The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05

Notes of the Stage.
Blaney's "A Boy Wanted" comes to the
Park next week.
Digby Bell, in 1.-THE Hooser Doctor" will
visit Indianapolis this month at the Grand
Sam T. Jacks Orange Blossom" Com
pany has the week following the Cyrene
Company at the Empire.
Several box parties will help to distinguish
the engagement of Mrs. Fiske in Tess. at
the Grand this week. The advance sale in
dicates succession of large audiences.
Hopl1inss Trans Oceanics have attained
the fame of a magazine sketch. The clever
artists making up this favorite organization
We're exploited recently in the Chicago ORA
matte Magazine.
Lewis Morrison, as FREDERICK the Great"
in his new romantic comedy, by Theodore
Kremer, presents that famous monarch in
his later years. The main incidents of the
play are drawn from history, and faithfully
follow fact.
Victorien Sardou is busy putting the fin
ishing touches on his new play, in which
Nine. Rejane is to make her appearance at
the Paris Vaudeville Theater Pamela" is
the name of the play, which is laid at the
time Immediately Following the reign OF ter
ror, but previous to the directolre.
The piece which William Gillette is now
adapting from the French for production by
Charles Frohman is called "Jalouse," and
is now being acted in a Paris theater. It's
American title will be Jealousy" The story
concerns a loving young couples domestic
fluctuations caused by the extreme Jealousy
of the wife. aNrs
Hoyt & Mckee, lit is announced. are or
ganizing another Stranger in New York.
company 1t will be headed by Otis Harlan,
and will begin its tour on Dec. 20. The new
road company will play the large cities OF
the Middle States, while that which started
pqf IN t 5s~ west and appear exclusive
The Duke of York's Theater, in London,
will be opened soon with a new comedy by
l.. N. Parker, called 1.-THE Happy Life of
which Mr.. Daniel Frohman. holds the Amer
lean rights. 1t deals with a man who, ne
leving that retirement from the troubles of
life is the only road to happiness, shuts
himself up as q recluse in chambers in the
Temple. To him there enters the inevitable
female figure, and the results of the en-
counter furnish the materials OF the comedy.
Joseph jefferson has presented to Dr.
George Reuling, of Baltimore, painting
done by himself. While starring in rip
Van Winkle," at Ford's Opera House,
about fifteen years ago, Mr.. jefferson was
suddenly seized with blindness. DR.. Reuling
was summoned and applied temporary
restoratives, which enabled Mr.. Jefferson to
finish his act that night. The next day he
performed an operation, which restored the
actors sight permanently. Mr. Jefferson Is
now engaged on portrait or the late john
Mccullough.
Is the exhibition of a murder scene on the
stage within the proper provinces of dra-
matte art? Some years ago when Sarah
Bernhard appeared in La Tosca," the
same question was raised, and again it was
heard last year in New York after MIS-
Fiske's great murder scene IN less OF the the
stage is not art, and the less the stage gets
of it the better, but when an artist like Mrs.
Fiske portrays the murder OF Alec IN TESS
of the d. Urbervilles," she is said to make
her audience culver with excitement and
sympathy, not with horror or revolt.
George Broadhurst, the author of What
Happened to JONES' will soon go abroad to
arrange with London managers for the pro-
duction Of the piece in England. Jones"
has already had copyright production in
London but it seems more than likely that
there will be some serious difficulty in put
ting it on for rum as it now stands, at
least, if the censor is as particular about
having ecclesiastical characters represented
in cast as he was a few years ago. 1t was
over the character Of bishop that Joseph
Derrick, the author of Confusion, had his
celebrated contest with the censor, and
What Happened to Jones would scarcely
be the same thing without its bishop. In
ionial bishop and a wa'' were represented
as twin brothers. Tho nsor was Mortified
Mr. Derrick was informed that he might
insult science, art ana literature as he
would, but not the church The author pro-
tested, the play was ready to be ,prodIced,z-
without the bishop it would be ruined
Then change him into a professor, sug-
gested the censor, and, accordingly, the
change was made. The character was
dressed like a bishop and acted like one,
but professor he had to be called. In view
of this precedent it will be interesting to
see just what Mr.. BroadhuTst VIII run up
against in his attempt at an Engllsh produce
ton