SONG, STAGE, AND STORY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 208, 2 September 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

SONG, STAGE, AND STORY.

The Misses Albui Dtendt . month for San Francisco. ■%. The Cogill MltutteUk-;-businesaab Abbott's Opeta^oi,^ Amongst the coming■ > s kK vuitAuckland in fro m >'% i months' hmo, are Bland P^WtHl Brough-BoucicaultfiS^'l! JMyra Kembla. . Tho Greenwoods were W, vl MlSi Melbourne. KWi' Madamo Stßrlinp bsvk "V * upon my audience l, ow iXU^. cold and apathetic I do ft >X thorn, bub just go thtoßßh.SiJ fully and correctly; WmZ thumstic I go into ap « 2 3C come wildly excited, and ISt potely possessed by eomojM'i that passes between us »?h ?C epellbound.- ' Perfect f^Kj llav. D. M. Berry, o [ \\W suburban church, inserts a ?hi?\ vortisoment in a local pan., i? *!', public of the performance"[..Si cantata at his ohuroh on th, % Sunday evening. Ctoir as^ % list of popular professionals f>T\ the door. '

A Melbourne amateur comm performed in aid of a local ? considerable succees-so much , I?" parson's wife wroba askiDefo., N| -but with the proviso th t •devil' bo omitted from th 6 \> time. ° "^h

AY alter Bontley Buffers from,. burdening sense of modesty, V?M up to Rockhampton (says a Sydn! "" lio, or a minion of his, witod tlfl^ clerk : ' Shall arrive in fiockhaj? if' day afternoon. Please arrant.., I" mayor and corporation meet kbum" But poorWattie bad to bo si,/1! 1 tho reception of a wlmtporuI1 *?l • Carry yer bag ?'and 8 Ome 1 8 4& blasphemously remarked, ' Get v . cub.' ■ ,; "'«

Snazello emerged triumphant fci County Courb at Melbourne, > 3 ago. He was sued for breach-of-eont^ or violotib diemissal, by the hatpl. ,2 travelling concert company, ani,! \ frequently expressed a desire to« i!! and ' gob something to eat1 attsl time. On tho last occasion of tha'hi*^ feeling hungry, Snazollo (saya l lian contemporary) called him s 2 beasb, and solemnly cureed ihtZy} and furthermore applied phyife)s' to assist him on his way to vlttles fi! seeing that Snazzy presently hU&, absentee to return and digest b| ( .1, masses of food with his wild harpsluuL. fore him, which he declined .tb do Court held that Snazzy's portion of tbiw! gagemenb was never broken, and mt costs accordingly. This shows the 14 hankering after the flesh-pottdtni»jL' ness hours. ° '''

The King of Dahomey has an orcltttn. The performers, who are cftlled • frrbta* play on the ' gbedon,' a drum tnade outo! hollow tree stumps, bamboo flutea, % t , owaa,' a kind of guitar mado of c«om(i and snake skine. The King ftlgolu^ singers, ' akpolcs,' who ask riddles i<& sing topical soDgs. ■■

Our London correspondent writciiiti follows :—When Mr \V. S. PenleylUrfad hie' Charley's Aunt' venture at thoßoytit; he unluckily resolved not to tuntlitioij risk himself, bub to get eomeonetopitji £1,000 and go half shares. Th6ttj m who reluctantly agreed to do this has evs since been drawing £500 a week, mi fag present appearances will continuitodoii for many months to come.-

The long run of * Walker, Londoa'ii drawing to a close, and on iteMOHmijH Mr Barries' play will be given forth lift time at present. ' In Town1 has reaelrili) 250bh night, and ' Niobe' At the tostj will shortly complete a fbttrtti'jjGtrturj,, Mr Herbert Standing, Mb has not ta fortunate eince his; return from AnsWii, had a complimentary bonofib nb theGaiss yesterday, when selections froln 'Ciatli/i Aunt,' 'Mdlle Nitoucbe' abd "otaf popular successes were performed toito houso. Mr Standing leaves at once fot tin States, where.leb us hope, no littladti«B« such as marred Mrs Beoro's lldbm season will overtake him.

The new melodrama at the AdelpMril be produced to-niorrow,and called .'Altai Lover's Knot.' The evergreen Cbitlii Warner plays bhe hero, a young barrutec whose eloquence and resource saves thei of Miss.Elizabeth Robins when thatladyfj arraigned on a charge of'murderalitliedi Bailey. The Savoy management have given 'ta Annie' every chanee,buti the piece hasfalJed to catch on, and the theatre is'fco ba cloud at once till autumn, when GilberUndSil van's will, D'Oyley Carte hopes, bo mlf> Mr Carte is a remarkable instance toltil ups and downs of theatrical enterptue, For ten years fortune emiled on him (M chief of the Savoy Trinity) uninterruptedly. Then came the quarrel with' Gilbert uJ the building of the gorgeous Opera Sow in Cambridge circus, and a eeason oiw months in which the accumulations oil! many years were swepb away, Sincetbea failures and succes d' estime have folium ono another at the Savoy, failure? [m ■ cially) predominating The Savoy Pr» cial Companies (of which there are m have, however, brought grist to we* throughout, and despite heavy taiwi Carte should still be well on, • , For throwing doubts.in ' Tit Blt!,'o«tb genuine character or the fdatfi pOrW» by so-called strong men, Mr Newness been hauled to tho law courts by the Brw. McCann, professionally known as' He* and Samson.' ' Tit Bits'' ecofled spewljf at the lifting of a horse and trap feat*l ™ is one of the McCann'a specialties. « proved in Court they do this quite W\ and squarely, and an admiring jury mo» MrNewnos.no les 9 than £500 and m Ho is going, however, lo appeal ««">» these damages as excessive. ~ Tho bad cold from which that pet of ue Adolphi Gallery, 'gud oloChawley Worn , was suffering last Saturday evening nj»« his bursts of emotion even more reaw". than usual, notwithstanding »f eW" grampus-liko puffings and blom«f» "' sultanbfrom the too too solid fie* 0' »IIJ being tightly strapped up In thatoKW" two and twenty. The pleco mf* , tt Woman's Revenpe ' belong rather W™ school of 'Bast Lynno' than to we"1 * Adelphi type. The revengeful dWJ" • adventuress, enacted with ifriffl »«cin Gertrude Kingston. Charley *•"**!£ her once 'with a boy's calf low,1» 6J B heartlessly spurned his affection, bo promptly inherited o fortune and " ferred his attentions to Miss IJJJ^ Robins. This brings upon him■»<"»' trouble, for Miss Robins, being •■■"Lj is courted by herwicked^oui it'»«' [ Flemming.who finds at his elbw agents for helping him to att™g ß| Bhall fall as heavy on the woman bo low on the man he hates. Miss Kinj£» -^ course, one aeent, and Charles WJ^w (a bad lot Charles) who enacts aw 6 lawyer, tho other. Between them "•» only ploO to ruin poor, panting a" £j ciotl induce Miss Robins, who yields tosuspi with surprising facility, to leo« D» . f band. When Mr Warner «"»* hM dnder again, it is in Flemming's. com > nd seemingly compromising «rcu"|. f nt jjjss the villain only escapes with H« "^ , ater Robins' intercession. NavetHrt*-«^ n he returns again to P««???w»ppeare, but she flies. Cartwnght tbon »if and tho two rogues quarrel. ,w rf ultimately kills Flemming, B". p nicß Hy course, falling on the "?* ,f" e havd hysterical Miss Robins. I«'< C| by the trial at the Old Bailey, »£^ od oxWarner conducts his w.fo'H j£**Z ™ poses the guilty party• *Jj J^y fell a eroab success, aiid tho «urwv au» i

araidet loud, wvlnato.