The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-09
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Miss Helen Lowell has been engaged
to play Polly Love" in THE Christian
the part made vacant by the sad death OF
Ethel Marlowe.
Lebler & Co., the managers of Miss
Viola Allen in 1.-THE Christian" have
made a contract with Israel Zangwill,
the noted Hebrew writer, to produce his
forthcoming play. "Childrcn of the Ghet-
to-" founded on his widely-read novel OF
the same title This is the result of ne
gotiations extending ever one year, which
were only completed on Mr.. Zangwills
arrival in this country for his present
lecturing tour. Mr.. Zangwill is to have
the play completed next April. 1t viii be
presented at a Broadway tneater IN Oc-
tober. 1899. The piece will be distinct
novelty. dealing entirely with Hebrew
types Of character The story Will be en-
tirely on comedy lines and will. 1t is pre-
dicted, prove as strong an attraction as
"The Christian"
Della Fox, the sprightly eX-comic opera
artist who recently achieved some noto-
riety while in this city is again making
bid for fame. A St. Louis dispatch says:
Della Fox, the comic opera star, ana
Hugh Chilvers, her tenor and leading
man, have adopted a peculiar method or
announcing their engagement to be mar
ried. They are nothing If not unConNen-
tional. The huge three-shcet posters used
to advertise Miss Fox's appearance in
"The Little Host" at one of the leading
thcaters here, contains in Elittering let
ters the information that she will shortly
take the young tenor for better or worse.
Mr.. Chilvers is from Detroit. His brother
is the author OF the play in which Miss
Fox is now appearing. For more than
year there have been reports that the lit
tie singer more than fancied the hand
some tenor"
Mice Viola AIIa,, In 1'The Christian"
| played an engagement at the Columbia
theater in Brooklyn last week, breaking
all records of receipts at regular prices.
Monday evening she began an indefinite
run at the Garden theater. New York,
which will undoubtedly continue until
| late in April. The great advance sale at
| the Garden theater. the demand extend
| ing a month ahead, indicates that Miss
Allen will continue her record breaking
career at this house. The success of 1.-The
Christian Is hardly appreciated by thu
casual reader of theatrical news. Miss
Aliens receipts for the fOrty-nine per-
formances she played at the Knicker-
booker theater, beginning October TO- were
| $79.642 Previously to opening at the
Knickerbockcr theater she played to S20-
| SIS in Albany, Washington and Provi-
dence in eighteen performances, making
| her receipts for 81 pei formances 800 o,5T.75,
or an average of Sl,501.17 for each per-
| ever made by a dramatic attraction at
| regular prices in America.
Miss Terry has also been giving her
| opinions of the qualities necessary to
| make good actress. She says: First,
| a good heart. | don't believe anyone can
| act well unless they have a good heart.
The best players are those who best un-
| derstand and sympathize with their fell
lows Madame Sarah is a great-hearted
woman. Three other qualities are neces-
| sary before the art of emotion can make
| itself felt and these are imagination In
| dlviduality and industry. Imagination
| will give the insight required to make an
| actor one with the character he is assum-
| ing: individuality, if sufficiently devcl-
| oped, will enable him to hold any audi
| encc, and industry-wcll, without this no
one ever became an artist on the stage
| or In the studio. / don't mean to say that
| beauty is not an immense aid to an act
ress in a successful theatrical career.
| Still, you can get on without beauty. but
| 1t is impossible for an actress to achieve
| any distinction without ina gnation, in-
| dividuality and industry. After all, so
| far as the stage is concerned, beauty has
| not much more power than to win IA
vorabIe criticism. 1t can attract people
| 1t can make them, perhaps, come once
| again--but 1t cannot make them stay.
| Have you, then. these three Is: lmaeina-
tion. industry, individuality"
! Hutakmee, the Indian Princess, who Is
| with the Bowery Burlesquers, is a most
| interesting young woman. She has a
| stately bearing that attracts attention
| and she has been the center of eyes in
| all cities the company has visited this
| season. Gutakmec has mad many adVcn-
| lures during her life ana some of them
| have been very thrilling. but she prefers
| not to talk Of them. 1t il of her stage
| life that sho likes to speak and it may
| be mentioned right here that few wo-
| men on the stage today take the interest
| in their work that Nutakmee does. Even
| If Yutakmee We're the ugliest of mortals
instead of the very beautiful woman she
| Is her voice would command attention
! from any lover of music. She takes high
c with perfect ease and holds it until the
echoes ring from all parts of the theatcr
Those who have heard her and some of
them are numbered among the leading
musical critics OF the country, declare
that Yutakmec's voice is marvellous.
| Proof of the power of her voice has over
| an audience is found i'm the fact that she
comes on the stage just before the cur
| tain falls OH the last act of the burlesque
and holds every person III their seats.
| Frequently the people have refused TO
| leave the house until she came before
the curtain and bowed her acknowledge
ment of tho vociferous applause her voice
| brought out.
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