THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT. By Last Call.

Otago Witness, Issue 2116, 13 September 1894, Page 37

THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT. By Last Call.

Sydney, August 28. The 1 si number of the Kra fco x hand, referring to Mi-s Olga NDvher3..lo, says : — " Another st»r iato disappear trom the theatrical iiimament, though only temporarily we hope. She bus been engaged by Augustin Oaly for an American tour,, the piece de resistance being Clement Scott's 'Denise' New Yorker* will also have a chance, of seeing dreamy-eyed Olga in the ' Transgressor.'" Brandon Thomas has authorised Mon. Maurice Ordoniiee t'i adapt '' Cf arley's Aunt" to the French, as "La Marraine de Charley." Messrs Frenc- and Sanger are joint proprietors of Mrs Burnett's plays ' Little Nord Fauntleroy."' Mr French, after deduc ing £'2000 a- manager-; has al eady oivided the balance of £ - 26,n0() witli his partner. One thousand six huudie 1 pounds was swallowed up in one lawsuit over this charming play

A touring company was travelling by train,, when the\ "weiv brought to a s-aidden standstill. As t'n-y remained so for some time one of tiwr number alighted to ascertain the cause. On Mr return, in answer to inquiries, he said : " Oh, it is a mere trifle; some of the scenery has fallen across the line."

This is one of I. Z mgwill's "tame critics whoeat out of the manager's ha> d " Rather a eood fii for ome of our so-Ct'lleH critics? Joe Tapley, of" the Comic Opera Company, t"ld me a good yarn again t hims> If. It cppe .rs that he had lef* a £1 note in his noat pocket for some time. Having some difficulty, however, in getting the right;, change foi t- sm ill cheque, lie parted with the £". not , receiving baclf a fiver, which he placed in the same p cket. A day or twn after his dressei required payment of hi* account— something 1 - under a sovereign — so Tapley told him to take the note fiom his oat and keep the change. The next, day the dresser a-ked him if hecarerl to make £2, and if so whether he (the dresser) could have £%■ al-o. Tii this Tapley «gieed, imagining some wager was in the wind. Judge of his surprise when' explanations ensued. He looks at a note now before parting with it. Miss Marie Carandini (Mrs W. Wilson) is achieving considerable success on the London conc-'t plat'orm, according to latest tiles. Madame Melba's "Juliet" at Covent Garden, has received unstinted pr+ise. The Era says that it is hi.hly improbable that Arthur Roberts intends ace mpanying the next G.uety conipanyto visit Australia; Hnd as to the rep rtof Pattie Browne leaving London in the zenith of her popularity, if is too absurd. A few odd Ws of clicks were given away by Rice as Si tuvenirs on the anniversary of his pre-st-nt successful New York season Report couples the names of Misses Alice Leamar and Cissie Loftus as probable visitors to the antipodes Kdward Terry talks of revisitiugus-not-in burlesque, however. He says the climate is toowarm or tr- at sort of thing. Grey (out here with Leslie and Farren, Gaiety Company) has beeu robbed of £800 worth., of jewels. (Is this the same old advertisement?)

" True patriots we ; for be it understood, We left our coun>ry for our country's good." This is a quotation fiom the prologue, written hy the notorious George Barringtou for the opening of the old Theatre Royal, Sydney, on January 16, 1790

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