Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-03

f. II. Sothern goes on the read again this
week with IF l Were King His tour in
Gludes thirty cities and terminates on the
Frank Thompson and skip" Dundy
opened their Coney Island Midway yester-
day. They have the ground work of the
greatest show New York ever knew.
Maxine Elliott will leave her husband,
y ~ Gooawln, Sr. at Cleveland on May
begin active preparations for her tour asa
called Her own way" Mr., GOODWIN viii
until he reaches Seattle, where his tour
closes July 9.
Claiming Pollock is the gentleman who
Is to make the dramatization for William
A. Brady of THE Pit" IN which Wilton
Lackaye will star next season. A good
deal of money Is to be spent on the ma
Brady will return from Europe early so as
to stage it himself.
J. H. stoddart Is booked for an early ap,
pearanCe in Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
in Halifax, N. s.. and recalls that it will
be his first appearance there since 1856,
travelling company that Included in its list
| such well known players OF the time as the
elder sothern. j. T. Raymond and others.
Alfred Austin's play for Beerbohm Tree,
"Flodden Field Will be produced on June
1 at His Majesty's theater in London, The
piece IS in blank verse and is in a prologue
King James " OF Scotland and the earl of
Surrey, and the latter is probably the role
| mat Will Db StleCltu ny MI lIGt. NIL. nus
tin has written several plays, including one
on the theme Of "Savonarola,' for Sir
Henry Irving.
1t is not at all improbable that Signora
E%leonora Duse will visit the United States
again next season, and under Liebler IL
Co.'s management. While George c: Tyler
is in Europe this summer he will visit Nine.
Duse In Florence and perfect arrangements
provided they can agree upon conditions.
ferent repertoire than on her last visit, one
that will include the Bataille play, "Resur-
r%ection," and such Of her old successes as
will probably make the strongest appeal to
an American audience,
Rehearsals were begun last week for the
Liebler &, Co. production Of Romeo
accomplished the road tours of both "Au-
drey" and IA Gentleman of France" were
Robson and Kyrle Bellew hurriedly made
their way to New York. The opening Will
take place in Albany, N. Y on the evening
the following cities. in this order: Utica,
Syracuse, Detroit, Toledo, Columbus. Mil
waukee. st. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati,
Lexington, Louisville. Chicago, Cleveland,
Pittsburg, Westminster. Baltimore Phiiadel-
Providence and Boston.
1t is reported that one of the objects of
Mr.. Henry W. Savage.s present Trips 10
Europe is to have a conference with frau
"Parsifal," the one remaining work by the
master of the tone drama that has never
been presented on this side: Frau Wagner
this as the special feature Of the annual
festiyels at Bayreuth but IT is pot impos,s isl
ducemGnt that viii secure. the permission
to produce "Parsifal' by his Castle Square
dauntles impresario' return with contracts
both for "Parsifal' and Puccini's Madame
FAMOUS English singing organization a true
rival of the Metropolitan Opera company
than anything else he could possibly do.
Some idea of the size of the new Drury
Lane theater in New York can be had from
Tie fact that the two proscenium trusses
arc eighty feet long and weight thirty tons
each. So ponderous are they that oscar
Hammerstein can find no truckman to
move them from a pier at West Twenty
seventh street to the thsater IN Thirty
tourt.- street, west of Eighth avenue. They
have been there three weeks. and mean
while work on the stage part of the theater
Is delayed. Truckmen say mat twelve
horses would be required TO haul one of the
beams. and that they could not make me
brt aIIng the strongest truck built. This
difficulty may be avoided by putting them
haul to the rear OF the theater.
Henry W. Savage has now more chorus
girls on his payr1lls than any other Amef-
are different from any other; In addition
to the actively employeu singers n his
schools located in Chicago, Boston and New
York from which he can quickly refill any
as have a supply for new companies in
process Of organization. The total number
now in Mr.. savage's employ Is said to reach
SIS. These are divided as follows. Castle
Square Opera company, So; sultan Of
sllu'' company, q; the two king Dodo"
pany, %: 1.-THE Lieutenant Commander"
company 80; "PPssggy from psrlsS company,
serve schools. forty being in Chicago, fifty
in Boston and thirty-fve in reserve In New
York. In each city there Is a chorus mas
train Chorus girls. Every month the dane
ing master visits each city and gives the
young applicants instruction in dancin@.
One Of the principal song hits In 9Th
Sultan of Sulu," which continues to gain
fame and financial favor in New York, is
the "R-e-m-o-r-s-e' verse recited by Mou-
corning "the cold gray dawn OF the morning
after" On one OF George AIDES frequent
admitted publicly that he had tried In vain
to compose an additional verse for the song
, a correspondent Of the Tribune came
bravely 10 the front with a contribution.
l 1t was written, he said, by a newspaper
= the Park Row building now stands, and,
; like IT Old Oaken Bucket" was com
. g DisTsd f t6aP ne a f Sas R Seen waiting III | suf foF fo ds,
teen years for The proper opPortunity to
. D. them bothi and d. their mission
On this earth. to make men suffer for
Making smiling faces fearful,
g Making life and death both fearful.
D. them both! / wonder what these
buffers did when they were boys?'
4 Contracts nave been signed for The pro-
q ducti0n on May 25 of a new comic opera,
The Wood Witch" composed by Albert
Mildenberg, libretto by Willard Ho,comb,
with Helena Frederick, late prima donna
. OF The Emerald Isle" In the title role.
Mr.. Mildenberg has heretofore been known
as a concert pianist. having been a pet
. pupil of Rafael Josefy, and as a composer
. OF sOngs which have found great favor In
concerts as well as In operas in which they
I. have been interpolated. He has also fig
: ured as musical diTector, and his choral and
orchestral arrangements have been much
In demand. HI has composed and pro-
. dpced several one-act operas, but this is
= his first essay 10 combine his experiences
b IN all these varied fields In the production
= OF a three-act piece. HIS collaboration, VII
rical version Of "Gringo!re," music by
j. Julian Edwards, which was succes fully
d produced 81 London last spring; and his
. comedietta, Her Last Rehearsal" which
" has been PLAYED for hve seasons. Re.
Gently Mr.. Holcomb has turned his atten,
e tiOn TO libretto writing, and has adap ed
A two operas from the Hungarian, which tn
Witmarks have placed for production mex
season. Both composer and hhrettist OF
u The Wood Witch sra Am rieans a1c
natives Of New York. Mr.. Mild nberg hav,
- ing been born and bred in Brooklyn, white
Mr.. Holcomb halls from ''old Broome.'
although he spent seven years as musica
and dramatic editor OF the Washington
Post.