Show Notes William A Brady has engaged Russell Bas sett to play Dicey Morriin After Dark next N season The receipts of Bernhardts engagement exceeded ex-ceeded those of the first Patti season in San Francisco Charles Frohman was to have joined his company com-pany in San Francisco but a dispatch received at the theatre last night states that he will sail for Paris Wednesday Business in Philadelphia lately hag been phenomenally phe-nomenally bad even Francis Wilson has been drawing poor houses in the Merry Monarch Marie Wainwright has engaged Henry Miller to play Leicester the principal male part in Amy Robsart This will be her production ext season at Palmers in the fall AL Hayman wires THE HERALD from New York under date of yesterday that he has soured cured an interest in the Tabor Grand at Denver Den-ver This means a good deal for Salt Lake The gents of the choral society nearly 150 in number met last night and mastered the opening scene in Norma A male i chorus with bass solo which the great Whitney willing will-ing with them Flowers will vie with music at the festival The ladies are preparing to appear in light colors and flowers in profusion The gates are closed at five minutes past eight for all choral society rehearsals The Ladies Musical society will give its next recital in Calders hall tomorrow evening May 11 Misses Royle Conklin and Sharp and Mr Grant Hampton will give selections and the programme will be a tine one The Emma Abbott costumes instead of being burned up as alleged to have been directed di-rected by the late prima donna are being sold to various members of the theatrical profession hey are in the hands of Miss Abbotts sister who lives in Chicago Exchange Mrs Barrymore is going west for rest and change It is to he hoped that her experience will not be like Colonel Ingersolls who when he returned from a similar healthseeking journey declared that the waiters had gotten all the change and the hotel men the rest Mirror The 827th anniversary of Shakespeares birth was celebrated as usual on April 23 at the Edwin Forrest home Holmesburg Pa The celebration was marked by an entertainment in which many professionals took part Francis Fran-cis Wilson Marie Jansen Otis Skinner Maud Pleasants and Howard Kyle appeared Sims Reeves the phenomenal English tenor will retire from public life early next month without having made his oftpromised professional profes-sional visit to the United States Reeves is nearly seventy His final appearance will be made in a concert on Mav 11 in London Henry Irving will make an address of farewell The ladies of the choral at their last meeting learned the chorus work of a beautiful scene from Rasinis Semiramide It is for soprano solo and ladies chorus and will be one of the features of the theatrical matinee Miss Lilly Schneider singing the solo Mr Stephens who last winter heard La Dina Patti in this opera says that Miss Schneiders singing of it is remarkably re-markably good A letter from a member of Hoyts A Texas Steer company describes their northern busi busi the same time this may account for the financial meagerness of Olympia which was for one night f3al Seattle two nights 1300 Tacoma three nights about Si700 And yet they want nothing but the best attractions on the Sound circuit Music and Drama The Emma Juch company without Emma Juch but with a number of people just as good as she will commence an engagement of six weeks at Hammersteins Columbus theater on May 25 The musical director will be Mr Adolf Neuenberg the pioneer among our great leaders lead-ers It is possible that Miss Juch may sing two or three times before her departure for Europe but the season is contemplated without her THE American Musician has suspended publication publi-cation Last Saturday Instead of the usual number the subscribers received a printed circular cir-cular signed by J Travis Qulgg in explanation of the papers nonappearance Mr Quigg denounces his late associate editor John C Freund in unmeasured terms accuses him of overdrawing his accounts and of being responsible for tho recent extravagant step of moving to the Ltncofkbuilding at a great increase in-crease of rental Thls was done says Mr Quigg on Mr Freunds assurance that the woods were full of suckers and that by moving mov-ing to better quarters the papers stock could be disposed of more readily To those who have hitherto been under the Impression that t i tho study of musio was ifs own reward Mr Quiggs letter will prove interesting as well as amusing Mirror The plucky fight against adversity which Wilson Barrett has been malting at the new Olympic theatre has reached a climax with the failure of his revival of Belphegor under the title of The Acrobat This last failure has induced Barrett to announce his annual benefit for Saturday May 9 after which he will try to recuperate his bank account in the provinces while seriously meditating over making a tour of Australia after the example of hisfriend Mr Toole The fact is that Mr Barretts peculiar style of dramatic excellence is not suited for tho parts he has been essaying recently Mr Barrett it cannot can-not be denied in the part ho is about to renounce re-nounce showed that he lacked the pathos necessary to properly portray it Beyond this there were many signs lately for instance in Mrs Langtrys unsuccessful attempts that new pieces which show melodramatic features are to use a popular if rather slangy expression played out Considerable regret is manifested for Mr Barrett as he buffets the wave of ill luck which is surging around him for he is much liked in the profession profes-sion and also because he has undoubtedly been the means of bringing success fame and what is possibly better than either fortune to many another actor and actress who might had it not been for the sunshine of his favor have been nn condemned to being unseen and unsung in i poverty for the full term of their livesLondon Letter New YotkJferald |