The sun., 1898-10-02
WITH MASK AND WIG
Personal Paragraphs Con-
cerning Stage FavOrites.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Stage Items of the SeasOn--.Gossip or
the Green ROOm--What They
are Doing.

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9th.
"William Telr' is to be revived in
Paris.
Isabelle Urquhart will return to comic
opera.
Paderewski's opera is to be sung at
Dresden.
"Harbor Lights has been revived at
Melbourne.
Mozart's "Magic Flue" has been re-
vived in Munich.
Cain will be the hero OF an opera by
Father Perose.
Modjeska produced Cleopatra" in
Frisco last week.
Fanny Davenport possessed jewelry
valued at 100000.
''The Clemenceau Case" was given in
Milwaukee last week.
A statue to Nine. Melba is to be put
up next year IN Melbourne.
Milan's Conservatory of Music has
been officially named after Verdi.
Bologna has heard an operatic version
of Schiller's ''The Robbers"
''The Adventure OF Lady Ursula" is to
be given by the Broughs in Australia.
Klau & Erlanger will probably manage
s. vaudeville threatres next season.
Felix Morris declares that Mrs. Fiske
is the greatest English.speaking actress.
"Cinderella," an opera written by
Massanet five years ago, is to be sung in
Paris.
Will Risings company sang "The
Rose of Auvergne' at Chicago theatre
last week.
The opera "Shamus O'Brien' has been
translated into German and will be sung
this winter at Breslau.
Saint-Saens' "De Janire' was presented
in the arena at Beziers before an audi
ence of 10000 people.
'Lohengrin" recently had its four
hundredth performance in Berlin. 1t
was sung for the first time in 1852
The mother of the Russell brothers
died suddenly on Sunday last, and the
company did not play during the past
week.
Max Alvary, who has 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 Major
General Young, L. S. A., has scored a
success with Harry Corson Clarke's COM
pany in "What Happened to Jones' at
Frisco.
Alexander Salvini in his "reminiscences
praises the Hamlet OF Edwin Booth, but
adds the curious opinion that Henry lrv'
ing was the better Interpreter of the
character.
Cora Tanner, Louis Massen, Rose Ey
tinge, Isabelle Evesson and Rice's pro
duction of the "Origin of the Cak'
Walk are current attractions in thu
Keith quadruple circuit of vaudeville
theatres
Augustus Thomas is writing a play 70
Stuart Robson. The scenes will be lal'
in Washington and Mr.. Robson will i'm
personate daredevil young fello'
whose friends nominate and elect him t
Congress much against his will.
Mae Lowry, who was leading lad
with DonnelIy & Girard last season, an
made a hit with her singing as tn
Geshia girl, is now an attractive featur
of "A Day and Night" with Otis Hal
Ian, which is having run in Me-
York.
Alice Nelson's Opera Company score
hit in "The Fortune Teller in Ne
York last week. Miss Nelson's work We
almost generally praised, but the Tribun
declares that nobody who saw the pc
hoy In
not told so, that she was supposed to t
star.
Mrs. Fiske later in the season wi
present play based on Thackeray
novel of "Vanity Fair" and will impe
senate Becky Sharp. The most notab
performance OF Becky Sharp that hi
Eeen seen in New York was given b
Laura Keene at her theatre in 1860. I'll
wags of that time used to speak of Lau
Sharp by Becky keene.
The visit of Sir Henry Irving an
Miss Ellen Terry to Dundee in Octobt
has caused quite flutter of excitemel
amongst playgoers and other leading ci
izens. Already large number of ladi
and gentlemen have signified their i
tention OF being present at the receptc
and supper to be given in their honor
the Victoria Art Galleries on the evenil
Of Thursday. goth Of October.
"The Sign OF the Cross" which was
dark, spongy failure when first playe
here at the Knickerbocker Theatre, b
afterward showed surprising strength {
the road, began its season last night
the Boston Museum, and will be playe
in this country for the next four years
least. It's long suit is with religious pc
pie, who don't seem to realize the frar
brutality of the rape episode. Leland
Richardson in New York Telegraph.
Nance O'Neil appeared in Frisco, h
home, last week, for the first time in Il
years. Her real name is Gertrude Lar
son, and her father is an auctioneer
real estate. His elder daughter Lillia1
became an actress against his will al
despite his prohibition. On the night
her debut he arose in prayer meeti
and prayed that the Lord might confu
the girl and make her debut failul
He saw the theatrical performance
the first time last week, when he W
messed Nance's impersonation in IT
Jewess'
In Henry Arthur Jones "The Liars
produced in New York on Monday la
John Drew played the part of a since