The evening world., 1895-05-09
DRAMAT1CNEws ANDN0TEs



| "Trilby"--Nye and Potter to
Write . Play.
Stand aside, Paul Potter! Take back
seat, G .orge Du Maurier! Let the voice
Of an irate Frenchman be heard. He
wishes to be known simply - IL H.
L." and he writes to 1.-The Evening
world' as follows: "If a Frenchman
ventured to write a novel called Ham
let the title part being filled by young
lady who smoked cigarettes when she
so-called dramatist, having. adapted said
| novel to the stage, assumed to claim the
I ownership of the title. and pretended to
/ been used BY one William shakespeare'
what a howl would be raised about
French ignorance and conceit! And
oY ft that Weil-known American manager
who is now engaged in disclaiming any
knowledge Of a 'so,called tale Sy the
wrsteS of by ons ch afssd Gss
haps the same manager never heard.
either. Of one Victor Hugo, who. on re-
friend r Nodier. wrote that delightful bal
lad, "A Trilby. lie Lutin d'Argail; which
Is one of the poems in oder ct Ballades
a. Sd hs 0 sb,s
A managers ignorance should not De
such as to induce him to utter contemp-
a az ,he n sads rSy
is a very small dwarf indeed"
Paul Potter while at Asheyille; laying
and the two have formed an agreement
to write a play. Mr.. Potter is very en-
sb9nt i for ne an is one s1 ot .ne
Nye would probably be unable to write
successful play alone-his adm1raple
"Cadi." done at the Union Square Thea
1 kr. tn, t,nr n NJ
ey-maker"-but with such collabora-
teur as Paul Potter, skilled IN the tech
nique Of the drama. why shouldn't .o ne pc
trash that does duty as comedy" nova
days, and improve 1t with the workings
of Nye's original mind.
Louis Nethersole. Olga Netherssoles
brother. has written to his friend Mar
Gus Mayer in this city. Mr. Nethersole
don is in a dreadfuiy depressed condi-
ton and that people are stagnating
He declares that after the hustling en-
Of msseSs he uds tns sfhsts
They. vex him. The beautiful Olga Is
showing herself about London. and the
night after her arrival she occupies
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
and 10 essv st
be having a joyous time of it. for his
cable address Is Marks Frolic." He
.snse o the hrsns NTH nav ars
some seventy odd artists in different
parts of Europe for Oscar. Hammer
periods. commencing Nov. IS next. / ex:
pect to engage a lot more before I sail
for the land Of the free. to take up my
mersteins Olympia. shall sail Sept:
a. by the St. Louis" 1t was a shrewd
move on Hammerstsin's part to get a
as TeddEy But yoa
that note-paper. 1t simply slitters.
Lolita. has bought the American rights
Of the burlesque Gentleman Joe, y
Wh'Gn nov running Id At the prince OF
"Gaiety Girl" at that house. Crabtree
is going to import an English company,
| ana Is now negotiating FOR no less
luminary than Albert Chevalier to play
the leading part; That, however.
elusive coster singer. The author of
Gentleman Joe" IL Basil Hood; the
composer is Walter Slaughter.
John Drew is going to Europe this
Summer for 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 month s
engagement. Before he closes his pres
ent season Mr.. Drew will produce
Henry Guy Cartoons new play, on the
10Th inst. for one night only. He will
rely upon this for next season. II II
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 shapelness
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 habitues. One
of her misfortunes was due to a rabid
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 experience cost her dear. She won
do Niagara this time.