September she played the principal part in the spectacular extravaganza "Baba" at Niblo's Garden. Later the same season she went back to her old 1ôle in “Evangeline." Nat C. Goodwin, Jr., was a member of Rice's company, and Miss Weathersby became his wife on June 24th, 1877. The following winter they left Rice and began starring. They played in "Pippins," on December 24th, at the Globe Theatre in Boston. The WeathersbyGoodwin combination continued to travel with farcical pieces for several seasons. "Hobbies" was the principal success, but they also presented "The Member from Slocum," "Warranted," and "Those Bells." Miss Weathersby's last appearance took place in 1884. She was generous, sweet-tempered, conspicuous for her devotion to domestic duties, and beloved by a wide circle of friends. Her sisters Jennie, Nellie, and Harriet are in the profession. Another sister, Emie, died in 1884; she was also on the stage. The illness which preceded Miss Weathersby's death was long and painful, but she bore the suffering patiently. She died within a few hours after a hopeless and, it has since been said, entirely unnecessary surgical operation. The funeral at the "Little Church," on March 27th, assembled a great number of professionals. The body was placed in the receiving vault at Woodlawn and afterward interred in that cemetery, near the grave of Emie Weathersby. Mrs. Cool White (née Eliza F. Bonnet). Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. Died in Brooklyn on March 25th. She was of French parentage and possessed considerable personal beauty. Her native city was the scene of her début in 1837, under the management of Francis Courtney Wemyss. In comedy and leading business she achieved a Western reputation. She married William Miles Foster, an actor of some repute, but they subsequently separated. Her first appearance in New York was made at Brougham's Lyceum in the season of 185152, as the Countess in "The Stranger." She married the minstrel Cool White in 1861, and made her last appearance at the Academy of Music, New York, in 1862, playing Mrs. Fitzgig at a benefit for the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. William Welch. Born in 1850. Died May 7th, in New York. William Welch was well known in the minstrel world. He began his career in 1863 at Sanford's Opera House, în Harrisburg. He entered into partnership, in the song and dance business, with his schoolmate, John Rice. He was for a long while with Haverly's troupe, and latterly with Dockstader's, where he enjoyed popularity. Josefina Wessely. Born at Weimar, March 18th, 1860. Died August 12th, at Carlsbad. She appeared as a child in "Die Milchsch western," and was then educated for the stage at the Dramatic Conservatory of Vienna. On her first appearance as Francisca in "Karlsschuler" she won the first prize of the Conservatory and was engaged for the Leipzig Theatre, where she became popular. She was afterward engaged in Berlin and Vienna, and starred in the principal theatres of Germany. She possessed a handsome person and a melodious voice. Amelia Waugh. Born about 1836. Died September 4th, at St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn. She was a capable actress and well known in the West. She made her début on June 17th, 1867, in Montana, as Lucrezia Borgia. Her last engagement was in Leonard Grover's "Our Boarding-House." Mattie Williams (sobriquet "The Little Duchess "). Born about 1862. Died at Holden, Mo., of consumption, on October 15th. She was a bright and talented soubrette. Nine years ago she was married to Wilbur M. Williams. Rodney S. Wires. Died suddenly at Dallas, Tex., October 15th. He was well known as an advance agen'. Among the companies he represented at different times were Milton Nobles', a Madison Square "Hazel Kirke" company, and the Nellie Boyd company. Lisa Webber. Born in England about 1842. Died suddenly at Buffalo, N. Y., on October 23d. She was a pretty Jewess who, after some English experience, came to this country in 1868 as one of the British Blondes, with Lydia Thompson, Pauline Mark 46 ham, and Ada Harland. Harry Beckett (afterward low comedian at Wallack's) accompanied them. They appeared at Wood's Museum on September 28th of the year before mentioned. The comely women, with their streaming locks of yellow, set the town wild. Miss Webber made a hit with her song, Walking Down Broadway." She remained with the Thompson troupe for some time. She then took out a burlesque party of her own, but the venture resulted disastrously. The later years of her life were spent industriously. In 1871 she was married to W. S. Mullaly, the orchestra leader. In 1875 they were divorced She subsequently married Robert Britton. Her last appearance was at the Adelphi, Buffalo, with the Night Hawks company, a few days before her death. She was buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. J. Falconer Young. Died suddenly at Stirling, Scotland, March 18th. He was playing Old Eccles in" Caste" just previous to his death. During forty-five years' experience on the stage he acted at nearly every theatre of importance in England. R. W. Younge. Born in England in 1822. Died at Newcastle-on-Tyne, June 5th. He was a well-known actor in his own country. He once visited America and played in Edwin Booth's company. Sir Charles Laurence Young. Died in London, England, on September 11th. He was the youngest son of Sir William Laurence Young, Bart. The elder brothers dying-one in the Crimea, the other at Sebastopol-Charles succeeded to the baronetcy. He took up playwriting for amateurs as a pastime, and afterward decided to try his fortune in writing for the professional stage. He wrote "Jim the Penman." He could get no manager in London or New York to produce it, and finally he hired a theatre in the former capital and put it on himself. The piece scored a pronounced success, and the American rights to it were secured by A. M. Palmer. Brought out by him at the Madison Square Theatre on November 1st, 1886, it made an instantaneous hit. The drama ran the entire season in New York, and was revived at the beginning of the season of 1887-88. It is being plaved to large profit by several travelling companies under Mr. Palmer's management. "The Scapegoat," another piece by Sir Charles, was produced by Mrs. Henrietta Chanfrau at the Fourteenth Street Theatre, in the spring of 1887. It was a financial failure. DRAMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. BOOKS PUBLISHED DURING 1887 IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND. AN Index to the Works of Shakespeare. By Evangeline M. O'Connor.-D. Appleton & Co., New York City. Annals of the English Stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. By Dr. Doran, F.S.A. Edited and revised by R. W. Lowe from author's annotated copy. With 50 copperplate portraits and 80 wood-engravings. 3 vols.-Nimmo, London, England. Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By Robert W. Lowe.-Nimmo, London, England; J. W. Bouton, New York City. Canute the Great. The Cup of Water. Two plays by Michael Field, author of "Callirrhoë," etc.--Bell & Sons, London, England. Columbus; or, a Hero of the New World. An Historical Play. By D. S. Preston.-G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City. Digesta Shakespeareana. By Appleton Morgan. A topical index of printed matter, other than literary or æsthetic commentary or criticism, relating to Shakespeare or his plays and poems.-Brentano Brothers, New York. Dr. Faust. The old German puppet play. Turned into English by T. C. H. Hedderwick, M.A.-Kegan Paul, London, England. Dramatic Notes, 1887: A Year-book of the Stage. By A. Brereton.-Carson, London, England. Eva, Duchess of Monteleone. An original play by Henry Cook.-London, England. Famous First Representations. By H. Sutherland Edwards.-London, England. These representations include Tartuffe, Beggar's Opera, The Messiah, Tannhäuser, Dame aux Camélias, Hernani, Robert le Diable, Barber of Seville, Der Freischütz, Don Giovanni, and Nozze de Figaro. Is it Shakespeare's Confession? By Herbert Janvrin Browne.-A. S. Witherbee & Co. King James I. An historical tragedy. By David Graham.- London, England. Legend of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, as found in the works of Saxo Grammaticus and other writers of the twelfth century. By G. P. Hansen. Edited by C. B. Simons.-Kerr & Co., London, England. Marlowe. Edited by Havelock Ellis. (Mermaid Series.)-London, England. Marston, John, Works of. Edited by A. H. Bullen. Vol. 3.-Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Mass. Massinger. Edited by Arthur Symons. (Mermaid Series.)-London, England. Middleton (Plays of). Edited by Havelock Ellis. -London, England, Mrs. Siddons. By Nina A. Kennard.-Roberts Brothers, Boston, Mass. New Glossary of the Obscure Words in Shakespeare and the Dramatists of the Seventeenth Century. By Charles Mackay.-Sampson Low, London, England. Notes on Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. By T. Duff Barnett.--London, England. Richard III. and the Primrose Criticism.-McClurg & Co., Chicago, Ill. Robert Emmet. A tragedy of Irish history. By Joseph I. C. Clark.-G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City. Shakespeare, and other Lectures. By George Dawson, M.A. Edited by George St. Clair, F.G.S.-Kegan Paul, London, England Shakespeare's Insomnia. By Franklin H. Head.-Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Mass. Shakespeare's Predecessors in the English Drama. By John Addington Symonds. - Smith, Elder & Co., London, England. Shishak the King; or, Love Avenged: A Sacerdotal Drama. By C. H. Clifford.-London, England. The Sentence: A Drama. By Augusta Webster.-Unwin, London, England. The Shakesperean Drama: A Commentary on the Tragedies. By D. J. Snider.-Ticknor & Co., Boston, Mass. Thespian Papers: Being a Series of Humorous Essays on Subjects of Professional and Amateur Dramatic Interest. By Lynn Neville.--W. Scott, London, England. Was Shakespeare Shapleigh? By Justin Winsor.-Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Mass. Who Wrote Shakespeare? By W. Henderson.-Stott, London, England. 'Wit, Wisdom, and Beauties of Shakespeare. Edited by Clarence Stuart Ward.-Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Mass. Yesterdays with Actors. By Catharine Mary Reignolds-Winslow.-Cupples & Co. BOOKS PUBLISHED DURING 1887 IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. CHARAKTERBILDER aus der deutschen Bühnenwelt. Heft 1: Johanna Schwarz, Königliche Hofschauspielerin. By Gerhardt Penzler.-Eduard Bloch, Berlin, Germany. Contes et Legendes en Action, receuil de saynètes. By Jules Adenis.-Hennuyer, Paris, France. Das Herzoglich Meiningen'sche Hoftheater. By Robert Prölss.-Friedrich Conrad, Leipsic, Germany. Das Stadttheater zu Leipsic vom 1 Januar bis 1 September, 1887. By Georg Hermann Müller.-Duncker & Humblot, Leipsic, Germany. Das Theater und Drama der Chinesen. By R. von Gottschall.-Germany. Der Theaterbrand zu Exeter. By Franz Gilardone.-Published by the author at Hagenau, Alsace. Die Gebärdensprache. By Carl Michel.-Berlin, Germany. Dramaturgie der Oper. By Heinrich Bulthaupt. 2 vols -Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipsic, Germany. Etudes et Souvenirs du Théâtre. By E. Regnier.--Ollendorf, Paris, France. Etudes sur le Theatre Contemporain. By F. Lefranc.-Dupret, Paris, France. Jouons la Comedie. By Dreyfus.-Calmann-Lévy, Paris, France. La Critique de Francillon.-Jouaust et Sigaud, Paris, France. L'Almanach des Spectacles, tome XIII. By Albert Soubies.-Jouaust & Sigaud, Paris, France. Le Rire. By Coquelin, Cadet.-Ollendorf, Paris, France. Le Theatre Contemporain. By J. Barbey d'Anrivilly.-Frinzine, Paris, France. Le Theatre en Allemagne. By Ida Brünning.-Frinzine, Paris, France. Les Ennemis de Wagner. By Paul Verdun.-Dupret, Paris, France. Les Mille et une Nuits du Théâtre (4me et 5me parties). 2 vols. By August Vitu.-Ollendorf, Paris, France. Mathilde Veneta; Erzählung aus dem Leben einer Schauspielerin. By Dorcas Mora.Stuhr, Berlin, Germany. Mozart's Don Juan, 1787-1887. By Rudolf von Freisauff.-H. Kerber, Salzburg, Austria. Nos Theatres de 1800 à 1880. By Alphonse Leveaux.-Tresse & Stock, Paris, France. Richard Wagner et le drame Contemporain. By Alfred Ernst.-Librairie Moderne, Paris, France. Shakespeare-Literatur. By E. Reichel.-Germany. Soixante ans de Souvenirs, 2ieme partie. By Ernest Legouvé.-Hetzel, Paris, France. Talma et l'Empire. By Alfred Copin.-Tresse & Stock, Paris, France. Theatertypen. By Hartl-Mitius.-Germany. Zum Brand der "Komischen Oper" in Paris. By Franz Gilardone.-Published by the author at Hagenau, Alsace. DRAMATIC ARTICELS IN AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PERIODICALS. JANUARY. Australasian Drama. By Dover Roberton.-Theatre.*- -Coquelin, Benoit-Constant. By Henry James.-Century.- -First Nights of My Young Days. By Godfrey Turner.-Theatre. Diderot and the Art of Acting.- Westminster Review.--Drury Lane Managers. By Percy Fitzgerald.-Theatre.-Greek Play. By W. E. Wilson.-Church Review.-Italian Comedy. By R. Bonghi.-Nuova Antologia, January 16th.-Napoleon the Third and the Stage. By Charles Hervey.-Theatre.-Pantomime Clown. By W. J. Lawrence.-London Society. Recollections of the Princess' Theatre.-Gentleman's Magazine.Three Famous Pantomimes. By W. J. Lawrence.-Theatre. -Unseen Regions of the Theatre.- Chambers's Journal.- -Wilson Barrett's Hamlet.-Shakespeariana. FEBRUARY. Berlin Theatres. By H. Dupont.-Der Salon.-Coquelin, Constant. By Brander Mathews Scribner's. -Dramatic Stage of America. By Julian Magnus.-North American Review.Drury Lane Show. By S. R. Bennett.-Hour Glass.-Francillon. By P. Bourget.-Revue Illustrée. -Francillon. By L. Ganderax.-Revue des Deux Mondes.- Francillon. By Leop. Lacour.-Nouvelle Revue.-Francillon.-Nation, February 17th.- -Greek Play. By W. E. Wilson.-Church Review.Hamlet in France. Shakespeariana.-Ibsen's Spectres.Nation, February 10th.Our Actors and Their Preferences.-Lippincott's. Women and the Stage. By Georgia Cayvan.-Brooklyn Magazine. MARCH. American Stage. (A Symposium.)-Epoch, March 11th.- -Baron, Michael.-Cornhill. Beckett, Gilbert Abbot à, as a Dramatist. By Arthur à Beckett.-Theatre.-Early American Theatre.-Dial.-Francillon. By George Moore.-Hour Glass.-Hippolitos of Euripides. By W. C. Lawton.-Atlantic.--Iphigenia Martyr. By L. Dyer.-Harvard Monthly.-London Theatres. By T. F. Ordish.-Antiquary.—Mr. and Mrs. Kendal. By William Archer.— Longman's. -Stage Curtain. By W. J. Lawrence.-Theatre.-Stage Make-up. By S. Chidley.- Voice. APRIL. Comédie Française. By Theodore Child.-Harper's.- -Decline of the Drama. By H. Quilter. — Contemporary Review.-Expression in Art. By Steele Mackaye-Voice.-Drama in Pasteboard (Toy Theatres).—Art Journal.--Lady Clancarty and Historical Drama.-Macmillan's. The Theatre cited throughout this list is the monthly of that name published in London, England. |