Show Stage Whispers Booth Barrett close their tour in Butte July n Albani is really an American girl whose birth place was Albany Evangaline celebrated sl its 5000th performance per-formance in New York last week Captain Swift still runs to the capacity of the Madison Square New York Managers in countrytowns are kicking because Marie Wainwright is making a practice of putting up a sub in her place Jane Hading travelled all the way from Boston to Washington to see Mary Anderson Ander-son but was prevented by the latters illness ill-ness Modjeska recently received a letter addressed ad-dressed simply Countess Bozcnta Mod jeska Ranch America But it got there all the same Viola Allen will resign the position of leading lady at the Boston museum to take the first juvenile role in Bronson Howards Shenendoah A San Francisco letter says Eben Plymp ton is negotiating to star in the Mountebank Mounte-bank from Omaha to Salt Lake and then on to the California circuit There is any amount of interest in dramatic dram-atic and musical circles over what tho stockholders meeting of the Salt Lake dramatic association next Saturday may develop There is the utmost concern among Mary Andersons friends regarding the state of her health her trouble is said to be much more severe than the public has been allowed to imagine Mme Albani has been asked to take part in the Handel festival performance of Elijah at the Crystal palace London on June 22 The choir will be 2500 strong and will be rehearsed at first in squads T H French proprietor of tho Grand opera house New York and owner of the LittleLord Fauntleroy enterprise passed through Ogden Thursday on his way to boom that attraction in San Francisco The production of Sophocles play Ebctra at tho New York Lyceum last I week made a deep impression Think of it This tragedy was enacted on the stage in Greece 500 years before tho birth of Christ We have been asked to decide a bet as to whether Effie Ellsler has appeared here asa as-a star since her connection with the Hazel Kirke company we answsr yes she did La Belle Russc at the opera house several sev-eral years ago James ONeil wants to produce the Passion Pas-sion Play in Omaha and has made application appli-cation to the city council for permission Chore is considerable opposition however and the Episcopal church and the Y M C A are united against it THE HERALD received the following despatch last evening CLEVELAND O March BJust received last Sundays issue Congratulate THE HEKALD on its new and much improved form Best wishes for its continued success LEONAKD JHOVEK JR The World which the Home club do conference wita Pique has thirty speaking speak-ing characters Mr Wells Mr Spencer Mr Young Mr Taylor Mr White Mr Evans Mr Bywater Mr Clawson Edith Clawson Birdie Cummings and Ivy Claw son are in the cast A feature will be made of the scene effects several sets being new DFred Warde comes back to the theatre on April 18 after an absence of several years He will open in his new play The Mountebank bank and will either do for a second pice William Tell The Gladiator or Vir ginius Wardes star has risen rapidly since he was here last and today he has a a firm position in the exclusive circle of Americas legitimate stars M B Leavitt passed through Salt Lake Friday Relative to the cancelling of the NcNish minstrel dates here he says that McNish telegraphed him from New York under date of February 23 after withdrawing withdraw-ing from the party that it was rotten He naturally thereupon cancelled his engagement en-gagement McNish withdrew from the company in New Orleans during the week of February 17 and thus helped to the dis runtion of the company Francis Wilsons reign at the Casino is over He was fired by his manager the other night and both arc now engaged in airing their differences through the press Aronson says Wilsons head was swelled so large that there was no getting along with him and Wilson says Aronson is so jealous j because he is going to appear at a rival house next season that existence in the company became intolerable |