The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17

first time and was enthusiastically re-
Kathryn Kidder will revive @'PygmaIion
and Galatea" at Norfolk Va, on Novem-
Der q, with Norman Hackett as Pygma-
Lulu CHASER has four comedians to sup
port her in Sweet Anne Page s7 Alex
Stanislaus STANCE has decided to call his
newly made dramauzation Of the latest
novel by the author of Quo Vadis,"
g 'TWixt Cross and Sword"
Harry B. Smith will write for Daily s
theater a play to be based upon Charles
Dana Gibson's series of pictures called
The Education Of MI Pip
IL iglon," in Paris ended there last
week. The receipts are said to have av-
IN the third act of Miss Print" in
introduced thirty minutes of opera bouffe,
entitled The Village Beauty.
sen. contemplates taking his star to q
New York theater about Easter week in
a new opera by Smith and Herbert
Miss Sadie Martinez has been engaged
as leading woman of the stock burlesque
company at the New York theater. She
plays the part of the duchess in Nell
The indefatigable Rostand is at present
busy upon a new drama for Bernhardt,
to be entitled 1.-The Drama" 1t is to
show life behind the scenes in a highly
Elsie Leslie the original Little Lord
F'auntieroy, and who starred 50 success
Pauper,'' is a popular member of Joseph
Jefferson's company
Bijou Fernandez is to be the Lygia,
Aubrey Boucicault the Vinicius, Wilton
Lackaye the Petronius and Elita Proctor
Otis the Poppaea in the Boston produc-
Charles Kean first. introduced. the cpl
sode Of the return of Henry v into Lon
don after Agincourt, which is retained by
Richard Mansfield as one Of the spectac-
ular features of his. version.
One of the largest and most expensive
organizations on the road this season is
the Marguerite Sylvia Opera company, ap-
no
cess Chic" booked for Topeka The
writer of the book and lyrics of the opera
prietor. Mr.. La Shelles theatrical be-
lOneings also include the Frank Daniels
oR9T anq tne to sn mee
that in organizing a company to present
cure the finest material to be had Mar
guerita. SYLVIA the prima donna star, is
whose beauty has few rivals on the stage
today.
pearance as Josephine in More Than
Queen at the Broadway theater. New
Arthur produced the same piece at that
house it had a successful run Miss Walsh
has picked up the thread and has. been
doing the same business. Her portrayal
of the role is highly spoken of by the
metropolitan critics.
Charles B. Hanford's is a remarka bly,
quick study If he were not he could
scarcely find time for the manifold duties
which he has undertaken in nearly every
production in which he has been asso-
cfated in recent years; those of stage
managers as well as of actor and pro-
Queer His study of the manuscript OF
Private John Allen while it was under
going revision at his hands was sufficieng
to familiarize him with each part so that
he could give cues, coach the members OF
the company in their speeches without
any reference to the prompt-book.
Jefferson De Angels, the comic opera
light has found a new hero. He believes
that the man who ate the first oyster is
far Drawer than soldiers or sailors known
to history. Think Of 1t - said he, "a so l.
tary man walking along a beach and find
ing what we now call the luscious BIZ
valve, and there in his solitude, when he
had no intentions of suicide and one
to look out for his obituary notice. there
forcing apart the shell and swallowing
the first Lynnhaven- WoWi Think of
it! Talk about your swashbuckIer dra-
mas, with your D'Artagnans and your
comic operas with your Pooh Bahs. If
some one would only. write that part I
The withdrawal of 1.-THE Adventure of
Francois which Henry E Dixey pro-
duced in Philadelphia proved the biggest
theatrical surprise of last week The Phil
aadelphia papers had spoken 50 highly, Of
it looked if it was destined to be one
of the successes of the season. It turns