The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-26

play during the summer. and the new YER
sion will be produced in New York and
sent on tour again early next season.
Miss Anna Moore, of this city. who was
for several years in the Office of the Clerk
of the Supreme Court here, is a member of
the Paul Ksuvar" Company that plays at
English's the latter part of this week.
This is Miss Moore's first season on the
stage and she has made excellent progress
from all accounts. Two large theater par
ties of her friends here will attend one of
the performances In her honor.
One of the amusing scenes in THE Coun-
try Circus" which comes to this city next
month. Is the scene where boy and ne
gro attempt to steal under the canvas.
Another transcript from nature Is the vend-
ing of peanuts to tho audience on the stage.
for it must be borne in mind that the last
act OF The Country Circus" Is devoted to
an arenic performance and the audience
sees real audience on the stage.
drama. by Leander Richardson. called
Under the City Lamps." The piece has
great possibilities for scenic. sensational
and local effects. Its first production will
he IN Bridgeport. on April 8. After week
through New En- gland it goes to Pittsburg
and Philadelphia, and will close the pres
emit season after four weeks. opening again
In September next for Q full season.
David Henderson's "Ali Bsba" is one Of
the most 0orgeously CARRIED productions
TIMES Of even the least important members
of the company are as costly a. the average
wOman'e ball costume. The piece hiss done
an enormous business and with its lot of
comedians. new music and brilliant scen-
cry. forms o combination which outd0es
anything of the sort ever presented In
America.
THE Leavenworth Case" which lie to
have its first performance March q. at the
Amphion Academy. Williamsburg will be
I'D x~rf< ~ -
will introduce new star in Mr.. Charles
ROhlfs. He was for years in the support of
Mccullough, Booth. Barrett and other
leading actors. and he is the husband of
Anna Katharine Green. authoress OF the
famous novel from which the play was
dramatiZed.
The marriage of Mrs. William J. Florence
to young Howard Coveney was a full nine
days wonder in theatrical circles, and the
talk about 1t had scarcely subsidized when
tour in 1.-The Mighty Dollar" the COM
paratIvely youthful bridegroom playing
the part of the Hon. Bardwell Siote. in
which the late Mr.. Florence made fame
and fortune. They started westward on
Friday with company, one member of
which was Estelle Clayton.
The Rosenfeld Brothers. who are manag-
ing the American tour of Signora Duse. the
Italian actress who has paralyzed crlti.
cism in the metropolis find il difficult to ar
cause the Duse-prOnounced doo-say-in.
sists on playing on tour but three times o
week, while local managers in the largo
cities naturally object to the closing of
their houses every other night. The Rosen-
fields will consequently be obliged In q ma
jorlty of cases to rent outright by the week.
and take all the chances themselves For
eign stars are capriciOus, and this latest
Italian genius is no exception.
In Washington, on Thursday evening, In
"The Texas Steer" between the prologue
and the first act. the Bossy Brander was
metamOrphosed from q sunny blonde to q
decided brunette. No explanation was
made, and the audience marveled much.
| Of course there was trouble behind the
scenes. Since the death of Flora w aleh
the part has been played by Dorothy Sher.
rod. Owing to Misunderstanding as to
| her salary, she refused to 60 OF with tho
| play unless she got guarantee of an In.
| crease. She at length consented TO 20
through her part in the prologue, but at
| that point she struck absolutely. A cab
was dispatched post haste to Annie Lewis
| Before each ecene the stage manager ex-
| planned the action minutely to her, and
| then. with such hints as her fellow play ers
| could give to her on the stage. she enacted
] the character. 1t was In reality q return
| to the early days of the drama, when play.
! ers improvised their own lines, but luckily
| the rest of the company were so familiar
with the play that cues were of minor I'M
| portance, and few in the audience sus.
| pected that she was using her own lam
| guage.