AROUND THE WORLD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 55

AROUND THE WORLD.

(Fson Ot^go Witness Sfecials.) L}-cetui Theati^, S^clne/, Mav L h 1, 1001 Dear Bi=,— A few lines (o tell you cf my whereabouts since leaving Wa T ter Benttey I have jom°d Mr William Anderson, ot the Lyceum Theatre, here. You can take mv word for it, he is the coming man. He is doi.ig gieat | business with "The Ladder o+ Life, a heavy melodramatic production, f.t the Ljccuir. I'l-'der his management also aro .John F. She idan, now in Western Austiaba, and Macg c Moore m Victoria, besides one oi two other ventures. He intends sending a btieam of coinpan:es over to New Zealand shorty, commencing with J. F. Sheridan, who in a few- mouths will open theie with p number of his London successe= A diamntic comnanv follows, ai-J then — well, I sha'l wi'te voii later on Hope to renew rrv icqn. n ,nl,incp wi f h ''the Only T3'->" when I ■> i=it New Zealand wi+h John F. Slie.'dan. '"'ith best wishes to "the Old Reliable, — Yours truly, j ' WILL E HAaEMOXD. I Peith, "< v A , March 22, 1101 Dear Bis,— Bob He.nv left WA. Ust W<>dnp=dav with a bis; cheque Bil'ie How ude Oil - Henry) is in b.-cl hpaltli, h.'vm^ had to uncle - »o an oppiat.on On h<n icio.-o" J is Hobcit's ni'ie^tioa to return hc r e with ••. much sf.iont;er company, ill and Jlrs Hcnn, "Billy" Coulter and Co sen^ then ie o rv lfl s to all New" Zealand friends Geo. Heller and Compary pip t i'ri^n o the smalls "IT" 1 doin.i well While 1 h 1 -as o\ pi joyed to pet "the Old Re'iable <" c: v week The en + iie piote« = ion vicitmp: Pcit'i p°uw it 1 ; columns week by week and dei.\c uuuh plea£in c ant 1 information therefrom Miss Flo Bprne<=, who toured New Zea^nd wit 11 the Talda-es, is cooing so ig and dance wcrk with J F. Sheridan and Co in "A Trip to Chicago " Charlie Fpnmg is going be; at the Cie raorne, under the management of Jones and Lawrence, who aie searching the earth for new attractions Harry Co;i'l and Co are =t:ll oi the field-. Perth shortly. George "RigrnoM and Co. o^.cn lire n°x f wc-k m "Henry V." John F. Sheridan and Co. have don* boom business with "Fuii on the Bustol," "A Tuo to ChicE-o." and "The Shaughinn." The fiistnamed piece was placed thiough New Zealand «._ ■ -^ MOUNTAIN Ki:\'G ASTHMA POWDER, a wonderful cure ior Asthma, Bionch tis, Hay IVvt r. Taryneiti«. and lintation of the A.ir Paasages. Kempthorne, Prosser, agents.

by J. F. S. and Co. in 1P Q 5 and IC9I1 C 9I Hcie arS the three casts oi " FUN ON THE BRISTOL " ' ISFS ISiH 1 "!!• Y\'ifi<,\-i <) Brien. JF. Sheridan J F Sheridan J. T Sheridan Belli Tlmnpson. MayLMngstoae Fanny Wi«eman EillieMowbray Dora W Vlister A. Wroldiildge Stella Tudor Fbnio Barnes Noia O Huen Fanny Sarony Giacio Wlnteford Ojlia Mavis John W-fflea XC. Dunbar H M luuno Fied Weutworth C.ipfain Cranbuiv. J A Meade Alfie<. James V, Jmund Duggau Tommy C anbury. Willie Frcar William B vis Frank Crossley Richard Spirks. Henry Delama'n- Wilfred Oarr Bert B-ad'ej Jeiry Thcm^ton. Harry Sullivan Charles liovis Bert Hermano John Jnnes Will'^ni Hugh c s Julius Krnckson — — PinUeiton Hawkesbaw. Charles Wooa J h i Tv m Dalt-lei h The Waltei Da'gleish of the present company was also a membei of the 1891 comoi^e The following is the Sher.dan cast m Dion Boucicault's Irish drama, " THE SIIAUGHRAUN." Captain Molueaux . .. Walter Dalglcish Robert Ffolho'a Frank Cross' cy Father Doolan Chares A=h'ey Corry Kmchela . .. . Fred Wentwoitb. Harvey Duti" Eumund Duggan Sergeant Bert Bradley Arte O'Neil Ceha M-ms Cluie Ffolhott Maud Gwvnno Mis O'Kelly Floine Fjni^ns; Moy- .. . I7d Millet Bridget iladigan . . . Violet Lvlont .sue Nancy Malone . Eike Z'towbi^y Conn, the Shaii^hraun, John F Sheiidin Mi John F Shendni wishes me to znpke pubic through the columns' of the O'd Reliable the fact that he has not given 'nyons authority to pioduce oi permission i.o u^e his name m connectio i with any production of "Fun on the Bi.stol " — Yours tru'y, JOHN ,TA\ iIODGT. WelhngtTii April 13 19' 1 . Dear ds. — Speaking ot first parts «uk! othei things at oiir la^t meeting, there is one to be seen (and i emerabered) at the Theatre Royal thi3 veek It is entitled a "Turkish Palace, ' and i° one of the finest sets evei put on a local sta^c. The scenery has been si-'Cii'Sy painted b, Claiulc' 11. Whaite, the popii enj enterpr t 1 t mi'MStr foi P." R P/ix, >._ the "old nci, ,-•, , ■. A c o:n ■\.>>' it - coincidence happea-d pt the Th"at-e Royal this week to Miss Ida Cla~kson, ,i« hp ,nened to a member of youi recent venture. Mi-s Id?, who is very pormlT and p'ea=;ns ai Scotch ballads, was rendering tint well-know ;> sonr, 'Annie Ls-urie,' when a tester of "Scjtcb. ' v.'ho " hal had some, started app'.'uJ: .c w 1 t'le middle of the scn^, and just befoio th • 'ong- was finished wound up by faymc; CaLo.e a whi«pei), ' Eh, moi, it.c 1 " Mi'jS Florence ''^jkes a rismp;, dauitv ritt'e actress, is anotner for "Riekards's fold" in Austra'ia. Though only a htt'e while in the piofe?3ion, she has captured tie hearts of all London, mir l o-.ves her mtiod.iciion to the Lo"dou sta^e to tho pieadiiigL of the Biimins;hain Daily M^iil H»r fii«-t engagement was vdh the NeiUo i Ope-? Company, then w.th Geo Erlwardea, aaid soon after °he plavcd Let*-, Lnicl's part m "The Geisha" on tour. -It is this young la/ly's intent. o i to visit New Zealand later on. — [Much !ater on — Bis.] H E. Moss, the director of the London Hippodrome, 's a man of much puck to have oiigira'p 1 the scheme Eveivone but himsel* thou.-ht the idf-a madness, bu 4 " e^ciyone v. „ = w 1 ov.g, f v twee s. 'tnV the 'D'oire o^rrcd rnnrpy h"r. bae:i refused at the decre. The ot:£ih3*o. - c' "the mole-n nrci •3" was a il;«charged so'dier. Philip A">t'ey by name, who r;ave exhibit. ona of riding m a nn<?, with mtcr-ludei-c, as far back as March, 1768, in. Lambeth. Tn TPGf) Fied Rt'Ar.ge opened the Agricu'tu-al IJa.l, L )idon, v\ - ith a similar "how, and ° yeir a '?i«nc!= hp took the A'hairb'a, ".cVlin? sirgl if? n n r l \ariety l tu"is ti thp =!if , n'lich msdp t'if> hru=c farrouG II Mactleripott, Hno yrcat En^li-h music h^ 1 ' artist, wa= once a Slmkespenin °ctor. and a good one too As he did not see his way to years of struggle on small or part sr/niv, he succposfu'ly t.icklnd the hnlls. and took to 'lingo =onc=.' When hi« friends want to nnt"te him, they isk him when and v.heie he v. N.i ? chr.'v' 1 clior'ste r He kr:ow3 T\hat tluv -nsmuate fo ore= not "Wo don't wi it to fis;lit," lDla^cc' ' mv, bear a striking rc c P"ib'nnce to the Kvn= F!pi=on 111 th.> well-known Tve'ftb Marp, attnbut<»J to Mozart'— [Oh l ve= — Bt= T A r.^th^r clr T er co^to' tiom=t, a boy named Corley, h p ■=; been anneanne at th" Federal T'^"itre thi° wpel:, with the Preton? M:ns<"rp!«. Ho hai b~"n bil'ed as Ferry the S°cond, arcl 1' be tijiu? o'if ii= clever ns the arti-t af T cr whom hr- is ■>• .mod hp wj.'l be a credit to this city He, of roui'p, i= very raw at nresent, but a goo 1 pain=+aking master shonld worlc wonders vn+h him in 0 very short tune If thia boy st.rks to hii v. oik he has a pieat future. — Yours truly, ALEER.T EDWARDS.