The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03

the Earth, by Joseph Arthur, to be done
at Wallack's, is rustic American drama OF
war times.
At St Petersburg a stock company has
been formed for the purpose of erecting and
running large theaters in all the larger
cities of Russia. where good performances
will be given at popular prices Popular
priced houses In this country are beginning
TO cut into the business of the high-class
given at 10000 houses is already equal to
many that play for 81, and when the public
has once learned that good entertainment
may be had for a reasonable price II VIII be
all day. with $l.50 theatricals.
Paul M. Potter's new play-the first since
his highly triumphant stage setting of 'Tril-
by''-is to be produced at the Empire Thea
ter, New York, tonight following John
Drew, whose engagement closed Saturday
1T is entitled THE Conquerors. An inter-
esting feature of the performance was TO be
the debut. on. the stage of Miss Edythe
Wentworth Skerrett, daughter of the late
been engaged by Charles Frohman Miss
Skerrett, a Washington belle, is only eight
cen years old. She will appear in small
role in one of the sensational scenes OF the
play if her mother RECEIVERS from a serious
illness that has now greatly changed the
plans of Miss Skerrett.
Sardous new play is called Pamela, la
Marchande de Frivolites,'' and deals with the
life and death of the poor little Dauphin,
called by the French royalists Louis XVII.
OF course, the plot has to do with an attempt
to rescue the Inflated son of Louis XVI from
the temple. The title role is to be under
taken by Nine Rejane and that of the
Dauphin by little girl twelve years old
For these two characters some moving
scenes have been written, which, it is grave
~ declared, drew tears from the eyes of
Sardou himself when he read them to the
assembled vaudeville company week before
last, There IRE no fewer than thirty-six
speaking parts in the piece, of which fifteen
still remain unallotted. OF course, nearly
all the well-known personages of the period
will be upon the stage among whom
Napoleon and Josephine will make brief
appearance.
Accidents on the stage are quite rare and
the one that happened to Comedian Dan
DAILY, in THE Belle of New York. at the
Boston Park Theater, last Monday night,
was quite serious. Near the finale of the first
act there is a lively chase, in which Mr.
DAILY is pursued by William Morris, the pair
running behind the scenes and heller SHELTER
around the stage. In the rush Mr. DAILY
makes an aerial entrance from the fly gal
iery at the left of the stage while clinging
to wire. He had scarcely cleared the
wings in his swing and was suspended about
a dozen feet in the air when the wire broke,
throwing him heavily to the stage. He land
ed on his feet, but the momentum carried
him with such force that he fell on the back
or MS head, and he was rendered uncon-
scious. at the hospital he was found to be
suffering from concussion of the brain
The new play which Julia Marlowe will
produce in the second week of her engage
ment at the New York Knickerbocker Thea
ter is called Countess Valeska," and the
heroine is that fascinating Polish lady, Ma
RE Walewska or Valeska, who was so close
ly connected with the Emepror Napoleon
from the zenith of his glory till his down.
fall. Much has been published about Va
leska in the recent flood of Napoleon books.
and she has been presented to readers of
histories and memoirs in various guises and
from diverging points of view. Mason and
others make her a veritable heroine of ro-
nance, and as such she will appear of
course, when Miss Marlowe portrays her
There seems to be no doubt that Valeska
was sincere, affectionate and disinterested
and that she was one of the few of Ma
poleon's intimates who profited little by his
bounty. Countess Valeska was a prominent
character in the episode Napoleon play
made for Richard Mansfield by Lorimer
Stoddard. and Katherine Grey then imper-
SOn9fQd her