The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-04

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Mr.. Jack had not played the part for
| thirty-th years.
! A. H. Chamberlyn will soon give a pro-
duction of The Gay Grisette" at the CO.
| lumbia Theatre, Boston.
Oscar Hammerstein holds the record as
| having built the greatest number OF the
aires in the United States.
Madame Sembrich has declared her in
! tention to retire from the stage at the con-
cluson of her American tour.
Sadie Martinez has been engaged for
| "Nell-Go-In,' the travesty on Nell
| Gwyn' at the New York Theatre.
Ada Rehan will present Paul Kester's
play. Sweet Nell of Old Drury." IN Buff
| falo the latter part of this month.
| katherine Kidder and Louis James will
present "A Modern ST. Anthony" a new
one-act play by Margaret Townsend.
Rose Eytirge has been engaged for a
| part in the new play which Mrs. Fiske
| will produce some time in December.
Captain links of the Horse Marines
| is the name of a new play by Clyde Fitch,
| the rights OF which are owned by Charles
| Frohman.
Digby Bell will be the Koko in the forth
coming production of THE Mikado,'' to be
given at the Metropolitan Opera House,
New York.
Walter Bentley. the English actor, has
| arrived in San Francisco and will make n
tour of this country. His support will be
| entirely American.
George +. Lawrence of the Her Majes-
| ty'' company. and Marie Dressler were in
jured in the explosion at Tarrant's drug
store, in New York.
| Charles Dolby the companion OF Charles
T Ia. -t~,f 20 AfVNl
lea in 1867, died recently in Fulham
Workhouse London.
Cyril Scott, who has been appearing In
THE Casino Girl" at the London Shaftes-
bury. has arrived in New York to begin
rehearsals for "Florodcra.'
John Hare arrived from England yes
terday. His engagement in THE Gay
Lord Quex'' will begin at the Criterion
! Theatre week from Monday.
Julia Mariowe will shelve Barbara
Frietchie'' the latter part of this month
to prepare for her appearance in when
| Knighthood Was in Flower"
Ossip Gabrilowitsch. the Russian pian-
! list. will make his America debut with the
Emil Paur orchestra in a concert to be
given at Carnegie Hall on November Il.
A new theatre is being built in San
Francisco and will be called the Central.
1t will be the home of stock company
under the direction of Belasco and Thall.
new singer has made her appearance
and is said to have q higher voice than
Ellen Beach Yaw. She is Miss Nevada
Dean and will soon enter the vaudeville
field
Jessie Bartlett Davis is the latest
vaudeville star underlined for London
engagement. She is under contract to ap-
pear in the English capital for twenty
weeks.
Tunis F. Dean. for some seasons the
manager of the Academy of Music, Balti-
more. is looking after the interests of the
Eastern The Christian" company for
Liebler & Co.
Richard Garlic and NJ A. Rourke are
writing the libretto Of musical comedy,
the score Of which will be furnished by
Walter Slaughter, composer of The
French Maid"
The Soldiers Queen is the play in
which Josephine Sabel will appear as a
star. Nicholas Schilzony's Hungarian
Band. numbering thirty-one boys, has been
engaged TO support her.
Allene Crater. who will be remembered
as the prima donna of the Parry Opera
Company at Glen Echo two years ago, is
| appearing in the leading feminine role OF
La Voyage en- Suisse"
On December II at the Academy of Mu-
sic. Philadelphia. Winston Spencer Church.
i'll will make his first appearance in Amer
lea on the lecture platform. when he will
give a talk on the Transvaal war.
Maurice Barrymore has been engaged
by d. V. Arthur to play the leading role
in support of Marie Burroughs in The
Battle of the Strong" to be produced at
the Fourteenth Street Theatre on Novem-
h,r e.
Sims Reeves, the greatest tenor that
England has ever known. died on October
25 Mr.. Reeves was seventy-eight years
old at the time of his death, and up to
that time had appeared in public since the
age of eight.
Edna May sailed from England yester-
day. The new musical comedy in which
Miss May will be starred is called The
Golden Cup and is by Hugh Morton and
Gustav Kerker. who furnished The Belle
Of New York
A special company will be organized by
Charles Frohman to present Sydney Grun-
dy's latest comedy drama. "A Debt OF
Honor which has recently met much sue
cess in London. with George Alexander in
the leading role.
Edna May will soon become a star I'M
der Charles Frohman's management and
her season will open the first week in
December Washington being chosen as
the city to first pass judgment upon Miss
May in her new role.
The announcement that Cissy Fitz-
gerald is in want has been emphatically
denied by Hugh Didcott, manager for Miss
Fitzgerald. who declares that the actress
is filling dates now and that her services
are in great demand on the other side.
Weber Fields recently presented Peter
F. Daley, who was formerly associated
with them, a loving cup Of violets. The
presentation was made over the footlights
during a performance of Hodge, Podge &
Co.," in which Mr.. Daley is starring.
Robert Edeson has succeeded Aubrey
Boucicault as King Charles II In Henri
eta Crossman's production of Mistress
Nell" 1t is understood that Mr. Blossoms
services with the company are in the
nature OF loan by his managers. Liebler
& Co.
The production OF Justin Huntley Nc
Carthy's play, which Z. II. Sothern con-
templated. will not be given this season.
in view OF the great success of Hamlet"
which the star will use throughout his
.nur which will he resumed in a fe~y