The herald., 1897-02-21
Green Room Gossip

Clay Clement is touring in Indiana,
Ohio and West Virginia.
Mary French Field. daughter of the
late Eugene Field, has taken the plat
form as a reader.
Corinne. the young buriesque actress,
will add Excelsior, Jr.," to her reper-
toire on March l.
Creston Clarke is rehearsing his new
plav. THE Last of His Race" and will
begin his tour in Baltimore on March l.
Charles Frohman contemplates send
ing out next season three companies to
play Under the Red Robe, the Empire
theater success.
Bob Hilliard feels happy in his new
vaudeville surroundings. The public
applauds him and the managers give
him courteous treatment"
Ethel Grinston of London, the daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, has been Civ
ing concerts in the east under distin-
gushed society patronage.
\ we'll known agent acting for lead
ing vaudeville theater has made an offer
to Della Fox Of six weeks engagement
in New York city at a salary OF $1400 a
week
Roland Reed. in THE Wrong Mr..
Cristo." "Virginius," Hamlet" ct al,
have been meeting with success in St.
Louis.
Edward Harrgan is playing odd Law
ender'' in Philadelphia, and "A Trip to
Chinatown" with Laura Bigger and
Burt Haverly, has been lately given in
the same city.
The Bostonians will produce The Ser
enade," the new comic opera by Harry
b. Smith and Victor Herbert, at the
Knickerbocker theater in New York
next month.
Sardou's new play is put forth under
the name 'Spiritisme," and the Ameri-
can version will be called here as in
Paris, "Sprtisme," pronunciation being
left at the mercy of the public.
Briant S. Young of Salt Lake City has
completed a three-act society play, un-
der the title of las Ye Sow" The plot
is after the style of the problem play,
dealing with prodigal son. The scene
is laid in the south.
1t is now a misdemeanor, under the
city ordinance, for a woman to wear a
hat in a Chicago theater, the new law
having gone into effect. 1t provides a
penalty for offenders and managers,
and the women have generally observed
it.
"Cymbeline" is being played in Lon
don, Ellen Terry taking the interesting
y
garet Mather has made an expensive
production Of the same play III which
she ard f. ]. Henley enact the principal
characters.
f. S. Willard is making his fifth
American tour, playing in leading cities
as far west as Chicago. His repertory
includes Henry Arthur Jones two plays,
The Rogue's Comedy and The Mid
dleman." and j, NJ. Barrie's play, The
Professors Love Story
At the Olympic, London, there has
just been produced a new melodrama,
entitled "A Free Pardon" 1t is the
work of f. c. Phillips, the author Of
LAS in a Looking Glass" and similar
novels of spicy sort, and Leonard Mcr-
rick, a clever young novelist.
In Washington, Nat Goodwin, sup
ported by the beauty, Maxine Elliott,
has been successful in IAN American
Citizen" and The Rivals" Henry l..
Dixey in Thoroughbred, supported
by Charles Frohman's clever company,
was the bill at Albaugh's Lafayette
Square opera house, playing to a large
and delighted audience.
In Philadelphia people were recently
turned away by the hundreds from the
houses where olga Nethersole and Rich
ard Mansfield appeared in diversified
bills on one night. The former played
Act. IL Of Carmen" the balcony scene
from Romeo and Juliet" Act H. of De
mise" Act III. of The Wife of Scaril, :"
and Act ". of Camille" The Mans
field bill was Act III. of "Prirce Karl .,
Act ". of "A Partisan Romance " Act
~. of Richard ILL.," Act. III. of "Reau