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THE COURIER
"The Tojnido" will open a four nights engagement at the F
t teenthseet theatre, Omaha, tomorrow, Sunday, night. On Thu
aay-ilwill l)e followed by "The Black Flag'' which will continue I
day
Saturday night.
the Fif-
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The Lyceum Theatre company will appear at the Boyd, Omaha,
Monday and Tuesday of next week.
This week, Monday, Tuesday and Wedueeday evening, John Drew
has appeared in "Butterflies" at the Boyd, Omaha. At the Fif
teenth street theatre, Omaha, the "Fast Mail" was presented the
first three nights of tho week. "Mr. Barnes of New York" began a
"three nights' engagement Thursday, closing tonight.
Marie Wainwright's principal reliance for tho coming season is an
original four act play by A.E. Lancaster and Julian Magnus entitled
"Daughters of Eve." It will be generally remembered that nearly
eighteen years ago these authors collaborated on that extremely
strong and interesting play, "Conscience' one of tho most note
worthy productions of the Shook and Palmer management of the
Union Square theatre. The success of this piece was one of the
entering wedges for the American dramatist Lancaster and Mag
nus have not written together since then until now, and their again
working in unison should be a promise of something strong and
worthy. It is understood that Miss Wainwright has a dual role of
twin sisters, The scene is laid in England, and the treatment is said
to entail a novel and bold handling of the "sex against sex' question.
.Miss Wainwright's company includes Nathaniel Hartwig, J. Keefe,
Edwin Walters, Edwin Poland, Cecil Magnus, Alfred Burnham,
John Borden, and Misses Dale. Northern, Bromley, Thornton and
Hoyt The season will begin about about September 10. Rehearsals
aro now in progress.
Monday was quite a notablo theatrical night in New York. Aug-
'ustin Daly begar. his second quarter of century of theatrical man
. &:uent by presenting "A Night Off," with Henry E. Dixey and
Catharine Lew1!, who have joined his company, in the cast. E. H.
Sotlttrc bejij his eighth New York engagement at the Lyceum by
presenting a new play "The Victoria Cross." The Empire opened
with "Charley's Aunt" At the Star a melodrama, "The Cross
roads of Life," was presented. Another melodrama, "Harbor Lights,"
was given at the American. The Fourteenth Street reopened Coon
Hollow," by C-E. Callahan. The Fifth Avenue, the Garden, the
Bijou, the Columbus, and other theatres are also open, and on
Thursday the Academy of Music witnessed the reproduction of
"Shenandoah."
David Henderson, whose name ib indentified with the big
'spectacular extravaganzas, returned to Chicago on Tuesday after a
week's yatching on tho Great Lakes. It is the first vacation he has
had in eight years.
Anna Boyd made her debut on Monday night in the title role of
the extravaganza, "Aladdin Jr.," at the Chicago opera house. Her
figure provides some of the most graceful lines in the piece.
Jakabow3ki, composer of "Erminie," is to have two new operas
produced in September: the "Queen of Brilliants" by Lillian Russell
in London, and "The Devil's Deputy," on September 10 ,at Abbey's
theatre by Francis Wilson. Jakabowski writes that after witnessing
the first night of his work in London, he will 6ail for New York to
hear his other opera.
.' Emma Calve will return to America season after this. She will
iv -TOtfe here to head the Calve Grand Opera Company. Contracts to
i&ZiaX effect are now crossing the Atlantic. That is why the celebrat
ed prima donna has not signed with Abbie, Schoeffel & Grau. When
she said last spring that she would not sing again in the company
with Emma Eanies, she meant it When she announced before the
curtain on the closing night of grand opera at the Metropolitan
Open house, last season, that she intended to sing here again, she
was understood to mean that she would continue with Abbey,
Schoeffel and Grau. That was not her purpose, however. Even
then she was meditating the scheme of coming back to America as
an independent star, after appearing in London and Paris. Among
other operas in which she will appear are "Carmen," "Cavaleria
Rusticana" and the new short opera written expressly for her by
Massenet and produced with very great success at Covent Garden in
June It is a matter of fact that Calve made the biggest success,
looked at from both an artistic and a box office point of view, in the
hiBtory of the Metropolitan Opera house. The size of the audience
on the DeReszke-Eamea nights may have compared favorably some
times with that of audience on the Calve nights. It should be re
membered, however, that Calve was the sole magnet on the evenings
when she sang, whereas the audiences on other evenings were at
tracted not by one singer, but by two or more prominent singers in
the same cast At the head of her own company, Calvs will receive
a salary larger than that paid to her at the Metropolitan. She will
also have a percentage of the receipts. Fred C. Whitney is the man
ager. Robert Downing was selected out of three-score attractions to
open the National theatre at Washington, D. C, on Monday night.
Tt ib conclave week of the Knights Templars, and as Mr. Downing
stands very high iu that order, many Templars were present to
applaud his performance of Virginius. Mr. Downing makes the
character of the centurion essentially human and does not for a
moment step out of the picture. Eugene Blair is still his leading
woman. She appears as Virginia.
Remarkably clever players have been engaged by Sherman Brown,
to appear in John D. Gilbert's latest out-put, "Off the Earth." First
and foremost is Eddie Foy, whose comic personality has been seen
for some years in David Henderson's spectacular productions.
Helen Moystn, last seasons leading comedian in "Venus" will also
play a prominent part Louise Montague, fresh from her triumphs
in "Don Juan" in London will appear in a boy's part Sadie Mac
Donald, who made a great success in the "Black Crook," and in Lon
don last summer with Corbtt; Kate Uart, from "Russell's Comed
ian's;" Cecile Eissing, from Francis Wilson's company; Joseph
Doner, and half a dozen others will be the principals in the play.
Considerable surprise is expressed that Olga Nethersole, whom
Augnstin Daly announced months ago he had engaged to come to
this country from England to star, is to appear here instead under
the management of Marcus R. Mayer. The fact is a special arrange
ment has been made between Mr. Daly and Mr. Mayer by which the
latter assumes the active management of the imported cctress and
the former's name appears in the programme, eta, as the director
general of the tour.
That was a heart-breaking parting which took place on the deck
of the Augusta Victoria last week in New York. Marie Tempest,
red-eyed and tear-stained, was conspicuous on the quarter-deck. It
was not compunction for her treatment of Whitney, her late mana
ger that caussd her tears. Seiger, her faithful barytone, did not
return with her on the Augusta Victoria. The parting took place
in broad daylight and on the open quarter-deck. One of the deck
hands was the only unofficial timekeeper. According to his watch
the kiss lasted exactly one minute and twenty-seven seconds. This
beats by five seconds the record of the Seiger-Tempest kiss, which
achieved such notoriety in "The Algerians" a year ago. And after
it was all over the ship's orchestra played "When We Two Parted.
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