The record-union., 1899-08-20

open the autumn season at the Clunle
| Opera house in this city on the 26th
and 9th instant. 1t is claimed to be
one of the cleverest aggregations of
/ comedy talent that has visited this
section. The play is after the Char
ley's Aunt order and is said to be
rich with all the of the potent factors
of merriment and ludicrous situa-
tions. The company has some of the
best comedy people in the profession
specially engaged for their certain lines
of business The company is under the
management of Joseph Muller, vet
eran in the handling to success of road
enterprises.
The following attractions are booked
at the Clunie Opera-house for the sea-
son of 80 and 1900: 'The Girl From
Chile" August 26th and 9th: Vroom,
Adison Company, September 3d. one
week; Daley Company, September
10TH one week; Ben Hendricks, "A
Yenuine Yentleman," September 10Th,
for three nights; Modjeska, October
18th. Other attractions to follow are
Sol Smith Russell Willie Collier, Bos-
tonians, Weber & Fields Glad Hand
Company, Gilmore's Band, 'The Christ
ian,'' Humane Hearts Company (Hal
Reid's book, James -Kidder & Han
ford The Rays, De Wolf Hopper,
Black Patti, 1.-TWO Jolly Rovers," Rentz
Sanity Company, The Bride Elect
IOpera Company, Primrose & Dock
stader, Frawley Company Nine. Fiji,
Mathews & Bulger, Milk White Flag .
"A Breach of Promise" Browns in
Town." lyon Yonson," Willie Collier
in Have You Seen Smith," Clifford
Company, Hi Henry's Minstrels,
What Happened to JONES'" Grau
Opera Company, His Better Half"
Cay Coney Island" Frederick Warde,
Clay Clement, 1.-The Village School
master" and Paul Gilmore.
James A. Herne has finished his new
play, Sag Harbor Folk which Liebler
& Co. will produce in November, and
is now devoting himself solely to prep
arations for staging Israel Zangwill's s
Children of the Ghetto which he re-
CARDS as one Of the most promising
productions of the coming season.
Thall & Kennedy's Yon Yonson Com
Moines Qa.) State Fair, August 2Sth,
and will go from there to the Great
Northern Theater in Chicago. Arthur
Donaldson, the best of all Swedish dia .
lect actors and singers, will play the
title role. Annie Mack Berlein will
play the part of Mrs. Latin, in which
she made tremendous hit last season.
The Lambardi Opera Company, after
short engagement at the Los Angeles
Theater, departed for Denver to fill an
| engagement. There were several seces-
sions from the ranks of the artists at
the close Of the Los Angeles engage
ment.
The new drop curtain for the Bur-
bank Theater, Los Angeles, will show
Old Glory floating at dizzy hight
something like the drop which was so
greatly admired at the Grand Opera
House, San Francisco.
/ The Boston Lyric Opera Company un-
der the direction Of Colonel w. A.
Thompson, numbering over forty peo
pie, is reported to be about ready to
start on it's Western tour, which will
embrace the Ps.cific Coast.
Junie McCree has reached New York,
along with Matt Trayer, and the pair
are keeping the alley roaring with their
elevating Western humor They are
training down for their appearance
with Weber & Fields Dainty
Duchess in which their Midway paro-
dies will not figure.
Sir Henry Irving's tour of America,
which will begin in November at the
Knickerbocker in New York, will be
under Charles Frohmans direction.
John Hare in 1.-THE Gay Lord Quex'
will also be under Mr.. Frohman's man
agement, and he will have control of
four houses: The Criterion, The Duke
of York, t1he Vaudeville and the Gar
rick in London, next season.
Harry Courtaine, the well-known ac-
tor who has been reported dead a dozen
times, suddenly disappeared from his
usual haunts in New York several
months ago, and the usual rumors
| have since been circulated. 1t now
transpires that Courtaine has been on
| Blackwell's Island acting as mission
ary, and is now about to be appointed
Professor of Elocution at St. John s
College. CWhat?)
Shenandoah" the most famous of all
| the war plays, goes out this season
with the complete production that was
used at the Broadway Theater, New
i York City 1t is said to be one of the
! handsomest productions that has ever
been seen on the stage of a New York
! theater Especial attention is paid to
the battle scene at the end of the third
act. This scene is reported to be the
! most realistic reproduction of a battle
| that has ever been attempted on the
stage.
The company which has been en-
gagged for the successful comedy, Mis-
takes Will Happen" is said to be
very strong one. 1t is headed by Charles
Dickson, and includes A. H. Stuart, J.
/ W. Standish, Ben Deane, l.. r. Willard,
Lansing Rowan, Elsie Esmond, Lottie
Hyde and Adah Eckert. The comedy
opens it's second season in Milwaukee
on September Sd.
I'm Old Kentucky" goes out this sea-
son with a new and complete produc-
ton. This popular play is now in its
seventh season, and there are no signs
Iof it's popularity waning Demands
come from all over the country for the
play.