Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-20
Stories and Gossip
Of the Stage.
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Rose Field in the Chicago Post: Really
Wagnerian art has been sadly shaken by
the failure Of our German fellow citizens
to turn out last night in honor
German Of Mr.. Damrosch's excellent
performance Of "TannhauSer."
Opera In We were mortified by the con-
ch,c,o. fession that the boxes went
sniesxe' begging, and that such express
sions Of felicitation as ..hoch'
and 'lieber Gott" were few and far be-
tween. 1t is time that we may urge in ex-
tenuation that our great saint himself was
not particularly proud Of .Tannhauser"
years that he had put in too many tunes"
thereby catering to a low order Of intelli-
gsencs and to q deficient musical taste. Last
what mawkish opera Of IL Traviata" had
held the boards. and the public, which was
sop1eifaa T leas t sTpgsst naturally re- y. hoped tb for
the pilgrims chorus. the song Of the even
ing star n the march, which we have no
fsias Ion, IN p~ronou1cing superior to any;
Sousa- We believe We may say, therefore,
thai with this explanation we may look
e eoI ! at 10 t E sI fartb 0a5pEurin nTo Of musical az
Die Walkure." which is as devoid of tunes
as a dried wishbone Is shy, of meat. In
party ang''l Which 10 c ens eass Z Th ans Rsm as the
asked Mr.. Damrosch If he viii not allow
s shs Mai * 1ss' e Pa fallSP b ps to tn the tb Inspiring M9nnE
Ing" but he still has the matter under con-
sideration. If he will consent to this appro-
Sing ehls'e sThe Star ass span aie T Bangse er Tot hono 90
a night Of 1t.
Thu leading man of ono Of the Broadway
stock companies was in an indignant state
Of mind last Saturday afternoon:
81 can stand a practical joke as well as
anybody" he remarked as he
An Ob,ect drew half q dozen small card
board jewelry boxes out of his
Lesson In pocket. but I'll be hanged II I
p.,.,.. can see what's the meaning
fepoies. of this joke. 1t began a week
ago when I received a note
in a woman,s handwriting which looked
SO exactly like my wife,s that 1 thought
something serious must have happened at
home or that one Of my dogs was ill or
1t was unsigned and ran like this:
you are the most confounded ass on the
stage to-day I write to inform you Of that
fact, every d,v sine. then . small Inv
bearing the stamp Of one OF the big jewell
ers has reached me. The contents of all
the boxes has been the same-a solitary
on the bottom OF the box. a large Nit"
I've how the addresses of the wrap
pany and they all declare that the hand
writing is exactly like my wife's. But I
know 1t can't have been She added the
II she thought it. what would be the use of
taking all the trouble of writing 1t DOWN."
New York Sun.
"Cyrano de Bergerac," the late. great
Partisan success, for which Richard Mans
field has negotiated, is a five-act play by
Edward Rostrand. Rostrand is a native of
Marseilles. He has chosen the
1snsfieIGs period Of King Louis XIII. for
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New of his drama The kings play
Play. present q Nav nOa h. 10
chosen "Chlorise." by Baro,
for the entertainment Of the court and
their friends. Mountfieury, a noted actor
OF that period. is to play a leading part.
In the audience is Cyrano de Bergerac, a
young captain of the Guards. and in char
acter almost like Richard Dudgeon in The
Devils Disciple" He is an adventurer, a
man who denies God. and fears neither
nature and the weak always find a de-
fender in him. Cyrano is not a cookbook
ing man, his rather prominent nose being
a target for the jests and jibes of any null
titude in which he appears.
Montf'eury has offended the captain by
making love to his cousin, Roxane Robin.
and the moment he enters the stage he is
attacked by Cyrano. In the melee Mont
fieury escapes. Cyrano Is desperately in
love with Roxane himself. and It frets him
to think that his physical shortcomings
| SNculu DIR fiIn from neT regard. But the
fair Roxane makes him believe that she
is not so Indifferent to his attentions, only
TO cast him from the seventh heaven of his
expectations a little later. She sends for
him to meet her at the house of a famous
| cook. who is a great friend OF Cyrano. and
| there implores his help for her lover, Chris
tian de Neuvillette. The colonel of the
guards in which Christian is serving is also
in love with RoNane. n De Neuvillette
and Cyrano make common cause against
him.. On the day Of Christians marriage to
RoNane the count decides to revenge him.
self upon the woman who has Tilted him by
sending her lover to Arras. which the Span
iards are besieging. It is a long struggle.
during which Cyrano sustains Christians
courage. Roxane seeks her husbands
camp. bringing food TO the starving troops.
Soon after an assault is made by the Span
iards and Christian is among the first to
fall. Cyrano avenges his death by terrible
defeat OF the Spaniards. Christians death
and Roxane's grief have so embittered
Cyrano that he gives vent to his ill-humor
everywhere and among all classes Of men.
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