The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
Notes of the stage.

Francis Wilson will bring Half King"
to the Grand next month.
Joseph Jefferson will play an eight weeks
engagement in New York next season.
Joe Flynn, in "McGinty, the Sport" will
be at the Park next week with his large
company.
This season 1.-THE Cherry Pickers' is prov
ing to be one of the best paying attractions
on the road.
Fanny Davenport will revive Cleopatra"
in January. Miss Davenport has not met
with the success she expected in Joan of
Arc"
The New Years attraction at the Grand
is to be Lewis Morrison in Frederick the
Great and 1.-The Master of Ceremonies"
his latest productions.
Hopkins's TRANSFORMERS are soon to play
their annual engagement at the Park.
Fallen Among Thieves" an deliberately
staged sensational production, is also booked
for early appearance.
Anthony Hopes play. "The Adventure of
Lady Ursul," which E. H Sothern pro-
duced Monday night in Philadelphia, has
been so we'll received that he will play it all
the rest of the season.
Joseph Jefferson ana several members OF
yesterdays matinee. 1t was the nrst
opportunity Jefferson has nau TO witness
MRS. Fiskes production OF Tess.
Miss Julia Nelson is the tallest actress,
as we'll as one of the most classically beau
tiful women on the English stage. Alma
Tadema considers her the ideal Crack fig
ure, and he is fond of designing her cos
tunes. He has more than once even sug-
gested various ways in which her hair might
be worn.
May Vokes will originate the part of an
Irish servant girl in Lieutenant Alderdice's
new farce, entitled 1.-The Old Coat" which
Messrs. Smith and Rice will produce in jan
uary. Frederick Bond and other members
of the company row touring the South in
My Friend from India may be enlisted
in the presentation.
Julia Arthur ended her wonderfully sue
cessful engagement in "A Lady OF Quality
at Wallacks Theater in New York last
night. In a few weeks this young actress
has advanced herself to the front rank as
a popular and most profitable STAR and her
career from this time on will undoubtedly
be watched with interest.
The closing of the tour of the Christie
pher Jr." company few days ago was
largely due to complications caused by the
yellow fever. Several weeks which We're
booked in the South had to be caneeletf and
no other good dates could be had, so Man
ager Bradley decided to close the season.
Every member of the company was paid in
full and brought back to New York in Pull
man palace cars.
The German Opera House Company, own
ing the Schiller Theater and office build
| ing, in Chicago, defaulted in payment of the
interest on its first mortgage bonds, due
Dec. l. The company has outstanding a
bonded debt of s425,OO0. The Great North
ern Theater and Hotel Company has also
defaulted in the payment of the interest on
| its third mortgage bonds, due on Sept. i
| but the mortgage securing this sssiSsue OF
| bonds is preceded by a INST aadn second
| mortgage aggregating $500, O90-d e1ad bIuow
ystrf
George Baclxls, who has been acting the
leading part in Christopher Jr.," was last
week offered the most important role in a
| Bachelors Honeymoon which was recent
| Iy produced at Hoyt's Theater. in New
| York, and is to be sent on the road at ar
| early date. Mr.. Backus declined the offer
! giving as one of his reasons that in the PLAY
he would have to appear as the father OF
| two grown-up daughters. In his letter to the
manager he said: Il don't particularly OBJ
| ject TO grown-up young women in real LIFE
4 but do object 10 playing the part of theii
1 father on the stage. Besides, / am not ole
enough to be the parent Of marriageable
daughters.