The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-06

really good new name for the Olympia
Music Hall in New York.
Coquelin has postponed indefinitely the
production of Emile Bergeracs More Than
Queen which was to have followed
"Cyrano de Bergerac" in Paris.
Frank Daniels's song, THE Tattooed
Man. is being whstled very promiscuously
about town. 1t is one of the catchiest songs
heard here in a long time.-San Francisco
Post.
Felix Morris and joe Holland are both to
be in 1.-THE White Horse Tavern" which
Daniel and Charles Frohman will produce
jointly at Wallack's this week. 1t is an
English comedy.
James A. Hernes new play, REV. Griffin
Davenport, taken from Helen Fl. Gard
rer's story. IAN Unofficial Patriot" was
produced in New York last week and may
be a success with some pruning.
1t has practically been settled that Mr..
Goodwin will act next spring in London
under the management of Charles Froh-
man. Mr.. Goodwin has recently expressed
his intention to appear as Iago, Richard
III and Shylock.
Olga Nethersole is now playing THE Sec
ond Mrs. Tanqueray' in New York. Judg-
ing from her Carmen" business, she can
put into the play the only element that can
possibly make 1t reasonable which has to
be supplied by the actress.
James X. Hackett T. H. Sothern and
Howard Gould all have played the part of
Rudolf Rassendyll in THE Prisoner of
Zenda," but Mr. Hackett is the only actor
who has played this character in Rupert
of HentZau." All of these actors are Amer
leans and Hackett and Sothern are sons of
famous players.
Mrs Georgia Dickson, who plays Mrs. Cal
lender. the old Scotch philanthropist, in sup
port of Viola Allen in The Christian has
been thirty-seven years on the American
stage She made her debut in the Theater
Royal in Edinburgh, Scotland. in 1883. She
is one of the most talented actresses in
America. being most successful in eccentric
character roles.
Owing to the sustained popularity of Tess
of the D'Urbervilles' and the demand for
its presentation by Mrs Fiske a second
week in Boston, as well as the wish to see
that actress in "DivOrcons'' and Little
Italy" the production of ''Magda in that
city during Mrs. Fiske's engagement was
abandoned. The Sudermann play will be
produced by Mrs. Fiske during her New
York engagement.
George w. Lederer, manager of the Ca
sino and also of the Belle of New York
Company, now playing at the Shaftesbury
Theater, London. states that the Alice Mel
son Opera Company is not booked to follow
THE Belle at that theater in April. Mr.
Lederer expects to conclude arrangements
with Mr.. Perley the Alice Nelson Opera
| Company's manager for the appearance of
| that company in London in April. but at an
| other theater, on which he (Mr. Lederer)
| has an option.
Miss Margaret Reid is another American
singer well known here, though her appear
ances have not been frequent, her best re-
membered effort being the replacing of Miss
Van Zandt as Opheia in Hamlet at the
Metropolitan Opera House about five years
ago on short notice. Miss Reid is now lead
ing soprano at Liege Belgium, in the opera.
She has won the enthusiastic applause of
the public in this "cradle-town OF famous
musicians. New York Mail and Express.
Victor Herbert, the composer of the score
of Frank Daniels's latest success. THE
| Idols Eye" has just received from Sir
| Arthur Sullivan most complimentary let
| ter. In the course of it, Sir Arthur is
| pleased to say; Il must tell you, my dear
| Herbert, that not only nave you written
music which must tickle the popular ear
| and also music which wins the prompt APP
| pI rotation of the critical lovers of the clas-
| sic style, but you seem. in the score Of
THE Idols Eye" to have solved the diff
| cult problem of blending both the popular
| (so-called) and the classic, and so reap the
| hattering approval OF the champions or
| both styles. Most heartily do congratulate
| you.
| Miss Margaret Anglin, who made hit as
| Roxane in Mr.. Richard Mansfeld's produc-
| ton of "CyranO de Bergerac" and is now
| playing the role with him, will leave the
company at the end of this week It was
rumored that she took this step on account
of some difficulty with Mr. Mansfield over
the question of salary. Mr.. Mansfield denied
that such was the case. On the contrary
he said, he highly appreciated Miss Anglin
and had recently raised her salary Volun-
tarily. He regretted that she was leaving
the company. He has engaged Miss Kath-
crime Grey to take her place. Miss Anglin
also denied that there had been any trouble
between Mr.. Mansfield and herself She
had enjoyed being in the "Cyrano' COM
pany, and was leaving 1t purely for business
reasons She has accepted an offer from
in their fo9 productRi9n of The MusRetee rS's
shortly to be made at the Broadway The
alter
The story of "Zaza," Mrs. Leslie Carriers
new play, is interesting just now. Zaza is
a strolling snger-a careless, impulsive
woman-surrounded by admirers. OF these
she loves one. and six months happiness
with him in little cottage outside of Paris
follows. Then Zaza hears that her lover is
untrue and has married a young woman
of high social standing in Paris. The tigress
in the woman is aroused. She goes to Paris
and visits the home of her truant lover.
While waiting for him and his wife, little
child comes in. the daughter OF the house
mold. pathetic scene between the baby
and Zaza follows. and she is completely
disarmed. She returns to her home without
telling her story 10 the innocent victim of
her wrath. Zaza then separates from
Dufrene and year later, when she meets
him again. with the whole of Paris at her
feet, she refuses TO resume her relations
with him, and sends him home TO his wife,
while she lives out her life alone
Painful incidents often occur on the stage
and are borne with such sangfroid by the
sufferers that the audience has no idea any
thing has happened Richard Mansfield
strained the ligaments of his right knee
while playing in Chicago. The knee was
bandaged and he went on with the play.
All during his st. Louis engagement he was
perceptibly lame, and it is said he suffered
intensely during every performance Eu-
gene Cowles, of The Fortune Teller -
broke his ankle a few weeks ago in Gin
cinnati, and after laying off ten DAYS came
on the stage again on crutches PLAYING his
part of the Gypsy Baron thus handicapped
In the last act Of The Fortune Teller Mr.
COwles has TO carry the body of the Gypsy
girl across the stage, and for two weeks
after he returned to the opera Dick Golden
or some OF the others in the company had
to carry the girl for him. CoWles carried
tune Teller" in indianapolis recently for
night, in falling. ran a nail into his left side
but so completely ignored the incident that
even his fellow-actors did not know any
thing had happened until after the act had
ended. The great Talma dislocated his
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