The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-12

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| 20 me from St Louis. says Leander Rich
ardson. that Hopkins and Gumpertz nave
settled their differences. and that Melville
ana stctson will again return to the vario-
Nv theatres beginning with che Hopkins
| Circuit. Hopkins and Gumpertz VIII
shortly 20 into business again as part
| ucrs and will probably have a theatre
IN 81 Louis. Gumpertz IS at pres M
managing the Imperial Theatre In the
! city named. whore nc has a siTong COM
pany.
The theatrical business. not only IN
New York. but all around the country
continues 10 be- literally enormous ana
J n Is evident that the present season VIII
bo quite The greatest on record IN th.s or
any other country. IL my be- nuee" l''D.
] Il the prosperous conditions Whlch "'"
| rhorac,terize the United States are main
ta.ned. the theatre tariff will be wan
cel Bn all The best theatres ~ the leao-
INC cities. " would not surprise me 40
| all II the best seats in the Now YORK
theatres should command $50 apiece
which IS the price Of stalls IN the nrs'-
class London plavhouscs. -Lcander hich-
/ ardeon IN New York Telegraph
r.o,,is lanes daughter is member OF
Frobnan's Catherine" company.
,-s~o,, Mock is 10 have drama by
rronllln Fyles Rich s. HITS nave
e,,,si "a contract with the PLAYWRIGHT.
providing for O. spectacular production
carly next year. Meanwhile Mt Mack
Will apDoar this spring IN "Ihe Last Oh
the Rohans." by Ramsay Morris
Tho paris opera House has 2l65 seats.
thu oliver Hobbies Nlrs. Craigle)'
au.bor Of '~rhe Ambassador IS writing
new comedy.
Beatrice Harradcn. author Or SHIPS
7~,o+ pass fin the Night" has caught the
prevailing fever and Is writing play
charles rrohman has secured the Eng
lsh and American rights 10 the Iatea'
srccoesful Partisan farce. Gcorfcs roy
doau,s ola Dame Chcs MaNims.
"Nlue-teDths Of an actors life.' says
George Moore must be given up 70 rub-
bish. rubbish is the fare Of the mritl-
tude. aad 20 SIS the multitude that enao-es
the actor % keep the roof over his heaa'
hut he should reserve n tenth part or MS
life for himsclf-for his art"
Lole Fuller IS 81 London.
Nothcrsole is 10 appear I'm Budapest,
Vienna. Berlin and ST. Petersburg
Time was when beauty of person was
not less essential 20 the leading man
than 10 the leading woman OF the play.
Montague. Osmond Tcarlo. Herbert
Kelley. Robert Mantcu Henry Miller
and Kvrle Rellew were famous for their
good looks Tho ladies' loved these ac-
tors tendorIv and bought tickets 20 see
them enthusiastically. and during several
decades the drama was celebrated Tor
its natural as well as artistic graces.
Nowadays handsome men draw no higher
salaries than arc paid % their less fortu-
nate fellows The Empire Theatre drop
ped Henry Miller. who was a PROBES
sional beauty and accepted as hts sue
cess0r william FavCrsham who Is a
h0meiv man Herbert Kelley. long re-
r0wred as the chief ornament of the
Tvceum. gave place 10 Mr.. Hackett. wy
is not a beauty. and that actor in turn
was succeeded by Edward Morgan. who
As by no means an Apollo. "The Tur-
TIC" ran for nearly two hundred nights.
although IFS leading man. W. ]. Fer
rre0n is positively homely and John
Drew equally barren Of physical charms
-or'4f~e % ve~u1lr star.-Hilary Bell in
New York Press.
Next Wednesday evening on tho oc-
casi0n Of the one h11d~edth performance
of "Trolawney of the Wells" az the Ly-
ceum Theatre, New York Manager DAM
iel Frohm1n win present to each woman
IN the audience n handsomely bound and
Illustrated copy Of The acting edition OF
Mr.. Pincro's comedy. There are about
a dozen Illustrations with a colored
virrotfe ~ Miss Manuering as Rose
Trelawnoy.
p T. Malvon who arrived on tho steam
shin st. Louis Sunday under contract 90
Tieblor e. Company n produce Sidney
Grundv's play "The Musketfers." said
last night that the play would be pre-
scented ar the Broadway Theatre. New
York. 0s Beorh0hm Tree is presenting if
at Her Maiosiv's Theatre Tho play is
not divided into acts but s. presented
90 ten tahlcaus There are three inter
missions of ten minutes each. and seven
instantaneous dark changes.
Messrs. Brady and Zieefeld last weet
signed n contract with Aubrey Bouci-
caUlt by which they secure tho Amer
lean rights To - Court Scandal" pro
1uced M the Court Theatre. London
January 9th. The play IS romantic
one ad9ntod by Aubrey B0uoicauit and
oswald shnlingford from the French
Of NM Bavard and Dumanoir TIE CEN
trail figure IS Richelicu. not as the grim
and subtle Cardinal, but rs the dashlng
lad Of 10 FUN Of aspirations All el4b-
crate production of this comedy VIII be-
made az tho Manhattan Theatre next
season. and Aubrey Roucicault. who e.
under contract with Brady AID 2ierfeld
for term Of three years VIII appear
as the youthful Due de Richelleu.
A fund has been started tn erect n
monument 20 Beethoven AZ Baden near
Vienna, where the master spent most Of
hts summers and where he wrote some
OF his greatest works.
Sicgfricd Wagncr's opera, "The Idler."
was produced with success I'm Munich q
fortnight ago He IS the author of The
llbretto and the composer OF the score.
Tho work I'm IT'S treatment IS on the
lines established by his father i'm his
music dramas. The story IS that Of a
young soldier who returns from The
"Thirty Years War" and becoming dis
gusted with the Indifference of his fell
lOw-citizens. accepts the offer Of Satan
90 shovel coal and sulphur in the lower
regions A stranger I'm prlestly Earb ac-
costs him and offers 20 throw dice for
tho souls Of those who have been placed
I'm the soldiers charge The stranger
wins and the souls are liberated. the
devil revenges himself bv sending the
soldier back TO the world in the guise
Of a man of repelling ugliness. He is
restored 10 his own self by the love OF
girl who proves herself 70 be faith
ful.
Playwright Augustus Thomas used to
be a reporter.
The fact that fortune tellers consider
snades death cards ard omens Of m luck
finds ground for ruth IN one unhappy
instance. A week before the assassina-
ton Of William Terriss he was playing
poker one night with his son Tom. md