Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-09
THE DRAMA.

Edna May, the automatic ,chalk-lin
actress. who believed London would ac-
her in a new role as enthusiastically
rs 1t did In her Salvation Army lassie, is
now being undeceived most severely on
the other SIDE. says the Washington
Post. From all recent accounts, and from
people who saw the original produce
ton of AN American Beauty in Lon
don say, Edna May and the production
have made a worse fizzle than any one
supposed, possible in London. They
upon the success OF THE
Belle OF New York. and the popularity
Of EdnaMay. But London, like Paris
and New York. does not stick by a reign
lng stage beauty very long. Miss Mary is
now being ignored, except by the few til
tied ~chappies who still make her a target
for paste diamonds, like she wore here at
the National a few months ago, and Mrs.
Leslie Carter, in spite Of her years, has,
for the time being, done up the 24-year-
old Edna May to death. 1t must be
for Miss May, whose head under
went such severe operations on her pre-
vious visit to London. to find out that her
much cherished popularity was but of an
eVaneScent character, after all. |
The correspondent of the New York !
Times in Rome writes to his paper: 1.-THE
much talked of performances of the new
~ dramatiZed Italian version of Quo Va
dis nave at last commenced at the Man
zoni theater In this city. The opening rep
reSentatiOn took place on Saturday night,
and the impressive play was witnessed
by n of the greatest audiences ever
seen in the theater. the house having
been entirely sold out for some days pre-
Vtous. The performance lasted from 9 p.
m. till 2 a. m, but despite this unusual
length the attention of the audience was
held from the beginning to end, and Quo
Vadis' is probably destined to be the
greatest success of the theatrical year
in ITALY"
The electric impression made by Mr..
Beiasco's Madame Butterfly at the
Duke of York's theater. says the London
Mail, has given that skillful dramatist
the idea of arranging another story by
the same novelist, John Luther Long. the
scene Of which is also placed in Japan,
entitled Miss Cherry Blossom of TOXIC"
which was published in book form a short
time ago by John Macqueen. 1t is always
a difficult task to follow one great sue
cess by another on the same lines, but
we hope that Belasco will make the at
tempt.
A new scheme for cooling theaters is to
be experimental with at the New York
theater. Liquid air is to be utilized in
cooling the temperature. and for that
purpose arrangements are now being
made to force the freezing liquid through
the steam pipes. which in the winter time
supply the heat. The manufacturers
claim that they can cover the steam
coils with an inch of frost and that the
temperature will be reduced 20 degrees by
this process.
VIy;l11xl ,.s11 49,. e.. u 3 -. -,
tour OF this country. a new drama by
Elwyn Q. Barron treating of political life
in Italy. The chief character is a popular
actor who uses his popularity in the serv-
ice of a political party. He finally leaves
the stage for the army Willard will also
appear as Hugh Trevor in "All for Her."
1.-The Eaelet." I'Aiglon" of Rostand),
in which Maude Adams will appear next
season, will be in four acts instead of the
five of the original French. Louis N.
Parker's version is in blank verse. but
many of the long TRADES of Rostand have
been omitted.
Robert Marshall. who wrote "His Ex-
cellency the Governor and The Royal
Family" in which Annie Russell will act
next autumn. has just finished new
PLAYS for Nat Goodwin and George Alex
ander.
"Dido and Eneas." one of the earliest
of English musical plays, written by
d'Urfey and Nahum Tate, to music by
Purcell, was lately performed in London
by musical students under the direction
of Ellen Terry's son. Gordon Craig.
Parker and Carson's amusing comedy.
"Gudgeons." is to be revived in London
with one of the authors, Murray Carson,
in the principal role of the clever swim
dler.
The great ambition of Novelli, the
much-talked-of Italian actor, is said to
be to act Hamlet in English in the Memo
rial theater at Standardization.
Daniel Frohman has secured the Amer
lean rights of Pinero's new comedy and
Kinsey Piele's ~dramatization of Miss
Cholmondeiey's RED Pottage."
| Sidney Bracy, a young English singer
n comedian of some note, will make his
first appearance in this country as Yu-
seuf in'The Rose of Persia" next fall.
M Lady Dainty" is the name of a new
comedy by Madeline Lucette Ryley,
which will have a trial performance in
London this week.
Forbes Robertson will produce. in Lon
don, an adaptation of lie Cloitre," by
the Belgian poet, Emile Verhaeren.
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