Show LONDON THEATRES I LONDON Aug 31It is announced Colonel Henry Mapleson is to be the manager of the new opera house to be called Her Majestys Theatre on the site of the old opera house at the bottom bot-tom of the Haymarket This theatre will be erected by the government and according to the present plans will rival Covent Garden theatre I will be ready in 189C The influence of the seaside holiday time continues to affect theatres No less than sixteen of the leading hous shave s-have closed their doors and many leading lead-ing members of the profession have fled from London However Monday evening will be the beginning of the autumn season Mr Willard will on that night open the Garrick theatre with August Thomas in Alabama William Greet has made arrangements arrange-ments with Charles Hawley to produce several plays principally farce comedIes come-dies at the Avenue theatre A commencement com-mencement will be made with a revival re-vival of the Private Secretary while I probably a new farce comedy by Carton Car-ton will be later produced Harry Paulton will inaugurate his management of the Strand theatre with the comedy In a Locket The cast will include Mr Fred Enney Miss Gladys Evelyn and several well known London favorites Miss Pauline E Johnston Paulne the authoress of the book of poems The White Wampum has recently made her debut in London society as a reader and reciter She is an Indian the daughter of the late Chief Johnston the head of the Mohawks and this fact has invested her with a halo of romance ro-mance which has been of Immense advantage ad-vantage in London drawing rooms Mrs Hodgson Burnett ha taken Brookfield Erensam from Mrs G E Marindal for the season Nellie Farren who is so well remem bered with Fred Leslie in the days of the old Gaiety company has since her last American tour been stricken with a partial stroke of parlaysis Her health Is however much improved and it is likely that she may soon re turn to the stage The action of the new Drury Lan drama will alternate between London and South Africa The incident of the death of Captain Wilson in the Mata bele war will be represented on the stage Signor NicolinI Mme Pattis bus band Is said to have deserted his former hobby of fishing for violin play Ing and as a start he secured a Stradi varius and a still more valuable Amati violin to practice on The Amat glfj 1500 rom Mme Patti and Is valued I at 1 |