THEATRICAL DATES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2167, 5 September 1895, Page 37

THEATRICAL DATES.

Princess Thkatuk.

September 24-October 21.— Bland Holt's Dtamatic Co. November 18-30.— Brougb-Boucicault Co. City Hall. JJoyal Irish Dramatic Company every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. September ts.— lndustrial School Concert.

Tuesday, Septembers. • . • There was a very large atiendaace at the' Princess Theatre on tbe evening of the 26th on the occasion cf the last performance of " The Land of the Moa." The beautiful scenery and the action of tbe drama occasionally roused the large audienco to outhutiaim. MrLeitch's many friends will wish him success with this drama, which is ture to efficiently advertise tbe colony. '. ' The Newburys contemplate another ▼isit to Maoriland. appearing in Cbristchurch in November next, during Carnival week. Mr Hobbs and Miss E. Grindloy will accompany them.

■ . • Mfss Grace Warner, daughter of Mr Chirks Warner, whoso first hUtrionic essays. were made during her father's Australian and New Zealand tour, i« said to be steadily advancing iv her profession. * . * Miis Cis*y Loftns is steadily ascending the tungs cf fame. Firit tire was a little schoolgirl; then tho became a music-hall "star"; then she .married a journalist ; and now the Hon. John Collier is to paint her picture.

* . ' Max iD'Kcll was not a victim ot the fire fiend, aa chronicled. Singularly enough, his manager, Dr George Audi 6, the hypnotist, lost not only money and clotbinj in the firs, but the notes of a lecture he was about (o deliver in St. Helirr on tho " Qouin" method of teaching and studying languages. Sympathisers will be glad to It am thstDe Andre" was equal to the occasion, and the lecture whs delivered, although the lecturt-r had to appear on the platform in & borrowed d'ess suit.

* . * Everyone will be glad to hear that at last Mr J. L. Toole is on tho high road to recovery.

• . • A woman of flfuncie, Indiana, refused to allow a young man to pass her seat in a local theatre, and thus the young man was obliged to forego his bet wteu-the- acts pmiltges. The woman, is ho calls herself a physician, says her action was applauded, and appears to thiok che bas ctablubed a rule, to be generally adopted, obliging every p*tron of a theatie to keep himself a cloie prisoner for threa or four hours. A gcod m&ny professional reformers insist that here is a ques'ion with only one side to it ; but the thes,tiical manager who practically adopts that idea will find directly that his pockets are of no use except to put his hitnds in.

* . ' Mies Belle Russell, the once clever child actress, now grown into a very pretty young lady, is (saya Table Talk) thinking of going to EagUnu" to try her fortuue. Her uncle, Mr J. Devrhunt, tho well-known tragedian, advises the strp, and promisei his support, but Mils Russfcll b>B hesitated for some tuxe, as she being s devoted daughter, doc>s not wish to leivo her parents. She is assiduously studying and endeavouring in orery way to qualify herself for a London engagement, which is almost osrtain to accrue sooner or later, as Mr Dewburst has a great deal of influence in the Engli»h^Lextricil wot Id. * . • "I pity the woman whose husband is »lw*y» c»ll> d J^hn," siya the Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax in " Ihe Imj.ortance of Being E»rne»t." At this, en a recent Saturday ni^ht, all eyes turned instinctively towards John Madden in the gubernatorial box, and the Wett laugh of the evening followed. Sir John b'usbed a beautiful s»!mon pink ; a blush that travelltd in waves up over hi* dignified baldness, and which must hare finished iv his boots. — Melbourne Punch.

• . • Mr W. S. Penley bas at lust found a play which, ha thinks of staging after 41 Charley's Aunt." It is from the pen of the American actor, Mr Maurice Barry more, wbese grisly tragedy, "Naj'zda," proved onsucce?Btul ia London some years ago. One would bardly look for a broad force from suoh a eourco ; bat Mr Penley is a good judge of such things, and always seems to koow the kind of pleca which will *cv.e v . the town iv a rou\

• . ' Now that M«.d*mo Patti i» almost — if tbe oompatuon be not 100 pret>umptuou«— remarks tbe Er*, shariDg tho honoirs with Mr W. G. Grace, it i» interesting t» note tho results of some of her early icniigt. From tbe first she seems to have what one may call a very fair living wage, though it wan years later tint •• Patti tu-rai» " wore asked and p»id. She was engigod for five jews by Mr Sfcn-koech, when ebo made her d6but in New York, at a progressive salary, which began at £60 a month for th« first joo.r, rcso to £120 for the second, aud £160 for tho third, and culminated in £200 for the fourth and fifth Her live years' engagement in London with Mr Qyr, which began when she was a girl of 18, was at practically double these ternw — £l£o a month for the first jeir, then £200, £250, £290, and finally £WO, two performanceß a week to be given. £800 for three 80Dgs is nearer the figure now.