Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
Massanet i've years ago, is to be sung

Win Rising's company sang "The
Rose OF Avergue' at a E icago theatre
The opera "sAamus O'Brien" has
been translated into German and will
be sung this winter at Breslau.
Saint-Saens DE Janire" was pre-
sented in the arena at Beziers before
an audience Of 10000 people.
Tohengrin" recently had its four
hundredth performance In Berlin. 1t
was sung for the first time in 1859.
The mother Of the Russell brothers
died suddenly on Sunday last, and the
company did not play during the past
week.
Max Alvary, who hks been suffering
from the effects of cancer for some
time, Is now reported to be dying in
London, and in poverty, too, more's
the pity.
Lillian Young, the daughter of Ma
jor General Young, u. S. A., has scored
a success with Harry Corson Clarke's
company in What Happened to Jones"
at Frisco
Alexander Salvini in his reminis-
cences praises the Hamlet of Edwin
Booth, but adds the curious opinion
that Henry Irving was the better in
terpreter of the character.
Cora Tanner Louis Massen, Rose
Eytinge. Isabelle Everson and Rice's
production of the Origin of the Cake
Walk" are current attractions in the
Keith Quadruple circuit of vaudeville
theatres.
Augustus Thomas is writing a play
for Stuart Robson. The scenes will be
laid in Washington and Mr.. Robson
will impersonate daredevil young
fellow whose friends nominate and
e'nrt him to Congress much against his
will.
Mae Lowry, who -as leading lady
with Donnelly & Girard last season,
and made hit with her singing as
the Geshia girl, is now an attractive
feature Of ga Day and a Night" with
Otis Harlan, which is having a run in
New York.
Alice Nelson's Opera Company
scored a hit in "1he Fortune Teller"
in New York last week Miss Nelson's
work was almost generally praised, but
the Tribune declares that nobody who
saw the performance would have known
if he were not told so that she was
supposed to be a star"
Mrs. Fiske later IN TIE season will
present a play based on Thackeray's
novel of vanity Fair" and will i'm
personate Becky Sharp. The most not
able performance of Becky Sharp that
has been seen in New York was given
by Laura Keene at her theatre in 1860.
The wags Of that time used to speak
of Laura Sharp by Becky Keene.
The visit of Sir Henry Irving and
Miss Ellen Terry to Dunlee in October
has caused quite flutter OF excitement
amongst play-goers and other leading
citizens. Already a large number if
ladies and gentlemen have signified
reception rl I'll supper to be given in
their honor in the Victoria Art Gal
leries on the evening of Thursday, 10th
October.
The Sign of the Cross" which was a
dark, spongy failure when first played
here at the Knckerbocker Theatre, but
afterward showed surprising strength on
the road, begaa its first season last night
at the Boston Museum, and will be played
in this country for the next four years at
least Its long suit is with religious peo-
pIe. who don't seem to realize the frank
brutality of the rape episode-Leander
Richardson in New York Telegraph.
Nance O'Neil appeared in Frisco, her
home, last week, for the first tine in hve
years Her real name is Gertrude Lam
son, and hel father is an auctioneer of
real estate. His eldest daughter, LlIllah,
became an atcress against his VIII and de-
spite his prohibition. On the night OF her
debut he rose in prayer meeting and pray
ed that the Lord might confuse the girl
and make her debut a failure. tie saw
theatrical performance for the first time
last week when he witnessed Nance's i'm
personation of The Jewess.'
In Henry Arthur Jones The Liars,
produced in New York on Monday last,
John Drew played the part of a sincere
friend bent on eXtricating the wife from
her folly without informing her husband.
and a worker with the wel-intendoned
liars mentioned in the title; the reader
will comprehend that the actor was plac-
ed favorably to utilize his qualities of per-
sonality and requirement in acting. 1t is
true that in the third act, where the eff
forts to extricate the wife from her pre-
dicament were made by means of false
hoods which lie did not approve but rae
itlv helped. he was at the edges of the
stage much, but in the fourth ne came
reunited her to her husband, and fe.icit-
ously wooed a widow on his own account.
Mr. Daily and MI Mansfield will both
produce "CyranO de Bergerac" on the
same night Mr.. Mansfield viii make his
first appearance in the Rostand comedy at
New York tomorrow Mouday) evening,
and Mr.. Days company will present the
piece at that identical time a the Chest
nut Street Opera House in Philadelphia.
Miss Rehan will play Roxane, and Charles
Hickman Will be seen in the part origt-
mated by the great Coe1elin, to be under
taken in New York ~ Mr.. Mansfield. The
character of Cy- ano is the study of a
man of great mind and marvellous wit,
whose life has been blighteta by his ma
sal defo,m nifty Cyrano has loved his
cousin f2oxane from childhood, but has
never dared to breathe it because he is 50
hideoAs. Roxane asks Cyrano to be a
protective guardian to her handsome
young lover: a charge which he accepts
with heart-breaking heroism. He writes
the ,ove letter for the handsome young
cadet, Christian, and as the youth is
bashful wooer, takes his place in wh1S-
pering soft words of love to Roxane in
the balcony scene, and when the moment
comes to ascend and take the kiss that