THE GHOST WALK.

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 60

THE GHOST WALK.

"A iTo&iisJi STaid" will bo produced in Wellington on September- 25. Eepoi-tctl! that MrJ. C. "Williamson may 1 stage a pantomime at Christmas. The Knight-Jeffries Co. pay a return visiD to New Zealand in December next.

Professor Hugo Heerman gives bis farewell l'ecital at His Majesty's this evening.

Madame and! Irma. Caron, widow and daughy ter of Leon Caron, kft for London recently.

Mrs Lan<;try is to visit South Africa to pla.y in "The Second Mrs Tiuiaucraj." suicl other riecaa.

Miss Florence Young, who is at present in New York, purposes leturning to Australia short iy. -The priscoll Boys liave rejoined Fuller's Entertainer in "Wellington, after a. sojourn in' Manila. Tiie benefit to the veteran professional Mr George Ward takes place at His Majesty's Theatre on September 15. He : "Did you know I had become an aqtor?" She: "No. All I heard was that you had gone on the stage." It is estimated that vaudeville m New York employs 26,000,000d01, costs 500,000d0l a week, and draws i.000.000d0l a, week. He (getting ready for the theatre) : "Bettei start to put on your hat." She: "Why?" He: "Well, we'll stait in about an hour!" The- Magic Kettle a.nd all that pertains thereto is at present mystifying Wellington audiences. j Mr Henry Hayward has arrived in Auckland | to make arrangements for the opening oi West's Pictures and the Broscians at His Majesty's. The Princess Theatre will be opened on September 6, when Misa Leech's Dramatic Society stages "The Magistrate" in aid d the Hospital Extension Fund. .When 'The CingaLee" was produced at Italy's Theatre, London, Vi Australia's ownCarrie Moore played Naitooma, 'the part taken in Australia- by Evelyn ' Sco tt. m •'IxU" states that Miss Dolly Cfestles soot-. a success in "The Pirates." ' Her wprk is improving steadily. She is- <T iaaking-i\p" better, andfjber voice ac present is" charming. Mr Frank 3J. Clark's' jnoVt recent additions to his Melbourne Gaiety "Theatre Company are - PeW Miller, the musical "eccentricity; and Pearl Akerma-n., the "female human, frog." Mischa Klman, the boy violinist,' is so- much the lag© In "London, that lie can command 200 guineas "for playing at" a • private parly. He^ limits himself to five a week in addition to concerts. Harry Riekards has eaigaged for Australia the Jackson Faz»lly, musicians; A. G-. Spry, the comedian; Grirnins and Gore American sketch artists; Les Brunin®, French jugglers, and a i-ew eouhrette. Lenipiiere " Pringie, the Tasmauian basso, •who appeared with "Musgrove's Grand Opera and "Fortune Teller" Cos., is making a hit at the London Coliseum, where he is appearing in scenes from various operas. -- Mr T. 28. Webber, who died on Juno 17, •was said t& be the oldest crganis^ in England. He was 92' yearns of age, and played, at the services for the- Coronation of Queen Victoria. and King Edward's musical herald. -. Two old drama merchants are standing on York Corner. First Merchant: "Ah! so help me ; these are hard' times. I suppose you find it difficult to make both ends meet?" Hea-vy Man: 'Srr-r-r, I -am an actor, not an acrobat." .-, - ■ 'Cirouo matters seem, to be overdone in the East. Quits recently there were do fewer tlian six repreHenta'tives- fighting ea-ch other in Java.' These .included -Harmston's, Warren's, litzgeralds', Rose's, an' English show 1 , and a native combination. •Sir Henry Irving will remain in England during the ■ whole of next season. In the autumn of 1906 he has arranged to cross the Atlantic for ,an American seasoi.. As far as public performances are -concerned, he will then take-Jus farewell of American -playgoers. Mr J. V. .Williamson commands at present fire organisations, comprising 300 people, The total is irm-Je up thus: Royal Comic Opera Company, 95; Knjg'ht-Jefirie^ Company. 50; •Mis 3 Titfell Brune's Company, 40; Gilbert and Sullivan Repertoire Conreaaiy, 75 ; Nance O'Neil Company. 40. 'Mrs Lan'gtry has decided definitely io appear at Proctor's Mu-sio Hal], New Xork, in September, 1906. She is engaged for. 10 ■weeks, with peihaps an additioual .seven "weeks, and. her salaiy is fixed a 4 £500 a, weak —- iher week's work consisting of "two shows a day,*' of 10 minutes each. ifadSanii? Sara Bernhardt, now playing in Xiondon, states that she has had two offers of Jjondon theatres at which she may assume supreme control througho-at the year. The soheine is that she shall have a season there, and 1 thait at other tunes the theatres shall be tenanted by French companies. Mr Clyde Meynell, wi.o tom-ed tfcesa parts ■with tho Knight-Jcfiries Company, and 1 who recently exploited. Ti/ngland in search of attractions, announces that he has secured the Australian: m*3 Kew Zealand rights of the 3»lay "The Fatal-,.Wedding," which has been •o successful throughout America and England. •While ova» actors, with JW exceptions, are over-emphatic, out actresses have no other *im than to bo sweeter titan sugar. They forget that sweetness cannot express all the emotions. Eveu the wickedest parts are too often interpreted by ladies w<ho purr and coo and mispronounce their words and mean xothing. -Asked by a liOh&crn scribe how she liked taking to "vaudeville," Mrs' Langtry said: "Well, you know, with ni» ii is only a ter- r porary dfiair, a.nd the salary at Proctor's is lather large.- I shan't appear at a variety theatre here. On my return to London at the end of next yea.t* I hope to be in my own snanagemieiit again." • It is doubtful whether the talked-of distsmdment. of -the Knight-Jeffries Company at the end of the year will take place. But Mr Julius Knight is going to take a long rest, •which he has earned by his hard work and severe illness, and Miss Ma,ud Jeffries intends to 'pay a visit to her American relatives before settling down in. N©w South Wales. _ -Heorr Kubclik, who has returned to his home in Austria, signed, before leaving England a few weeks ago, a contract to appear at 100 concerts in various towns in America, the tour to be commenced in New York on Ist December next. His appearances in the United States axe to be followed by a series of 40 anwre concerts to be given in Australia. A version of "Oliver Twist," by Mr Comyns Carr, was recently presented at Her Majesty's, London, with Mr Tree as Fagin. Although Hickens has not been an unqualified success «a the stage, tho booking for "Oliver Twist" ■was very heavy. Mr Carr aimed at weaving a direct and! consecutive plot, and was careful . to preserve Oliver, Fagin, Nancy, and Bill Sikes as the principal figures. •A clergyman- named Wright lias signed a contract with, a .New York firm of theatrical managers to play fhe part of John the Baptist in the Biblical play *>f "The Holy City." iWrighit says in aji exchange he has determined to abandon the pulpit for tho stage, bsoaiusa he thinks he can. do more good by acting than by preaching the Gospel. Wright ftias iad no previous experience as an actor. - The Mt&sical Johnstons • have returned to !N«w York from London, after an absence of Jitearly a year and 1 a-half, having made a. trip around the wwrfd, tra,velling oven- 30,000 indies, visiting Honolulu, the chief cities of New Zealand 1 , Australia, 'Ceylon, Egypt, England, aiic? •Scotland. They will remain in America until CJhrißtmas, after which they will return to •Europe to fill dates already contracted for. ,They are booked. mMI 1907. Miss Amy Castles was in London early in July. She has been, studying with Bouhy ■ince her return from Australia, and her voice

has gained considerably in volume. Before leaving Paris she was approached by the managers of the Algiers. Tunis, Kimss, Geneva, Toulouse, a.nd Toulon opeia hoiues with a view tc engagements. She declined all these offers, as the greater number of roles to fill wculd be T^agnenan ones. On July b she sang for Mr Daniel Meyer, the weilknown entrepreneur who piloted M. Paderewski in his early stages. Mr Meyer advised her to remain in London, where, he says, there is a big future awsiting her — not only as a concert linger, but in oratorio. He is piixious to engage her for the tour of the Erglish provinces which young Mischa Elman, the Russian boy violinist, is abcxit to make.