Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-27

lacks November 12 in "Sapho," Ill which she will appear for four weeks Her company is now actively rehears- ing.
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 Among the many European artlsts secured for an American tour py Charles L. Young during his recent trip abroad are Eduard Colonnc, con- ductor of the Paris symphony orches- ira: Alice Nerlet. from the opei" Comique, Paris; Norma Remana, piiiliA donna soprano of La Scala Ill Mi!'tn' Eduard Zeldencrust, the Dutch plan- jst: Carl Heinzen, violinist, and the London Trio.
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 Ada Rehan will begin to rehearse m Paul Kester'S sweet Nell oL ol' Drury" in New York on Monday morn ine. As q matter of fact there will be scarcely any rehearsal until the follow ape day. MT Hester will read the piece to her and the company hlaW & Erlanper have engaged to support. Miss Rehan is given one month Ill which to prepare for the first night and for once New Haven has been dls- carded as the trial town. The tour Is to begin at the Star theater, Buffalo, on November 26.
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 r Joseph Brooks and Ben Stern made up their minds yesterday to postpone until next Thursday evening the hfst appearance at the Broadway or Blanche Walsh in "More Than Queen. William Humphreys, who is to play his original role, ''Napoleon,' is direct ing the rehearsals because of his ln- innate acquaintance with the puSlLess used by Julia Arthur last year. Jos eph Kilgour is cast as Lucien: Marie Wainwright's daughter, Miss Mayhue, as Pauline: Ogden Stevens as Ialley- rand, and Earle Brown as Juno. Fl:
 Smith O'Brien, starring in ~"The Game Keeper" looks somewhat like William Jennings Bryan, and when MT OBrien was coming into Youngstown, O., on October IS with his company, MT Bryan was on q special not far pc hind billed for q speech. Thousands of people and a couple of bands were at the depot to greet MT Bryan, ana as the train MT Bryan was on pulled into the depot the actor was mistaken for the presidential candidate and he got the reception. That was his birth day, too. and he received handsome gifts from his company and from Man ager Rock of the Youngstown opera house.
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 Delcher & Hennessey will resume Gertrude Coghlan's company in van ity Fair'' in a week or so, using ln- stead of the dramatiZation made by Charles Coghlan one written by Nevln and put in evidence years before Mrs Fiske's Becky Sharpe" was heard of. Delcher & Hennessey secured the Nevin version after it had been ill the office of Alice Kauser, the play agent, who disposed of Langdon Mitchelfs play on the same subject to Mrs F'iske The first claims that the re- ,semblance between the Nevin and Mitchell pieces is apparent much more readily than was the similarity be- tween their discarded drama and MT Mitchelrs As the Nevin output was completed in 1892, several years be- fore Mrs Fiske came forward in the guise of Becky, they have no fear that they will be enjoined by the Fiske party, as they were shortly after their first tour began.
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 George w. Monroe. better known to theatergoers as My Aunt Bridget" is seething with wrath and the object of the numerous datribes which he deliv- cred throughout the town is Frank Baker, manager and proprietor of the company appearing in Mrs O'Shaugh- messy, Wash Lady" MT Monroe has been impersonating Mrs O'Shaunghnes- sy, and claims that he has been un- warrantably thrust from the organiza- \ ton. In the heat of argument he as serts that Mrs O'Shaughnessy" was never worthy of more than being used as a stop-gap for theaters in water tank towns until Monroe, for a mone- tary consideration. allowed his name to be associated with it. and that en- agreements were then secured with comparative ease in the much larger communities. A little later on Mir Baker notified the actor that salary would not be forthcoming after the lapse of two weeks, in spite of the fact that there is no two weeks notice clause in their contract. MT Monroe swears that Mir Baker will be liable for salary as long as Aunt Bridget Monroe is compelled to await the sweet .mercies of some other man. ageriaI autocrat A novel feature of the actors claim is that MT Baker has no right to use Autographs and news paper cuts brazenly representative of the face of MT Monroe. and. Baker slOCdi llldHdSeES pTluteES. are lO De sued for damages for displaying the counterfeit presentment of the play CTS facial makeup. Monroe is of the opinion that the decision of the court on this subject will be awaited with much anxiety by stars. managers and Photographers, as it will be the first time a judge has heard question as to whether manager can use q pie fOriai likeness Of an actor who has Jeff the company to further exploit the organizati ton. If my memory serves me. however, the court has already passed judgment on similar cases. The widow of George W. Childs. founder of the Philadelphia Ledger, tried to en join cigar manufacturer from using Afr Childs's portrait as a trade mark and Miss Anna Belmont the actress now retired into private life with q non-professional husband, endeavored 10 compel patent medicine company 10 stop using her face first disfig Ired and then in it's normal condition as a representation of "Before and