The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-26

stock gambling, in which the character
comedians, Gus and Max Rogers, are the
principal entertainers and will remain in
the Victoria Music Hall, New York city,
until early in February when it will be
seen in Boston and the principal New
England cities.
as Falstatf, sticks to. the stage. He is
acting in a drama in rural Yankee life,
called my Son Ben"
A contract has been entered into be-
tween Alfred E. Aarons and Thomas Q.
Seabrooke under which Mr.. Aarons will
star Mr.. Seabrooke in a farce written by
j. Cheever Goodwin and Louis Harrison,
entitled who Killed Cock Robin?' The
tour will open at Albany on Thanksgiving
day.
Julia Marlowe is attracting the largest
audiences. she ever had with Barbara
Freitchie" at the New York Criterion.
There is every prospect of her engage
ment being extended for several months.
Florence Rockwell is to replace Maude
Burrows in Stuart Robson's company
Miss Mary Sanders, at the Castle Square
Theatre in one of the most popular plays
in that city will shortly be billed as a
star at the head of company especially
organized to present new play on the
basis of THE Old Curiosity Shop" by
Charles Dickens Miss Sanders will i'm
personate Little Nell and the Warehouses.
Marion Crawford speaking of his forth
coming novel, which is to be dramatized
by Lorimer Stoddard for Viola Allen,
says: 1.-The scene of the story-it covers
only very short space of time, seven or
eight hOurs-is laid in Madrid, in the old
Alcazar, the one that was burned a CEN
fury or so ago, The period is that of
Philip II, and the two leading characters
are John of Austria and Maria Dolores
Mendoza, with whom he was very much
in love 1t is an historical romance-that
is TO say, 1 don't bind myself strictly
down to historical facts, although they
form the foundation of the narrative -
He may call it Dolores" instead of "In
Old Madrid"
Leibler & Co. will add another star to
their galaxy of attractions, which include
Viola Allen in THE Christian" James
O'Neill in THE Musketeers' and James
A. Herne in his latest play, Sag Har-
Dor" The new recruit to the stellar ranks
is Sarah Cowell Lemoyne, the celebrated
dramatic leader, whose return to the
stage a couple of years ago was marked
by signal success in two important
roles
Robert Marshall who wrote "His Ex-
cellency, the Governor" is to write a
play for Nat Goodwin.
Although Paderewski has not yet sailed
for this country, the seats for his fourth
concert in New York are practically sold
out.
Richard Mansfield has the electric bell
rung twice before the curtain goes up on
an act, to tell the audience to stop talking
and to concentrate their attention on the
stage.
Della Fox will play the principal SOU
brette part, that of music hall artist, in
the melodrama Hearts are Trumps. F."
Her starring tour has been postponed
until next season.
Theodore Thomas has refused an invi-
tation to take part with his orchestra in
a grand series of concerts at the Paris
exposition basing his refusal with the
Americans love of justice, on the Drey-
fus trial.
In "A Man of Mystery" the melodrama
which is coming to Lothrop's week of
Dec. 4, there are at least two characters
which are as strongly marked as any of
Charles Dickexs' types. They are the
motto powers, and "Lucifer," a detective,
who shadows the Shadow until the in
evitable retribution overtakes the outlaw.