Il Trovatore was staged at the Opera House and ‘The Rag Picker of Paris’ and the social scene had two projects going on, one was a new Methodist Church being built, and the other was a fundraiser to give Mrs. Hayne a Silver Brick. Apparently miffed at the church mongers, Sam spilled the beans about […]
Characters
June Booth meets Agnes Perry
Starring in ‘Masks and Faces’ [ST 168], and the farce More Blunders than One, she is a great actress and insanely charming. The two are the uber couple for a time. Peg Woffington was the play were Agnes played the ingenue to Hayne’s lead actress but where the press reports were all about Mrs H.A. […]
A benefit for Junius Brutus Booth
Junius was handsome, athletic and prime. He had been in California and Nevada for 10 years. June chose his own play, The Three Guardsmen – with an all-star cast as the Musketeers in Dumas’ adventure. But reviews were quick to point out that they wanted him to do his awesome Iago in Othello. June was […]