Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-14

Madame Emma Nevada will arrive from
Europe this week.
Nine. Janauscheck has announced her nnar
retirement from the stage. She was born
July 20, 1880.
The tour of Mile. Pillar Norm in "Ma
Cousine" will begin on May 10 in Wash
ington, ID. c..
1t is stated that Mrs. Carter will spend
the summer at Monterey. "zaza' is to be
given here next season.
Lydia Thompson's farewell benefit, given
at the Lyceum theater, London last week,
was a prodgious success.
The Manicure" is the latest adaptation
from the French at the Manhattan thsater
in New York. 1t is adapted by Joseph Girls
mer
William II. Crane will impersonate Schuy-
Ter Sturtevant in Bronson Howard and
Brander Matthews play, New Amsterdam" +"
next season.
Tim Murphy, who has been seriously i'll
with pneumonia at Oshkosh Wis, for the
last two weeks, had a relapse on Saturday
and is again in a critical condition.
THE Man in the Moon" at the New York
theater, nee Olympia, is said to outdo any
thing before it in spectacle. A large num-
ber of English girls were imported for it.
London has an American coon song" at
one of its music halls and the chorus is
sung by thirty genuine British soldiers,
with their faces blackened and wearing the
uniform of the United States army.
Mrs. Langtry has been giving her rem
iniscences. She was one of seven children
the others all boys. She was put through
a course of manly sports by her brothers.
She always loved horses and began her
sporting career at IL, when she became
part owner of a mare named Flirt.
In consequence of the marked success Of
Frederick Warde in the character of Mac
hf,tl !, t,.i,,
elaborate revival of that tragedy the feature
of his next seasons repertoire, which Will
include THE Merchant of Venice" "The
Lions Mouth and, probably, Francesca da
Rimini'
st. Louis audiences have bad habit of
beginning to disperse before the play is
quite over. Francis Wilson stopped the first
man to quit his seat the ether night by say
ing: IF you want to stand, I'll take your
seat" The man got out of the theater in
jitfy, but everybody else remained until
the curtain felr.
When "Cyrano de Bergerac" was with
drawn from the Porte ST. Martin theater,
Paris, last week it had been played 400 con-
secutive times and had drawn 10000, the
nightly average being 81 300 which is $500
more than any other Partisan success had
ever recorded. The authors royalties
amounted to $4,000, From this country he
gets only what Mr.. Mansfield may volun-
tarily send him.
Annie Russell thinks the naturaistic
school of acting is in the ascendant. She
says: 1T is great reactionary movement
that is under way today We are returning
to the drama of the home and of the heart.
We are abandoning our fads and seeking
simplicity. We are just coming home again,
to the affections. to sanity, to the real ard
the beautiful. The drama of romance, of
true love, is here with us more and more
frequently"
The company recently organized by Hoyt
and Mckee to present a repertoire OF
Charles II. Hoyts farces in Australia and
later in South Africa, left for the antipoles
last week. The company, headed by Harry
Conor, includes Hugh j. Ward, Sam Marion,
Robert Dunbar Arthur Pacie, II. c. Cash
man, William Bernard. Allene Crater, Viola
Gillette Madeline Lack, Emma Siegle Wills,
Grace Miller, Minnie McAvoy and the Nc
Coy sisters.