Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-20

OylnS IN ner arms 1mIQSOlaIGly dltGT~ dIuS.
st. Louis Republic.
A great Shakespeare wave seems to a
writer in the Philadelphia Ledger to be
sweeping over the theatrical world on the
other side Of the Atlantic: In London at
the present time. though the
A Shake. season has only just opened.
there are three great REVEALS
spe.re.n a esty'sa : Ssssaf' a e Her A sa't
SesiSai. Nothing at the st. James
and :.The Merchant Of Venice
Is is 1 nos i %improbabIa at "F the A ahd Slie In
France. at the Coincide Franchise. a new
version Of "othello,' by N. H%enriauet, has
h been M bfdiile6; whil N,s both IRishard d la.I la aaa
translated by NJ. Armand Silvestre) have
been sent to the committee of examination
f for im 1aRea Fsadirg' a MD t "Maebe Koeer to
Berlin, Munich. Frankfort, Hanover and
Hamburg, and at the Burg theater in VI
vi" Second parD have already been set
tied. In st. Petersburg the Theater of the
Artistic and Literary Society. is giving
Julius Caesar" and Hamlet" while dur,
Like 1t" and The Two Gentlemen of We
roma" are to make their appearance Tor
the fist time. Not that the United States
ing the present year Richard Mansfield has
played "Richard ILL.," Julia Marlowe and
Ada Rehan have both been heard in AS
" LINN =, aio AAo ioStSi Ia AAS
ry Wive of Windsor as well. Margaret
Mather has presented "Cymbeline" and
Romeo and Juliet" while Nine. Modjeska
Macbeth" Seven Shakespearean plays in
the first two months of the year. A short
time ago. when Mr.. .Beerbohm Tree an
nounced q professional matinee of Julius
Caesar" he received over $500 applications
for seats, and the capacity OF his theater
Is only leo. &: NJ r. T5a Trees ss,n next to Shake ! ear
that has been greatly neglected Of late
years. although in the title role nave been
found Garrisk. Sheridan. Delane. Barry,
Charles Kean and Creswick.
It is a singular fact that Indirectly Robert
G. Ingersoll should be responsible for the
drama, 1.-THE Sign of the Cross" Easter
Sunday of 1894 both Wilson
Inger.ol Barrett and Colonel IngersoIl
-N,- were at the Southern hotel.
Religious Play Baessford Of the St. Louis Re
public. called on the actor.
of a tiny down-covered chicken that he had
just received as an appropriate Easter Of
fering.
length Mr.. Graham said that he would like
to introduce Mr.. Barrett to Colonel 1nger-
soil. A few moments later the two men
drifted onto the subject Of religion. Colonel
1ngersoll has very decided ideas on the
equally decided. although entirely different.
opinions. The argument ended as such ar
guments invariably do-neither convinced
the other. and only strengthened his W
Unlike most religious discussions. how
ever, the matter did not end with the argu-
Journalists sat down to supper in the ac-
tors room they found him full of a new
subject: On hat occasion quail and W vine
his guests ate he talked. At will write. a
play he said. ''that will appeal to the
same classes that Colonel 1ngersolis lee
ligion across the footlights. I will show
across the same footlights the beauty and
strength and purity Of that faith"
conceived the idea Of his play. he presented
Of the Cross" It ran for over two years
II aeanSa' t and N never nss G befors 20 SAW I'VE a .n stage
performance. Ministers and priests have
written and preached Of the power for
good Of the play q ana a. IN ca a Teeent n Letter pr to
senting THE Sign of the Cross" in this
country a Washington clergyman wrote:
.WSy I PAY AN as an Al Agn aesaea''' He Hat' did not
know that unintentionally. Colonel Ingersoll
had furnished this agreeable antidote him.
self.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Mr.. Joseph Farrell; OF the musical de-
partment Of the Kansas State university
at Lawrence, and who is well remembered
in this city as an accomplished violinist.
has Just returned from a
l,.., years work In Florence, TIA
ly, where he studied both
FarreIps voice n violin. He has a
No.. capital baritone voice and Is
Return said to have made great
progress. His home is in
L~eavenworth. although he returns to his
to get himself established in Kansas City
and will hereafter spend one day each
week here. and additional time as soon as
italy may be gathered from the following
| comments in the Italian Gazette:
I'm one Of the villas outside of Porta
tertainments. was given on New Years
day before a distinguished audience a
delightful parlor recital. The chief inter-
artists. Messrs. Farrell and sobeski. The
former possesses a fine baritone voice Of
extensive range and sang both Italian and
reIi is also ranked here in Italy among our
very best violinists. and has studied under
Herr Schradieck in the conservatory Of
LEIPZIG and with Max Bendix, of New
| York. His playing was heartily applauded
by the italian critics present"
On the way home Mr.. Farrell stopped
ger. the greatest authority on English ora
torio in the world.
In New York Professor Farrell was en-
tertained by Morris Reno, manager Of
| Plunkett Green and who was also the silent
| partner of DR.. Leopold Damrosch. the pro-
moter Of the great musical enterprise of
critics Of that city. He had a letter Of in
PRODUCTION to MIR. David Bispham. the
| famous American baritone of the New
| York and London grand opera, and
| one Of the most popular American baritones
or the operate stage. Mr.. Bispham was
much pleased with his voice. He also sang
Festival Orchestra tours.
II IT be true, as has been said. that the
reason why Miss Viola Allen will not APP
| pear as leading woman at the Empire next
season is because in the new play, "Phro-
So she would in one act have
,, to appear in the clothes of a
riota A"en Greek boy, with a skirt ex-
nay Leave tending only to her knees, it
most estimable actress had
strained at a gnat after swal-
lowing the largest sort of a camel. Phro-
so is a sweet and jolly girl. and even sans
petticoats a much more respectable and
charming person than the heroine whom
The Conquerors' this year. That Miss AL
len could both play and look this part is
not the question: but If it is a mere ques-
ton Of modesty. Miss Allen could easily OBJ
tain a special dispensation from the
Twelfth Night Gu to sanction her appear
ance, and moreover she has only to dive
back three years into theatrical history to
find a distinguished precedent for her per-
formance in the person of that most staid
and dignified of actresses. Miss Georgia
Cayvan. Who is there that has forgotten
the sensation that the announcement tina,