The times., 1898-11-27
BRIEFLY TOLD

Thomas E. Shea is going to London.
"A Brace of Partridges'' has closed.
Mrs. Fiske was in Cincinnati last week.
Marie Corelli's Sorrows of Satan" will
soon be seen in New York.
Olga NethersOle began her American
tour last Monday at Cleveland.
The International Grand Opera Com
pany is said TO have closed in Omaha.
George Wilson and William H West
may join hands in the minstrel business.
Theodore Metz, author of "A Hot Time
in Old Town. was in this city last week.
C. w. Couldock the Oldest actor in
America. is critically i'll. He has reach
ed the age of eighty-three.
Walter G. Parker's new comedy. "AIl
a Mistake has been given its premiere
presentation in Yonkers, n. Y.
Eugene Blair will on next Thursday be-
gin her third annual tour. under the d.
rection of her husband, Robert Downing.
"A War Correspondent" has closed and
Burr Mcintosh is going into vaudevi lie.
The Times told you So over a month
ago.
VIII 4. Page, a local dramatic writer
of note has gone to New Haven. Conn,
as managing editor of the Evening Reg
lister.
A second edition of Hotel Topsy Tur-
wy written by Joseph lie Brandt. will
be put on tomorrow at the Herald Square
Theater.
Edith Crane is to be seen in Phia-
delphia as leading lady for E. II. Soth-
ern in his production of The Three Mus
keteers."
Johnny On the Spot" is a new musical
comedy, to be launched on December 10.
Now, the question arises as to who made
the spot
Paul Wilstach, formerly dramatic edit
| or of The Times and now press agent for
Richard Mansfield. spent last Sunday in
| Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs Kendall. by present ar
| rangement, will produce their latest play,
The Elder Miss Blossom" in this coun-
| try next year
The receipts up to date for sixty-seven
| presentations of THE Christian" have
| been Sl00. SIS 75-and this despite the dis
approval of Jessie Wood.
George Meredith is supposedly at work
| on an adaptation of his story. THE Ego
tst" Almost any actor should be able
to play that title role with success.
Fred Griffeth, who calls himself the
| English specialist is in Washington
| preparing for a series of appearances
next year in vaudeville and circus work.
| Last week was a bad one for theaters.
Besides the Baldwin there were four play
houses burned during that period, among
them the handsome Cleveland Theater.
of Cleveland. Ohio.
The Last Chapter the first serious
play ever written by George H. Broad
| hurst, will have its premiere on January
| go katherine Grey has been engaged as
leading lady for the presenting company.
Rehearsals of ''Zaza," in which Mrs.
| Leslie Carter will appear at the Garrick
Theater on January 8. have begun under
the personal direction of David Belasco,
| who adapted the play.
.'The Song They Sang at Santiago" q
| composition of more than ordinary merit
was received yesterday at this office
Both words and music are inspiriting, and
| the number promises to be a hit.
Cora Urquhart-Potter was taken i'll the
| other day with pleuro-pneumonia while
playing in THE Three Musketeers." at
| Her Majesty's Theater, London. She may
| go to the south of France to recuperate.
| Julia Marlowe has secured the dramatic
| rights to Charles Majors novel, When
Knighthood Was in Flower" From the
title of the book one might come to the
opinion that Mr.. Major believes chivalry
TO have been century plant.
1.-The Victorian Cross" Company is re-
| ported to have stranded in Chicago. Lack
of import duty is running the British
| trade in melodramas, and giving the
Spanish an upper hand. Something
| should be done about this at once.
Arthur D. Hall has sued James H. Wal
lick for $1,000 alleged to be due him on
his play, Devils Island" If he RECEIVERS
the sum Washingtonians may feel that
they have been partially revenged for a
recent infiction of when London
| Sleeps"
"What Happened to Jones will proba
bly, be adapted by Maurice Ordonnau an6
taken to Paris. Truly, the festive Jones
told only the truth when he described
| himself in the first act of the farce by
saying: II am great traveler-a travel
ing man.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson's new drama
paul Lange and Thora Parsburg," has
been produced at Christiania. The
limitations of a three-sheet probably