Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-10
THE DRAMA.

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Theatricals in London and all over |
England have been drifting down to a |
very low ebb. First-class attractions in
the big city have just about made ex-
while it is reported that forty |
touring companies ave been withdrawn
from their regular spring visits to the
provinces. The South African war is re- |
sponsible for the slump"
When was married" said odette
Tyler, Il thought l would be quite con-
tented away from the stage. There
was no reason why 1 should not be per-
fectly happy. l had everything heart
could wish, but before eighteen months
had passed I caught the fever again and
induced my husband to return to the !
with me-"
One of the dancing elements of 1.-THE
Man in the Moon is a small colony of
English girls, especially imported to lend
continental tone to the colossal specta-
Gle. None of the young travellers is over
II, and all of them have danced in all
the big cities of the old world. They
are called the Mascottes.
clan, recently assassinated, is said to
have been a sutton of the late Caroline
Miskel. wife of Playwright Hoyt, before
the beautiful actress went on the stage.
George A. Schiller, the original Mugg
in 1.-The Belle of New York" has pre-
scented this role over 5000 times, having
never missed one performance of the ex-
tr~avaganza since its production.
They say. in San Francisco that limo
thy D.. Frawley intends to have a new
theater in that city and call it Frawley's
theater. His stock season on the Pacific
coast was recently closed with a per-
Torrance of the old DAILY play, 1.-THE
Transit of Leo" renamed AN Uncon-
ventional Honeymoon" -
There are four dramatizations of "Quo
Vadis' in sight, and more to come.
Daniel Frohman has decided to post
pone the appearance of E. H. Sothern
and Miss Virginia Harmed in Hamlet"
until next September, when it will be
presented either at Days or at the Car
den theater.
Beerbohm Tree is to revive next The
Merchant of Venice" His daughter, VII
ola Tree, may make her professional de-
but in the play.
W. S. Penley has built a theater in
London from the proceeds of "Charley's
Aunt and it will probably be opened
with a revival of that farce.
The Dramatic Mirror is authority for
the statement that a number of stock
company managers propose to organize
a combination for the purpose of pro-
ducing new plays.
Henry Irving has developed the ma
tive habit of replying to one question by
asking another, says an exchange. He
was recently asked: Has the theater
any other mission than to amuse?" Sir
Henry responded: Has food any other
mission than to please the palate?"
Clara Morris, who. twenty years ago,
was considered the best emotional act
ress in the country, has retired from the
fstage permanently, and is devoting her
time to the making of books.
George Alexander of the London St.
James theater has hit upon the idea of
!! giving matinee performances of 1.-THE
| Prisoner of Zenda" during the run OF
Rupert of H~entzau."
Hope Ross, the ingenue of Mrs. LIE
Moyne's company, was married recently
so quietly that in Baltimore, last week,
she had to introduce her husband to her
associates in the company. They all
agreed hat w. H. Wilder. Jr., is a
lucky chap.
Otis Skinner will produce in Chicago a
dramatization of Robert Louis Steven
sons Prince Otto" about the middle of
April. The piece will run four weeks or
more at McVicker's If it is successful.
Mr.. Skinner is one of the foremost ro-
mantle actors on the American stage,
M has acted, in a more than respect
able way, some of the great roles of the
old repertory. His Macduff, his Henry
VIII. and his Hamlet were all commend
able representations. He lacks some
what in stature for heroic roles, but he
has fervor and a good voice, an express
sive eye and a graceful demeanor. Lat
terly Mr.. Skinner has been acting in the
West and South, in roles played in this
neighborhood by John Drew.
Martin Harvey, the English actor, who
is for an engagement in this
country next season, beginning at Wal
lacks in November, first appeared here
with Henry Irving in 1888, n has ac-
companied that illustrious actor IN all
his American tours except the last two.
He was a very young man when he first
crossed the ocean, and most of his char
acters We're boys. He was Osric in
Hamlet the Dauphin in Louis XI.,' -
the inn boy in THE Lyons Mail" For
years he seemed to make small progress
in his calling. Then he achieved some
thing of a success in an English ver-
, sion of Humperdinck's "Konigskinder.''
and lately he has won renowh and for
tune as Sidney Carton in 1.-The Only
Way" His new play, which he hopes
will prove strong enough to serve in his
! American tour is Mrs. Cunninghame
Graham's Don Juan's Last Wager" al
ready spoken of in these notes.
who was the first American min
strel?' was the question asked the 9th
err day of Lew Dockstader. Now, If there
is one man in the country capable OF
answering that question it is Mr.. Dock
stader. You would naturally suppose
that would be an Easy question to an
swer," was his reply, but as a matter