The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11

Renee De Moray Mrs james Brown Potter,
IN Loyal Love- and Dir. John Mackey. IN the
new Pop
Managers Dickson & Talbot are receiving
Barrett engagement here They will give three
perform ances 1T English's, two nights and q
matinee, April q and g.
Steele Mackays will shortly present to the pub
lie new theatrical star in the person OF Mrs
Anna Berian Gibbs, of Newark. She is wom-
of great beauty. and is said to possess con-
siderable magnetic force.
Mrs Mckee Rankin has Chinese actor the
only one on the stage. All Wung Sing. in her
company. who plays . part in .fThe Golden
Giant.' and does it we'll Recently the company
crossed over into Canada and they had to pay
$50 duty on the Celestial
Speaking of the days of stock companies Mr.
Frank Mayo said: There were better actors
today than ever before in the history of the
drama. Besides. there we're annoyances then
that are entirely done away with under the
present ordination SYSTEM
Signor Salvini will probably undertake ar
orner american tour next fall. and It IS rumored
that Manager A. NJ Palmer. of the Madison
square Iheater. will direct the tragedian's bust
ness Young Salvini will most likely be selected
TO accompany his father leading man.
On Monday and Tuesday evenings of next
week. Miss Clara Morris. who is justly regarded
the greatest Of emotional actresses. will ap-
pear at the Grand her new play "Renee De
Moray. drama OF great intensity and power.
For the first time IN years. Miss Morris is in ex
cellent health.
An old time friend of Edwin Booth, speaking
OF the tragedlan, said: His nature is the most
unique of any man in public life. His indffer.
ence to money society and the things which the
world ranks as pleasures is -solute and definite.
Few understand him. and he tries not be
understood. He is really the Hamlet of the
nineteenth century,
It was up at Augusta. in Maine that Nat
Goodwin was first brave enough to challenge
theater-goers with company of his own. The
drama. was his own too. He played one night;
the next day he turned mp in Boston. the for
lornest looking CITIZEN in all New England.
'sWhy Nat" quoth one of his agtosished friends,
didn't your audience like your playW Nat
sighed deeply as he answered. We'll. | think he
would have liked il If he had only waited for the
second act"
Marion Fleming, mamie Houeh. of this ethyl.
late of the Brook" company. he's been offered
an engagement by Mr.. Rudolph Aronson, of the
New York Casino for next season. Evidently
Mr.. Mordaunt has abandoned his new play
Their evidence of this s found in the announce
ment that Frederick de Beileville will star I'M
der Mordaunt's management next season. il q
suita bic play can be found, and that the latter
is negotiating with Colonel Miliken for
'Swoboda"
The characters in Den Thompson's stOld
Homestead" are drawn from actual life, and are
well known in and about the village of Swansea
near which Uncle Josh resides when he is at
home Thompson, Furthermore, is much
Josh off the stage as on it. and it is no trouble
for him to use the down East dialect, since it is
his mother-tongue. The people who live in and
about Swansea have the same ideas and customs
that their fathers, grandfathers and ereat-grand-
fathers had before them, and it will probably be
many days before tie march of civilization will
retrace IT'S steps Adciently far to disturb their
pastoral simplicity. Any who 1.-THE
Old Homestead witnessed o faithful picture of
New England customs and home life, as they
have existed In that part of the world for gener
atoms, and will probably continue for years 10