The evening world., 1895-05-09
DRAMAT1CNEws ANDN0TEs
Frenchman's Defense of Nodier's
"Trilby".-Nye and Potter to


| "Trilby"..Nye ana Potter to
| Write q Play.
Stand aside, Paul Potter! Take . back
seat. q orge Du Naurier! Let the voice
OF an irate Frenchman be heard. He
wishes to be known simply as IL H.
L. and he writes to The Evening
World as follows: III q Frenchman
ventured to write a novel called Ham,
let the title part being filled by q young
lady who smoked cigarettes when she
did not pose for the altogether-and II q
so.calied dramatist. having adapted said
novel TO the stage. assumed to claim the
be unaware Of the fact that 1t had first
been used by one William Shakespeare
what howl would be raised about
rightly. too. Then what should be said
Of that well-known American manager
who 70 now engaged in disclaiming any
name Of "Triiby," alleged TO have been
written by one Charles Nodier?' Per-
maps the same manager never heard,
eeivins said alleged ale from n" his
friend. Nodier, wrote that delightful bal
lad. A Trilby. lie Lutin d'Argail;' which
one OF The poems In 'Odes ct Ballades'
To be, or not TO be- Is in this country.
managers Ignorance should not be
such as to induce him to utter contemp-
whom the author of the modern 'Trilby'
is very small dwarf indeed"
Paul Potter while at Aeheville. laying
in new store of health, met BIZ Nye
and the two have formed an agreement
to write a play. Mr., Potter is very en-
81 s Nys s's h any nd@ S 'he
Nye would probably be unable to write
successful play alone-his admirable
n
ey-maker"-but with such a collabora-
teur as Paul Potter. skilled in the tech
bhiqIe OF the drama Why shoad On he be
trash that does duty as comedy" nova
days, and improve 1t with the workings
OF Nye's original mind.
Louis Nethersole. Olga Nethersole's
brother. has written to his friend Mar
Gus Mayer, in this city, Mr.. Nethersole
don is in a dreadfully depressed condi-
tion,. and that people are stagnating
He declares that after the hustling en-
Easlish methods a po e e irritati ns
They vex him The beautiful Olga i.
showing herself about London. and the
box the nG5 Of Weedoa
IDOL
Mrs Taber. who was formerly Julia
Marlowe, has engaged for next season
W. II. Vernon. the well-known English
actor, who has appeared IN this country
Vernon is not intended to supplant Hub
by Taber. but merely to give prestige
to the company:
You should see Oscar Hammerstein's
London Office note-paper! Such style!
Such gilt! Teddy Marks is his London
IS the sna Teady mss
be having a joyous time Of II, for his
cable address is Marks Frolic." He
Is impress Ing the Britains with a dire
some seventy odd artists in different
parts of Europe for Oscar Hammer
periods. commencing Nov. IS next. 1 ex-
pect to engage a lot more before I sail |
FOR the land or the free. TO take up my |
merstein's Olympia. shall sail Sept. |
II. by the st. Louis" 1t was a shrewd |
n,,S on Hammerstein's part to, get a
a. Tsddy But yoa Soaa
that note-paper.. 1t simply slitters.
5 5aek b Grab nas, brighter Q, little Miss
OF the burlesque Gentleman joe"
which is now running at the Prince Of
NAT II has n. record They y
Is going to import an English company,
ana Is now negotiating Tor no less
luminary than Albert Chevalier to play
doesn't mean that he has as' secured upeT tn:
elusive coster singer. The author of
Gentleman Joe" In Basil Hood; the
composer is Walter Slaughter.
John Drew is going to Europe this
Summer for a very brief stay. While in
London he will not be the guest OF
Augustin DAILY; He has to Be back
early in July. in order to open in San
Francisco. where he will play a months
engagement. Before he closes his pres
ent season Mr.. Drew will produce
Henry Guy Cartoons new play, on the
Goth inst. for one night only. He will
rely upon this for next season, If 1t
proves successful, but Charles Frohman
is on his way to Europe. SO that Mr.. |
Frohman will probably get something !,
for Drew to fall back upon.
Harriet Vernon brings her shapeliness
back to Roster & Balls Monday night |
She is due on the Lucania. Miss Vernon
had series Of mishaps when she was
here last, and the first appearance was
a failure. But before she left America
she had become immensely popular
with the Roster & Bal habtues. One
OF her misfortunes was due to a rahd
desire to visit the Chicago Fair and Nj
agara Falls. She returned from the lat |
ter minus her voice. II stood under the
Falls" she said proudly to Mr.. Bial,
land me clothes are wet yet" The lit
tie experienca coat her daar ba Won't