The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-29

London again, and going the round Of
the popular plays In 1856 Charles Dill
Ion played D'Artegnan; Mrs. Bucking-
ham White, Anne of Austria; Mrs.
Weston, Lady de. Winter; Miss Wool
gar afterwards Mrs,alssAlfred Mellon),
Constance; Mr.. Stuart Richelieu, and
Mr.. J. G. Shore, Buckingham.
Haddon Chambers "a lthor of Cap
tain Swift. 1.-The 81 ItfIer," "John-a-.
Dreams and the neH, play for. Charles
Wyndham. 1.-The TyraHpy of Tears"
and part author of,zsome picturesque
melodramas, is an Australian by birth.
Barnato.
Eleonora Buses fist a;stt: appearance as
Hedda Gabler was made short time
ago in Lisbon. where at each Of four
performances the receipts amounted 10
$4,000. She had Cancelled her Madrid
engagements on account Of the war.
but was persuaded TO sgo to Lisbon.
ELS g..
Following the modern examples of
many other successful fiovelists. Miss
Beatrice Harraden has decided to write
a play. She has sketched out, her plot
and created her characters with a spe-
cial view to the requirements of Miss
Ellen Terry, with whom she has been
in consultation on the subject.
A new play by Hal Reid, called
'Knobs O. Tennessee" will be produced
at the New York Academy of Music to-
morrow night. Lincoln j. Carter. who
has purchased the piece, will give it a
grand scenic production. The locale Of
the play is the Tennessee mountains.
and the characters are indigenous to
that romantic region. Mr.. Reid. the
author, will take the part Of Joe Pres
ton. 800
Primrose and West have separated
after many years Of partnership, and
George Primrose will be seen with Lew
DcckStader next season.
Sydney Resented writes from Vienna
that he has completed ARRANGEMENTS
with Mark Twain, who is living in the
Austrian capital, whereby they will
collaborate on new comedy that Mr..
Clemens has already formed the rough
draft Of. If it is half so successful as
''Pudd'n' head Wilson" another treat is
anticipated. -.
Following the modern examples Of
many other successful. novelists Miss
Beatrice Harraden has decided to write
play. She has sketched out her plot
and created her characters with
special view to the requirements of
A'AAsoo i<iASiA 1CAiys Will W1lOIu size mas
been in consultation on the subject.
Among other features Of a series of
fetes organized at Bangkok to cele-
brate the return of the king Of Siam
from his European travels, was "spe-
c1aP' theatrical performance, which
began at p. m. and ended at a. m.
About $4,000 artists took part, not TO
mention elephants, tigers horses and
other beasts of the forest" The king.
surrounded by the high dignitaries of
the state, sat out the performance.
The first part which Miss Evelyn
Millard will play under the manage
ment of Charles Frohman will be that
OF Lady Ursula in Anthony Hopes
Adventures Of Lady. Ursula which
will be produced in the Duke of York's
theater in London next October. 1t is
said to be Mr.. Frohman's intention to
engage complete English company.
which will be seen in New York later
On. -
Clyde Fitch is not the, first dramatist
to put Nathan Hale into a play. Our
revolutionary hero was the central fig
ure of a drama written twelve years
ago by Edmund Kellett and Samuel
A. MckeeVer, and performed princi-
E.pally in the. theaters of the class fire.,
souented by the Bowery boy Nathan
Hale was played by Joseph P. Winter,
and the cast also contained Charles
Foster, the actor-dramatist, in the role
Of Col. Knowlten, and Mile Sackett
as Defiverance Perkins