The times., 1898-03-06

city for eight weeks II will also play
Brooklyn for another eight weeks max
ing thirty-two altogether. Miss Adams is
thus booked for the entire season year
in advance. Washington may consider
that il WAS very lucky to get the initial
performance OF this play. for it enjoyed
the production two years before the other
cities of the country win see il. Even
Charles Frohman is so surprised al Miss
Adams's great success that he does not
know jus what TO do with her. He
wants "a live her Il national reputation
as a star. yet he does not want TO let
her become associated with only one
character. He has never had a player
like Miss Adams before and if he wanted
to have her run all next season in New
York. he could do So. Indeed an offer
has already been made him TO give Miss
Adams all of the time at the Academy Of
Music here. but ne has not accepted as
she is already booked for next season.
The Belle Of New York is scheduled
40 depart for London in d week or so,
to open there April g The Heart of
Maryland" " with Mrs. Leslie Carter,
Maurice Barrymore and Edward Morgan,
VIII sail on the same steamer and open
IN London the same week. MesSrs. Hugh
Morton ard Gustav Kerker are due in
New York tomorrow. They sailed from
Z Southampton a week ago, having chang
/ ed their minds about retiring TO some
! obscure Switzerland village to compose
! the fifth annual spring review for the
/ Casino Theater.
The usual spring exodus Of actors and
I actresses TO Europe is scheduled to COM
mcnce in the latter part of next month.
/ The middle of May viii find most of the
! stars with European tendencies inclin-
/ ing toward the other side
/ Rehears2ls for Beside the Bnnny
/ the direction Of Frank l.. Perley. J. II.
/ Stoddarj is to be starred in the play,
which VIII bc presented March %. and
Miss Marian Chapman, Il Baltimore So
cieJy girl, who was seen in Washington
last as Mary Almer. in THE Sporting
Duchess" Will have the leading feminine
role
sional play readers and critcisers of stage
/ plays, have been coming in for much
! comment OF late. They advertise to read
! and Crti,isc Il play for five dollars, or To
/ sell il outright on % per cent. basis.
! Their circulars announce that they have
( made arrangements with all managers oI
! standing for the sale of plays. but care
( ful inquiry seem to show that local mana
I gers OF standing are even acquainted
4 with the gentlemen. Mr.. Hickman is a
/ brother OF Alfred Hickman, and Mr..
Craven Is the author of a seHi-sucCessfu
/ farce. innocent as Lamb. put on last
summer in Washington by the Columbia
1 Stock Company. They have not been
handled kindly in the past few days
although their transactions are. o.
course. perfectly legitimate. Still young
writers who have plays to dispose o1
might do better if they enlisted the sym
pathies Of Miss Elizabeth Marbury OIL
Mr.. T. Henry French. have no per
sonal prejudice against these gentlemen
but as Washington is noted for it's large
crop of amateur dramatists, I feel that
l ought TO give them a proper Metro.
poiitan Steer when they try to unload
their stuff upon New York managers
Miss Marbury sells more plays than any
agent in America, while managers wit
always consider kindly a play that has
been T.-Henry- y-Frenched.
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