Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15

Clyde Fitch's comedy, TEDDY" writ
ten for Nat G. Goodwin, has been re-
christened THE COWBOY and the
Lady"
Zangwill's dramatization of 1.-THE
Children Of the Ghetto, Twill be first
produced in the Broadway Theatre,
New York, in October next
Another comic opera is being writ
ten for Francis Wilson. This time it
IS by j. Cheever Goodwin, and is to be
produced after THE Three Dragons.
Henry Arthur Jones, who wrote THE
Tempter," Wealth, and The Dancing
Girl for Beerbohm Tree, will supply
the next character for that actor.
Sir Henry Irving, ]. NJ Barrie, Beer
bohm Tree, A. w. Pinero and Henry
Arthur Jones have Joined the commit
tee for raising fund to help Mrs. Har-
old Frederic and her children.
Some Of the New York papers are
agitating the appointment of a stage
censor A bill is said to be in prepar-
alton at Albany, which will require all
plays to be submitted for approval in
advance Of performance.
Mascagni is at present engaged upon
the composition of an opera called
The Comedy of Art" The familiar
figures of the Harlequin, Pantaloon.
Columbine, etc, are represented. 1t
VIII be an opera like The Barber of
Seville"
Eugene Blair has secured the rights
OF "A Lady of Quality" 10 play il in
territory not covered by Julia Arthur,
or in the event of Miss Arthur deciding
to cancel it from her repertoire, to
play it entirely in her stead.
Julia Arthur has the American rights
to Emile Bergerac's play written for
Jean Coquelin and Jane Hading, and
called More Than a Queen" She may
retire from the stage this season and
go to Paris to study the production Of
the play there. Jane Hading has just
returned to Paris from q tour of Eu-
rope to appear in it.
The greatest theatre proprietor III
the world is the Car of Russia. No
theatrical manager pays so much mon
ey for the privilege of owning places
of amusement. He owns no fewer
than seven big theatres in st. Peters
burg and Moscow. Next to the Car
the largest theatrical patron in the
world is Emperor William, who assists
two theatres in Berlin and three in the
provinces, which together cost him
about &150,000 per annum.
Cissie Lotus, in an interview, said
that she never made any attempt to
initiate an actress until she felL that
the vocal peculiarities of the person lay
completely within her limits Il go to
see them,' she said, several times be-
fore | try to reproduce the peculiarities.
l know that they will come to me after
a while, so | wait for them. After /
have attended three or four perform
ances | suddenly feel that l have got
the trick of tone and manner. Then I
practice the voice audibly. l wait al
ways for this realization before I make
a trial, because | know it would be use
less until that time
The story Of "ZaZa," which FrOhman
has produced with success with Mrs
Leslie Carter in the title role, concerns
an actress who falls in love. She finds
her impul5ive nature stirred as never
before, having hOlier and lOftier inspir-
atiOns than she ever dreamed Of. She
gives up her stage work and lives only
for the man, to find later that he has
deceived her. She returns to the stage
and becomes the idol of Paris, winning
fame and fortune, while he takes his
wife and child to America. He makes
another attempt to win the actress, but
she sends him back to his wife. The
piece has been given a scenic inyesture
that commands admiration.