Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
TIiEA TRICAL AMuSEMENTS

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Charles Frohman is to produce .
dramitization Of "Saphon.
Sibyl Sanderson is practically penni-
less and will soon return to the stage.
Lillian Russell may star next season
in Sir Arthur Sullivan's peg Voting
ton"
Robert B. Mantell will use next sea-
son . dramatiZation OF THE Dagger
and the Cross"
1t is rumored that Edna Wallace
Hopper will rejoin De Wolf Hopper's
company next season.
For several months Mansfield played
the role of the Major General in 1.-THE
Pirates of Penzance."
Joseph Arthur has written new play
which he calls Johnny" The prin-
cipal character in it is dude.
Daniel Frohman will build theatre
at Broadway and Thirty-slxth street,
New York. for the Lyceum company.
Marie Wainwright made her vaude-
vile debut on Monday last at New
York in a play called "Napolean and
Josephine
Louise Cunning, whose Scotch songs
in costume were a feature of "A Day
and Night" is to appear in vaude-
vile.
Kirk La Shelle, Fred Rankin and
Victor Herbert are the authors of a
comic opera for Frank Daniels. 1t will
be called the Amer"
The cast of "The Purple Lady," pro-
duced in New York last week, includes
Maud Harrison, Charles Plunkett,
Etienne Giradot and Minnie Dupree.
"Adonis' is to be revived, with Henry
E. Dixey and Amelia Summerville of
the original cast, and given first at the
Philadelphia Grand Opera House, April
25th.
Modjeska's repertoire next season
will include Macbeth" "a Winters
Tale" and Marie Antoinette." John
e. Kellerd Will be a member of her
company.
Olga Nethersole will give her first
performance of Pinero's play, The
Prof1igate," on Thursday next in New
York. Herr Somewhat will give Die
Tochter des FaIbricius" the same even
ing.
Nicolai's Merry Wives of Windsor"
was sung by the Castle Square Opera
Company in New York last week.
Henry Norman was Falstaff; Laura
Willard, Mistress Ford, and Lizzie Mac
Nichol, Mistress Page.
Webber & Fields Company in New
York includes Fay Templeton, Mabel
Fenton, Josie Sadler, Pete Daley, Da-
vid Warfield Charles Ross and John
T. Kelly. Next season Sam Daily,
Cissie LOTUS and Virginia Earle may
be added to this organization.
London managers, fearing that Holy
Week would result in Improbable bus
mess, decided to close their houses, and
as a consequence only four theatres
remained open out of total of % in the
city. Two New York houses were
closed on Good Friday night.
The music of ''Pinafore," writes Sir
Arthur Sullivan, in an autobiographal
sketch which he has written at the
request of r. P. O'Connor, (which was
thought to be SO merry and spontan-
eous, was written while l was suffering
agonies from a cruel illness. | would
compose a few bars and then lie al
most insensible from pain. When the
paroxysm was passed | would write
little more until the pain overwhelmed
me again. Never was music written
under such distressing condition.
We have already announced that
John Blair, of Julia Marlowe's compa-
ny, and MIR. Young, of Days, were con-
templating starring as Lord Byron. 1t
is now rumored in theatrical circles
that l.. H. Sothern has his eye on the
same part. In the drama which Mr..
Blair contemplates a number of cele-
brated contemporaries are introduced,
and the character of Byron is white
washed. Another report, by the way,
is that Mr.. Sothern will appear next
year in an adaptation of Hauptmann's
beautiful poetic drama, die Versun-
kene Glocke."
All American musicians have heard
of the youthful Able Perosi, whose
first work, The Passion of Christ"
gained for him at 26 the title, "Wag-
ner of Church Music."> 1.-THE Passion"
oratorio was presented only a year ago.
The second work was called THE
TRANSPORTATION of Christ" The fame
of Perosi was such after the production
of the second great work that he was
summoned to Rome where special in
terpretations of his works were given
at the Vatican for the hearing of the
Holy Father and his churchly and civic
household. With the acroladeof the Pope
the young priest returned to his studio,
and "The Resurrection of Lazarus"
was given to the world. 1t was speed
lily followed by another master work,
"The Resurrection of Christ" These
four oratorios are the first of a series
of twelve which Perosi will compose,
illustrating the Gospel narrative of
Christ's life on earth. The work chos-
en- for presentation in New York is
'The Resurrection of Lazarus" 1t will
be given at the Metropolitan Opera
House on April 16, and the principal
roles will be sung by Nine. Trebill,
Nine. Mantelli, M. Salignac and Sig
nor Campanari.
Joseph Holland, Thomas Wise and
Amelia Bingham played the chief roles
in ''The Cuckoo which was disclosed
in New York ON Monday last. 1.-THE
Cuckoo" is not play, says the World,
which any American girl should take
her mother to see, although most
American girls will, because its kind
is no novelty among the farce comedies
of to-day. Its story is entirely based
upon vulgar insinuations, but it goes
a step beyond the point upon which the
denouement of the usual French farce
hangs. Ordinarily when domestic re-