The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-14
PLAY BILLS THIS WEEK
CLAY CLEMENT, THE NEW STAR, AT
ENGLIsHS TOMORROW NIGHT.
sFOr Fair Virginia" and "a Black
sheep" Last Half of the Week
Park and Empire.

The sale of seats for Clay Clement at
English's the first half of this week is ex-
pected to insure a successful engagement.
The Flower Miseion being interested will
likely result in giving this young star So
cial recognition here that his talents merit
This is something unusual. for the reason
that Mr.. Clement has never before appeared
in this city, and It is a well-known fact that
Indianapolis is slow TO bow down to the
atrical celebrities until they have been
shown that there is cause for doing so. The
reports that have preceded Mr.. Clement
have been fiattering, and the few people in
the city who have had the pleasure of see
ing him in other cities are no. backward in
giving him praise. 1t is claimeu there Is no
prettler story told on the stage than that
by Mr.. Clement in 1.-THE New Dominion"
1t is not claimed for the story that it is
startingly new. or far removed from the
conventional; in fact. it is the old, old story
Of a lover chasing the object Of his affec-
ton through four acts and. of course, at
last winning her. But it is the treatment
Mr.. Clement gives this story. and the
charming character he makes of Baron
Hohenstauffen that is said to give charm
It Is claimed has the courage of the army,
the culture of the university the high breed
Ing of the court, and the tenderness of a
perfect gentleman In Mr.. Clements sup
porting company will be found the names
of several well-known actors. Frank E.
Aiken, Miss Kara Kenwyn, Miss Nell Nc
Even, Carlton Macy, Thomas F. O'Malley,
Jeffrey Williams, Frank Walcott, Mrs.
Charles G. Craig, Miss Eleanor Carey and
others viii be seen in the cast
Hoyt's "A Black Sheep" comes to the
English Opera House the last half of the
week, with Otis Harlan in the well-remem-
bered role of Hot Stuff. In "A Black Sheep
Hoyt depicts the downfall of d young man,
through the sudden inheritance of a for
tune, from the proud position of the tough
est man in Tombstone, Ariz., to that of a
New York Anglomaniac, who marries a bur-
lesque actress. 1t is claimed that those who
saw "A Black Sheep" when here last will
hardly recognize it as now played, for MIR.
Hoyt has changed it so much by adding new
lines, scenes and new stage business The
specialties are new and novel, as well as the
music and dances. The cast is the one
which was especially selected to present this
play at Hoyt's Theater, New York, where
II had an enormously successful rum This
is said to be the farewell tour of "A Black
ater-going public of this city. to see Otis
Harlan in the leading part Mr.. Harlan is
to be seen early IN December in Charles
Hoyt's latest effort, "A Day and a Night"
Grand-''FOr Fair Virginia."
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Whytal, who are
among the youngest as well as the ablest
of American star players, will be seen at
the Grand the last half of this week in Mr..
Whytals extremely successful romantic
drama, For Fair Virginia" which is now
in its third season. The story tells OF a
loyal Union man, and an equally loyal
Southern woman, man and wife, whose
marital relations were supremely peaceful
until sympathy for the lost cause over
powered all other considerations and forced
Virginia Esmond to take issue with the one
she had sworn to love, honor and obey.
Amid the struggle of the mighty conflict,
frequent moments of regret on the part of
me young wife occur, yet not until the last
gun at Richmond is fired does she surren-
der 1t will be observed that the war ele-
ment is . potent factor in the development
% TINS St9gy ana IN yet bar the p audience
very little to remind it of the
actual scenes of the battlefield. You
hear the roar of the cannon in the dis
lance, and, occasionally, the author in some
manner or other brings his listeners to
realization of the terrible results of hard
scenes and incidents been planned and ar
ranged that the play is in no sense a war
time melodrama. For Fair Virginia re-
ceived its initial production at the Fifth
avenue Theater, New York three seasons
ago, and it has been a long time since
play by an American writer has been
ton by the metropolitan critics as that be-
slowed on Mr.. Whytals work. good
supporting company is promised here, to-
gether with special scenery. When at the
Grand season before last For Fair Vir-
ginia" charmed all who saw it. Mr.. Why
tai at that time played the heavy part now
assumed by T.. +. Nagle. This season Mr..
Whytal is seen in the light comedy role of
stephen Dunbar, the young Confederate Of
ficer, much more congenial part. There
Will be a popular priced matinee next sat
urday. The advance sale will open at the
Pembroke tomorrow morning
Park-Navvn's "Shanty Town."
Old Denman Thompson played a sketch
end the common people laughed over it.
Finally the sketch developed into a play
and. the fashionable world raved over it.
What was the cause? 1t was not that the
play had come from a sketch played on the
lower levels; it was because it was full of
heart. Tom Nawn has been playing a
sketch. 1t is so full of humor and so nat
ural that people have gone to see it time
and time again. They were ready to turn
from the gags of the stage. the things
advertised to produce so many laughs in
so many minutes to contemplate Nawn
Nawn has now enlarged his field. He and
Opie Read have combined forces, and the
result is a comedy entitled "Shanty Town, "
an "Old Homestead in Irish. under the
management of Mr.. Robert Fulgora. That
Opie Read is a great delineator of charac-
ter and that his dialogue is exceedingly
bright has long been known to thousands
in this country who have read his books.
He was greatly taken with the idea of
1nnfa 0VyY7 TIa of dan1 f1nf
Nawn was one of the finest comedians on
the stage, and so he began the construction
of the play with great enthusiasm. 'Shanty
Town" with its wealth of special scenery
and a cast of specially selected artists of
acknowledged ability. will be seen at the
Park the first half of this week. with daily
matinees. Last season. when Hopkins's
TRANSFORMERS were at the Park Nawn and
his sketch, "A Touch of Nature" made a
strong impression. He has been equally
successful as star this season.
The only American Indian actress Co
Won-Go-Mohawk. after an absence Of five