The herald., 1898-01-09
Green Room Gossip


Frederick Warde's new play, "Iskan.
der, Soldier of the Cross" has met with
unqualified success in the east, and, ir
all probability, will be seen at one OF
our local theaters in the early spring.
Music and Drama.
Manager Heinrich Conried hasa Sc.
cured the lease of the Hamburg thea.
ter in Hamburg, Germany, which he
will manage in conjunction with the
Irving Place theater in New York city
George Alexander's revival of "Mucf
Ado About Nothing at the London st
James theater is likely to be as memor-
able as that of his "As You Like 1t" lasi
season. At all events the cast reads un.
commonly we'll on paper. He himself
will play Benedick, while Julia Neilsor
will be Beatrice, and Fay Davis, Hero
Fred Terry will be Don Pedro and w. H
Vernon, Leonato. H. B. Irving vii
have a chance as Don John. The Dog
berry will be II. H. Vincent.
Charles Coghlan, in "The Royal Box
at the Fifth Avenue theater at a matt
nee performance drew $440.50 At the
evening performance the taking at the
box office was $1S61.25 making the gross
receipts of the day $230175.
Rehearsals of new three-act COM
ery' called "a Paris Model have beer
begun at the Bijou theater. Rudolph
Aronson is the manager of the enter
prise and Mile. Pillar NORM is to play the
principal female character
The list of plays that Wilson Barrett
will produce during his Australian sea-
son comprises THE Manxman," Ben
ma Chree," THE Sign of the Cross,
and 1.-The Silver King"
1t is said that Tom Fitzgerald cleared
$4,000 in West Australia with his cir
Gus.
The hundredth performance of "The
Little Minister" was celebrated by the
presentation of a souvenir mezzotint en-
craving of Maude Adams as Babbe.
William A. Brady has lately paid to
Augustin Daily $1,000 for alleged in
fringements upon the copyright of I'm
der the Gaslight." Payment was made
contingent upon refund in the event of
a reversal OF decision by higher court
to which Mr. Brady will carry the case
1t is just. twenty-one years ago that
Robson and Crane appeared as stars at
the old California theater, San Francis
in Boucicault's lively comedy, Forbid
den Fruit" which they followed with
"Our Boarding House" and burlesque
on "Black Eyed Susan"
Among the Dramatists
Mr.. Louis N. Parker is reported to be
at work upon new stage version of
"The Three Musketeers''
n ca L.
intrusted the task of making a play out
of his latest story, est. Ives" to w. E.
Henley, and it is promised that an au-
thorized version for copyright purposes
in New York and London will be ready
by the 1st of February. Meanwhile they
protest against all piratical dramatic
adaptations of the story.
The play which Conan Doyle Is writ
ing, with Sherlock Holmes for the prin-
cipal character, is not founded upon any
of the published detective stories, but
upon 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
Sadler's Wells theater, made so famous
by Samuel Phelps.
Pierre Lott has just completed his first
dramatic work, play in four acts and
six scenes, entitled judith Renaudin."
Sardou's new piece, Pamela" is in
rehearsal at the Paris Vaudeville. 1t
deals with the revolutionary period, and
the principal theme is the royalist plot
to rescue the dauphin from the temple
Nine. Rejane is, of course, to take the
part of Pamela, and there is said to be
a very pathetic scene between her and
Louis XVII, Mr.. Sardou being one of
those who believe that the latter did not
die in captivity.
The Italian novelist playwright,
DAnnunzio, has prepared versions both
of "Antigone" and "Agamemnon" for the
use of Signora Duse, who is to appear
in them at the new theater now in
process of construction on the shores of
Lake Albano, near Rome He is also
busy with a tragedy on the subject of
which is to form the open
ing attraction.
Sydney Rosenfeld's new play, "a
Divorce Colony" will be produced at the
Bijou this season.
Anna Held's Tour
Anna Held will begin a tour of the