Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-07
THE DRAMA.

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his private orchestra, N as none of his
descendants cared for music the instru-
ments were forgotten. II the tale is true
and the instruments are authentic, the
discovery bids fair to be a valuable one
indeed, as the London Daily News re-
marks.
How some soubrettes and chorus girls
get high-sounding names for stage use
is explained In this instance: A New Jer-
sey girl named Maggie O'Brien applied
to the Casino management for a position
She Is pretty, shapely and has fiery red
hair. you'll do, little girl" said George
Lederer, but your name won't do to
mix with all the Gladys and Violets and
Daisies we put on our programme. Well
give you a new name. Let's see, you
have red hair, SO I guess Zaza will do for
the first name. Then out of respect to
the author of the other Zaza we will
give you his So she is on the
payroll as Zaza Belasco.
A recent advertisement in the London
Times excites some curiosity. 1t an
nounces that certain papers left in the
possession of a New Inn firm of solicit
-" ~ =" . ANo OANI - W.
claimed before a certain date, to be dis
posed OF, owing to the approaching dem
clifton of the office. Gtarrick himself was
born in I'LL and died in 1779, while his
widow, who lived to the great age of 81,
died in 1922. Perhaps one of the best
known stories about her is her alleged
remark to a rising actor, why dom you
write your own notices? Davy always
did," No hint is given concerning the
possible nature of the papers which she
left behind her.
Klaw & Erlanger are very busy with
their preparations for the production of
the new Smith and deKoven opera,
Foxy CUTLER" in which they will X
ploit Jerome Sykes. It will be as magnif-
cent an effect as has ever been seen in
comic opera. The models of the scenes
submitted by Ernest eros indicate a
most gorgeously magnificent equipment.
There Will be 125 people employed in the
new opera, who will be supplied with $50
costumes, requiring an enormous outlay
OF money. Such a lavish costume dis
play has never before been contemplated
by an American management. Novel
electrical effects will be made a feature
in the staging of the piece. ''Foxy Quill
ler' will be presented in New York for
a run in November.
One of the curious theatrical lawsuits
occasionally arising in Paris was decided
the other day. At a dress rehearsal of
THE Women's Candidate" the electric
lights were not manipulated properly
and the stage was so dark that the act
ors' faces could scarcely be recognized.
They were made nervous by the accident
and were unable to do themselves Justice.
The manager brought suit against the
electric light company ON the ground
that this defect in the apparatus had
caused the failure of the play. TIL COM
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had promised perfect lighting only dur
ing the regular representations, and not
even a dress rehearsal, although consid-
cred as a performance in Paris, could be
regarded as within the contract.
Wagner composed his "Lohengrin' in
1S47 and 1t was produced at Weimar In
1850 under Franz LISTS direction. The
50th anniversary of this event is to be
celebrated there or Aug. %. The grand
performance, and it is expected that
Siegfried Wagner will be called upon to
conduct. The situation is made the more
, interesting from the fact that in Ger
many and Austria, too, the rights of
performance cease on the 5Oth anniver-
sary of the first presentation. In this
connection it is interesting to note that
on Sept. IA, 1850, Wagner, who was then
an exile at Zurich, wrote to his friend,
Ferdinand Heine. saying that, according
to all accounts, the actors at Weimar
were feeble and altogether unsatisfac-
tory" It is to be hoped that the forth
coming performance will be more ade-
quate.
When ben Hur," the big 1,50o pound
camel used in Ben Hur. broke its left fore
leg last winter, it was the opinion of ev-
eryone that it would have to be killed.
The animal is worth S., 1000 and Klaw &
Erlanger determined to save 1t If posi-
BILE. For two months it hung in a sling
with it's broken leg encased in plaster of
paris. When the plaster splint was TAX
en- off, it's leg became drawn up an2 it
walked lame. It appeared as if the cam
ell would never be able to move without
a pronounced limp, so badly were the
muscles contracted, and that 1t would be
useless for stage purposes. DR.. Martin
the trainer and veterinary, who raine
the horses for the chariot race in Ben
Hur. said he believed he could make the
camel as good as new. He took 1t to his
farm at Hampstead, L.. L., and there ev-
cry day for the past three months, he has
had men manipulate the injured leg by
pulling and rubbing it, relieving the
contracted muscles so hat they have
completely extended. The animal can
now walk as we'll as before the accident,
without the sign of a limp.
Audiences in theaters do not know or
care much about the business side of
stage entertainments. They give little
attention to the plays and the players,
and think but caually of the authors
and managers. The commercial pros
perity of the drama in America during
the past season, however, has been
S marked that some consideration of
it's causes may be readable. OF course,
a prime factor was the good trade con-
dition of the country. The people had
money to spend on other than the essen