The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
Theatrical Notes.

Fanny Rice will not open her season un-
til after the presidential election
Dorothy Usner was quietly married Aug
agency in New York
Baldwin Sloane will write the music of
..AIr. Dooley," the dramatization of Peter
Brothers are to produce the coming sea-
son.
''Marcelle," Blanche Walsh's new play,
includes some novel effects, including a
ship scene and an explosion.
May. Mannering begins her season as a
star at Buffalo. N. Y, October l. with
Janice Meredith.
Next Monday night every theater in
season in England under full head.
Marie Burroughs has engaged Maurice
Barrymore to play the leading heroic roles
in 1.-The Battle of the Strong the play in
which the former will be the star the
coming season.
Winston Churchill the author of erich
ard Carvel," is a personal friend of John
F'rohman thanking him for placing his
revolutionary hero in such capable hands
Howard Gould is to go out in Rupert of
lace Munro. The scenery and properties
have been secured by a special arrange
ment with Daniel Frohman-
Frank Doane, who was the leading COM
edian of "A Day and a. Night last sea-
son. will be the chief fun producer of "A
pne Hall viii n be expoted the Coming
season.
VIII Vaudeville has resigned from the
lars, and will play Dan Daly's part in
1.-THE Rounders," which will be taken out
by Thomas @. Seabrooke next season.
Fage Ees te has Of he RRa Bay a fns
Archer opened her season last Tuesday at
play are credited with a successful start.
-, Nell Gwynne." no now being presented at
h. Do ~ario
dramatist, whose first real big hit is now
being recorded outside of his own country.
Already the Chinese situation has been
ter manager and playwright Next week a
melo-dramas; mel I5. ma; entitled Uncle Sam in
theater in New York.
Lady Russell, whose divorce scandals
have shocked England and America, will
vaudeville attraction for the small sum of
s400 per week: So far American man
Sydney Grundy's new drama, "a Debt of
Honor" was produced for the first time in
said to be successful, and Julia Opp. well
known in this country, helps materially
by her clever work to make 1t a go.
Peter F. Paley ang Hpsnea faa his season at
in Hodge, Podge & Co." The farce is
snenia 54 presenyationl ali Ii the feaing peo
pie making hits.
Maude Jeffries, who has been associated
with wilson barrett lOT many seasons as
leading lady, has been engaged by Beer
bohm Tree to play the heroine's role in
the play "Herod,'' to be produced in Lon
don next November.
Charles Frohman will not confine his
melodramatic ventures to one usual the
coming season, but will control three, in
which will be employed something like
FIVE hundred people. Mr. Frohman says
there is a growing demand for this kind
of play.
Jessie Millward and Margaret Anglin,
the twin stars of the Empire Theater
company now playing Lord and Lady
Algy,'' and Brother Officers win stop
at different hotels while on the road. 1t
is said that each has very poor opinion
of the others ability as an actress
Emma Behrens, sister of Robert Man
tells second wife, Charlotte Behrens. had
a warrant sworn out for that actors ar
rest last Tuesday, charging him with the
abduction of the latter's child, which was
in her charge The papers were served
at Montclair, N. J.
Loie Fuller is having trouble with her
theater on the Paris exposition grounds.
The courts have taken hold of the receipts
until she can test the validity of the
claim of the contractors who built the
theaters. Miss Fuller alleges that she paid
the architects a sum of money to apply on
the building which has not been accounted
for.