The record-union., 1898-10-30

critics, is now hailed as the Climax
fand most thrilling and important scene
Yin the whole opera.
tOne the evening when news was re-
c sfved in Vienna of the assassination
OF Z the Empress, the overture to MO-
"a rt's Figaro" had just been per-
for led and the curtain rose. as the
aud ence supposed, for the first act,
whe n the manager came forward, and
in a Y oice trembling with emotion an
nounce that, by order of the Emperor
there would be no performance that
evening" The public, in great surprise
left the house, no one knowing, until
! the strtA 1t was reached. the cause of
their disl nissal.
Sir Hem ry Irving made some inter-
| esting re1 larks the other day to a
newspaper. man who caught him at
Birmingham 1. He recalled the time
! when at tt le very beginning OF his
career he al tied with the famous ro-
mantle actor Charles Fechter in that
city. He rem larked that Fechter was
the first actol he had ever seen VINO
revealed any nature in the perform
ance of Hamle t, taking the character
off the stills, a it We're 1t appears
that the old ragedian John Ryder,
who was great. " outraged by the
Frenchman play ing the part in
blonde wig, and 7ho himself supported
| him in the cha. racter OF the Ghost'
used to relieve Ii is feelings by gong
down unon his knees in Fechter'S
| dreSSing-room and curSlng MIN SOL
| emnly, after the ma nner OF King Lear.
| Sir Henry went on TO remark tnat
young as he was at that time ne nau
| already appeared in no less than 400
characters, which giS Fes some loea OIL
| the amount of training winch young
player got in the days OF the ola STOCK
| companies He denol mced as aDso-
lutely groundless the rumors Whlch
have been printed from time TO time
concerning the approach. ing retirement
of Miss Terry from the .Lyceum COM
pany. He and she, he So i'd, were poth
looking forward to anothe visit TO the
| United States, and hoped TO be apie u
take some new plays with them
Among these would probabl be Rlcn-
ard H." and Sardou's "R obesplerre,
| in which there is an excelle MT part Ior
Miss Terry. Sir Henry also mentioned
incidentally the fact that II lie Englsh
version of "Cyrano de Berge1" ac' Whlch
he had ordered was almost eady, out
he declined to tell the name' OF the
adapter or the date of produce on, both
! of which. he added, would i De an
nounced in due season. From TINS 1t
would appear that he does rea lly IN
tend to produce M. Rostand's play, and
his assumption of the character CT the
ugly hero will be awaited with the
| liveliest interest.
Miss Olga Nethersole is to leave -Llv-
erpool for the United States on the otn
of November, and the last nights or
| The Termagant" are announced Al
ready in London. She brings seven II
other new plays to this country.
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The title Of ]. NJ. Barrie's new play
is Two Kinds of Women Although,
it is spoken of as a new composition, it
was written actually before THE Lit
tie Minister" 1t will be first seen in
the London st. James Theater at a Sc
ries of morning performances.
Mrs. Lancaster Wallis, a prominent
English actress. who has been absent
from the stage for some time. will soon
resume the active exercise of her pro-
fession, and will be seen in two new
modern plays and Shakespearean re-
vival.
J. NJ. Gates, who wrote ''The Air
Ship" the spectacular musical farce
comedy which unlocks the California s
long-closed doors, claims that his pro-
duction is a farce-comedy with CO.
herent plot, which is carried lightly
through the three acts. The plot deals
with the questions of the day, introduc-
ing the air ship, from which the come
dy takes its name models of a subma-
rine boat, perpetual motion, etc.
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Mrs Craigie who has added play
writing to story writing with apparent
success, is now engaged upon an his
torical play, to be called "Gwendoline
and Locrine."
Johann Strauss, Jr., follows in the
footsteps of his illustrious family. His
maiden effort is entitled "Cat and
Mouse" 1t will be produced in Vienna
at an early date.
The Marquis of Lorne has bought a
| business interest in the Carl Rosa
| Company of English singers, and it is
said that several librettos of his, with
music by Osmond Carr, will be pro-
duced.
The young Italian composers are go
ing to be heard this winter Among
the new operas to be produced are
Mascagni's Iris Puccini's La Tos-
| ca Franchetti's "Germania,' and
| Giordano's Fedora"
|
An impersonator of Dickens charac- |
ters in the London music halls invites
his audiences to deposit ballots to in
dicate their preferences, and each
| weeks set Of performances is made up
in obedience to the previous vote.
The management of the Hollis-s street
Theater, Boston, announced in it's ad-
vertisements that no admission tick
cts would be sold during Maude Ad-
ans engagement. The theory is ac-
cepted that the people who would oc
cupy the standing room if it were
available. will come in later on and
buy seats. Mr.. Frohman has an idea
that persons who stand up for a whole
evening are sufficiently uncomfortable
to be influenced against the perform
ance.
Miss Viola Aliens debut as a star in
Hall Gaines new play, The Chris
tian.' was the greatest legitimate hit
scored in many years, says an Eastern
critic. Not only has Miss Aliens act
ing as Glory Quayle proved q reyela-