The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-07

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John Philip sousa and George II. Broad
hurt for production next season viii be
based upon the recent magazine story,
"Chf.s. or The Wonderful Lamp
Emma Calyc is said 10 have ordered
her tombstone. il Is to be a monument
ranres.ntinr Madame cave AS Ophelia.
and the sculptor has promised to exhibit
IL at the Paris Exposition next year.
pastoral play By j. g.. Nugent. called
".Tust a Common Man has been accept
cd by Rober, Downing.
Fife Fay, a daughter of Hugh Fay.
. and Charlie Barry, q son OF the late VIII
/ liam Barry. have concluded 10 join forces
and do an act i'm the vaudeville business.
| The Flying jordan show are In Manila.
| They have played Buimah, Penans SUI
I matra and singapore. From Manila they
/ 20 10 siam This company started from
| tho United States TO 90 around the
/ world.
Edwin Milton Royle and Selma Fetter
! Royle have signed contract TO appear
! exclusively in the Keith houses in the
| cities where Mr. Keith has theatres du-
! ring the years of 1899 and 1900.
| Cugtave Salvini, a son Of the great
| TOmmaso Salvini is now IN Rome with
! his classic repertoire. .Tommaso SalVini,
, who knows what he is saying. is Of the
! opinion that his son. Gustave, Is better
| fitted for the classic drama than any
| other Italian actor In fact. Gustave sal
| vinl is classic himself I'm his tall, stately
person. his Greek profile, and all his
| sympathics are for the classics. as he
| has told me in a short visit | have lately
| had from him. Latterly he played Saul
, ono Of his fathers greatest parts-and
| bis father gave him his support by play
, ing David TO his Saul, and their joint
| success surpassed all expectation. This
was i'm Florence but the performance IS
/ TO be repeated here very soon. "You win
| be surprised to see my father" said Gus
| taye Salvini 90 me. "Ile does not look
more than thirty years of age as Da.id
! while j look his father as Saul Oodipus,
| however. Is Gustave's pet play, and he
has achieved an extraordinary success in
f. here jim Rome. Gustave Salvlni is not
q novice tie appeared in Rome some
years ago. when quite a young man, and
even then was successful. But now no
has como 90 US as q star with a roper
toire comuIsng Hamlet, Othelo Oedi-
pue, The Tanning OF the Shrcw, Romeo
; and Juliet Orestes Tartuffe. Nero Kcan.
and more. in which he has trumDhed
even here lie is much more like his IA
Their i'm person and acting than was poor
AleNandcr. and at the same time. in
manner Doc is a devoted admirer. lie tells
me that DE may very soon visit New
York and other cities Of the United
states. He is one Of q school totally diff
ferent from that Of other Italian actors
more as The English in his readings 81
Shakespeare. Like Fochter however, be
makes Hamlet -haired.-Rome letter
i'm Dramatic Mirror.
The next ballet 20 be given at the
Grand Opera I'm Paris is 10 be called "The
Dance of tho Jewels" In one scene the
dancing viii not Zee done by living he
ings. but by inanmate objects represent
ing various precious stones, and ilumin-
ated hy electricity. The mechanism de-
yi-ed 10 manipulate these is said 10 be
most ingenious. Any ballet given at the
Paris Opera is certain to be well done.
DO is. in fact the only place where bal
lets with story and original music are
given. and where the enhancing. lovely
dance can Doe seen according TO the tradi-
lions of art THE Dance of the Jewels
will not be merely spectacular There
win bo point ana plot % the scenes. and
the music has been written by a COM
poser worthy OF the Grand Opera After
seeing % real Paris Opera ballc' Amer
leans always say. "Oh, why can't We
have this in Boston" New York Chicago
or wherever they hai from We have
everything in or out Of skirt dances, but
the zeal ballet Of European theatres. and
10 say they cannot be- given with profit
here seems an imputaton on the public's
taste Some day we shall get back TO his
ideal form Of the dance How truly per-
feet grace and IFS witchcry of movement
are appreciated is evident when such a
lovely little dancer as Papinta is upon
the stage She never fails 10 win the
plaudits Of an spectators. and when she
floats across the stage az Keith's 1t Il
Ike the passing of a vision of jewels and
flowers While we have little Papinta 10
hcwitch as we must be content.-Boston
Herald.
"The Kings Outcast" IS the latest
Dickens play TO be announced I'm London.
40 is "a dramatic version of Great TX
pectatione." Wilson Barrett is 10 occupy
the Lyceum Theatre during Henry lry-
ing's tour in this country and viii pro-
duce there "a melclaa-a of London life
written hy him and b.. y. Parker. as well
as Biblical play called Pharaoh" de-
scribed ass a great success in this c0un-
try.
CoQuclin's father was baker in BOu-
lOgne. and his highest ambition was 10
see his sons honest tradcsmcu ke him
self Coquelin was made a s0cetlire two
years after he gained his C0nservatoirc
prize and first made himself unpopular
in the Coincide Franchise by his extreme
industry lie would insist on giving spe-
cial performances I'm tho provinces. and
once when he had announced Sunday
evening appearance az Rouen q matinee
was given al the Franchise I'm order to
thwart him. But he acted On Paris. took
the express for Rouen and kept his en-
cagement there that night.
prominent sOubrette playing IN one
Of the Western cities was bcwailing the
fact that she had no diamonds. "The
few that ! had she remarked disc,n-
solately. were hooked that time / was
laid up with pcritonitis in P'ttsburg
"Oh. well" encouragingly vcntured a
sister in art, don't worry about that
You know what Charlotte Cushman said
when some one was admiring her Jew
else" "No: what did she say?' Miss
Cushman acknowledged their beauty,
but said she priced them chiefly because
she had honestly earned every cent that
went TO pay for them. New York Tele-
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