The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-12
Notes of the Stage.
Yyvette Guilbert denies the rumor that
she is about to marry wealthy American.


she is about to marry wealthy American
Saint Saens has declined to permit his
Samson and Dellah" to be altered so as
Garden stage.
Grace Kimball is TO take Isabelle Irving's
place in THE Prisoner of zenda" in a fort
night, when Miss Irving is shifted to
Never Again"
Miss Blanche Walsh has been engaged to
play the role of Edith Varney in Secret
Service during the run of the play in Lon
don this morning.
Proctor is making an effort to secure
Nine. Scalchi and the concert company
with which she is now on tour for his
Twenty-third-street Theater.
De Wolf Hopper is going to London
soon as his season closes, with the express
purpose. it is understood. of arranging for
the production of lei Captain" at George
E1wardeS's Theater.
Charles f. Evans. of the New York Her
ald-square Theater. and Florence Ziegfeld.
Jr.. trying to secure a suitcase of the
Great Northern Theater. at Chicago, now
controlled by A. NJ. Palmer.
Miss Antionette Hartkorn. of Richmond,
Ind. who is in her senior year in the Amer
lean Dramatic Academy. at New York. is
meeting with great success. The papers
part OF Elmire in 'Tartuffe.'
Henry Award. who was here in advance
of John Drew. has been in advance of Olga
Nethersole this season and reports that the
English actress has done far better than
either her London or American managers
ever expected. She returns to London I'm
five weeks to be married and will probably
not play in America next season.
Lottie Collins. who in private life is Mrs
Charles Cooney, has brought action against
one of the English weekly newspapers for
an alleged libel which appeared Dec. 3. Mrs.
Collins claims that imputations of vulgarity
were made against her respecting her
performance during her recent engagement
at the Palace Music Hall. The case will
be tried in May.
Jack and the Beanstalk' certainly can't
complain of bad season. After leaving
the Casino 1t played to nearly $2O, 600 in two
weeks in Philadelphia, and after that took
in So. COO in seven weeks in Boston. One
weeks business in Providence footed UP
more than $1,000, and then two weeks re-
turn engagement i'm Boston gave S14,0 600 the
first week and $4,000 the second.
The Nut Brown Maid" is the title of a
forthcoming comic opera i'm London, the
music by Sir William Robinson; the book
by Mr. II. Chance Newton. AS the name
implies some use has been made of the
well-known old English ballad. Only four
lines of this have. however, been used The
entire story is in all other respects new.
and is laid in n remarkably picturesque
place and period.
One wouldn't be very. very much sur
prised nowadays to hear that Mr.. Joseph
jefferson was contemplating going on the
continuous performance stage with an
abbreviated version of rip Van Wrinkle"
do a Mrs. Malaprop monologue by one of
these enterpriSing managers. Ii was re-
ported that Miss Clara Morris is consider
ing a tempting offer made TO her by Proc
tor to appear In a condensed version of
Camille" at Proctor's Twenty-thir6-street
Theater, in New York.
An intimation that some one has found
in the remarks made by Manager John b.
Schoeffel after his return from Chicago
that there more money in New York
than in the Windy City, appears TO have
aroused quite lot of interest in theatrical
circles.
Nat Goodwin was in New York on his
way from Boston TO Philadelphia. and at
tended the Sousa Band concert at the
he was standing in the lobby discussing the
season with some friends when her one one Of e the
remarks anent Chicago.
What do you think of that, Nat?" he
asked the actor DO you think there's
more money in New York than in Chi
Well drawIed Mr.. Goodwin. maybe
there is-in the banks"
A. NJ Palmer is negotiating for a new
theater for the purpose of resuming his
managerial career in the metropolis Says
Mr. Palmer: My experience in Chicago
has been very gratifying. The public of
that city have been generous in their sup
port of the Great Northern Theater. of
which am manager, and my associations
there have been agreeable in every way
But it is only natural that. since l relin-
pushed my New York theater. ! have never
Cor a moment abandoned my intention of
whose theatrical affairs / have so long been
connected When you look back at the his
Vadisnn S1usra and dtbn earIier da'vs 'n nf
Palmer's. and their long list of successes
you can readily understand that l have no
York manager. Nor have | ever intended
to do so.
Amelia Stone, who was in Australia with
Hoyts company. says: There is a college
near Melbourne and the students come
marching into the theater with regular step
of a military company. only they make
lots of noise. Everybody squeezes up I'm
the foyer 10 let them get by. They always
sc up in the gallery and fill IL up. And an
orchestra would be i'm vain between the acts
ard before the play begins. Those fellows
sing college songs and shout and make
themselves thoroughly at home. They have
a piano up there and somebody strums II
ard three or four twang mandolns and
guitars. while the rest pitch in and sing
Ii is a very pretty concert sometimes. only
annoying when the curtain is ready TO go
up and the boys won't stop for the play to
go on. But we actresses don't find fault
fer the college men are awfuly generous
with flowers. There's a rope in all Aus
tralian theaterS. stretched from the stage
10 the gallery, and so worked with pulleys
that flowers can be hoisted down to YOU
from friends In niger heaven. for all the
world buckets "A no
boys hitch expensive bouquets-for they
have money II they DO sit In the gallery
on the end OF the rope. tie knife with
them. so you can cut the flowers or and
then lower this tempting bait i'm front of
your nose. III your song has delighted
them"
IL is seldom that the actors and actresses