The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-27
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Bcerbohm Tree will revive king John"
CorinEe has joined the Wilbur Opera
Company.
Mansneld's wife. Beatrice Cameron, has
retired.
Marie Laurent. a Paris actress, is
seventy zone years old.
Henry Irving Will appear in "Cyrano
de Bergerac."
Robert Drouet has joined a St. Louis
stock company.
Fanny Mcintyre IS a member OF Bos-
ton stock company.
Camille De Arville viii be seen IN
king Dodo" next season.
Five actors are now travelling at the
head of companies in Shakesperean
plays.
An American theatre will be among
the attractions at the Paris exposition
IN 1900.
Charles Ross. OF Ross & Fenton. will
star next season IN John Drew comedy.
j. X. Murray and Clara Lane will star
in an opera by Victor Herbert ana Charles
Klein
The Eden Musee. New York. is now
exhibiting a new wax 6gure CT Captain
Sigsbee. Of the Maine.
9TH Yankee Cruiser" an opera by Fred.
Miller Jr.. IS 10 be produced In CleVe-
land on February 2sth. Miller wrote
ship Alloy"
Al least four playwrights IN New York
are straining nerves 10 get out plays with
the Maine horror as the neutral point Of
interest
Rernhardt will probably put a play
drawn from George Sands novel Ca
briel." by Henri Annie and Maurice Bern
hardt on the stage next year.
The first act of LA Poupee' was played
twice IN an English city recently. Many
people did not secure admittance unul
the act was nearly over. and they de-
manded that the act be repeated.
The city Of New York. with nearly
3.J09.cOO inhabitants. is without first
class permanent orchestra and 1t IS pro-
posed to raise 100000 TO establish such an
organization.
John u. Stoddart Louise Thorndyke
B9ucicault. Cora Tanner. Beatrice More
land and Ethel Kendall daughter Of the
Kendals. are among the latest recruits
to vaudeville.
The FIRST act of the Moth and Candle
which was acted last week by Ellie shan
non and Herbert Kelley in Philadelphia.
represents a fancy dress ball In which all
the characters wear children's clothes.
The rumor that Virginia Harmed would
next year act alone in THE Adventures
of Lady Ursula" led 10 the surmise thar
Daniel Frohman. with another married
couple i'm his ranks had oecided to separ-
ate Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sothern.
IN the piece which is To follow THE
Geicha." in London. Lefty Lind and BAY
den Coffin will appear as Greek slaves,
Marie Tempest as a Persian girl, Rut-
land harrington as q project, and Hida
Moody as a Roman princess. The action
takes place in Rome IN the year 20 4. ID.
Milton AbOrn. OF the Boston Lyric
Opera Company will be stage manager
and comedian of the opera companies
that will play at Cleveland and Cincin-
natl the coming summer. Comedian
Aborn has appeared IN over 100 operas
and is said to be the best stage manager
I'm America No comedian has a larger
following in Philadelphia than has Mr..
AhOrn
Marie Geistinger, who is now singing
in opera cOmique at Berlin, has found IL
necessary 10 publish her certificate oil
baptism, as the Berlin papers were max
ing her out much older than she really
u.s. She was born at Graz, in Austria,
July g. 1896. was christened, d a Catholic
TO the names of Maria Charlotte Cecilia
Her father was Nicholas Geistinger, ac-
tor. drawing a pension from Russia.
There is a wide and melancholy contrast
between ModjeSkas' work and that OF
her younger contemporares-the dffer-
fence between genuine acting. such as
hers, the thoughtful reproduction OF diff
erent characters and the modern coun-
terfeit, which is nothing but the dam
nable iteration in perpetuity, with scarce
~ pretense of disguise. OF the players
own insignificant individuality.-New
Yark Evening Post.
La = is a -
Europe. Sousa will give a grand specta-
cular production In New York under the
title of 1.-The Troopng OF the Colors.'
The flags Of nearly every nation will be
represented in 1t, and it will be one of the
most elaborate affairs of the kind ever
produced in this country. The company,
including chorus. band and soldiers. viii
number over 900 persons.
Isabelle Urquhart produced "A Strange
Baby" at q New York vaudeville theatre
last week. Once the particular star OF
the Casino galaxy OF beauties Miss Ur-
Qunart has had little professional luck
for many years. Her departure from
Mr.. Aronson's company was caused by
a quarrel with Lillian Russell, and they
say that lsabela1s plump and snowy
shoulders still bear so plainly the i'm
print Of the golden diya's hand that a
chirosophist ran read the lines Of Mrs
Perugnis palm by studying Miss UrQu-
harris back.
Russian prince who IS fond OF YER
ors music has spent 5000 10 enable
himself 10 hear "Rigoletto" whenever he
plcases in his palace at ST. Petersburg.
The opera is acted by life sized puppets
whose acting is regulated by machinery,
ana the singing is done by photograph.
The owner has secured Photographic
reproductions OF the principal parts as
sung by the principal artists OF Europe.
and changes his cast 10 suit himself.
After putting the cylinders in place the
owner presses button and the opera
proceeds automatically. so says L'lnde-
pendence Beige.
In Paris. says Life. q young girl may
not go to the theatre, even with her own
parents. The nature Of the stage pro-
auctions is such that no decent woman
may witness them and preserve her repu-
tatiOn for Innocence Happily, that Is
not the case in America. Young girls
may go in squads TO the matiness OF
''The Conquerors" and "'rhe Tree Of
knowledge" provided they have the
price OF admission. or TO the evening
performances as the guest OF young men.
1ney may witness choice scenes of de-
hatchery. depicted with perfect fidelity
and with no details omitted. There's
no fooi mooesty about us Americans