The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-12
SEASON WILL SOON OPEN.
Manager Fred Weis and His Brother
sidney Expected Tomorrow.

sidney Expected Tomorrow.
It is a matter of some difficulty 10 inter
est people in things theatrical, or anything
else, during this hot weather, but it will
not be long before the season of 10000 will
open, though it will probably be some
weeks before anything of much account
will be along.
Mr.. Fred Weis, the new manager, has
not yet arrived, and the list OF attractions
for the season has not been made up.
though a good lot of bookings have been
made. Manager Weis is expected to ar
rive tomorrow with his brother Sidney.
who managed so well the business of the
house last season.
The playhouse has been undergoing some
little repairs and refurbishing. The walls
and ceiling of the gallery have been gone
over. some new scenery has been added
and the carpets base been relaid.
TIL season will open Aug. 20, when Miss
Una Clayton and her repertoire company
will begin a weeks engagement. Miss
| Clayton was the soubrette with the Wood
ward-Warren Company last season and
this year she will have a company of her
own, which will be under the management
of William Sharp The company has
been here for several days rehearsing
II is not thought that there will be any
changes in the personnel of the attaches
! of the house and the obliging employees
who looked after the front of the house,
and the men behind the scenes, whose
work is just as important will no doubt
be the same as were there last season.
Nothing sadder than the career of
Charles Hoyt has ever been recorded in
theatrical history. Rising from the desk
OF the Boston Herald to the position of a
dramatist Mr.. Hoyt soon gained fame
through "A Brass Monkey" "A Bunch
of Keys" and "A Midnight Bell and other
plays. which, in their days, were the
brightest bits ever seen upon the stage.
The fact that nine plays are still booked
for road tours gives evidence of their con-
tinued popularity. Mr.. Hoyt's career was
on the ascent for a long time. His first
shock came with the death of his wife,
Flora Walsh She died in 1888.
About year later he married Caroline
Miskel Scales, member of his company,
| and for her he wrote "A Contented Wo-
man." He began to acquire wealth rap
idly, for all his plays were making great
deal of money. His career received an
other check and most serious one in
the death of his second wife, for Mr.. Hoyt
was passionately devoted to her, and the
fact that child died at the same time
caused his friends to have grave fears
His fits of melancholy were pitiful and 1t
was over year before he became recon-
ciled 10 fate. Then came the failure of
"A Dog in the Manger'' and his total col |
lapse. trip to Florida, with a course |
of electric baths, brought Mr.. Hoyt |
around, but he never appeared the same |
He had his rational moments but when |
left alone he brooded so much that finally |
Mr.. Mckee, his business partner and the |
stanchest friend Mr.. Hoyt ever had felt |
1t necessary to have the playwright put |
in close confinement.
Recently the Dramatic News printed an |
Item that Mr.. Hoyts income was s., 400 a |
week, representing $500 a week ROYALTY |
from each of his seven plays. Mr. Hoyt |
wrote to correct this statement He has |
nine plays, which netted him 81, 800 week
income. His wealth is estimated at over
quarter of a million dollars. His first
partner was Charles A. Thomas, who died
of consumption in California Mr. Hovt's
| holdings are as follows: Lease of the
Madison Square Theater lease of the
! Garrick Theater and the following plays:
"A Trip to Chinatown" "A Stranger in
New York" "A Contented Woman" "a
| Brass Monkey" "A Bunch of KEYS" "A
Day and a Night" "A Midnight Bell"
"a Parlor Match" "A Texas Steer" and
"A Dog in the Manger." which goes out
this fall. In addition, there is an unfinish-
ed play intended for Denman Thompson
Gertrude Elliott has left the cast of
| Lady Huntsworh's Experiment" at the
London Criterion, and has gone to Shoot
er's Hill. Kent. to stop with her sister,
Maxine Elliott Goodwin, at Mr.. Geodwin,s
picturesque country place. lakewood.
| Here Il is that the GoodwinS throw cares
| to the winds and have a series of house
| parties every few days. Beerbohm Tree
Paul Arthur the Duke of Manchester
| Charles Frohman, Ethel Barrymore c.
r. Dillingham;, Clyde Fitch and Madeline
Lucette Ryley are favorite guests The
perfect tranquility and beauty of the
many acres owned by the Goodwins make
vacation Whereabouts the acme of the
ideal.
| The last London mail brings reports
that Charles Frohman is to manage Edna
| May. presenting her first in New York in
new piece by Hugh Morton" and Gus
tave Kerker. and afterwards putting her
| forward in London In the same piece 1t
| may be inferred from this that the Nor
ton" Kerker. Davis. George Mcclellan and
| George Lederer combination, which was
| made few months ago, has been knock
| ed higher than kite through the unmiti-
| gated failure of IAN American Beauty"
Charles Frohman has decided upon the
| following openings for his New York The
aters: Empire Theater. Aug q. Empire
Theater Company, in Brother Officers" 4
Garrick Theater. Sept. 3. Louis Mann and
| Clara Lipman in Leo Dtritchstein's com
| edy, IAN Account of Eliza: Criterion
| Theater, Sept 8, James X Hackett in
Did - 49,. 7 rrh
| Wednesday, Sept. 5, Annie Russell in
Capt. r. Marshalrs comedy "A Royal
Family; Days Theater, Thursday, Sept.
s, Sir Arthur Sullivan's opera The Rose
OF Persia; Madison Square Theater.
Sept. II, the comedy, The Husbands of
Leontine"; Garden Theeter. Sept. 16. F.
H. Southern and Virginia Harmed in
Hamlet"
SIDNEY WOODWARD.