The Indianapolis journal., 1899-10-09
t which time it had short and prosperous


at which time it had short and prosperous
run.
There is much interest in the appearance
of Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Company IN
''Trelawny of the Wells" at English's
next Saturday night. This is one of Pineros
best comedies and il deals with theatrical
folk in a charming fashion.
AT the Park this afternoon. tonight and
till Thursday "Kely's Kids will entertain
the audiences. 1t is a warm farce. with
Du Souchets farce, AN Easy Mark will
come 10 the Park for three days.
The City Club will open at the Empire
this afternoon. with Fanny Everett again
in the principal roles of the burlesques,
which. by the way. are said to be new. Ade-
lima Roattino. the Italian contralto; Grim
minis, Gore and Bixley. Wren and Hughes
and others will appear in the olio.
The royalties paid by the various stock
companies for old plays like 1.-The Wife"
The Charity Ball." Men and Women" and
Too Much Johnson" amounted to over
S2o,OO0 last season. David Belasco, whose
plays are much in demand. is said to have a
revenue OF over $4,000 year for plays
which have served their regular course.
May Irwin launched her new play, Sister
Mary" at the Hyperion Theater in New
Haven a few nights ago. The 'Possum
Chase" is one of Miss Irwins new coon
songs. The play presents the actress
ex-edtor Of country newspaper. who has
written book on marriage containing some
very forceful views on connubial relations.
1.-THE jolly Musketeer.' in which jefferson
De Angels initialiy appeared at the Broad
way Theater, New York, during run last
season: will be the attraction at English's
next Wednesday. Merry Jeff,' the sobri-
quet by which the rollicking star is known,
Is said to be giving full big measure of
fun and frolic to his patrons. He carries
with him one Of the largest comic opera or
cludeS Harry Macdonough, Hubert Wilke,
Grace Van Studdiford. Maud Hollins, Le-
more Soulfer, Hilda Hollins and others in
minor roles.
Julia Arthur's new play, "Plus Que
Reine," translated into the various Ian
guages in which it will be produced, will
have the following titles: More Than
Queen" in New York; "Mehr ais Koenigin'
in Vienna; MAS que Reina'' in Madrid;
Mer oen Drotting' in Stockholm. In Lon
don the role of Josephine will be played by
Mrs. James Brown Potter. In New York
Julia Arthur will be the good Empress. In
Vienna this part will be impersonated by
Nine % Rosario Pr Pima a viii vii pe be the spanish
Josephine, with Berlin, Moscow and other
principal cities still to be heard from.
Man and His Maker" by Wilson Barrett
and Louis N Parker. presented at the
Lyceum Theater, London, Saturday even
ing. In the presence of fashionable and in
terested audience. Much curiosity has ex-
listed regarding the new play, owing to en-
deavors made to conceal the plot, but the
public appetite. The story of the play is
based on the theory of heredity and crime.
scientist who has made a fad of heredity.
and who, knowing of Raleigh's ancestral
tendency TO drink, forbids the marriage.
| comes an outcast but love reclaims him
The gloom of three acts is scarcely COM
pensated for by the beautiful denouement.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield has at last made
public his plans for the season. He will
continue "Cyrano de Bergerac." OF the
new pieces the manuscript of Madame De
Lavalette," by Emil Moreau, has been re-
ceived. The play was produced at the Vaude-
vile in Paris last spring with Rejane in
her. but the next principal role, that of the
equity King Louis XVIII, demands an actor
of unusual ability. "Jeffreys." play which
Coqueiin owns in France, Irving in England
and Mansfield in America, will also be
staged. The principal character in this play
Is Lord Jeffreys, who lived in the time of
ment on the participants in Monmouth's re-
bellion. NJ. Mansfield will open his season
at the Grand Opera House. New York. 1t
VIII last five weeks.
The Song of the kiss in the musical
comedy. ''At the White Horse Inn," which
was adapted from the German and did
good business in New York last season.
has become as popular in all the German
cities as our own "Therell Be Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight" The words OF
the song are:
A kiss is such dainty dish,
The best of all our food.
It's not to eat nor yet to drink.
But N.Y. il tastes good.
Ard when a hundred thousand words
Have vainly gone amisS
Your meaning you can make clear
With just one little kiss
And when you've said all that you can
To her whom you love best.
Just press a kiss upon her lips,
And she can guess the rest.
Probably no comedian on the American
stage has made such rapid strides In his
profession as Willie Collier, whose fame has
been constantly increasing and with each
new role he has revealed new forces which
had hitherto been unsupported He has been
seen In many parts since he began his
career at Days Theater, New York,
record which few comedians can boast OF,
ana each creation has been original and
totally unlike anything that has gone be-
fore. An adroit liar is always an object of
humorous interest on the stage, providing
he lies continually and harmlessly and
shows quick-witted ingenuity in avoidins
threaten to immerse him. If. in the end, he
admits his besetting sin and nlarries the
heroine, the audience is quite willing to
grant Justification for his misdeeds. Willie
rafting farce of his own writing called "Ms.
Smooth" which is to be at English's Thurs
day and Friday.