The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-09
Notes of the Sfage.

lannon's "Fantasma" is among the early
offerings at English's.
Miss Mate Stevens, of this city, has
joined the Across the Potomac company
and appeared in the performance last night.
Fay Templeton. and vernona Jarbeau
have definitely decided TO star together
next season at the head of a big burlesque
company.
Agnes Herndon has got a hacker and is
TO start a starring tour on Christmas day.
She has new plays. entitled "Married-Not
Mated, and "A Remarkable Woman"
Gallagher and West, known as 'E-he Col
onel and J." are with Bessie Bonehill this
season and are one of the hits of her fine
performance. They starred last season
Pauline. Hall is soon to be here in
"Dorcas." Her company this year Is an
aggregation of stars and her performance
said to be by far the best she ever gave.
Grace Fflkins, the actress with the Titan
hair and midnight orbs-by kind consent of
Olga B~randon-has been engaged by James
A. Herne to play the role of heroine in
"Shore Acres"
Tamagno. the great italian tenor, re-
ceives from Abbey and Grau for his APP
pearances at the Metropolitan Opera
House. New York, the largest salary paid
to any singer of to-day.
Loie Fuller has ended her tour Of Hol-
land. and is now at the Grand Hotel, Paris.
She writes that she has named the grand
descriptive ballet which she is TO produce
in Paris in a few months "Salome."
The production OF the "Masqueraders'' at
the Empire, in New York, marks the tri-
umph Of Charles Frohman's career. The
first night brought Mr.. Frohman for the
first time before the curtain to bow his
thanks TO the audience.
r. A. Barnet anu Harry B. Smith are the
American librettists OF light opera that
d destnn ARE Ba llss5 operas .er;ns on p the stage stage this this
''Tabasco,' and Smiths are robin Hood"
THE Fencing Mastery and Rob Roy"
New York is blessed with a number of
remarkable contraltos-Jessie Bartlett Da-
Wis, in Prince AnanIas.p at the Broadway;
Herald Square, Scalchi, at the Metropoli-
tan. and in "a Milk White Flag" at the
Madison Square, Lillian Markham, who
gets as much out of a ballad as does any
other young singer.
Fred c. whitney's production of DeKo-
ven and Smiths comic opera, Rob Roy"
seems to be at the Herald Square Theater
in New York for the entire reason. 1t is
predicted that its run will eclipse those of
"Erminie'' and Robin Hood" The house
is sold out nightly and the audiences, il is
said, rival In point of fashion those in at
tendance at grant opera at the Metropol-
itan.
Otis Skinner in Clyde Fitch's Ellis Grace
de Grammont," opened the beautiful new
Lyceum Theater at Memphis. on Monday,
Dec. 3. The house was all sold out for the
four performances and for the rest of the
week when Thomas @. Seabrooke was the
attraction. The theater has been erected by
LAO SA$A6Clo Va AAAaL tl(ls Al lis sDCCtl We
fore the curtain on the inaugural night Mr..
Skinner made numerous interesting re-
marks.
"Shore Acres which has been running
a year in New York to standing ROOM
houses, will be seen in Indianapolis early
next spring. Dickson & Talbot have Sc
cured the rigina company, a most i'm.
portant booking. A Brooklyn manager re-
Gently offered 81. 200 for two special matinees
| of shore Acres but Mr.. Herne, who man
ages and owns the production, refused the
offer. not caring to work his company on
extra days even for that amount of money.
Very few plays have been written with
dual roles for actresses. There are. OF
course, The New Magdalena' and The
Woman in White" bat the only contem-
poraneous case of a play in which an act
ress plays two parts in the same perform
ance is Marie Wainwright In Magnus and
Lancaster's drama, Daughters of Eve"
wherein Miss Wainwright skillfully differ
eneates the characters of the two sisters
one in society and the other fallen from IT.
Calve denies indignantly that she has can
GER She is in perfect health She has
been singing the inevitable Carmen" al
sequence the receipts at that always pros.
porous theater have been a third larger
than usual. On Dec. Is she will begin an
engagement in Madrid. singing in s'Car-
men," La Navarisse,' 1.-The Pearl Fish
"Mephistopheles," From Madrid she will
go to Monte Carlo and to Russia. She has
not by any means abandoned her scheme
of returning TO America next season.
Fanny Davenport's production OF vic.
| Tuesday night at the Fifth-avenue Theater
In New York. The piece admits Of Sc
much scenic efabof alton and there are sc
many light effects used that she has de.
Tor the purpose Of = fuii scenic property
! ana lIKht rehearsal She has 1ust receive1