The times., 1898-02-13
ton with a stock company at the Co.

ton with a stock company at the CO.
lumba Theater.
II hope to go back to Washing
ton next summer for run with
stock company" he said. And when
/ do. / expect to surprise the city with
new find that ! have made. You re-
member Charlie Mackay, who was in
Washington several seasons ago with
a stock company? / am told Charlie
Mackay made quite hit with the mat
inee girls and that he had numerous
mask notes after each performance.
Well, if the girls of Washington fell in
love with Charlie, just wait until they
see his younger brother. Eddie Mack
ay. who Will be the jeune premier III
my company next summer at the CO.
lumbia. ] met Eddie for the first time
in months the other day and saw kim
play a leading part in a comedy. / was
struck with him at once and put his
name down on my list forthwith. He
is young. handsome, energetic, has
good stage presence. cute little mus
tache, a pleasing manner and more
than that knows what constitutes real
comedy on the stage. He is just
twenty-three years old and has only
been on the stage for about two years,
but is already right up at the top. Oh.
l expect 10 make a sensation among
mer.
TIE matinee girls when bring Edward
Mackay TO Washington next sum
/ can vouch for every word uttered
by Mr. Barrows, for |, too, have seen
Edward Mackay act. and he certainly
excels his brother in Juvenile roles.
"Oh, Susannah,'' the latest farce COM
edy of Mr.. Charles Frohman's uGncn or
new productions. was roundly scored
by the critics on its first presentation
l.. IHlrrvra afg.,r
but, in spite of that fact. it has been
drawing more money than any play
seen at Hoyt's Theater since Mrs Lou
ise Thorndyke- Boucicault appeared
there with Robert Hilliard in "A New
Yorker" The play is one of the Jane"
order. the principal character being
typical London slavey. who talks an
awful cockney dialect. and does all
manner of ridiculous things. She is
named Aurora, and is played by Jo-
sephine Hall-she likes Josie" much
better. but I should sooner risk her
displeasure than call her that. Miss
Hall is duplicating the reputation made
in the naughty Girl From Paris,
when it was produced here last year.
The Lyceum Theater Company, head
ed by James X, Hackett, appeared
Tuesday afternoon in u special matt
nee of Pinero's play, The Princess
and the Butterfly" This was the first
performance in which Mr.. Hackett
has taken part since his recent serious
illness and the event was hailed with
much glee by the hundreds of young
girls in New York, who idolize Mr..
Hackett, in spite of the fact that in
self-defense against aYalanches of
notes. he had to announce that he and
Miss Mannering were married. This
reason for his marriage has never yet
been printed but / am told on good
authority that Miss Mannering had
the announcement made in order that
silly young girls would stop writing
protestations of their love for the
handsome Lyceum Theater actor. But
if anything, the letters come faster
than before. and the silly young girls
don't seem to care a rap whether Mr.
Hackett is married or not Heaven
help them!
The Criterion Independent Thea~r,
which is an organization by which
plays are acted solely for arts sake is
about to start up again. 1t went bank
rupt about a month ago, when Mr.. E.
J. Henley, the stage director, skipped
out for Europe. leaving numerous debts
behind. About the same time, wild
der lady, Mrs. G. l.. Davidson, who
performances, decided that she was not
getting sufficient returns for the in
vestment of her funds. Under the cir
cumstances, the CriterioniteS stopped
producing plays that were educators,
but not money makers. Now the In
dependent Theater has been reorgan-
lied with people like Vance Thompson,
Henri Dumay, and other well-known |
Criterionites, who are habitually at |
tired in long hair, as directors of the J
AS it is, the Criterion Independent |
Theater may win on its merits; some |
thing impossible in the past. because it |
hadn't any. 1t proposes to utilize the
used by the money-making ele-
ment of theatrical managers, and will |
charge regular admission prices, engag-
ing the theater by the week and allow
ing each play to run that length of time
The first experiment under the new re-
gime will be made during the week of
February 2S at the Berkeley Lyceum.
Madame Modjeska is now in the sec
0nd week of her fourth annual farewell
tour, at the Fifth Avenue Theater Her
fifth annual farewell tour will commence
next November, according to present re-
port. WILL A. PAGE.
6.or,;np Cnnnnrt