and GER
tainly no superiors. He attained his
first fame at the time when minstrel
companies were all the rage, and has
since graduated into vaudeville. An
other pleasing number on the bill is
John w. Ransone, a monologue artist
( but who varies his work by appearing
made up in exact duplicate as to facial
expression and mannerisms of the
character he is representing. He will
appear as General Fitzhugh Lee, Mark
Hanna and Governor Budd. He is ex-
tremely clever in this line of business.
His work is extremely funny. Hayes
and Bandy are clasSed as one OF
;the very best dancing teams thai
have ever been seen on the vaude-
Z VILE stage In this line of work
the are great They scored a great
success at the San Francisco house,
and viii no doubt make a great
hit here Mae Tunison, the popu-.
lar soprano, will appear in sentimental
and descriptive songs. She is elegantly
costumed makes a pretty stage appear
ance and her voice is exceedingly sweet
and tuneful. Budworth and Brimmer,
the sketch artists, will appear in
comedy skit in which they do some
exceedingly clever work. as both are
good comedians. Musical Fletcher is
another of the funny acts on the bill;
he plays on all sorts OF instruments. but
always in a manner acceptable to the
audience. w. F. Baker. the change art
jst, will appear in his clever character
changes. All the acts are new, and
with so strong a bill the Orpheum ought
to be packed nightly, and especially at
the reduced prices of 10, 20 and 30
cents
Cannot some one induce the Nor
wegian Chopin" Edward Grieg, to visit
America? The English fairly worship
him. as may be inferred from the fol-
lowing note in the London Daily
News: The final concert this season
of DR.. Edward Grieg, and the only ap-
.pearance of his gifted wife. who sings
her husbands songs with so much nat
ural grace and artistic taste, excited
yesterday an interest and enthusiasm
which We're common enough in the lat
ter days of Rubinstein and Clara Schu-
mann, but have of late been almost a
lost experiences Reserved seats had
been sold out. while inE the hope of OBJ
tanning unsecured places the people be-
gan to- crowd before the doors of ST.
James Hall as early as IL o'clock ir
the morning. content to brave the nip
ping wind for nearly four hours before
the performance commenced. DR.. GrieS
confined his programme mainly to pop
ular pieces His own solos were the
thoroughly characteristic sketch entit-
led In the Mountains" from the series
known as Scenes From Popular Life
in Norway and the dainty Bridal
Procession" which has so long been a
favorite both in the concert and the
drawing-room For the usual encore
he gave a movement from his "Hol-
berg's Tine suite, written as sort CT
modern version of older forms.
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New York Post: The London EIiz-
abethan Stage Society is in a vary bad
way APPARENTLY. According to the sat
urday Review about ten productions
have been undertaken, involving un-
precedented expenditure, care, and re-
search in the matter of costumes. Here
Mr. Poel has unquestionably made a
contribution to theatrical art. AS usual,
he has received little acknowledgment
except for the quainter aspects of his
Elizabethanism; but the truth is that
nothing like the dressing of his Droduc-
tions has been seen by the present gem
Grafton; our ordinary managers have
simply been patronizing the conven-
tional costumer's business in a very ex-
pensive way, while Mr.. Poel has
achieved artistic originality, beauty and
novelty of effect, as we'll as the fullest
attainable measure of historical con-
viction He has done extraordinary
things with the amateur talent at his
disposal, the last few performances
showing not only that he has at last
succeeded in forming a company Of
very considerable promise, but that
something like a tradition of Elizabeth
an playing is beginning to form itself
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is that those who have attended the
performances have learned to know the
Elizabethan drama in a way that no
extremity of reading the plays could
have led them to- Unfortunately there
has been another result, to wit, de-
felt of fl 600, which Mr. Poel has had
to meet out of his own private re-
sources The writer then goes on to
intimate that the speedy collapse Of
the society may be looked for unless
something is done to shift the burden
of financial responsibility from Mr..
Poels shoulders.
New York POST The phoenix was
potbing compared with Colonel Maple
son That bird rose from its ashes
only once in 500 years, feat which
the Colonel accomplishes every other
wear He has just issued particulars
of a scheme for giving, at the Olympic
Theater. operate performances during
six months of the year at half the
ordinary prices of admission, starting
soon after the end of the present month.
He has the scenery. dresses. etc, for
fifteen operas. beside the Dragonetti
library of seventy operaT fsone never
performed here) by the old masters.
Mr. Mapleson is in negotiation Tor the
engagement of an orchestra from La
Scala. Milan. and one month or each
wear he proposes TO place at the dis
posal of the students of the Royal Col
lege and Royal Academy of Music ana
of the Guildhall School.
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