Fragments and rumors from the era amid theatre and society
A collage of social notes and gossip from Moscow to Barcelona and New York includes Wieninsky remaining in Moscow Signor Faucelli heading to Barcelona Lotta winking with one eye and Fanny Davenport weighing 180 Apollinaris water offered with whiskey amid gas charges The piece notes remarks by President Tilden and criticism of political dynamics and theatre plans featuring Genevieve Ward Mrs Scott Siddons and Booths Theatre A ram in East Whitehall eats batter and the family laments their ruined mix. a quirky, scattershot wrap of cultural chatter.
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