THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES

Otago Witness, Issue 2263, 15 July 1897, Page 47

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES

By. Pasquin.

Tuesday, July 13. ■ . *Mr Frank Lincoln concluded his short seaion in Donedin on Saturday night, when ha g*ve another entertainment in the- Princeas Theatre. Although' the attendance was rather sparse, Mr Lincoln tackled his task with good heart, and' for an hour- and a-half he delighted hia audience with his- stories and his clever acting. The cinematographic views were also appreciated. * . * Messrs -Williamson and Muegrove intend continuing to send on to New Zealarid all their Australian attractions. As part of the programme, the Princess- has been booked for the Christmas holidays, when, it ia understood, " The Sign x>f- the Gross " and " The Prisoner of Zend*" Dramatic Company will occupy the boards for a fortnight. Wilson Barrett's play has. just; concluded a sensational seven weeks' season at Sydney, and is now being performed in Melbourne. Both, axe to.be staged throughout New Zealand with the fame cast and tho same completeness as on the other side.. ■ * . • Mr Petherick and Mr Collet-Dobaon "lave concluded their Trilby tour in the North Island, and have disbanded the company at Wellington. They have eDgaged the •'Calculating Boy Coterie," consisting of Dudley Wyatt (the calculating boy), the Georgia KFagnet, the clairvoyant Mahatma, and Mr W. Wyatt, and open in Nelson on the 16i;h icst., with the West Coast and Chxistcnurch to , follow. i • _• The estimation, in which Mr and Mis Browgh were held by the playgoers of Sydney w»s evidenced most fully by their farewell benefit recently. In addition to the- presentation, on behalf of the c'tizena, of a purse of gold and an album of local sketches, upwards of £700 wes taken at the doore, which is, all but the [ first appearance of Madame Bernhardt, a ! record for the Australasian colonies. Mr and Mr 3 Brough. and their compiny leave for Naw Zealand on the 17th lost. • . • A special benefit performance in aid of the convalescent fund is being assiduously promoted by s large number of influential ladies and gentlemerv who are leaving nothing undono : o achieve a big financial success. The new Garrick Club supplies the entertainment, and in doing to inaugurates its public career at the Pciccess Theatre on the- 21st inst. with a wellchoeen doable bill — "David Qarrick" aud -* Fennel." The cast cf characters in each play is said to be an excellent one. Tickets are selling freely, and the box plan, which ib ac the Dresden, is filling rapidly, so that a bumper house ia probable. • . • The friends in this city of Mr Henry Stockwell will be interested to hear that he is appearing with distinction on the operatic stage in England. The Gloucestershire Chronicle, of May 15, contains a, notice of a performance of tie • opera , " Shamns O'Brien " (composed by Yilliers- Stanford), in which Mr Stocktrell was cast as a British army officer. The paper in. question thus refers ta him :—": — " Mr Stock- j well is a tenor cf a splendid range of voice, and in every way, either as actor or vocalist, he plays up to the character he has- to delineate. One of bis best efforts is the duet between Kitty and himself, and while intense feeling is displayed, yet through the acting there runs a rich fund of humour which the audience do not fail to appreciate." Amongv ethers included in the cast was Mr Msgiato 1 , who visited New Zealand as tha basso vccalist- supporting M&daune Belle Cole. • . • " With Madams Saville I have at last found the Juliet of my dreams — the Juliet mild and gentle, at the same time fall of energy, »nd, added to this, with an exquisite voice." Thus writes the correspondent at; Nica of the New York Musical Courier. Equally pronounced is the praiae given to her performances as Marguerite in " Fausfc." As Violetta fn " Traviata " her Buccesa "is one of the things to be remembered in the career of an attist." Shortly after these appearances at Nice the Australian prims, donna made her debut at Caveat Garden, on> the second night of the season (May 11). The opera was " Romeo xb&. Jusiet.' r The Daily Telegraph refers to Htdame Saville's singing as throughout neatly finished. "We cou-'d not help feeling and approving, the naturalness of her acting. The artist acted as she felt, and the part was invested with charm." The Standard notes the soprano's coEsidereble compass, agreeable quality — " a vocalist with many qualifications for success " ; and the Musical Standard praises her pure and flexible voice, excellent method, aud stage presence. • . • Mr Arthur- Roberts is an adherent to the movemenir for muzzling cats. The other day the popular comedian was badly bitten ftx the leg by a domestic pet, which he declines to regard as either harmless or necessary. The wound was intensely painful, ft&d. c&u-ed. him a- vast deal of anxiety. It now appears tabe healing healthily. *.' Madame Rejane appeared at the Lyric Theatre in Jane, paying £1000 rent for three ■weeks-. She revived the original French play of "Madime Sans-Geue," andappearedin " Ecancillon." • . • The two hundredth performance o£ " Under the Red Robe" leaves the deserved popularity of this effective drama unimpaired. Mz Wiring still plays the hero in right gallant fashion-, and Mia a Eva Moore repeats her pathetic study of the trusting wi r e. * . * Mt Wilson Barrett has a brother-in-law ia holy orders. He is the rector of Cheddingtonv and was one of the first to start " The Sign of the Cros»" boom. As a token of brotherly love and professional gratitude Mr Barrett presented him with an altar cloth for his church. • . • Mdlle Yvette Guilbert's marriage, so often announced, is now, it seems, very near, the banns having already been published. Her husband-elect is M. Max Schiller, a young American- chemist. Yvette has amassed a fine fortune— something like £100,000, by all accounts — but she will not retire from tho music-hall stage for the present, her engagement with. M. March and, of the Scala and the FoHes-Bergere, Paris, having still three or four years to run.