The sun., 1898-10-16
NTH Mask AND WIG
Personal Paragraphs Con-
cerning Stage FavOrites.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Stage Items of the SeasOn---G Ossip OF
the Green RoOm---What They
are Doing.
Jacob Lift has six companies.

Jacob Lit has six companies.
May Hampton is to star next sea-
son.
'In Old Kentucky is to be given in
Berlin.
New York has three popular price
stock companies.
Patti was born on February 10, lS43.
Her father was professor of music.
James X. Hackett has made his
start as star in "The Tree of Knowl-
edge"
Leander Richardson declared that
''The Christian" may be greater hit
than "Trilby."
J. NJ. Barrie, author of "The Little
Minister" has furnished new comedy,
1.-TWO Kinds OF Women
The successor to 1.-The Belle of New
York" at the Shaftesbury, London, will
be can American Beauty"
J.. H. Stoddart and company are en-
acting scenes from ''The Long Strike'' in
the Keith quadruple circuit of vaude-
vile theatres.
Janauschek, Marie Jansen, Amelia
Summerville (the merry mountain maid
of "Adonis," and Max Eugene are to
appear in vaudeville.
Z. H. Sothern is to play D'Artagnan
in Henry Hamilton's adaptation Of Du-
mas "The Three Guardsmen," in Phila-
delphia on November 2S.
Olga Nethersole will sail from South
ampton on the steamer St. Louis No
vember 5. She doesn't intend to rely ex-
cusively on "The Termagant' during
her American tour.
There is some talk in London Of either
Robert Taber or Paul Arthur, both
American actors, taking up the role OF
d'Artagnan in Henry Hamilton's new
dramatization of sLes Trois Monsque-
taires."
Henry B. Smith, Edgar Smith and
Julian Mitchell went to Providence last
week to see 'The Christian" which they
will burlesque for Weber 4 Fields at the
same time they present their trayesty
upon "Cyrano de Bergerac."
Joseph Jefferson and others prominent
in the theatrical profession are arranging
the preliminary details for testimonial
to be rendered to c. W. Couldock, which
it is expected will take place some time
next month.
In ''The Little Host" Della Fox ap,
pears as swell youth about town in male
attire, in golf costume, and the raiment
OF her own sex. The company includes
r. E. Graham, Eugene O'Rourke John
Slavin, Hugh Chivers, Miss Mabel Bouton
and Miss Alice johnson.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Ezra
Kendall, at Mount Vernon, on October
Z. This is the sixth child. They have
four boys and two girls. The happy
little mother is professionally known al
Jennie Dunn. With her diminutivt
brother, Arthur, who played Dick Dead
eye, she was in Haverly's Juvenile Pima
fore company.
Sandow, the strong man. is now {
limited liability company, and, through
his own doing, too He has caused him
self to be capitalized at Sl25,00O, il
shares of S. EACH His assets are .
school of physical culture, monthly
magazine called Physical Culture, an(
his physical prowess. The public ha
been invited to take stock in the organi
zation.
The starring tour OF Melbourne Mac
dowell and Blanche Walsh, which wa
interrupted by the death of Mrs. Mac
dowell Fanny Davenport), will be re
sumed at Portland Me-, next Monday
"CIeopatra' will be the play. 81
Henry Irving and Sardou, whose play
Miss Davenport did so much to popu
larize in America, have sent fora
wreaths to be placed on the actress
grave.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie is compos
ing the incidental music for Irving's re
vival of "Richard II" and Edwin Abbey
is designing the scenery and dresses
Ellen Terry will play the Queen. Sh
will also have prominent part in tn
Sardou ''Robespierre," and will, o.
course, be Roxane when Sir Henry doe
''Cyrano de Bergerac." Sir Henry say
that he and Miss Terry will make ont
more professional visit to this country.
For several months electrical eng
neers and constructors have been at wOr
underneath the stage of the Drury LANE
Theatre in London putting up a plan
for the purpose of running the stage b.
electricity. 1t is claimed for the ney
system that when it is completed an
in working order the whole stage, n
matter how great or complicated the pre-
duction, can be handled by half doze
men. At present no less than $50 stag
hands are employed at Drurv Lane. |
the English playhouses four men ar
employed to do one mans work. The
receive something like 60 cents nigh
Sarah Bernhardt now announces ths
she will open her season at the Renai
sance in Paris with "Medee," new pla
written for her by Catulle Mendez. Sh
had intended to revive Octave Feuiller
''Julie," but will shelve it for the pre-
ent. lndeed,it it may be put aside for Ion
time to come, inasmuch as Sarah say
the second work of her new Parisia
season will be from the pen of Jea
Richepin. In this piece the leading chara
Ter is gypsy whose fierce, tempestuol
nature ought to fit Nine Berellardt lii
a glove. She and Richepin are goC
friends nowadays. Both OF them, wit
that excess Of plabiity which in persor
of less Importance would be called tickl
ness, have apparently forgotten all abo,
their little affair of the heart which can
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