The evening world., 1893-10-13
TOLD BEHIND THE SCENES.
As You Like It" with We'll.
Known Women in the Cas-.
Emo shannon Leaves the Lyceum
to Join Rose Coghlan.

That "As You Like 1t" performance
given exclusively by the members OF the
Professional Women's League is going
to be more interesting than was at hrst
IMAGINED. In fact. 1t will not be a sub
ject for skittish comment. but for serious
consideration 1t was said yesterday that
Nine. Janauschck will play the part of
the melancholy jacques. Miss Mary Shaw
will be the Orlando; Miss Mary Robson,
Touchstone; Mrs. ID. L. Bowers-in all
probability - the Banished Duke: Mrs.
Minnie Maddern-Fiske Phoebe, and Miss
Lottie Crabtree Audrey. The Rosalind
has not as yet been decided upon, al
though Hose Coghlan and Nine. Mod
jeska have been suggested. Two CT three
performances will be given, and the idea
Is certainly novel enough to command
attention. The open-air performances OF
LAS You Like 1t" will not be in 1t with
his feminine Interpretation of the COM
edy.
Miss Efie Shannon. 1t Is rumored, has
cancelled her engagement with Daniel
Frohman's company, and will appear
with Miss Rose Coghlan in Oscar Wilde's
play. "A Woman of Importance Her
place In Daniel Frohman's company Will
be filed by Miss Maude Harrison, who
recently appeared at the Lyceum in
1.-The Guardsman." The retirement of
Miss Effie Shannon from the Lyceum has
not been officially announced. and the
Iumor has caused considerable surprise.
T.. Cheever Goodwin went to Harri-
gan's the other night and could talk or
nothing hut the song. Sergeant Hickey,
of the G. A.. r" He says that it has
taken song writer's twenty-seven years
s to reslizs so that q s ,.hs g. An" A T. w can; e f Eslp
s"S5der ist he said said, why I have never
thought Of it myself"
Carl .Pfueger, who composed the
music of 1897 came over from Boston
Jakabowski, the composer of "Erminie,"'
by A. NJ. Palmer. at the Waldorf:
Pfueger was once a famous baritone, II
was the original L%ohengrin IN tbs u
the leading musical Institutes of Boston
and sings In a fashionable church choir.
Edward NJ. Alfriend's new play. The
Diplomat" is to be done at the Boston
Museum early next year by the stock
company of that theatre. This company
at present includes Joseph Haworth,
Sadie Martinez, Annie. Clarke, Frank J.
keenan,, Kate Ryan, Mark Price, Belle
Pile. Miss Henrietta Lander VII also
appear in THE Diplomat, which will
come to New York later.
There is very little that some Of
rhs DO wom for the of s shs stage If adv will
tisement. Miss Lillian Lewis-great
goodness!--has even been attempting sui
eide. 1t is said that she left. a rehearsal
A. "a fntpp md failing vary
vexed, went to her room in the hotel:
There two pistol shots were heard, and
the beautiful actress was discovered with
was photographed in a coffin. This
craze for notoriety becomes ve,y sick
ening; especially as the time has passed
when II is of the least service to &C
tresses who appeal to legitimate theatre
goers.
Harry Kennedy, at Roster & Balls. in
his ventriloquistic sketch, deity alludes
moor" though whether there was a
clause In his contract compelling him
to do SO no man knoweth. Harrigan
Woollen Stocking allude to the work
Everything has been don for the opera
that ingenuity could do. Lillian Lewis
herself couldn't have done more.
Every actor and actress in The Old
Kentucky" company, with he exception
OF Bettina Glrard, will be removed from
the organization when it opens at the
t ATsdemS, 9f .M snst" wifi II Be t ssenrei. HS@
people who are thus rudely left to infer
that they are not good enough for New
York will be put into n No. } company
and sent on the road.
nown. is resting" this season. He was
offered a part in The Rainmaksr Q,
declines to take a company on the ioat
Just yet on account of the Lnsatisfac:or.
condition OF things theatrical Gu OF
town.
The Pauline Hall Opera Company
being rehearssd BY Ma Freeman a
and LOOKS very Well, indeed. The ney
opera will not be produced in New Yorl
until early next year.
Nobody says ANYTHING about the ney
Limited" and the impression prevail
that 1t has fallen fiat. The mad rusl
for the notes and words of these celebra
ted colaborateurs is a thing of the past
Not SO very long ago managers were lit
orally fighting for the first production o
The Mikado;' the law courts were set
was full of speculation: Now. 1t is Yer,
different, and the difference is rathe
saddening, showing. as It does, how Ut
terly ephemeral is the bubble known d
fame.
Miss Martha Morton, the author o
Brother John" has gone to Chicago
She has Just completed a play for Man
ager A. NJ. Palmer, and has one or tw,
others in consideration. Miss Morto,
longs for the days when she will be abb
, to write Il play to suit herself. and viii
| not hay to lit companies and stars.
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