The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-11
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

This season Louis james is giving ocCa-
sional performances of Bob. Acres in
"Thc Rivals"
Sarah Truax, who dcbuts as star
next fan i'm New York, has the record of
having played frty-two parts in one sea
son. while the leading actress of west
CIn stock company.
Annie Sutherland, WHO is now playing
the leading part of Joscpha, the Hostess,
in AT the White Horse Tavern" 50
cleverly, will probably fiji engagements
I'm London and Paris next season.
Zelma Rawlston has closed successful
four weeks engagement in London, and
is now on the ocean tn route to Now
York. She debuts as a star next month,
in new comedy which has been written
for her
William Humphrey, the Napoleon OF
Julia Arthur's More than Queen"
played a small part in the original pro-
duction of The Village Postmaster at
the Fourteenth Street theater in New
York four years ago.
Joseph Jefferson's company this season
includes Miss FfOlliot PaEct, Elsie Les
lie. Werner Charges. George Denham, Jo-
seph jefferson. jr, William jefferson, and
jefferson Winter, a son of Mr.. William
Winter. Mr.. Charles b. jefferson is the
manager.
81 believe that The Liars is one of the
cleverst things on the stage" says Otis
Skinner, "and 7 expect a great deal from
it. There is not much to the story, but
the manner of telling it is ideal. And
after all it is the fashion in which a yarn
is spun that makes it tolerable. The
simplest and least consequential of plots
can be so brought out as to make it
seem delicious"
Zema Rawlston's forthcoming debut as
a star will be made in New York and
under her own management. There will
| be no hacker and no business manager.
Miss Rawlston's play is called "A Daugh-
| ter of the Sierrds." 1t is on the same
| liEcs as "Mliss," in which the late Annie
| Pixley won fame and a fOrtupe. An
| elaborate scenic equipment is now being
prepared under the immediate supervl
sion of Miss Rawlston.
! To old theater-goers Chauncey Olcott
revives memories of the famous John
| Collins, who was a leading light Irish
| comedian of his day and the originator
of such songs as Widow Mechrec "
| Trust to Luck" BOLD Soldier Boy"
etc. Mr.. OlCOtt has improved wonder
| fully as an actor, and has created for
himself line of business in which he
has no rival He stands in a class by
himself as did the late J. X. Emmett
Nine. Janauschek has for a long time
been endeavOring to find some author
who could follow her ideas intellgenuy
and make Meg Merriles what Sir Walter
| Scott intended her to be. In Mr.. Paul
| kester the author of the present version,
| she has apparently found what she de-
| sired, for Mr.. EGster has given her a
very powerful play, full of human in
terest from rise to fall of curtain. Meg,
the old gypsy, is made the central and
| dominant character Of the play; he has
followed the story as told by Scott and
at the same time has worked so cleverly
that he has reduced the play to five acts.
All the old musical has been restored
and many new tuneful and charming
numbers have been added. The charac-
ter of Meg has long been a favorite of
Janauschek $; it is peculiarly fitted "a
her powerful emotional style of acting
T. allows her many opportunities of in
dulging in those wild bursts of passion
for which she is justly famous.