The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-22
Notes of the Stage.


Col. Robert G. Ingersol will denver ms
new lecture on superstition at EnSi i7il
next Sunday night
Maxine Elliott has made the hit of Good
wins play. Nathan Hale which has been
well received in New York
1.-THE Turtle" risque play from the
French. is closing run Of nearly six months
at the Manhattan Theater, New YORK
"Aristocracy" and "Mr. Barnes of New
York. are among the prominent plays to
be put on soon by the Grand Stock Com
pany.
William Gillette has resumed work on
Conan Doyle detective drama the first draft
of which. was l.burHed in The BALDWIN f1otei
fire in San Francisco.
Work in some of the cut-rate stock com
NAMES grows harder for the actors AT an
Albany theater the play is changed twice
week and two performances are gwen uallS'
Ada Rehan has apparently disappointed
everybody in Nine. Sans Gene. The New
York Sun says it looked as if she had de-
liberately intended to show her disapproVal
of the part.
Miss Margaret Reid, formerly of Indian
apolis, is now leading soprano at LAege'
Belgium, in the opera. She has won the en-
thusiastic applause Of the pupuc III lhls
"cradle-town of famous musicians
J. J. Rosenthal will produce two new
farces in addition to Browns in Town
next season. One will be by Mark p. Swan,
the author of Brown" and the other by
Chas Horwitz and called How wilkins
Got Married"
Because She Loved Him So" has been
made such success at the Madison square
Theater that Mr. Frohlnan will arrange to
give Mr.. George A. Broadhursts play, The
Last Chapter" an opening at the GARDEN
Theater instead of at the Madlson-square.
The tour of Madame Modjeska so far this
season is said to have been the most profit
able she has had for many years. That she
is increasing rather than losing her patron
age must be more than gratifying TO TINS
great artist and 1t is evidently squirting her
to greater endeaVor.
Charles Dalton, who returns this week
with the Sign of the Cross" company, has
received f1attering offers to tour this coun-
try in a repertoire of plays of the tragic
and heroic character, but prefers to con-
tinue in the part of Marcus Superbus which
he has played for the last three seasons.
Edith Crane, who used to act Maria in
..The School for Scandal" Rosaline in
Loves Labor Lost" and Mrs Gaylustre
in 1.-THE Cabinet Minister" at Days the
alter, has been recently engaged TO play I'M I'M
4.
acts Milady in The Kings Musketeer' to
Sothern's d'Artagnan
The Park is to have "Cyrano de Berge-
rfc" Feb. 9. 10 and II, when quite an elab-
crate production of the famous French
drama will be given at the usual popular
nrices Mansheld's appearance in "Cyrano
will only satisfy very small proportion OF
theater- goers who wish to see the play, and
it's engagement at the Park Wlll' thefe-
fore prove a very popular one
A professional matinee was given in Chi
cago the other day of Way Down East,
bv Mr.. William A. Brady to the Alice Mel
son Opera Company, e. H. Sothern Com
many and Browns in Town" company.
The general public was barred coInpleteiy
and only professionals witnessed the per
Torrance, which was huge success Inc
theater fairly Vibrated with applause.
The tour of Eugene Blair in "A Lady of
Quality" under the direction of w. NJ.
WiIkison, win open Jan so. Miss Arthur
only has the rights to the play in the terri
tory in which she is now booked, and when
includes but a few towns in New England,
nothing north of Chicago or west OF St'
Louis Ernest Albert, one or the most ar
fistic scenic artists in New YORK, IS at
work on the production in which MISS Blair
will be seen.
Barbara Huntley, who as the Empress
Poppea in The Sign of the Cross" wears
such a profuson of giittering jewels that
she seems an appropriate wife for, the ex-
travagant Roman ruler, has among ner most
priced possessions a beautiful paste orlla-
rnent left to her father, well-known Eng
lish actor, by Charles keane. A Louis II
order which also belonged to keane, was
given by Miss Huntley TO Sir Henry Irving
Miss Gertrude Hauk, of Chicago, an In
dianapoHs girl. will give dramatic recital
at Plymouth Church, in this city, on Thurs
day evening Jan. IS. Miss Hauk will give
readings from the works of Bulwer Lytton,
James Wl3iteomb Riley, James De Mile
authors Miss Jeanette Durno, pianiste Of
the famous Chicago Orchestra, viii assist
Miss Hauk. Their programme should surely
attract all lovers of good literature and
music.
1.-The Turtle has grown green with age in
New York. where it has outlasted all farci-
cal competitors, and. after six months Of
enormous business scrambles on tour,