The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-15
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| from Mexico.
! David Belasco will produce his new
/ farce IN Washington during the month OF
I December.
| Maud Daniels, proprietor and manager
! Of the Wilbur Opera Company, used 10 be
a chorus girl.
/ The owner of the Dewey Theatre. of
| New York. Senator Sullivan Is to build
| Schley Theatre.
Mrs Pedar Bruquiere. daughter OF
! Judge McKisick, CT Frisco. joined MOI
jeska's company
The French play 70 be produced at
| Harvard this year viii be 'Pedaut Jove'
| by NJ. Rostand. ..,,. -. l..
Maggie Moore Of ''Struck OH fame Is
J 70 produce a dramatization oil Inc d.
lence Of Dean Maitland
a manager estimates that from 100 70
| 1900 colored people are currently engaged
| upoD the stage i'm this country.
Princess Anna. OF Montenegro. consort
! Of prince Francis Joseph. OF Battenberg
, IS the latest royal composer.
80 play may be publicly performed IN
| England until it has been passed upon
| and agreed to by the stage censor.
Lifts production Of "The G'eat Ruby
| includes Isabelle Urquhart, Louise Thorn
! dyke Boucioault. Rose Etynge and Louis
| Massen.
MAN and His Makers" the much-talk-
! ed-of drama by Wilson Barrett, founded
/ on the doctrine Of heredity was produced
I I'm London the other night.
do not wish to be pessimist, says
| Charles Alfred Bryne, but outside OF
| Becky sharp" I fail to discover one
! genuine big hit on all Broadway.
Julia Arthur's production Of More
! Than Queen" the new NapOleonic play
! I'm which she impersonates Josephine. IS
/ said to have scored hit I'm Boston.
James A Hene Is TO introduce 10 us
4 play without a heroine. in Sag Harbor."
! There will be however two ingenues,
| impersonated by Mr.. Herne's daughters.
| Annie Meyers and Ida Mule are mem
| bers of Washington stock burlesque
company. Miss Meyers used to be one OF
J the most popular members OF the McCaui
| opera Company.
| Entertainers at a concert in Cath
! Ole church. at Corona, l.. l., tonight
J viii include Tony Pastor, John T. Kelly
} Frank Bush. Celeste VIM, Christie Mac
1 Donald and Max Eugene.
| Marguerite Lemon, Nellie Braggns,
/ W. II. Carleton and Ramona hitchcock
! will be seen in r. A. Barnets Three Lat
| tie Lambs" which Will be produced IN
| Boston on October o.
! August Thomas has gone to Colo
/ RADIO. whence he viii send on TO stuart
{ Robson the manuscript Of "OliVer Cod
! smith" net by act. as it is finished. :"Col-
| orado" will probably be the title OF ne"
| play by Thomas.
Tile Boston cast Of In Gay Paree.
! to be revived on October %, viii include
Joe OFT. William Cameron. Ferris Hart
man. Kitty LOTUS Catherine binyard'
Helen Lord. Elvia CroX and Ideiene COT
/ William Winter. the distinguished
/ theatrical reviewer FOR the New YORK
I Tribune. writes to a Detroit friend that
/ 'the only powerful acting now 10 be seen
/ I'm New York is Mrs. Fiskes Becky
, Sharp
| Robert Taber Guia Marlowe's hus-
| band) will play the title role In ID arcy
| of the Shipman.' Mr. Iaber VIII VI
| course. take the part of Major Darcy,
| fascinating young lrshman, who comes
! To- this country during the War OF the
J Revolution. serves on the staff OF LORD
] CORVALLIS and falls in love with d PM
! adelphia girl.
The time for ridiouling the ten, TWEEN
" and thirty-cent' combinations mas pas
/ sed The theatre-g0ers are given geher-
/ Gus measure for their money The re-
| pertoire of plays presented all nave
/ more healthy trend than the insidious
! decoctions 50 frequently dished out at
| the higher priced Observation-Disclosures IL
/ Des Moines Leader.
In passing through London, / seized
| the opportunity to see Irving and Ellen
Terry I'm "RObespierre,' and, notWlth-
standing that so much had been SAID IN
praise OF SaTdou's latest play, 1t IS doubt
full IL fun Justice has been done TO the
extraordinary beauty of fits mounting,
| the dexterous manipulation of the crowds
/ that throng the stage and the skill that
has blended paint canvas. costumes and
human beings into a series of beautiful
/ tableaux that are marvclOusy true 70
! life. and 10 death, too. for the matter of
! shat for the ghosts in the prison
scene seem to shape themselves out
Of thin air They do not walk out
from the wings. They simply ap-
pear: you can never tell when
YOU first begin 10 see them or when they
finally passed beyond your ken There
are scores OF them. silent, gray shadows
that glide about in the most uacanny
fashion.-Reginald Jones, in Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Clyde Fitch will draw royalties this
season from Mr.. Goodwin and Miss Meth
ersole. as well as from Miss Marlowe.
Furthermore. he IS completing his comedy
drama for the Empire stock company.
His Barbara Frietchic' was disclosed in
Philadelphia on Tuesday last Although
the period OF the play is the same as
that of Whttiers stirring poem, Mr.. Fitch
has written an entirely original play, and
has so far avoided tradition that he makes
Barbara Frietchie q beautiful Southern
girl. instead of an old woman. He has
evolved. it is announced a most interest
ing and stirring story combining the
courtship of Barbara Frietchie with the
surrounding Of war Her heart is given
10 q Northern officer. and from that
point the interest of the play emanates.
The climax of the poem, when Barbara
waves the flag. is utilized. IL IS said. by
Mr.. Fitch IN novel manner.
-One cannot always tell how things
may turn out. A new player is nervous
and i'll at ease: a new author allows
enthusiasm 10 outrun discretion. The
San Francisco critics assaulted David
Belasco when he first tried his hand
at playwriting. our own papers united
almost Unanimously in telling Martha
Morton that she had no brains for the
drama when her first play was produced.
Writers of ali sorts advised Mrs, Leslie
Garter that she had no message for the
stage. and similar council, was given TO
Mrs. Potter. Henry Irving was dcrided
by the critics when he made his debut
Richard Wagner was scoIned BIZ the
Italiars The Germans mockcd at Mas |
cagni Bizet was driven into his grave |
hv 'he rcNiV, rs Of Carmen A foreign |
actress opened at the Fifth Avenue and |
next morning the papers. with one ex- |
coplion declared that she did not amount !
TO anything She amounted TO so much |