The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27

warned them Of the ladys condition. They
cut the encore short and let il fall fat.
When they returned to the stage the lady
had recovered her composufe. HAD MAX
kept on his fun-making in response to the
encore the results might have proved Sc
rious TO her. In two instances people nave
been removed, overcome by hilarity from
the Rogers Brothers audiences"
XXX
Most Of the countrys theatrical pro-
moters have been touched by Charles FrOh-
mans desire to make himself more promi-
nent than plays, players or playwrights,
and are following his lead in this matter
of personal exploitation. 1t often becomes
amusing to the habitual theatergoer; for in
stance when Kiaw q Erlanger organized
christened it the "Klaw & Erlanger Comic
Opera Company" Then they named the
company at the head Of which are Gus and
Max Rogers the "klaw < Erlanger Musical
Comedy Company" This season they pro-
duced a new musical comedy by Harry Il.
Smith. entitled THE Liberty Bellies" In
recourse to the term musical comedy so
they are making il known as "Klaw d
Erlanger's Troubadours.''
Maurice Campbell. husband and manager
OF Henrietta Crosman. who is Mrs.
Fiske's only rival for the honor of being
martyred by the theatrical syndicate for
the sake Of art-this beautiful phrase is in
spired by the Dramatic Mrror-has an
nounced, for advertising purposes, that he
will pay $4,000. besides royalties, for a
romantic comedy that suits Miss Crosman
and him That IL to say Zoo ne viii give the
be a success the writer will get $4,000 more.
The play must be delivered to Mr.. Camp
bell within two years. He says he would
like drama by Edmond Rostand or Vic
torien Sardou, but he does not bar I'M
known writers. At this time several Eng
lish and American playwrights are work
ing on dramas for Miss Crosmans use. She
gained considerable prominence last winter
as Nell Gwynne In play called Mistress
Nell"
Kyrle Bellew will make his first appear
ance as CASTOR de Marzac in Harriet
Ford's dramatization of Stanley Wey-
mans story, "a Gentleman of France" at
the Russell Theater, Ottawa next Wednes-
day night The following Monday the
company VIII begin a series of perform
ances at the Grand Opera House, in Chi
cago. In Mr.. Bellows company are two
actors that once were leading men in this
city's Grand Opera House stock company.
They are John Flood and Howell Hansel.
Mr.. Flood will play Henry of Navarro,
and Mr.. Hansel NJ. Fresnoy to Mr.. Bel
LEWIS Marsac. The leading woman Of the
company is Miss Eleanor Robson, who was
here last spring with Mrs. lie Moyne and
Otis Skinner in Browning "In a Balcony"
which was acted in double bill with Will
liam Butler Yeats's Land of Hearts De
sire" Other prominent players-though
not so well known to indianapolis thea
gOers as those already mandolin Mr.. Bel
LEWIS support are Ada Dryer, John Blair,
Clarence Handyside and Edgar Selwyn-
"Ben-Hur' will be presented at the Illi-
nois Theater in Chicago until Nov. 16, and
the following Monday evening a three
weeks series of performances will begin at
the Olympic Theater in ST. Louis. The
production will go into the Colonial The
alter Of Boston March Il, and viii open the
season of 1929 at the Broadway Theater
in New York, where it was first shown to
the public 1t will not be seen in Indian
apolis This is the third season for the
spectacle. and every performance at the
Illinois Theater has been attended by all
the people the house could hold. For last
season and the season before the total re-
ceipts for the show were $4,000 1t will be
presented in Sydney australia, in Febru-
airy, and at the Drury-iane Theater, Lon
don, in March. Negotiations are pending
for productions in France, Germany and
Russia General Wallace's royalties on the
play, ii will be seen, have been heavy and
will continue increasingly so. The stage
pictures. which include the chariot race in
the Circus Maximus, advertised more
prominently than the play itself, which is
sketchy.