The times., 1897-09-26
DrannatiG NOf8S.

TIE closing OF "A Southern Romance
last night leaves Katherine Grey unenl-
ployed. bnt certainly not FOL long.
in Forbes Rcbertson's version Of Hamlet
he has restored the character of Po-
lunius' servant. Reynaldo, who has net
been il the play within memory
Yellow fever has given the theaters in
the South a black eye. The actors do not
want 10 20 t0 New Orleans, and tue resi-
dents there don't want TO 60 to the
theaters.
Julia McrIowe VIII opel in Nil waukee 10
morrow night. During this season She viii
probably present only For Bonnie Prince
Charlie, As You Like It." and Romeo
ana Juliet '.Ingoinar'' VIII be added 10
her repertoire.
Marion Abbott, q young woman Of per
sonaI charm and dramatic ability, whom
Washington has often admired, is starring
this scas1n ia Nine. Sans-Gene'' She has
already made marked hit in the pa rt Ellen
Terry isnow pIayin z to Irving's Napoleon.
Bernard Shaw is nothing if not original.
he demonstrated that in Arms and the
Man" He emphasized it last week by
writing to d London paper 10 ask if there
had really been an uprising in India.
BE does not know himself he says, as he
has been out Of town.
Marie Waiuwught Is not longer star;
she Is rot even d feature; she is iust
plain, unasSurning leading lady: and that in
q plain unassumine, popularpncod melo
drama, Shall We Forgive Her?' Weought
70 forgive Miss Wainwright anything, in
grateful memory of the days when she was
firstasaist6nt ito LawrcI ce Barrett Halcynn
daysl
Francis Wilson appeared in New York
last Monday night in his popular Half
a King" He does not need a new opera
II seems, for the house is crowded TO see
lis present Offering. Mr.. Wilson VIII play
at the Grand Opera House in this city
The syndicate 10 whom he VIII not sub
scribe, have crowded hhn out Of their
theaters.
Giles Shines Washington friends viii
be pleased to near that Charles Fr0hman
has selected hirl TO play j. E Dodson's
creation ~ RIchelieH in The road Under the
Red Robe Company. Mr.. Shine was fur
two seasons with Julia Marlowe, playing
the leading comedy roles. In Boston his
Touchstonc and DogbeTy We're compared
with william warren's. He was featured
I'm his revival OF The Comedy of Errorg,''
and received the highest enc0miums from
the press throughout the country Mr..
Shine also made great success as Stirling
low in The Cotton King" a very strong
Yorkshire dialect part. This viii be his
third season with Mr. Frohman, who could
not have made better selection for the
part OF the great Cardinal iii his romantic
play
The poor lyric and dramatic artists Of
Greece have every prospect of starvation
staring them in the face. When hosuilitIes
opened uae government ordered al theaters
To be closed. Recuc-d to the last X tremity,
the artists recently demanded the author
ization Of the state 10 continue their per
formances, promising only to present tragic
dramas ana operas and to forSwear oper-
ettas and farccs entirely as unbecoming
the period OF national calamity. Ralli, TIE
president Of the council, has answered that
though the deepest sympathy Is felt for the
artists sal plight by the government, their
demand cannot be aoceded TO, because the
unfortunate soldiers who suffered so many
privatioas on the battleftelds of Epirus and
Thermopyiae might be indignant and even
revolt at seeing revival of theatrical per
for1nances, " hich. slthough tragic in their
nature are none the less q for N OF amuse-
ment.''