Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05

Adam Bede mas Deen uTanlatiGeu
Wilson Barrett Is to revive "Henry W.
Mrs James Brown Potter is to appear In
a dramatic cinderella"
Leoncavallo is to collaborate with En-
peror William of Germany in an opera.
Another dramatzation of "A novel will be
made in London of Blackmores Lorna
Doone.'
Bernard Shaw's "The Devils Disciple "
which Mansfield played in this country, fell
fiat in London.
De Wolf Hopper celebrated the Tooth Lon
don performance of ''El Captain" at the
Lyric theater recently.
Because he discovered Edna May, London
can't aliStS have raised 5000, 900 for Manager
IedererS proposed enterprises.
Robert b. Mantell was discharged in
bankruptcy in Chicago last s,y week eel HIS
| Since the failure of "'rhc Gadfly' stuart
Robson has been offered twenty weeks
vaudeville time. which he has declined.
Joseph jefferson will. go in for art cX-
hbits this week showing some sixteen nar,. OF
Sarah Bernhardt is now said to weigh
| over $50 pounds, and that she can throw
! her old self in the shade also in the matter
of acting.
w. II. Crane has commenced rehearsals
| of a new play by Martha Morton to be
used in addition to Peter StuyVesant for
| the road.
,"The Viceroy," the new comic opera Of
Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith VIII
have it's first production by the Bostonians
at the Columbia theater, Chicago.
| Sarah Bernhardt and NJ. Coauelin will
1 begin their American tour at the Garden
theater in New York City on November 70
1900, remaining here for five weeks.
Mansfield has stopped paying ROYALTIES est to
ing the result Of the suit brought by the
Chicago man who claims the play.
A threat has come from the Princess FIdn;
stage Descend is hardly the right word
because from the low position she occupies
she would have to climb up to it.
Francis Wilson is playing the musica
| version of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in Other
| cities a burlesque outright. having
eliminated every vestige of seriousness, ano
they say that audiences like it that way.
| Marie Burroughs announced last weel
that she will retire from the stage and viii
become. on December 8. the wife of DR.
Albert E, Sterne of indianapolis. who has
achieved considerable fame in the scientih'
world as neurologist.
Advices from Kansas City. where tn
Woodward Stock company is now per
manenty located, are to the effect tha
Gertrude Berkeley Enos is rapidly recover
ing from her illness, which week ago wa
thought would prove fatal. She will be II
the cast again within ten days.
Augustus Thomas has been exploring tn
mines at Cripple Creek and Leadville. Colo.
with view to gathering local color for {
new play for Stuart Robson. 1t is reason
dent established by his "Alabama." "Ari
zona" and "In, Mzzoura" Mr.. Thomas ma,
|
Mrs. Leslie Carter is the first star to carr
her own dressing room around the countr,
with her. In many theaters dressing room
are small and not over clean Mrs Carter
room Is built-walls, ceiling and all, so tina
it can be set bodily the stage-of
; framework of wood with canvas sides.
is supplied with every comfort and con
venience.
Nat Goodwin has changed the title of hi
, new play by Henry Osmond from 'Th
considered the former title as "blas
phemous.'' Mr.. Goodwin declares that h
, also has the option on play which Car
tain r. Marshall. author of His Exec
lency the Governor and "A Royal Family
is about to write
: According to- Chicago paper Roland Rec
=, is positive in his denial of any intention {
producing "Cyrano de Bergerac" this sea
Z son nth Miss Rush as Roxane. &C
= course the play Is common property" sal
Mr. Reed, land | am perhaps as justihe
in trying my luck with Cyrano as some {
} the others. Nature. too, has bestowed
8 generous nose upon me-just such nos
r as Mol.ere, the greatest of Frenc
9 dramatists possessed. should not !
! under the necessity of constructing a portl
i nose. as NJ, Coqueln and Mr.; Mansfel
6 are forced to do every night. But, on III
I, whole, think l will not venture"