Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-05
Plays and


Roland Reed is appearing in His Fathers
Boy
Robert Downing is to star in The Com
mander."
Maude Adams and John Drew have vague
plans for London, with no time set.
The Christian" in which Viola Allen
plays the chief part, will begin the twenty
first week of its New York run tomorrow.
A good many professional critics believe
that Hon. John Grigsby' is the best play
that Sol Smith Russell has ever appeared in.
Arthur W. Pinero's new play, The Gay
Lord QueN,' is nearly ready for production
by John Hare at the Globe theater in Lon
don.
Sarah Bernhard charges only 20 cents
for a stall for the poetic Rotations which
she is giving every afternoon at her new
theater.
The censor has declined to grant a license
for the production Of Mile. Fiji in London.
A censor would not be a bad thing for
America.
Buffalo Bills Wild West and Congress of
Rough Riders of the World will begin an en-
gagement in Madison Square garden on
March %.
The Chinese opera, "san-Lin,' founded on
Chester Bailey Fernald's The Cat and the
Cherub,' has been produced at Breslau,
Germany, with much success.
Joseph o'Mara introduced Reginald De
Koven's new composition, The Columbine
Song in The Three Dragons" at the
Broadway theater last Thursday.
Annie Russell is not to act this spring in
London. Charles Frohnlan has decided that
Catherine is not strong enough for q
foreign city in which Miss Russell's popu-
larity is not as well established as il is here.
Bertha Creighton. Miss Berkely, Walter
D.. Greene and Wilson Enos of the Wood
ward Stock company, Kansas City, have
been engaged to appear at a series Of
dramatic breakfasts shortly TO be given
in that city.
Anna Held and The French Maid are
obtaining substantial favor at the Columbia,
Chicago. Miss Held will find a congenial
part next season in "Papa's Wife" a fea-
ture of the famous Judic repertoire rewrit-
ten by Harry B.. Smith.
Lillian Russell was born on December 4,
1861, in Clinton, la. She made her first ap-
pearance on the stage as a professional in
the chorus of the Park theater. Brooklyn,
and Joined Rice's "Evangeline" company
in the fall of 1878 as a principal singer.
Henry r.. Jewett, formerly leading man
with Julia Marlowe, is now playing John
Storm in support OF Viola Allen in The
Christian at the Garden theater in New
York and will be seen in this role during
the run of that play at the Boston Museum.
Mr.. Jewett has also played in support of
Richard Mansfield and other stars.
A bill introduced at Albany contains among
its other provisions a clause which requires
IIldudesIS W put III the Summing TOOu
sign when their theaters have no more unoc-
cupied seats. The humor of this will be
understood by those aware of the eagerness
with which a notice Of this kind is exhibited
when there is the slightest occasion for it.
II. A. Du Souchet has written a serious
play. 1t is a four-act drama and the scene
is laid in the colonial period. This is the
first dramatic work Mr.. Du Souchet has at
tempted since he broke into the field OF the
atrical writing with My Friend from In
dia." And when you come TO think it over,
says Leander Richardson, he hasn't done
very much of any kind that was effective.
Marie Wainwright. who is playing in the
West in Shall We Forgive Herr" said re-
Gently that her financial troubles which
caused her to file a petition in bankruptcy
date back several years to the production OF
The School for Scandal, " Amy Robsart'
and The Social Swim" Miss Wainwrlgh
will visit Europe next summer and next sea-
son she expects to appear in a new play.
in all probability under the management of
JaCOh Lift.