The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
AT THE THEATERS.

Miss Charlotte Thompson and her company
gave anotherntelestingperf of the Sea
of lee at Engsh's last night and the play will
be repeated again this afternoon and evening
| 1t is well acted and put on the stage in good
style. At the Grand Miss Evans again played
''Foggs Ferry and cabinet photographs of the
star were given to the ladies in attendance.
This afternoon and evening she will appear in
''Dew-Drop," part that is well adapted to her
peculiar abilities.
Both theaters have an excellent line of attrac
tons for next week. At the Grand, Miss Fanny
Davenport viii appear the first three nights in
the greatest of all recent dramatic successes,
Fedora" The advance sale began yesterday,
and was so large as to insure crowded houses at
every performance. On Thursday night Mrs.
Langtry will appear in ''Pyglnalion and Galatea,'
and during the remainder of the week James
O'Neil in Monte Christie" The sale of seats
for the Langtry engagement will begin on Mon
day morning, the prices being $l.5O, 81, 70 cents
and 50 cents.
After continued success of two years in Lon
d on, a brilliant run in New York and crowded
houses wherever played. the reigning comedy
success Confusion will be presented at En-
| gish's Opera house on Wednesday evening
March 26, and continued the balance Of the
week. This piece is of the farcical order, and is
! said to be full to overlooking with fun, genuine
| and hearty. 1t is original and eccentric in con
| struction, and teens with absurd and comical
situations. Mr. Frank Mordaunt and Miss
! Florence Gerard are in the cast. The play will
be preceded by a charming comedetta entitled
| odd Love Letters, by Bronson Howard.
The Reigning Dramatic Success.
Interview with Joseph Brooks, in Chicago News.
'Claudian,' now being played in London by
Wilson Barrett, at the Princess Theater, is the
greatest play of modern times. 1t is in blank
| verse, written by Messrs. Herman and Wills,
and is in the best vein of these writers. Her.
man was one of the authors of The Silver King,
and Wills wrote Charles L. played by Henry
Irving. 1t depicts life in the early Roman EN-
pire There are sixty people in the cast. The
principal effect in a scenic way is an earthquake,
and it is beyond question one of the greatest
| stage effects ever produced. 1t is not probable
! that Mr. Barrett will come to America the com
! ing season. He objects to playing against Try
ing not from professional jealousy, but purely
! from business point of view. The play may
/ be produced here if a tragedian capable of play
| ing the leading part can be secured"
! what standing has Wilson Barrett compared
| with Henry Irving, among the London critics."
1T is very difficult to say Previous to Bar
! retts'appearanee in Claudian he had been assO-
ciated almost entirely with melodrama He
produced Lights o London Romany Rye and
| The Silver King playing the principal charac-
| ters, but many critics now place him above lrv-
! ing as tFagedian and his equal as a manager.
| 1t may be said without eXaggeratiOn that he and
Irving are the only two tragedians now recognized
! in London"
what is there new to the American stage, for
next season.
"Messrs. Herman and Jones are at work on a
new play, to Oe produced in London in Septem-
| Der. 1t is not yet named Another new piece is
a Partisan success. La Charbonniere meaning
| the Charcoal Burner 1t is a domestic drama,
and has very strong characters. 1t is to be pro
| duced at Wallacks Theater in October. The pIin-
cipal part is to be in the hands Of Agnes Booth
! or Mrs. ID. II. Bowers. Ristoli will also come to
this country. She will play in English for the
first time in America. Her repertoire is Queen
! Elizabeth, Mary Stuart Marie Antoinnette
/ Macbeth, and 'Medea.' London prospects,
| They the same as in this country-not
! much that is new. The theater-goers over there
| are simply wild over Mary Anderson. They
call her Our Mary now, and it is not prob
! able tnat she will return to this country for
| two years at least. She has made the most re
! markable success of the year in London 1t is
| admitted that she is drawing more money than
| Irving did
I've Just completed arrangements with r. B.
Mantell, Miss Davenport's leading man. to take
an active part in the coming Cincinnati festi-
| val there. Here are q few of the casts: AS
! You Like tt; Fanny Davenport as ROsalind
! Fred Warde as Orlando, Keene Jacques,
and Robson as Touchstone; Twelfth Night:
| Modieska as Viola, Crane as Sir Toby Belch
and Robson as Sir Andrew Aguechaek; Romeo
and Juliet: Modjeska Juliet Mantel as
| Romeo and Warde as Mercutio. Julius Caesar
| and the Comedy of Errors will also be pro
dueed.'