The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-17
IONA bad man." who falls heir TO a million
and tries to cut a figure in society.

IONA bad man." who falls heir to a million
and tries to cut figure in society.
The comedian Harry Martin, whose pri-
vate name was Samuel Guardhouse, died
OF consumption in Brooklyn. He left a
wife well known on the stage as Josephine
Woodruff.
The Philadelphia papers were rather Sc
we're in their criticisms of Patti. The
North American called her "a diamond-be-
dizened middie-aged woman" and charac-
terized her singing as 'labored,' and other
papers complained about her adherence to
old numbers.
Mary S. Henley, well known on the stage
as Mary Hampton, and now playing in
divorce from her husband, f. J. Henley, of
A. NJ Paimers company. Mr.: Henley, who
the plaintiff 500 a year.
Leonard Boyne. of 1.-The Prodigal Daugh-
ter company, is said to receive the largest
salary paid to a leading man in this coun-
try; There is probably some justice in, in this his
neat sum of $625 in his envelope every Sat
urday night. He owns fine stable of sad
die and coaching horses and intends to take
up his residence in this country perma-
neltly
Daniel Frohnan launched his new Lyceum
Comedy Company in New York the past
week. He has, for the past year, been en-
gagged in working out his idea of standard
company for tour of the larger cities. 1t
includes the following artists: Maud Harri
son. ]. II. Gilmour: Gertrude Rivers. j; b.
Polk, Helen Kinnard, George Alison, Jane
Lothian, owen Fawcett, Hope Booth. John
Findlay Una Abel, Frederic Conger, Louise
Murray, Vaughan CHASER and others.
The following companies have disbanded
on account of bad business the Green
wood Opera Company, at Manchester. KY,
San Diego Cal, on Nov. 20; the Paragon
Theater company, at Pekin, Ill, on Nov. Il;
the Jolly Chpms closed at Ottawa on Sat at,
Saturday night at Buffalo; the No
Masked Ball company; ON SATURDAY at New
in Hamilton, o.. last Thursday night; the
Veteran Detective closed at Gainesville.
Pa. on Friday night; Lacy and Blanehard.s
Oath company stranded at Newark on Sat
urday night; On the Sahara, at Brooklyn,
closed Saturday night
Tim Murphy, who has been connected with
the Hoyt and Thomas forces for the past
five years. and whose remarkably strong
performance of Maverick Brander in the
Texas Steer will long be remembered by
thousands OF theater goers, will appear
next season in a production of an entirely
new comedy from the pen of Henry Guy
Carleton, author of "A Gilded Fool and
Murphv's support will be Miss Dorothy
Sherrod, a very clever little actress as well
as one of the most beautiful women on the
stage; Samuel Reed, at present with the
De Wolf Hopper Opera Company, and Miss
Clara Thropp. who will be remembered for
her work with Evans and Hoey, HaIlen ana
When Stuart Robson and William II.
Crane parted company after a long and
successful partnership, there We're many
who predicted that never again would either
attempt Shakspeare's COMEDY of Errors"
The chief obstacle to Dir. Robsons re-enact-
ing the quaint Dromio or syracuse is the
fact that his personal traits OF speech,
gesture and walk difficult to initiate
that after seeing Mr.. Cranes portrayal OF
the Ephesus twin, none could see where
been found. Mr.. Giles Shine it is upon
whose shoulders the mantle has fallen. In
speech he is Robson again, even to that
squeak. In form, nature mas perfectly
equipped him for the task, and even Mr..
Robson's peculiar swinging walk Is seen
when Mr.. Shine crosses the stage
Stealing pieces bodily has gotten TO be
such a common thing in the business that
it may come to barring professionals IN the
same line of business from the entry OF the
theater. Nearly every success Is being
played in crossroad towns over the North,
transformers under high-seunding stock
! company names. People in New York and
Boston make a speciality of attending per-
formances four and five times, and after
| stealing the scene and plot. steal most of
the dialogue, being, stenographers A won,
copies of Hazel Kirke." Alabama,
Young Mrs. winthrop" Rag Baby"
| for sale at the rate OF s15 each. Hazel
| Kirke'' was pirated three weeks after the
| original production. and Alabama was
| being played in the West before it had
| completed the first short New York run of
| s~ weeks.
The announcement of the coming of Mr.. T..
>-r,n II bis new play, Sheridan" or
| coincid snce in the public career of the
/ laar and younger Sotherns. 1t is well
'-ncwn that Sothern. the father made his
l first great success In the fopp!sh character