The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-16
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that she will never act again. Her place
in the tristan combination with Fred
erick Warde and Louis James has been
filled by the engagement of Kathryn
K!dder
The tax on theatres in the war rev.
enue bill seems to pen the door to lit-
cation between the owners and lessees OF
theatres to determine which shall pay
the tax of 500 levied on theatres. BY
the terms of the bill, the "proprietors''
of theatres are named as the persons who
| shall pay, and lessees and managers will
no doubt therefore consider themselves
free from the exaction.
From present indications f. II. Sothern
and Virginia Harmed will be separated
in their theatrical career this fall. Mr..
Sothern has been contracted for to appear
in Philadelphia at the Broad Street Thea
| ire in the "Courtshp of Morris Buckler,"
| dramatized by Editor Clark. of the Cri-
terion. If this play succeeds it will he
subsequently presented ut the Lyceum
| Theatre. while Virginia Harmed will star
| In Lady Ursula. a."-Dramatic News and
| Times.
1t isn't so long ago that Lincoln ].
| Carter was playing blood and thunder
dramas In cheap theatres. New Workers.
| saw and heard but little of him. but they
are likely to see more of him next season,
| as Carter has been graduated to first
class houses and is booked for this city
| with his new play. Chattanooga"
| Young Carter toured the country in such
| thrillers as 1.-THE Fast Mail" "The Tor
nado" and "In the Heart of Chicago" He
began his career as property man and
later played small parts. Then he got am
! bilious and wanted to star and was
| laughed at He got enough money to
start on n tour and his fortune is now
| estimated at 100000.
| Jefferson De Angels contract with
| Ben Stevens to produce Strange and Ed
wards new comic opera His American
| Highness" under Stevens management,
| drives away any lingering hope that the
| three stars might continue together next
| season. 1t Is quite certain that Lillian
| Russell, Della Fox and Mr. De Angels
| attracted more attention when playing
together and it Is probable that each star
| made more money than he or she can
| earn alone. A new opera had been writ
| ten especially to suit their several dis
| positions, and all looked prosperous for
| another season together, when Senator
| Reynolds, of Brooklyn, who has "been
| the angel and who has not made any
| large sum out of it either, was surprised
| to have them ask for increased percent
| ages and few other inducements. Sena-
| tor Reynolds is not seriously interested
in the theatrical business any more.
| The story of yankee Doodle Dandy"
| the latest Offering to the public by the
| Casino of New York is said to possess
| trace OF the sentiment of love, without
| in the least neutralizing the extravagant
| vein OF the narrative. II will be correctly
| OWNED that the war with Spain enters
| into the action. but only enough to war
| rant the introduction of the military and
| naval characters in play. With the eXcep-
| tion or the final scene, which Is laid on
| Pennsylvania avenue, Washington. all else
| of the story runs i'm New York city,
| namely at the Battery, Printing House
| Square and the Twenty-third street Sta
| tion OF the Sixth Avenue Elevated.
| yankee Doodle Dandy" is the seventh
| consecutive work that Hugh Morton and
| Gustave Kerker have respectively writ
ten and composed for the Casino within
| the past three years, the list embracing
| "An American Beauty" "rThe WhirI of
the Town" The Belle OF New York"
''The Telephone Girl and Yankee
| Doodle Dandy" each and all of the pieces
| receiving George w, Lederers personal
| stage direction. In November next the
new Casino extravaganza, yankee
| Doodle Dandy" is to be transferred in
tact from that theatre 10 the Shaftes-
| bury in London, to succeed "The Belle of
| New York" which is now In its fourth
| month there. "The Belle OF New York"
| will then be given in the English PROV
inces with English players. the Amerl-
| can organization returning 10 New York
for appearace In the Casinos New Year
| production.