The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-15

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Fiction of loquaclous Madge Kendall.
This particular woman, having somehow
got it said Of her, in the London papers,
shat she could act, was not to be pleased
until she had packed off with her COM
pany to the United States. The rest is
history. The gush, the affectation, the
incessant and senseless chatter these
nauseating incidents Of the Kendall fad
are too familiar to need description. With
a keen eye TO the Yankee dollar and no
doubt with a profound conviction that
the Yankee public is as soft as a suet pud-
ding for her commercial purposes, this
overrated actress has come again, and, like
the measles and the mumps must be en-
dured until happier seison. Great is
humbug in the world Of art.
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When he caricatures q tramp in "l492,
Walter Jones discovers roll Of bank notes
with u contemptuous scorn. That's an
American joke. It's like most of the
humor in "l499," including tho royal
tressury's query to the servant girl who
asks for her wages: "What did you do
with all the money l owe you" In Lon
don, where they still make puns, they
can't comprehend it. Seymour Hicks, who
initiates Walter Jones' tramp in a London
burlesque, seven to the bank notes bust
ness, has learned this. The newspapers
cannot understand how tramp ever got
SO much money. 1t is gravely explained
in one paper that he is an American mil
lionaire disguised as tramp.
Herr Most has at last followed the exam.
pie Of Madeline Pollard, Champion James
Corbett and the other great intellectual
lights of this generation. He has decided
to go on the stage. He will star. And
here comes another: London papers re-
port that A. A. Zimmerman, the American,
cyclist, will make a stage appearance,
having ordered four-qct comedy to be
written around his "bike." The great
scene is to represent race track, where
Zimmerman is to beat his cycling rival,
the villain of the piece. Is the drama
elevating? Well, we should rather guess
yes.
No money in theatricals? Fourteen years
ago B. f. Keith was in charge Of the lung
testing machine Mt Bunnell's museum in
New York. Today he owns and controls
continuously performance theaters in New
York, Boston, Providence and elsewhere
ana is worth S1.200,00O.
The stage is moving on. When Charles
Frohman produced "The Girl l Left Be-
hind Me" in New York, he was content to
have twenty horses in the cast Now it
takes thirty-two to revive Shenandoah. F"
The NEWS OF STAGELAND:
Mark Smith is the Isabella in 1892"
Mrs. Langtry will play in America this
season.
Alexander Salvini's next season begins
Oct. in the west.
During Sarah Bernhardt's recent tour Of
the British provincial cities, she played
only at matinees.
Chauncey Olcott has made hit in "The
Irish Artist" the new comedy drama by
Augustus Pitou and George Jessop,
Sir Arthus Sullivan is writing the Incl.
dental music intended for Mr.. Irving's
production of "King Arthur" at the Lon
don Lyceum.
Sardou has decided to call his new play
"The Duchess of Athens" This is the
piece which Miss Fanny Davenport will
produce here and Nine, Bernhardt in Paris.
Stuart Robson begins his season Monday
with n two-weeks' engagement at the
Park theater at Brooklyn, opening in
Buokstone's three-act comedy, Leap
Year"
On Oct l in Pittsburg, Messrs. Warde
and James will make special revival of
"Henry w." in which Mr.. Warde will be
seen as Prince Hall and Mr.. James as Fal-
staff
j. Aldrich Libbey, William Broderick
and Kate Davis have been engaged to
support Pauline Hall in her coming pro-
duction of Paulton's operatic comedy,
"Dorcas."
Rose Coghlan will. not be seen in New
York until December, when she will pre-
sent MIR. c. de Grimm's adaptation Of Will
kie Collins novel. ''rhe Woman in White, :"
which is now under rehearsal.
A Undetermined dramatist has already
seized upon the Japan. Chinese war as the
subject for spectacular melodrama, the
principal scene of which will be the sink
ing of the warship, Chen Yuen.
Frederick Warde will shortly appear in
a new play by William Greer Harrison, of
san Francisco, author of THE Prince of
Ulster" which James ONeill produced
last season. The new work is called
"Runnymede." and is a comedy in blank
verse.
Alla hcuou SbollluB IOuL SOuluouCcS
at the Hollis Street Theater, Boston.
Mass, Sept, a. Her repertoire will in
clude 1.-THE Last Word, ""As You Like It,"
flaming Of the Shrew, "School for Scan
dial, /" "rwelfth Night" and a new play by
Mr.. Daily.
Joseph Jefferson's coming tour, which
begins in Chicago in October, will only be
Of sixteen weeks duration. and will be
divided into fall and spring season. He
will present 1.-The Cricket ON the Hearth"
and "Trip Van Winkle." Mr.. Jefferson will
be seen in Scranton at the rockingham.
America is considerably in evidence this
season at the London theaters. Miss Hope
Booth, who advertises herself as a niece of
Edwin Booth, will produce her variety
comedy. Little Miss Cute, at the Royalty.
Tripp Edgar has taken Toole's for the PIC
duction Of "a Trip to Chinatown" The
piece has been revised in order to suit the
taste of English audiences R. &. Knowles
plays Welland Strong.
In November Wilson Barrett will begin
a season of eight weeks at the American
theater New York, producing three plays
-"The Mauxman,n q dramatization of
Hall Gaines famous novel, "The Sign of
the Cross, drama OF the early Christian