Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-16

Phoebe Davies, for the past four seasons the heroine of Way Down East" will create the title role in Bet sy Ross" when it is produced in Phila- delphia by William A. Brady and Jos eph R. Grismer next spring.
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 A cone-any playing "A Pair of ErampS We're quarantined last week in their special car at Monmouth, III, the negro cook of the company hay ing developed smallpox. The com Eany weEe vaccinared.
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 Grace George will play an engage ment of ten weeks in New York next season, Presenting q romantic drama by one of the best known American nlaywrights, and q dramatization of q very popular novel.
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 Mary Mannering will probably con- tinue i'll Janice Meredith next sea son in such cities as she may not visit this season. Before next spring she may try s new play. Miss MannerlnS will be succeeded at Nall:tck'S theater on February D by Louis Mann and Clara Lipman in All on Account of Eliza
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 Betsy Ross" the new romance pro- duced in Philadelphia in April, is by H. A. DeSuchet. author of My Friend from India.' It concerns that spright- ly young Qualleress. whose fair hands made the first American flag. ant whose old home in Philadelphia is about to be purchased as q memorial by popular subscription.
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 Messrs Klaw X Erlanger will present the noted comedienne. Miss Ada Re han, supported by q large and very carefully selected company, in Paul Eester's new comedy. sweet Nell of Old DElry,'' ill this city Friday cVen- ing, March 1. This production is now occupying the stage It the Boston Mu- scum in Boston and drawing marvel Ously large attendance.
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 Queen Victoria's love of music and the drama was well known, and her appreciation of a really fine play was unbounded. but after the death of the prince conSOrt the queen WaS never present al d London prfOrmance. She "commanded'' both theatrical and op- cratic performances very frequently at both -BalmOral Castle. her holhp in the Highlands of Scotland. and at Osborne House in the Isle of Wight. while the excellent operatic performances that nearly every London season were given in the famous Waterloo chamber at Windsor Castle were always events that interested her majesty greatly and quite enlivened the otherwise usu- ally dull. court life led by the late queen.
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 Miss Henrietta Crosmdn, whose ar tistic and almost sensational triumph in Mistress NelI' is now well known to the entire country. is at present playing at the Auditorium theater, Philadelphia. a house not under the control of the theatrical trust Her engagement there has so far been re- markable for fashionable attendance and financial results. At the close or her first week the performance was given to receipts of over S2,too- Ihls broke all records of the theater, even those of Mrs Fiske in Becky Sharpe.' as well as of Francis Wilson and other stars at one time free from theatrlcal trust domination. Aubrey Boucicault. who played the part of King Charles in New York. and who resigned to ac- cept an important role in Quo Nadls, will rejoin Miss CroSman in the same mart next week. Sidney Booth, at presnt playing the part of the merry monarch. will then assume the role Of the Duke of Buckingham.
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 The Savoy theater. New York. was closed once more on February and the engagement of 'Unieavened Bread" came to an abrupt end. Ac- cording to q representative or the the- ater owners, dispossess proceedings were brought against Manager Aired E. Aarons. who, it is alleged, had not paid the matter of S1 1,666.66 alleged to have been due for months rent. Then. foo. the musicians claimed that their salaries were two weeks lp ar rears and they declined to play, MT Aarons thought they might ma Il way out of their difficulties before theatef time at night. but Liebler and company announced that their company Woulu -not appear under such douptIul CIT cumstances, and that, rather than nave an audience disappointed declaralion should be made before the people as- sembled. Accordingly q sign was post ed at the theater saying ''No perform ance tonight and the theater was suddenly closed for the third tune Tn the present season. Onlea'eheu Bread" is now on tour.
 Fl: Maurice Thompson author of Alice of Old yincennes,'' which will be dra- matized for next season, died yestef- day in Crawfordyille, after lingering illness. He was one of the best known literary characters of the country. MT Thomnson was born in Fairfield, Ind, on Santember 9. 1S44 He entered the Confederate army in 1862 and. did hard scout duty In 1867 he explored Lake Okeechobee, Florida, listing its birds, animals and plants. From his Charlottesville home Mir Thompson sent forth the literary work which was to win him distinction, first book of poems, 'sHoosier Mosaics," then ''Syl- van Secrets followed by Bird Notes" From his home came the teWitchery of Archery" which caused a revival of this fine old sport. MT Thompson began writing for publica- fion first in 1873. He had written be- fore this, but he considered the publi T