The morning times., 1896-08-23

season as leading man for Crestou Clarke,
has been p.a yiug Hamlet and Sbylock in
Wisconsin all summer, with Wisconsin sue
cess.
The Kendals have new play by an
Australian author. called "A Flash in the
! Pan" which they expect to bring to
America. Madge evidently wants to make
up.
| Sadie Martipot's real name is Sarah
| Frances Marie MartiIot and also Figman
| by marriage. She spoke her first lines in
| SIG in '.Ixion." She remained in buresQue
for several years.
James Lackaye, a brother OF Wilton
Lackaye, has signed for a short season
| WITH ''fhe Polar star" III New urk. aiter
| which he will support his brother IN his
new hypnotic play.
A novel speciality act to be imported this
| season is a team OF eccentrics, who &c
| a comic huh fight with pugnacious
| Has,iff made up with bide and hOrIs
| like a miniature bull.
| Fanny Davenport announces that she will
| make her coming tour a farewell Sardou
| season. In other words, she Will play Gle
| opatra," "Gismonda." Fedora" and La
Tosea" Tor the last times
A new star, whose name is entirely
| unfamiliar, will make tcr debut this win
ter. She is Margaret Fuller. She seems
| TO have u willing angel, at least she is en-
| gaging expensive people.
| Prof. Boone, a hypnoust, placed j. l..
Wyatt Of Indianapolis under mis- influence
| last Tuesday, buried him four feet under
| ground. and had the grave guarded, reviv-
ing him Friday, none the worse for Lis
| burial.
IL is said that during the coming visit of
| BeerbOhm Tree his wife will appear in a
nI,ky pttttnh s.eTha mi IN
Dy Anita Vivanti ChaTLres. She will lind the
| DOwningsplaying'' Search OF Happiness. -
q singular coincidence OF titles.
Olga Nethersole is resting in Suffolk, but
| soon goes to Paris to see the rehearsais of
| Sarah Bernnardt's new play, OF which size
| holds the English rights Miss Nethersc;c
| has requested a play from A W. Cattle,
| author OF THE TransgressOr."
Though Henry Miller is nt minaIly lead.
| ing man Of Palmer's company. he is prac-
| Gcany star. Palmer has contracted to
| submit all pays to MIR. Miller before pro
| duc.ion. witch means that nothing VIII
| be pJt onin which Henry isnot Tar and a wa y
| in the lead.
| A rumor was Current last week that ell
| OF the operate artists under cnga agement
/ with Abbey. SchCeifeI and Grau had Te
! fused to appear unnSs payment in g6ld
| should be guaranteed. Maurice Grau.
| Tow ever. Denied tEe report. but added that
| MeIba a1d CaIve Gad stipulated fer ko.d
| clause.
RiIea closed her special summer season
| at Da yton. Ohio. last Friday night. She
| opens her regular fall and winter season
| August 90, at Richmond. Iud- Her roper
| toire this year will include Mel
| Gwyrue,'' Ivy Paul Kester: Merchant of
yenice," and Mary Stuart"
Weber and Fields engage Joseph HeriF.-t
| to write bur!esQues for their music hail
| Joe suggested burlesque on The Heart
| OF Maryland and his employers thought
| well OF the idea. Now Joe realizes his pre-
| dicament. for he has never seen the play
| has been refused the manuscript. and is put
| to the u ecessity Of picking up wha OF il
I lie can from friends who have seen il.
| There are come strange plays abroad.
| One is called Under Remand." It's CHIEF
| villain is policeman, and the chief nerve
| racking situation is u demon clock, which
| on being wound w, Is warranted to cui
| anybody placed within reach OF its pendu
| Ium into fragments. The heroine is
| placed beneath it, but. OF course. The
| Ubiquitous hero rusnes to the rescue. tbs
should catch the gallery.
j. j. McCloskey, now an old man, Is the
I only drainatist who ever lad four "firsf
\ nights in the same city on the same night.
| He had Across the Continent at Nibio's
| ".Schneider." at the Olympic: ''Pomp."
! at the Bowery-Pomp, by the way, was the
| first heroic negro on the stage; Daring
| Dick at woou's Museum-now Days
| with Thomas W Keenc, Louis Mestayer a nd
4 and Louis A ldrichinth he cast; ard Through
| by Daylight" at the Brooklyn Park.
| I see that in the New York Directory
| Richard Mansfield announces himself sim
| ply as author" He IS an author but q
| ve.y bad one. On the contrary. he Is a
| very good actor-one oc the best-and why
| he shouid be ashamed to wn il, even in tie
| directory, / cannot ina aeiBe. Perhaps ht
| THINKS that people know tim to tc an actor.
and that they might. by 4 stretch OF the
| Inia giaation. consider hin to be an author
! II the directory says so.
Jennie GoIdthwaite is the t>>rd leading
| lady under contract To Joseph Bro--s To 20
! and get married to millionaire uncer
| his very nose. and then retire from the
stage Now this sort Of thing is growing
| ,,rrsome,' sain Mr. Brooks. .EereaitsT
| in every contract I make for a leading
woman, l shall stipulate that in the case
| OF her marrying millionaire tefore the ex-
| p;ration OF her contract. /. her manager.
| shall receive ger cent of her fiance's re-
| puted fortune. Isn't that rair?'
| Francis Wilson's season will open Sep
| ,ember II, at the Knickerbocker Tbea.-r
| when there will 5e presented 4 new comic
| opera. adapted from the French by Harry
! .. Smith. music by Ludwig Ergiaudcr, en-
| titled Half a King" Among those en-
| gagged for the principal parts are Miss
| Lulu Glaser. Miss Christine Macdonald
| Mr.. J. C. Mron. Mr.. John F. Brand. Mr
| Clinton Elder. Mr.. Peter NJ. Lang, and
| Mr. Edward P. Temple.
| IL the press agents. says the critic of the
| Chicago Times II erald, who make ii q
duty to announce the Forthcoming American
| tour Of Arthur Boucher. will moderate their
| transports there may be less occasion fol
| regret in the future. Mr.. Boucher is re.
mem bered for his very un satisfactory
| work in AuGustin Days Company, and
| it is not regarded as extremely probable
| that he has since developed into such q
remarkable star that a daily bulletin OF
| his Goings is necessary.
"A soldier .6 Fortune.'' q new romantic
I drama written by Otis S skinner. will be pro-
dEce1 by his own company at the be gin
| Einx OF the season in Chicago. The play
| deals with the adventures OF young
| Italian nercelary OF the French army in
1 Italy in the fifteenth century, and it i S
1 understood to present historical features
| in the characters OF the Due de Memoirs,
| Caesar and Lucretia Borgia and the sec
/ rotary OF the FloIenfine Seignory. Niceolo
| Macchiavelli.
| A correspondent writes of a supper given
! in London one evening after The Prisoner
/ OF Zenda," auI that around the table there
I had been assembled a double set of the
| original English and American prinCipa
| characters OF Mr.. Anthony Hopes famou.
romance There were Mr.. Sothern ant
Mr.. George Alexander, the two "pris-
1 oners;" Miss Kimball aud Miss Evelyn r:il-
/ lard, the two FlavilS: Miss Marie Shot