The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17

THE Christian" Joseph Jefferson in
THE rivals" and Manager Wendell
schaefer's production of Sousa's best
opera, The bride elect" on Sept. 20.
Roland Reeds new play will be tried
in Kansas City Oct. o. It is called
'The American eagle" that being the
name of newspaper of which Reed is
editor. Isadore Rush plays a wealthy
eastern widow, who falls in love with
him. Besides the principal plot the
piece contains two pretty love stories.
1t will not be tried east until next sea-
son.
The win of Fanny Davenport has
been probated. 1t divides $4,000 equal
ly betw cen her three sisters and her
brothers. Edgar L. and Harry, leaves
5000 to George Mcdowell, son of Mel
bourne Mcdowell, and bequeathes to
her husband her library, her manu-
script plays and the residue of her es-
tate.
A melodrama based on the North
ampton bank robbery has been sold by
its author, Elmer Grandin, to Frank L.
Perley and George Bowles. 1t will be
tried in Worcester later in the season.
Sydney Carton" James w. Harkins'
adaptation of "A Tale Of Two Cities, .
was tried in New Bedford last week by
Thomas e. Shea, for whom the play
ed the critics and public of that city.
Boyd Putnam mas been released by
w. H. Crane in order to accept a po-
sition as leading man with Joseph JEFF
ferson.
Herbert Kelley and Effie Shannon
have secured a new four-ac play by
Mildred Bowling, based upon Lorna
Doone."
James K. Hackett will reappear in
ATavx-
Oct. 2, opening in Rupert of Hentzau, "
and probably presenting his new play,
THE pride of Jennico,' a fortnight
later
Jefferson D'Angelis has engaged Ora
cha Quive for the prima donna in 1.-The
jolly musketeer,' as Hilda Hollins
who was to sing it, is seriously i'll at
her home in Yonkers and very likely
will not act this season.
George w. Lederer, it is said, may
produce in London new musical COM
edy by Hugh Morton and Gustave Kerr
ker, called THE wire walker"
Francis Wilson and Lulu CHASER pre-
sented in Montreal last Monday night
their operate version of "Cyrano de
Bergerac," of which Victor Herbert
wrote the music. Both the stars were
probably nervous, but scored sue
cesses.
Marie Burroughs threatens to resign
her position as Stuart Robson's leading
woman because she strongly objects to
some of her lines in her part in THE
gadf1y." This play, as nearly every
body knows, is theological in character
and Miss Burroughs, in the role of a
skeptic, is compelled to make speeches
which might be construed as almost
blasphemous. At her request the Of
fensive lines were cut out, but she un-
derstands the management designs I'd
restore them.
Richard Mansfield will open his sea-
son in ''Cyrano" in Boston on Oct. 2, in
stead of Chicago, as announced.
Cissie Lotus resigned her position at
Weber and Fields last week because
she was dissatisfied with her part. Di-
rectly afterward she accepted an offer
to return to England and play the
leading role in new comedy by H. H
Marshall, author of His excellency the
governor" If Cfssie makes. a hit in
this she will bid final farewell to
vaudeville and probably also to Amer
lea.
Adelaide Manola, the beautiful young
daughter of Marion Manola, has gone
on the stage, and is playing ingenues
in stock company in Chicago. AIDE
laide is grave, siuuous and dark-eyed
beauty, as like her mother was ten
years ago as any daughter could ask.
Miss Manola has been in rather mer-
rily tinged state of gloom over her
stage name, for her father, Mr. Mole,
objected to the use of his cognomen as
a footlight designation, so Miss Mole
took her talented mothers name and
was instantly assailed by that busy
and charming branch of the
family, because Marion, who looks
to be about tired and 20, would not
listen to the candid program
announcement that she had a
child old enough to play bankers
daughters and adventuresses in a
stock company. Meantime, poor little
Adelaide shrugs her shoulders respect
fully at the plants of her two parents
and wears the fashionable nom de stage
made desirable years ago by her i'm
perishable mamma. Marion is with
the Wilbur Opera Company, playing
between meals and after bedtime in the
continuous places of song, and Miss
Adelaide smiles a long, beautiful scarlet
smile and keeps her name liscreetly
in the background until mater grad
yates from her spasm of youthful as
pirations.
George w. Lederer advertised last
week for 100 shapely young girls to
~EPSoA III NllS MAN IN The
Moon" The notice was inserted in
Boston, Philadelphia and Washington
papers. Out of the hundreds Of re-
plies received, every applicant described
herself as IS years old, with lovely
teeth, perfect form, shapely shoulders
gorgeous eyes and luxuriant hair, but
somehow the majority of photographs
inclosed failed to bear out the writer's
statements.
Charles Frohman is said to be nego-
tiating for the services Of the Earl of
Yarmouth, whose recent efforts in the
line of private theatricals at Newport
have been occupying some attention.
George w. Lederers new Boston the
atre, the Columbia, will be formally on
ened on Oct %, with a revised version
of I'm Cay Paree." A stock COM
pany for carrying ON the house was re-
Gently Incorporated in New York, with
a capital of $250, 900.
Charles Frohman yesterday secured
the dramatic rights to Winston
Churchilrs novel. "Richard Carvel.''