Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

leaving the company. our private re-
lations do not concern the public and
decline to discuss them.
The above sketch shows the devel-
opment of the "theatre-face' in man,
which is far worse than the bicycle
face. l noticed at the Broadway Thea
tire last night and at the Lyric a few
nights ago the type Of face which wo-
men are quickly developing among the
male freQuenters of theatres. Note
the tortured neck, the strained eyeball
and the corrugated brow and see II the
century run can produce anything SO
deformed.-New York World.
Two distinct dramatizations of Hen
produce "Esmond," which has been
New York. e. A. Sothern has had in
hand for. a long time and will soon
pro duce "Esmond," which has been
dramatized by Louis Evan Shipman
and Glen MacDonough. Richard
Mansfield is preparing play of the
same story, by Edgar Pemberton,
which was produced in Marlborough
last March by Edward Compton, and
which was played for some time in the
provinces
IF my audience" says Joseph JEFF
ferson, do not bio me farewell until
l bid them farewell I confidently ex-
pect to be with them for year or two
more at least. l do not know whether
shall make a public retirement or
quietly sneak OUT probably the latter.
Shakespeare says, 'Superfuous lags the
lveteran on the stage l hope to detect
my waning powers before you do, and
go quietly down and out, instead Of
waiting, like the dog whose day is
past, TO be kicked down stairs and
OUT
Nat c. Goodwin has decided to essay
the role Of Shylock in "The Merchant
of Venice" in the near future But
his ambition does not stop at that.
There are other Shakespearean plays
l should like to play" he says. For
example, Richard III. l want to play
the Richard III that l believe in. I
don't think he was a villain, you know,
and If he was, he wasn't the sort Of
villain he is usually played. Did you
ever read Abbott's Richard HIP Well,
you get it, and see if you can find any
difference in character between that
Richard and Napoleon. That is tne
sort of Richard | want to play. Why,
| have seen it acted in such a way
that i'll the very first scene Lady Anne
would have to run him through at
once. 1t seems to me that it is posi-
| BILE to play the role so that the charac-
ter of Richard will create in the minds
of the audience the same doubt that he
must have aroused in Lady Anne, to
make that scene possible and plausi-
ble."
w. F. Rochester, the well-known
stage manager and comedian, believes
that South Africa offers a great field
wide open to American managers pro-
vided they take only American plays,
with an American company and Amer
lean printing. "All Of the companies
seen there said Mr. Rochester, to
Mirror man, "have been distinctly En-
glish, but the visiting American is
treated like lord by everybody. Very
few American plays have ever reached
| South Africa, but I took from New
York three operas which had proven
successful here, and they repeated their
success, showing that there is a large
! field for the enterprising opera manag-
err disposed to go to a long distance to
make big money. When I left South
Africa there were then in the immense
Helu one melOdrdma company, one
comedy company, London Gaiety
company, McAdams' Colored Minstrels,
one high class vaudeville company,
and one company playing a Shakespe-
rean repertoire. The seasons are the
reverse of ours, the winter beginning
IN February and lasting until August.
The climate is beautiful, like our own
California climate, and autumn cloth
ing with light overcoat will be COM
Portable all through the winter. Six
months Of continual sunshine are Of
fered for the theatrical season. About
| the fare? Well, the fare from London
is $3.50, f1rst-class, or S110 second
class. Vaudeville performers for the
Empire, Johannesburg. are guaranteed
eight weeks, and are given free trans
pOrtation from London.