The times., 1899-09-17

attempted the role of Glory Quayle in
The Christian" Otis Skinner's THE Ii
ars" was previously utilized by Joha
Drew; Willie Collier has so far confne
his tour in Mr.. Smooth to an exceeding
ly small district; Blanche Walsh, who has
added a production OF &c .smonda" to thos
of Anthony and Cleopatra, Fedora, and
La Tosea," hitherto had given the crit
les an opportunity of judging her only in
the last three of Fanny Davenport repe;-
toire; Odette Tyler, whose decision that
she would take out .'Phroso" recently
startled her friends. has never before had
anything 10 do with that comedy, and
Pauline Halls projected revival OF q min
ie'' will be the first in many moons. These
individuals can 10 more be considered VITA
those who have nothing new to offer than
can the several just ahead. The
exception of all narrows the roster o the
settled to Jefferson de Ange-i is, wEo has
expressed no desire 10 drop THE Jolly
Musketeer' and The Wedding Day;
l.Chauncey 0lcctt, who will not venture be-
yond "a Romance of Athlone;" Engenis
Blair, whose time viii still be given up to
"A Lady of Quality" and -Divorcons;
Joseph Jefferson, whom a c-owbar couli
not pry away from THE Rivals Rip Van
Winkle" and THE Cricket on the H a. II;
Tim Murphy, who seems satisfied with the
puerile The Carpetbagger; Ca les Di k
son, whose "All Men Are Liars has been
siGetracked for another tIill OF Mistakes
Will Happen" Ada Rehan, who will cling
to her old DAILY repertoire; Matthews and
Bulger, who have not foIsaken BY the
Sad Sea Waves" Creston Clake whose
line of vehicles is not to be broadened by
a single addition; Denman Thompson, who
if he stars at all, viii star in THE Old
Homestead; Roland Reed, who has not
found anything superior to His Fathers
Boy" Katherine Germaine, whose operas
are to be 1.-The Fencing Master and The
Isle of Champagne" jessie Bar EFT Davis,
who will also stick to the old-tiu ers, and
Frederick Warde, who is to continue doin :
THE Lions Mouth" Francesca da Ri
mini" ''Virginius, "R3meo and Juliet"
"The Merchant Of Veniee," AMI Mac
BETH
The results Of an hour spent in catalogu-
ing the important folk who Will be seen
this year in unfamiliar pieces have proven
as valuable as the process was tedious.
Olga Nethersole is to bring before the pub
lie Clyde Fitch's dramatization of Alphonse
Daudet's "Sappho,' which she will do in
addition to The Protiigate,' and THE
Second Mrs Tanqueray." Brady & Zeig
field may also send out Sadie Martinot in
another version Of the same novel. Henry
Miller will tour the country in THE Only
! Way an adaptation by Rev. Freeman
Wills Of "a Tale of Two Cities,' while
Thomas q. Shea is to produce James Har-
kins' extract from the story, besides occa-
sionaIly presenting "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde, The Bells, "Richelieu," and 'tThe
Man n-o-War's Man" Alice Nielsen opens
at the Casino with Victor Herbert's THE
Singing Girl Annie Russell has begun
ba,. apt af IN,
Hobbs" Francis Wilson will bring "Cy-
rano de Bergerack' to the Knickerbocker.
and, whsn The Girl from Maxims" has
been removed from the Criterion, the ca
pable Julia Marlowe will occupy that stage
with Barbara Fritchie," subsequently ap-
pearing in '.Colinette, - When Knighthood
Was in Flower" and historic romance,
entitled La Refine Fiamette."
! Sir Henry Irving, who sails from Eng
| land shortly. has announced for his Anferi-
/ can jaunt the Lyceum success, Robes
| pierre" together with the principal sue
| cesses cf, his cid repertoire, while Ellen
| Terry may be seen during her visit in THE
/ Amber Heart" If Sarah Bernhardt con-
| cludes to try her fortunes on our side of
| the water, citizens of this republic will
! have their first opportunity of criticising
her much talked-of Hamlet while Jul
l
| ised production of Coquelin's More Than
| Queen" If John Hare's run at the London
! Globe does not reach expectations he may
migrate with THE Gay Lord Quex," this
season instead of next Mr. and Mrs. Ken
| dal quit the British provinces Immediately
! that they may test THE Elder Miss Bios
SOM on these shores, while the return
| of Nat c.. Goodwin and De Wolf Hopper is
| still conditional-in the one case condition
al upon Mr.. Goodwin's idea as to whether
or not his compatriots will tolerate Clyde
! Fitch's 'The Cowboy and the Lady; "
| in the other upon~the lasting qualities OF
| Mr. Hopper's foreign hit If the comedian
does decide upon filling his local engage
| ments he will offer here Sousa and Klen's
! latest work, General Gamma Taking
for granted the truth of recent reports. E
| S. Willard may also be expected within q
| few months. Mr. Willard is really anxious
| to see the United States again and may bs
| depended upon to come back at the earliest
| possible moment
From the Shakespearian actors and ac-
| tresses we are not to anticipate much,
their field having recently been invaded