Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-05-19
THEATRICAL NOTES.

THEATRICAL NOTES.
Maude Adams will produce next sea-
son new play by j. NJ. Barrie.
herbert Kelley and Effie Shannon
| VIII De under their own management
next season, and will produce it is said
| new play by Martha Morton.
'Charles Mortimer has added a version
OF Under Two Flags to his repertoire.
Mathews and Bulger, now under the
management OF the Broadhurst Broth
ers, Will open their season on Aug1s\
10Th. N''
Dan DAILY is going to London to an
pear IN Tom B. Davis production OF
Inc Whirl of the Town at the New Cen
tury theatre.
agnes Ardeck has been re-engaged for
Inc pltIe-role in Mistress Nell, by Man
ager Maurice Campbell for next season.
MISS Ardeck probably will be the only
actress playing Mistress Nell after Jan
nary L, as Henrietta Crosman intends
10 produce new play at that time.
Alice Nelson has been engaged by
Charles f'rohman to start under his
management next season in an operatic
version OF Madame Sans Gene. written
some years ago by Ivan CaryIl for
Florence OF. John, but never produced.
All the managers in Ohio. executing
those from Cleveland and Cincinnati
VIII meet at Akron o., June and 6.
! for the pudpose of promoting a friendly
feeling and to keep poor attractions out
| OF Ohio. If a manager PLAYS a moor
| attraction he is to notify the Others to
have nothing to do with it, and If they
have booked the attraction, to cancel II
A looker-on in London writes: "The
season here is beginning in earnest and
with two exceptions everything is do
ing splendidly. l am sorry to saw thai
the latest American productions, The
Girl From Up There and The Fortune
Teller, are not having a profitable ex-
perience."
Edward J. Morgan will be starred
next season by Lieber & Co. in dra-
| matlzatlon of Robert Louis Stevenson's
novel, The Master Of Ballantrae." A
trial performance of the play will be
given by the Frawley company in San
Francisco this summer, after Mr.. Nor
gan, who is at present playing John
Storm in The Christian at McVicker's
theatre Chicago, joins the organization.
Maurice Grau sailed for Europe on
May 8.
News comes from London that Irene
Vanbrugh, who appeared here in the
Gay Lord Quex, rs engaged to be mar
rled to Dion Boucicault, with the we'd
ding to take place in August.
sam Bernard has just signed two
years contract with Weber and Fields.
Mr.. Bernard will appear for brief en-
gagement ON the Chicago vaudeville
stage during the summer.
The household effects Of Maurice
Barrymore will be disposed of at auc-
ton on Wednesday of this week
William Winter Jefferson, the young
est son of Joseph Jefferson, was mar
ried on Sunday at Buz2ard's Bay, to
Christie Macdonald, and the young
| couple are now in New York ready to
sail tomorrow for Europe.
Percy HaswelPs injury, due to fall
while riding horse in Under Two
Flags, at the Lafayette Opera House,
in Washington. D. c., is SO severe that
she has decided to cease playing for
the balance of the season.
Anna Held expects to 20 to Europe
next week. and will remain abroad I'M
til her season begins at the Casino
The Great White Diamond is shortly
to close its tour. The play started out
with moderate luck, and it succeeded
in making one of the biggest hits of the
season. Frank Hennig. of this city,
| plays the lead
Rose Stuart has gone to Pittsburg
Pa, to join the Grand Opera House
! Stock Company. Miss Stuart has been
! successful this season with the stock
company at the Murray Hill Theatre
! The Broadhurst Brothers have made
| arrangements to star Dan and Charles
| Mason next season in a new musical
| comedy entitled Rudolf and Adolf The
company will open about the middle
| of August and will tour through the
! South and West.
A Russian translation of LAiglon
| was produced at Madame Yavorskaya's
| Theatre in st. Petersburg on April %
with much success. Madame Yavor-
skaya played the title-role, and NJ. Pc
! trosian was the Flambeau.
| Adelaide Cushman has gone to Chica-
go to play Mary Barden in The Village
! Postmaster, a role she originated at the
| Fourteenth Street theatre in New York
City.
Chauncey olcott will open his next
season at the Columbia theatre, San
| Francisco, July %.
| The Merchant of Venice production
with Nat Goodwin did terrific bust
ness the last three nights of last week
! at Powers theatre in Chicago. The
work OF the star was warmly praised,
! and he was showered VITA attention.
r. ID MarT can and 0jerte TYLER
promise two beautiful and complete
! productions of Coriolanus and King
John next season, and from the way
| the work is now going on the territory
to be covered by this organization. play
goers will have the opportunity of wit
Messing probably the most superb