The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02
THEATRICAL
ADJUSTMENTS.

| Lottle ellison Is 10 appear In South
| America.
Sam Bernard may reioln the Weber &
| Fields forces merit season.
! Willie Collier is TO be seen in "Mr.
Smooth at Trenton this week
Ada Rehan did not act during Holy
! Week. Chauncey Olcou was also idle.
| Augustus Thomas IS writing the play
in which Marie Burroughs will star next
/ season.
An liberated tooth kept John r. Mason
out Of the cast Of THE Christian" several
| nights.
Denman Thompson. who has been idle
| for several weeks, revived THE Ola
! Homestead I'm New York last week.
Annie yeamans and her daughter. Jen-
ME. viii play q number of GUNNER en-.
pasements IN the vaudeville theatres this
year.
Miss Ysobel Haskins, 40 present with
William II. Crane. has been engaged bS
Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott 10 play
the part OF The frontier courtesan. Molly
Larkins. IN The cowboy and the Lady"
iu London this summer. The role was
originated in the recent Philadelphia pro-
duction by Miss Laura Burt.
The cast of the comedy farce. '"rhe
cuckoo" TO Doe produced az Walacks.
Now York tomorrow. viii include Joseph
Holland. Thomas Wise. James Lee Short.
Byron Douglass. Harrison Armstrong.
James Mccartney. John Armstrong John
German. Charles Bowser. Amelia Bing-
ham. Eleanor MorettL Gertrude Witty,
Nellie Butter and Annie Wood.
Maurice Barrymore IS 10 return 20
vaudeville in May. IN July ne WIN go 10
England with the intention Of residing
there honcoforth Mr. Barrymore has
been playing in this country for twenty
ono years and nia conclusion is that an
actor Is more likely 10 find steady recog-
milton IN London than in New NOrk-Or,
for that matter, i'm England than in
America.
"The MikaGo' was revived in Frisco
Test week. Tho cast irC'udei Anna f.. l-
ter as Yum-Yum. Annie Myers as FIFTH
Sing IDA wyatt as pC.p-BO. Bciuice
Holmes rs Katisha. Phil Branson as the
NJ Eado Gerald Gei0mo as his wandering
minstrel son. Nanki-poo. Edwin Stevens
as Ko-Ko William Prletto as P0oh-Bah,
and William schu>er as pish-Tush.
In SUIT over Lewis Walters breach Of
contract 10 appear ln "The Three Nus
gctoers' and ;hc loss claimed through the
Substitution Of ~. Y. Emond. the fol-
lowing evidence about relative drawing
powers OF plays at the Borough Theatre,
SiraIord. was given Capacity of theatre
-lHi. Sir Henry Irving week. H5>9;
"1 h- Ccisha" week. u3l SIR. Esmouls
week 500. 'Tho Dandy Dan week. 1850.
tho week before that. eco. Mr.. Lewis
Walters week (7s anticipated. $500.
"Cis Hopkins WISE Child" is The
tile OF The piece in which Rose Melville,
of The "By the Sad Sea Waves COM
rany. g. TO- star next season. Meantime.
She viii appear in the Keith quadruple
circuit OF theatres. She Is the young
woman who appears wearing her hair az
ranged I'm pigtais and who remarks. 81
JOINT believe in doin' nolhin for nobody
what won't d. nothin' for YOU. We can't
.,ver make nothin dom nothn' for no.
body for nuthin.'
Members Of the Professional Womens
2. aguc VIII produce THE Alusketeors' iu
New York. the cast being composed OF
women exclusively. Mary Shaw will be
D'Artagnan IDA Jenreys Goodfriend as
Porthos Biiou Fernandez as Athos. and
Alice Fairbrothcr Webher as Ar1mis viii
don doublet with hose 10 personate the
doughty three who slash their way To
turesque and wicked Miiade. and Roseila
Knott will make play for seductive mas
culnity as the amOrous Duke of Buck
lngham. This list Of stars will be COM
pleted by Janauschek. who will appear as
Richolieu.
4 traveller who has recently returned
from the Riviera reports meeting r. y
willard the actor. there I'm rather shat
tered condition SIR. Willard spent the
first part Of the winter In Rome. where
he seemed 10 be making rapid progress
toward recovery from his long Illness. bui
while driving his wife about the city one
day about six weeks ago The horses bolt
ed. Mr.. and Mrs. willard were both
thrown out and Mrs Willard. quite Sc
riously injured. willard himself escaped
with some bad bruises. but he had re-
ceivel such nervous shock from the
accident that he suffered a relapse The
English actor has abandoned ell idea %
returning 10 the stage before late next
season.
There seems 20 be a rage among the
stage writers just al present for big casts,
and il g. quite as irresistible as the ef-
fort used TO be TO keep the number a.
characters down 10 the lowest possible
limit In "Robespierre." the new drama