The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-05
Plays ana Players.

Plays anu Rlayers.
Fred Bryton intends to star
Rose Eytinge is playing in Chicago
Gibbs is the real name of John Gilbert.
Madame Patti sails for England May 9.
Viola Allen has offers to star next season.
Helen Blythe will appear in new play soon
Janauschek will play in Winnipeg next month
Annie Pixley will return to America this
week.
Walter Dennis will be- Rhea's leading man
after April II.
Joseph Haworth will be the leading supporter
Helene Dauvray.
Ezra Kendall will not remain with 1--WE, Us &
Co. next season.
The Milan Grand Italian Opera Company has
been reorganized
Coup's trained horses will be seen in one of the
city theaters soon.
Tony Pastor will commence his annual sum-
1ner tour this week.
McCaulllost the scores of five operas in the re-
cent fire at Buffalo.
Georgia Cayvan, of the MAY Blossom com.
pany, has been quite i'll.
Marie Vanoni, rumor has it, will star next sea-
son in a musical comedy
''Black mailr is the title of a play to be pro-
duced in New York in May.
donna on the Mexican stage.
Hugh Fay of Barry g. Fay, is convalescing
after severe protracted illness.
Miss Hattie ludlow, the elocutionist, will be
given benefit the 14th of this month.
A. c. Gunter, the playwright is at present
the dramatic critic of the Alta California.
Frank Losee is resting He will probably be
Clara MorPis's leading support next season.
Wilson Barrett will come to America next
season, appearing in Claudan, Junius and Ham
let.
Lester Wallacks first appearance on the stage
was in l84S as Sir Charles Coldstream, iii USED
Up
Somewhat diled Harry Dixey, with
whom be is greatly taken, before he sailed for
Austria.
"Only Farmers Daughter" still survives
and is vending her weary way through the
provinces.
Henry Lee will play starring engagement at
the Grand Opera-h house, San Francisco, in the
summer.
Helene Dauvray will make her re-entre to the
America stage at the Star Theater New York,
this month.
Dion Boucicault's youngest daughter, Patrice
has been lately married to George ID. Pittman,
of New York.
Marie Prescott was born in Paris, KY, in
1853 and made her debut in Cincinnati in 1876,
dS lAduy .udcubtu.
A. M. Palmer says that the present system of
travelling companies now in vogue at the Madi-
on-square will be abandoned.
John McCullough's King Lear wig is said to
have cost him $780, and John Wilkes Booth wore
a wig made of the hair of his sweetheart, who
died of typhoid fever.
Mr. J. G. Williamson, the Australian manager,
says that theater-goers of the antipodes are not
satisfied with stock combination companies, but
want the best of stock companies
French actress who graduated from the
laundry, lately asked an old manager what he
thought was her 'best line of business" Glanc-
ing at her sumptuous wardrobe, he replied
1.-THE clothes-line still, mademoiselle!
Chicago Currents Sonnenthal's Hamlet seems
to have been poor affair. 1t lacked those very
spiritual and intellectual qualities which might
| naturally be supposed to be the most significant
| feature of Teutonic Interpretation.
The art critic of the New York Evening Post
in criticism the Seney collection of pictures,
| stated that some of them were frauds. The
paper has been sued for $25 900 libel. Bad actors
vii await the verdict with glee, as new era
will be open to them.
| The correspondent of the Dramatic News at
| the City of Mexico states that the attraction at
tho La Viga Theater Is the Coleadora, sport