MIMES AND MUSIC,

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 13

MIMES AND MUSIC,

[Br O*tpvo*,\ ' COMINaTJVEK'ia, OPJSBA OOVMi 3, V, Sheridan's Mudeil Oomtiy Company, In «wjon to loth Maroh. ' "* Ji 0. Wllltftmeon'e Repertoire Oper» Com* P*ny, ilth April to 2nd flay, Wllllßm AndeMOtt 1 * VtMtartm, 84th M*y to 14th June. , Hwry Blol«rdi, 20th Ooteher to 31ii Ootober. 'jittuit jSw Uauiolll Mth "« Mail)lf t0 l7lh TnUATBB , ' ' 7ullef'i Entertfllnen, . > TOWK HAMi, " * "twin* London," 20th to 23rd Mwelii , "Living London" will be shown In the Town Hull on 20th, BBnd, and 23rd March, these "being the only local dates Mr. John H. Talt was abb to. secure. The show opens in Dunsdin on the 27tu fast, Mr. John Taib haj retuw'd to Melbourne, The pewonal property in VJotorla left by the U,io Mr. Arnold J. Arnold, profMslonftlly known as Charles Arnold, has been sworn at £3379, his English' P'owerty having previously been valued at- £5496. Under a w}U d*t«d Ist pepember, 1003, the whole of the testator's property i 8i 8 bequeathed to ' M«. Arnold, known on the stage w» Dot, Treclerlc, v The cast of "Tambour Major," to be produced by Mr. William AndewoD's new company, will ingludo Miss Kvehn Seotfc as Claudlne, Mr. Edward Farley an Monthabor, and Mr. Harry Quealy as Bambini, Mr. Quealy's place In the cast ,of "Slhbfld the SaUor/ as Slnbnd's mother, is to be token in Melbourne, as well os in Newcastle, by Mr, £*red, H, Graham, Mr. John Fuller, sen,, passed through Wellington this week en route to Auckland, where the firm reopen tho Opera House in that city to-night with a strong company headed by Mr. Fred Rivenhall. •The >flrm ' intend to keep the Auckland home open continuously. In. London at ohristmaa three Shnkespearian productions were running— "The Merchant of Venice," with the Arthur Bcmrohiers j n the leads, at the Oarrlokj "The Tempasli," at His Majesty's Theatre, and Oscar Aoche's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the AdolyUi Thl* Is almost a record. Mr, John H, Tait has arranged a .powerful syndicate for the expenditure of over £6000 on the erection of a water ohute, toboggan helter-skelter, Kat»hJammed Co«tle< and fun factory, and other, quite unique attractions in Ohristohuroh during the term of the Exhibition. An ftnglish mueioal paper i».responsible for the following* —Mark to bourgy during his recent South African tour, got the help of a party of coolie* to carry bis grand .piano from the station, and allowed them to listen to the conosrt from" the wings. Coming off the 1 platform and wiping 'his brow, he said to one "of the cooliw, "It's hard wo« [ playing." "Oh, Is Ms?" replied the coolie, "you should try lifting." In "fktt Eyo Witness," printed at ths Grand Opera House in Boston recently, a great, jnok«knlfe bridge, aponderotu* piece of machinery, weigh* Ing many tons and 1 opei tiled by eleo* tficity, is shown. While this bridge is in the aot of opening ■an automobile leaps across the chasm, flying through Apace for fully 20ft. This is one of the most daring and ventuiesome sensations ever presented, and at tho same 'time the most Ingenious ' pieoe of stage 1 'mftchaniem, 1 '•The tour of thta colony of the Rick* "WdU'Puller Company, headed by.Le Roy, Talma, and tfosco, wa* \ very miccemful 'one, the profits being set down at £2000, ' i; lt M quite on the cards that 6'ther com* binntiefns. under the same 'management will exploit Zealand, > ' Undei the mf.nagement of Messrs. John and Nevin Talt then to to be the tour of this colony of Ml«s Maggie Stirling, the ■ weQ*known contralto, whose Australian tour has been so successful that it has been twice extended, and already nearly one hundred c6ncertß have been given. Mr, Andrew Black, the great English basso, arrives in Mel* bourne in a few day*, and if arrangements permit, bo will join Miss Stirling In the New Zealand tour. ' Mr. 'O. J. < Hill, the well-knowu flautist, has received a letter from hi» erstwhile pupil, MryJ. Amadio, who is making great strides in hfs profession. Hs hiis played at many Important con« certain Sydney and Melbourne, and was a member of the orchestra with Williamson'* Italian Opera Oomtmnyj toured with Madame Saplo's Concert Party/ and the Parkina-tfoldeity Party, He was also engaged an soloist for the ; Amy Castles' Concert Company, but ill* ne&s laid him aside,' arid a long-wished for tour of New Zealand wm lost. Mr. Amadio is an old Mount Cook School boy, and bis suocew will be gratifying to his friends, . Mr. Winfleld Blake and Miss Maud Amber, who played a starring engage* meat in Sydney lost year In "The Karl and the Girl" with Mr. John F, Sherl. dan, will shortly be leaving Sydney en a six months' tour of the East. It seems that Mr. Howard Thurston has engaged the operatic baritone and mezzo-soprano for seasons in Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama, and Toklo, with' a probable extension ef the Itinerary to India. The contract between the American 11* luslonUt and the artlnts in question en* sures their 1 return to Sydney, where they will ultimately carry out theatrical plans of their own. Henry Johnson, of Grantham. who boasts that ho Is the oldest acrobat in England, entered on Us hundredth year on Boxing Day, In' spite of .hi* age he is aa lithe and active on many a man sixty year* bis junior. Johnson lia» lived in the reigns of five British sovereigns, and prides himself on the fact that he has performed before three oi them-Kfog William IV,, Queen Vie toria, nnd KJnjjf Edward VII., when ho wa« Prince of wales. He is now quietly enjoying the .evening of his life at GrnntbftM, end he hopes to live for many yenrs to; come, Henry Arthur Jones's new play "Tho Heroic 'Stubbs" was due at Terry'o Theatre, London, on the 20th Jamntry. "The Eeroid Stubbs" deals with the ad* ventures of a tradesman who has mndo much money, has always had Ideals,^ revels In Illusions, and wanta social re* cognition. His principal Ideal la his , wiie, who has spurrod him on to succcw. 1 Stubbs find* in the end tho old life Is the life for him, that for which he sl«hs beinfl beyond him. Wellington playgoers will not have forgotten iMliw Nina Osborno, Into of the Pollards, She \n now lending lady iti one of Mr. George Kdwnrdess touring companies. She has been playing In tho Engllwh provinces, Scot'.imd, and Wales, scoring a. great suctvmi In the title roe In "San Toy" The picifi notice* are most laudatory , One of the commonest «upcr«tlllone ! fimonci attorn and actrowws (sn.y« Mr Huntlay Wright in a contomporary) Is that it is unlucky to say the last fow I lines of a piece during rehearsal, It !« practically never done, and though I find It Impodslble to believe that doing so would In any way affect th» prosperity of <i theatrical votituro, from force of habit 1 would pay duo regard to this ancient miporotition. After all, beliof in ,l»wk'i» BiQieor )«*# n. matter, of di»po»l* v

tloa. lam not, happily for myself, dls« rled to phvco mttoh relUnco in luck, b« good or bad. Tho pendulum swings protty ev«nly in life, and tho mum total of our gooct or bad fortuno is" evenly enough divided. Samuel William*, the, Yankee who was buried at Princes Court, Melbourne, for a. week oome timo ago, rushed into tho arms of the law in IJallarat t'other day (say* the Bulletin.). Samuel wa« put Into a hypnotic trance, and then ordered to find & penknife which had been hidden in the »ook o| ft man who had been planted in ft romoto corner of a big draper's shop, ft oouple of miles away. He was to driVo tho Vigilance Oommitto» in a dray through th© street to find the knife. Samuel in the trano© wa« in such «. tarry tha* he drove tho dray at n, hand gallop, and m» Jiwt finding the knife when a bobby, .panting and soar, lefc, dashed up and took his namo and address for furious driving. Samuel recovered/from tlw tranoft in time to pay a 40s fine next day. Apparently oven a hypnotio tronoa Is no w>rt»o for a fraotu»d bylaw. . slan Mftolftren'B "BesMe the Bonnto Brier Bush" vm produoed at. tho Sfc. James 1 * Theatre, London,, on 29th Do. comber. There wa« ft w»vr manag,em«nt, aoiwisttag of Mr. Ditrward Lely, theSoottiuh tenor (the original Nanki-Poo of the Savoy), who toured Australia, as a leoturer some years ago, and Mr. William MolUson, the woll- known aotor. The piece «com« to haw been plotureaqus but rather poor, and The Times'* notice is especially «ev«re. Old Jjttchlan Campbell k presented to the nudionoa us a fine speolmsn of rugged humanity, But his cursing of his favourite datightot, and his solemn obliteration of her name from the title-page ot the Family Bible, is regarded by "the southern obsorvor as the act of ft peculiarly wpuldive »avag«," though the gallery seemed to like it, but tb* critic Wftß further annoyed by tho faot that, en it turned out, the daughter wan quit-o legally married, Scotch fashloti, so that his tears, had he been so silly <i» to waste any, woula have been quite thrown away. Mf. William MolUson played the part of the elderly Caledonian oavage referred t to, and Boem'ed to rovel in it, "emphasising whnt WM already too emphatio, prolonging what was already too long, squeezing the last drop of pathos * out of what was already overcharged with the pathetic" There ha* Ju«t been completed in tlw Theatre Royal a fireproof kinematograph operating room, The room is at the rear of the dress circle, so that the work* ing of animated pictures will be don* without any discomfort to patrons. Llving«piotmre displays ' are to bo made a feature of the Fuller entertainment*, and to this end Mr. Ben Fuller has ordered from England two Warwick machines, of tie same kind as used by the WestBresoian Company. Arrangements have also been mad© for a monthly supply of the latest) films. Mr, Fuller has a»o Ju«t Acquired a large number of new films from America and Australia, but ..which will not be exhibited until the new projecting machines arrive. Mr. Berb Roylo will manage tho New Zealand teur of R. O. .Knowles in his entertainment "Trinea that Trouble a Traveller." Mr. Knowles Is due from Sydney on Wednesday, and leaves for Invercargill, where hf» tour commences on ths oth March. He is said to he A past rmuitor in the art of keeping the public arniwed, and from the novel open Ing of hi* entertainment in' Sydney to Its no less effective close, he nnd them bubbling with laughter or applauding with hands and feet the many excellent itomsi Mr. Knowles makea a widor and newer use of tho biograph than Australian* have yet seen. Pictures ftppear on the screen at all sorts of unexpected 'but none tho less opportune moments, adding much to the attractions of ; the evening. . „ Every time that hotelkoopers read that Rome admirer hits presented Miv Tittell Brttne with another dog, thoy weep in «pirlt), for troublo is in storo for them (says a Melbourne paper). It was bad enough when Mira Maud Jeffries insisted on taking her poodle with heT on tour and securing every attention for it where ever they went. But Miss Bruno Iflb three dogs already, and they all *accompnny her in her travels, necessitating a wonderful amount of looking after from! the people in tho hotels and boarding houses at which the talented young actresn stops. What the consequences ■will be if any more gifts of the canine persuasion are handed to her over tho fbotllghta, hatelkeepers dread to think, Tho late Mcl, B, Stnirr spoke in most flattering torms of the versatility possessed by Mr, Leslie Harris, the Society Entertainer, who will shortly tour Australia, Theatrical Clips.— William Andor»oh's new opera company will havo a chorus ttumtaritig 80. ... The great Thutston will not now visit this colony. He will go to Manila E, -I). Hayart'h, with the naslstanoe of Wangonui amateurs, played "Charley's Aunt", at Wanganul la#t week Tintaru jpporatic Soofety produce "Madame Angot" on the 20th ; inst, . . Dunedln Operatic Society played "Le» OloehM de Corneville" last Monday, . . Miss Florrie Williams (Mrs. Moffett) who recently died in Manila, had one of the largest funerals ever seen in the Philllpines, „ , Mice Jennie Opie. after a season in vaudeville, has joined the grand Optra company at the Tivoli Theatre,. 'Fi'lsoo, „ , Miss Grace Noble, here With the Brought, has written a play entitled "Bill and His Book." .. . Julius Knight return* to England on the disbanding of the Knight-Jeffries company. ••• . ■ Martyn Hagan and Lucy Fraser are with a vaudeville company in FHkgerald's oirmw building, Molbourne. , , Alfred Dampler has left for England )t is denied that he ie suffering from pawlyMs. .... "Joseph Entangled," Henry Arthur Jones's new play, has been ac« quired by Mt, Brongh, whose comnnny is now rehearsing it Mi» Oiirrio Moore's engagement as principal bojr in "Aladdin" at Glasgow fs worth £60 per week, She i» bookeft for the same piece At Birmingham next Christmas. ... Mr. T, J)onovan succeeds My. Geofg* Bullet as advance ttv John F, Sheridan Company. Mr. Buller returns to Bydnoy to manago the Madame Titllß-LesHo Harris tour. ... Tho It. G. Knowles tour of Australasia will cover six months Edgar Stillman Kelly, the American composer, now living in Berlin, wns asked what he was doing. "Trying to «?'t »ome of Sousa's inarches to mimic," said Kelly, . , , Uarron Berthold Is nppeavlng at the Tlvoll, Ban Francisco, In a mnslcnl play entitled "Orpheus In Hodes." .... American actress Annie Rusroll come* to Australia next yem to J, 0. Williamson, for tho namo part in G. B. Shaw's "Major Barbara," the now Salvation Army play, described as "a discussion In three aots. .... Mr. Harry Poitlton, popular hero some years bn«k, is appearing In a Ohrinlmns pice«, "Noah's Ark," at the Waldorf Theatre, London, Miss Agnes Thomas, hero with tho Arnold companies, in also in the -cast. . . , Mr. Charles Konnlngham, the well-known tenor of the Repertoire Opera Company, was quietly married tho other day to Miss Vern Buttle, of the «ime theatrical company. . , Miss Helen Ferguson, of (he Williamson (Brune) Dramatic Coinpuny, leuyos for America about April, .... Mr, Otto Hogglo, the ywinu South Australian who did protty well with Hawtrcy, l«is left London. . , . Mrs. Langtry, who lt<u decided not to visit Attoltiiliii, Ih an onorrnoim success in South Africa, playing to capacity -business mrywUrti