The Washington herald., 1906-11-24
ABOUT PLAYERS AND PLAYS.

/ The Hammerstein grand opera season
at the Manhattan Opera House will be-
gin December with a performance OF
Bellini's Il Puritani. In which the lead
ing parts will be taken by Mile. Regina
! Pinkert, the soprano, and Bonci, the
tenor, of whom such great things are
predicted. Don Giovanni" will be the
second opera to be produced. on c-eei--
Der 3, followed by Faust" on the 9TH,
and again on the Sth. the latter perform
ance being at popular prices.
The bad manners and bad temper Of
one usher In the Belasco Theater at Pitts
burg, in combination with the careless
ness of another have caused the man
| agement to be made defendant in suit
for sl.000 damages by Mr.. James Garri-
/ gan The latter and his wife were placed
! in the wrong seats when they went 10
/ the theater, and later were rudely hus-
| tied out when the persons who held the
proper coupons came along.
Three grand opera artists, Of whom
great things are expected, on the strength
OF their European regulations. viii be
! heard at the Metropolitan Opera House.
/ New York, on Monday, when Herr Con
reid will open his season with a perform
ance Of Romeo and juliet" Miss Gerald
/ Inc Farrar will appear as Juliet, NJ Rous-
/ seiiere as Romeo. and NJ Slmard as
Mercutio, all for the first time in this
country. Pol Plancon will be the Friar
/ Lawrence
ITma La Pierre has just been assigned
by Manager Savage 10 play the title
role of The College Widow" in the COM
pany that is doing the Ade skit on the
Southern circuit. Miss La Pierre has
played leading parts with J. II. Stod-
4 dart Macldyn Arbuckle, and Grin John
| son. She began her career as a child
IN Augustin Daly's company, playing in
The Geisha"
feature Of the great benefit per-
1 formance 10 be given Ia New York on
/ December Il for " H. Barnabee and
Marie Stone vill b. the presentation of
| w 5. GLlbert's famous. bur lnfreQuenty
/ seen 5Urlesque. on Hamlet Robert
ManteH. Richard carrie. Peter Daley. and
Sam Bernard will be in the cast. Other
distinguished people who nave offered
Z
/ Miller. Mrs. Fiske. Margaret Angliu. May
/ Irwin. Blanche Ring, William Gillette.
/ Rose Stahl and Anna Held
Richard Mansfield is now said to have
added q professional osjeopath 10 his
suite Of personal attendants.
Manager Henry ". Savage has put an
other pTiua donna on his Madam But
terfiy' list. She is sllss Ethel Houston.
2 contralto who will alternate with Miss
! Harriet Behnee in the role of Suzuki. the
maid
The growing feeling in New York
! against so-cailed sacred concerts on sun
day night has led the managers Of The
/ New York Theater To abandon the Sun
day night Entertainment az that house
/ IN order t0 avoid the Unpleasantness OF
a visit from the police. These entertain
meHts are said 10 have nerted the man
agemeHt S29c0o q year. The trouble with
most of the New York saCreu concerts
is that they are neither sacred nor con-
certs. bar variety shows Of not very
high order
Manager Harry Rapley. Of the National
THeaJer, IS IN New York this week trying
20 add to his list Of good things for the
latter part Of the season.
Yvette Guilbert and Albert Chevalier ap-
peared together for the last time in
America az an afternoon performance in
New York yesterday for the benefit Of
/ hospital
II is getting tiresome 10 catalogue The
actors who are deserting 90 the legd-
mate stage for vaudeville these days.
Hardly "a dsv goes by without an addi-
ti0n 10 the list Tyrone Power and his
wife Edith Crane. are the latest