Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19

story Of the play Is an absurd hodge podge
about an inventive country lout who seems
to think that money Is certain to follow
in the wake of his patent. And it docs
in the play. The piece is awkwardly con.
structed as though it had been slammed
together inside of a month. Most Of the
characters and their acts and words are
illogical and absurd. Tim Murphy, with
q vehicle suited to his peculiar abilities,
ought to succeed as a star, for he is une-
qualed in his particular line, but In lem
Kettle really don't see how he can pos
sibly avoid failure. " 81.
hear that dainty little Marie Tempest,
the Dresden China prima donna, IS
having a comic opera written for her, and
that at the close of her present contract
with George Edwardes of London she will
return to this country as Il star at the head
of her own company. 1t is stated on the
authority of the same gossip that Miss
Tempest will play a male part, not ap-
pearing in female attire at all. She will
have no manager, except one employed by
herself on salary. The ibretto Is to be-
written by an American and the music by
q we'll known Londoner, said to be Ed
ward Solomon, Lillian Russell's second
husband She will only appear in New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Boston, Brooklyn, St. Louis and C1ncln-
natl during the first season. The money
for the venture will come from the other
side of the water, and magnitcent pro-
duction is promised. This may all be
true, but it may be Rialto vaporing. At
any rate, the plan, if carried out, ought to
result in financial success.
The days of ''New Blood" Augustus
Thomas drama of American life at Palm
er's theater, are numbered. 1t will be with
drawn to make way for Miss Olga Neither
sole, the latest 'English Bernhardt,"
to come to this country. She will open
her tour In "The Transgressor," the play
which first lifted her from comparative OBJ
scurity on the other side of the water: 1t
was Miss Nethersole' s original (announced)
intention to make her initial bow to New
Workers in Romeo and Juliet" and the
change in her plans was decidedly sens1-
BILE. We have had some pretty good Ju-
LETS here, and the comparison which
would inevitably be drawn might have
proved awkward, unless indeed this most
recent "English Bernhardt'' should really
turn out to be veritable histrionic mar
vel. This may be the case, but If the lead
ing newspapers of her own country are to
be believed, it Is not. Still there is woe
full dearth of juvenile female stars In this
country, and if Miss Nethersole Is more
than good leading lady, her ability, cou-
pied with the indiscriminate booming
which she is getting just now, ought to
make her tour reasonably successful one.
There is to be another theater in this
city, and if the present intention of the
prospective builder should be carried out
it will be the handso1nest place of amuse-
ment in New York city. The location has
been decided upon and will be not many
hundred feet from the broadway theater.
One rumor has it that the place will be
run upon the same lines as the Casino dur
ing its halcyon days, with an operatic
stock company producing original musical
works as often as they may be required.
A high grade company, devoid of stars,
will be got together, and every member
will be obliged to sign long term con-
tract, SO that the management may be en-
abled to derive some benefit from the work
it will do to popularize it's artists. 1t was
the absence of such contracts that "broke
up" the Aronsons and temporarily their
COnneCG1On With the CASINO. 4 IrsG tuey
lost Francis Wilson and Marie Jansen,
then Lillian Russell and afterward q host
of smaller fry, nearly all of whom had been
inoculated with the stellar virus. Another
report with reference to the proposed new
theater is that it will have an ordinary
dramatic stock company to compete with
those of the Frohmans, Mr.. Palmer and
Mr.. DAILY. There is not word of truth
in this, however. If the place Is built, it
will be dedicated to comic opera.
At the close of Miss Nethersole's en-
gagemcnt at Palmer's theater it is possi-
BILE that Augustus Thomas latest play,
''The Capital" may be produced by the
stock company. On the other hand, 1t Is
more than probable that Sydney Grundy's
latest, "The New Woman" will precede
"The Capital" Mr.. Grundy, doubtless
intoxicated by the unexpected success of
"Sowing the Wind" and it's problem OF
the sexes, has delved deeper into the sub
ject, and it. is rumored that its treatment
in ''The New Woman" is frank to hith-
erto unparalleled degree. It is great sue
cess in London, and much Is expected of
it in this country despite the fact that
Manager Charles Frohman, who owned
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