The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-23

tho run of 1.-The Little Minister" will
not be interrupted. lt is one OF the big
successes of the metropolis this year.
Charlotte NJ. Crabtree, once the Lolita
OF the stage was managed in her first
stage venture by the late Henry l.. Ab-
hey, ana up to his death she was con-
cerneG with him in various ways as q
capitalist She is now suing his estate
in consequence of an uppaii mortgage.
In all forms of the drama-from Ham
let," whose hero wrongs and drives to
suicide lovely LAZY. Kills her father and
Stays her brother. down to burcsque-the
stage characters whom We are forced to
commend are folk not to DO approved of
or tolerated in society.
1t is an old story that drama was
once written to or0er for Niblo's Garden
in order to utilize a particularly re-
spleldent moon left over from play
that had failed. Now the really splendidly
spectacular outfit of NATURE has been
sold, and brand new piece will be writ
ton to tit it by Clay NJ. Greene.
w. j. Ferguson, the comedian. W ho is a
prime favorits in this city. was in Laura
keene's Company, and was IN the cast
on that fatal night when President Lin
coin lost his life in Washington. He first
attracted attention as the william Macari
in Called Back, and theatre goers re-
member that remarkable performance in
the old Lows Opera House.
The com batIin the "Prisoner OF zsnda"
between James h. Hackett and William
Courtleigh who plays the part Of hentzau
is an eminentlv realistic one. Mr.. Walter
Stearns Hale who tai the role of Hentzau
for the past two years met with one or
two severe injuries which OF course were
accidental and Mr.. Courtleigh is already
bearing marks OF Mr., hackett's sword
The project to dramatize Hall Gaines
latest novel, 1.-The Christian does not
seem to meet with much favor in Eng
land. and here, where the uramatizatiop
OF The Manxman' failed so dismally,
this latest story OF mis- has not even
scored q big success with the readiog
public In fact, j. T.. Dodson Summed
up the situation the other dav when, on
finishing the last chapter of The Chris
tian, f" he exclaimed: Hall Gaines look
alike TO me.
'Shore Acres" with its author. James
A. Herne, as Nathaniel berry, is under
lined for a weeks engagement at the
Monday. Nov. lst. Among the players
supporting Mr.. Herne are Messrs. Rotert
Fischer James l. Galloway, franklin
Garland. Herbert Fiansburg. Charles +.
Fisher Phineas Leach, Albert X. Clark
and Misses Grace Gaylor Clark. Marion
Cullen. Myra Clark, Matte Crolins.
Lucille Walker, Gladys Crolins, Hazen
Clark, Edith Taliaferro and Julia Herne
the oldest dau yhter of Mr.. Herne who will
alternate the roles OF Helen and Perley.
Il find New York especially cosmopoli-
tan, " asserts Miss Davis. 81 noticed that
especially during the run of The Sere-
nade.' Out of town audiences. with the
exception Of Chicago. Boston and Phiia-
delphia, are nearly unifom in tempera-
meDt-tbat Is, TO say, the same Incidents
OF tie performance impress the audiences
in n similar way. The same comedy line
will get a laugh at every performance,
and the same solo will invariably receive
an encore from out of town audiences,
out in New York comedy line which
raises a small whirlwind OF laughter one
night will perhaps be received with abso-
lutte apathy"
Kissing and applause in theatres began
some time during the seventeenth cen
tury. AS the medieval plays in France
were organized by the church. applause
was forbidden, and in 1880 when
"Aspar, by FonteDelle, was produced,
Kissing was heard for the first time, The
olaque is said to nave come into existence
in France rs early as the eighteenth
century. when the numbe Of comedians
increased, and actors felt more and more
the need of applause. In order To make il
certain, tho claoue was hired. There was
a rebellion against the claque almost as
soon as tho custom was first introduced
and it's condemnation has been constant
ever since But the institution still sur
wives in Fra nee.