The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-15
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ARABIAN Nights" which has made such hit
throughout the country, is soon to be seen here
1t Is musical burlesque. with many attractive
features.
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett played to
more than $50, 900 st the Star Theater, New
York in two weeks. Their business all over
the country is simply enormous.
. Fred. Bryton and his manager Fred McC1oy.
will put out Della Fox q star next season IN
musical comedy. Miss Fox is at present prima
donna of Bennett & Moultou's Opera company.
Oliver Byron has decided to withdraw THE
Soggarth" after Jan. IA, in order to have the
play revised. He says that the only fault with
1t is lack of comedy and love interest which
can be easily remedied.
The representative managers of New York are
actually going to have meeting for the purpose
of discussing the tall-hat nuisance in the thea
tiers. They claim that the three-stor com biaa-
tion has become unbearable and is hurting their
business.
Sarah Bernhardt is just mourning the loss
of her tame tiger, which died in her arms the
other day, in Paris, of gastrits, after suffering
Sarah expressed 1t to a visitor who paid her a
visit of coincidence, Eight hours of excruciatng
agony" The tiger. it will be remem bered. was
Bernhardts inseperable companion on her last
tour in America
There is uncommon frankness in Modjsska's
hearty II am glad Mrs. Potter is fallure!
Modjeska has no patience with woman that
claims she is going to elevate the stage by CIV
to look after her two children A large majority
agree with Modjeska, but few in the profession
have the courage TO speak plainly.
The Grand will have the best musical attrac
ton now before the public, the first part of next
week, in the Bostouians in Ideal English opera.
which is the representative operate organlza-
ton OF the kind in this eountey. Tom Karl, IL.
c. Barnabee, w. FL. Fessenden. Miss Agnes
Hunsin gford. are leading members of the organi-
cation, which includes fifty paople
Mrs. Lanetry has absolute horror of flesh,
which IS encroaching upon her rapidly that
it has destroyed the long lines of her once fam
GUS figure and threatens her with the most En-
glish results. She has always exercised great
deal, but her exercise is now really violent, and
1t is all of little avail however, she positively
refuses to give up champagne, the most insidi-
Gus enemy of female loneliness.
Mrs. Potter intends to do Cleopatra" with
mich gorgeous magniicance next season. She
bad arranged for David Belascc. of the Lyceum,
New York, to get up the production, but Mr..
Belasco will be required to go to London with
the Lyceum company, to produce The Wife"
there May 10, that Mrs. Potter will have
to put the production in the hands of some one
else 1t is believed that Mrs. Langtry still
it is thus possible that these two rival beauties
will be placed IN still greater rivalry.
A most extraordinary company Of actors is is
be first seen at the Star Theater April % There
are some twenty performers and ten under
studies. The manager Herr Brockmann. took
his company to Vienna about ten years ago, and
hired a theater for week. He has remained
there since, and made sufficient money to
build his own theater. The performers are
monkeys of all sizes and kinds. They repre-
sent entire plays, and are said to give absurdly
ludicrous limitations of their instructors. In one
of their pieces the first act is ballroom scene,
in which the monkeys, in court costume, go
through various dances. The second act shows
the storming of castle. with some of the mon
keys mounted on ponies, others bring on and
fire cannon, and a genuine assault is made on
the stronghold. In the last act there are races
and various sports in honor of the victory.