San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW September 16th, 1899 Melodrama I think test adapted to amateur presentation, both as schooling for the players and in the light of the greatest probable success in presentation. In melodrama it is less difficult to arrive at some degree of success because its effects are produced by methods more artificial than must l>e employed in comedy and tragedy. — Julia Marlowe. What promises to be quite a novel amateur production in Oakland in the near future is the presentation of Shakespeare's "Othello," by Mr. Josh Bell, a colored gentleman, who is to be supported by a white company of players. Mr. Bell will portray the role of " Othello," the Moor of Venice. SPOKANE Special Correspondence. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 11. — On the 6th, preceding the opening of the regular season at the Auditorium, L. R. Stock well, the popular San Francisco comedian, appeared with his "Midnight Bell" company, to fair business. An amusing incident which was not billed, occurred during the hush when the house watched the minister start to call the officers to arrest his rival, the hero, while parting from the heroine; the silence was broken by an audible "Oh! the nasty thing! " in a feminine voice from the orchestra seats, and the audience laughed. The regular season opens to-night with the Boston Lyric Opera Co., in "Said Pasha," beginning a week of repertoire. Dodd. FRESNO Special Correspondence Fresno, Sept. 13. — The Elleford's drew crowded houses here every night last week In fact, some nights standing room was at a premium. Next Monday night Modjeska will be here, and will produce Macbeth. The people of this city have been informed that the famous actress, always a favorite here, is supported this year by a stronger company than usual, and are preparing to go into raptures over the performance. During rare week the VroomAddison Company, with its popular prices, will occupy the boards, and later will appear the following plays : "Yenuine Yentleman," "A Milk White Flag," "Hotel Topsy Turvy," and on October 30 the Daly Company will begin a five-night engagement. Manager R. G. Barton has been sufferiug from a severe attack of tonsilitis this week, but is now able to be out. He extends to the Dramatic Review his congratulations, and I join him in this. Benjamin C. Jordan. Clever (Amateurs A number of clever amateurs of The Colonials presented the farce, "A Scheme That Failed," at the entertainment and dance of that club given a week ago Wednesday at Golden Gate Hall. The cast was as follows: Paul Jennings, Chris Buckley; Victor Craven, Walter C. Hanke; Edith Jennings, Miss Ethel A. Homer; Fanny, Miss Juliet Turpin; Mrs. Craven, Miss T. Kathryn Smith; Bridget, Miss Bessie Merigan. In the specialties, Baby Coakley was very clever in a coon song and cake walk. The other features were: Miss J. Turpin, fancy dance; Miss M. Higgins, piano solo; Otto Wanek, sleightof-hand; Edw. Lowery, bass solo; V. Kennedy, cake walk; musical selections, N. Losekann, J. Losekann, accompanied by Miss Ida Losekann. W. C. Hanke, stage manager. Dancing followed. The committees were as follows: Committee of Arrangements — Vincent Kenned}', W. G. McMahon, John Lalanne, W. C. Hanke, Sylvan Selig, Milton Hagen, Miss Stella Baccus, Miss Juliet Turpin, Miss Lizzie Walsh, Miss Josie Beaseley. Floor Manager — W. G. McMahon; Assistant Floor Manager, J. Downing. Floor Committee — John Lalanne, Chris Buckley, Sylvan Selig, James Gruehn, W. C. Hanke, Miss Stella Baccus, Miss Elsie Rodenberg, Miss Catherine Smith, Miss Juliet Turpin, Miss Mamie McKeon. MUSICAL NOTES "God Save the King," in the guise of "America," may be sung by all patriotic Americans without feeling that John Bull — the man, not the composer — had anything whatever to do with its genesis. The hymn may have had earlier origin than Jean Baptiste Lully, in the time of Louis the Great at the royal convent of St. Cyer in the diocese of Chartus, for, as the editor of the Sahirday Review points out, Helary, Bishop ofPoitiens, and St. Ambrose were the first to compose hymns and anthems in the fourth century. Here is a trail of great interest for musical antiquarians to follow, and one on which they may dig and delve forever. Is there anything new, musically, under the sun ? — Exchange. * * Good and bad are terms so relative, so elastic, so subject to so many variations and restrictions, above all, when applied to art or to an artist's interpretation, that it is impossible to employ them; and yet the public and the critics use them assiduously. This is the principal reason of the reign of mediocrity, and the cause that so many talents are not appreciated at their real value. * » » According to the Matin, of Paris, an American millionaire has made a proposition to Adeline Patti to give her $100,000 for her throat, but there is a special arrangement made between them in this contract that she is not to deliver her throat until she is dead. * * * Miss Anna Miller Wood is spending the summer with Mrs. March at the latter's farm in Simonsville, Vt., where rest all day long is the sum of existence. Miss Wood will return to Boston about the first of October. * * * We certainly agree with the Berliner Courier that the New York Musical Courier is the most important musical professional paper in the United States. * * * A musical neighbor is the most unsupportable of all things. 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