The St. Louis Republic., 1901-03-31

Maude Adams is the better Eaelet. Bern
,ardt is the great actress. the finished ar
Isle. but 60 is toe old for the part oil KOS
and's hero The wonderful French woman
I'D remarkable things in the way Of cut
ing AWAY her years but she-evea She
could not do enough.
Alaude Adams has the youth. and. what
for want of better term. may he called
.he soul. necessary 10 the part. The result
ast week was tear compelling. ana In most
respects entirely pleasing.
"L.Aic,on" is a stupidity extensive drama.
with distressing tendency In the direS'ioh
Of being monologue.
So II has come TO poor. jolly, cafe-tree
Maurice Barrymore!
There is "A touch of grim humor in cur
rent statements 10 the effect that the af-
nicted actor has OF late been observed TO
forge; his lines" When indeed. did lie
ever know all OF them. have seen hini. IN
nis best days. humble many passage IN
Captain Swift. and once, playing ArHahu
20 Nethersole's Camille. he forgot line after
line This wasn't one Of Barrys recent
symptoms: il was merely his way. On Inc
contrary. in his last appearance in st Louis
oily few weeks ago at the century
Theater he seemed to know quite rs inuch
of the play as any Of the others.
Barrymore and John Norton used TO he
fast friends The two have exchanged their
quips even to the dawn in the little room
st Faust's. Alas. poor fotick
Mr. Willard has been a long time away
from us; but in his return he Will bring
some fine favorites in the way of plays and,
let us hope some good actors in his support
or all the things Mr. Willard does. :herc
is nothing perhaps. happier than his iraS-
ment of Dickens-dear old Tom Pinch. His
professors Love Story" with Miss Bur
roughs as Miss White. the secretary. lives
IN tho memory. The Willard season will be
one of the good ones at amiable Mr.. Short :
downtown theater.
Miss Hilda Spong. the star from Daniel
Frohman's company from Daly's Theater
New York this season. is the daughter of
an English artist. She appeared in Lon
don. England, and several Australian cities
with success before she made her appear
ance in America with Daniel Frohman's :
stock company. That was in 1875. at the
I,yceum Theater, where she took the part
of Imogen Parrot in "Trelawney of the
Wells"
Since then she has been prominent
member of the company. which includes
some of the best players In America John
Mason. Grant Stewart, William Courtenay'
Jameson Lee Finney, William f. owen.
Beatrice Morgan. Alison Skipworth and
Mrs. Charles walcot are the other members
featured in the production Of Lady Hunt
,rortb's Experiment this season. and at
the Olympic Monday. April S, where it Will
be presented for one week
Ct, S.-,-,t.. Il
players. have failed at Wailaok's Theatcr.
New York. in what the critics say Is BAD
dramatization of ''Maron Lescaut. sun
dry other dramatiZations are now threat
ened, and Manon promises to loom UP as
the craze next season, quite as Nell S"Ehii
has been this season. 1t Is worth NOUNS
by the way that Randolph Hartley ana
George Taggart made dramatic version
of the famous novel last summer for .BerSi
Hope, and she will probably produce it soon,
Their version is said to possess real cra-
matte value, which. according to the critics,
the Kelcey-Shannon doesn't
Mrs .-iske last week practically closed
her extended far Western tour by enter
ing the Middle West at Milwaukee, where
she played very successful engagement
at the handsome Pabst Theater. Since last
November, when she left Boston,Mrs. tlshe
has crossed and recrossed the Continent,
from Chicago through Illinois, Iowa and
Kansas, touching st. Joseph, Mo-, to Den
yer and Salt Lake, and thence to san frah-
cisco. She also visited the prominent cities
of the Northwest. including Portland ore.
It was unusual for so large an organization
as Mrs. F'iske's to visit the mining cues
OF Nontana-Anaconda, Butte and Heiera-
and such towns as Fargo. winnipeg aHu
Duluth, as we'll as Victoria and Vancouver,
but the results justified the experiment
Mrs. F1ske had not visited any of these
places in ten years or more. and, according
to her present plans, 1t will be years again
before she is seen in many of them; brt
her experiences throughout her tour thus
far have been unusually happy, and she Is
returning eastward in the best OF splfits
and condition. For the ensuing fortnight she
will play in the prominent cities in North
ern Illinois and Indiana. and on April ) SIC
will open an engagement at Louisville. Ky,
where she has not played in two years.
Considerable interest having become
manifest as to the cities in which n c
Goodwin ard Maxine Elliott VIII appear
in the characters of Shylock and Portiaiit
the coming revival of 1.-THE Merchant o
Venice" to be made under the direction oi
Klaw & Erlanger and business guidance oil
Joseph Brooks. the managers make pubic
the following list of places where they vii
be seen. beginning Monday evening. May g.
Syracusd Rochester. Buffalo. Chicago. st
Louis. Louisville. indianapolis. Cincinnati
Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburg. Washing
ton. Baltimore. Philadelphia. New York
prooklyn. New Haven. Hartford. Prov
dence and Boston. These cities will prob
ably be played in the order named. Al
these engagements, excepting in New York
Chicago, Boston and Cleveland. are 10
one performance only.
This appearance of Mr.. Goodwin and Mis-
Elliott in a great Shakespearian revival i
not contemplated as commercial project
1t is intended solely as a contribution Z
the artistic side of the American stage
Under no circumstances will more than
be asked for the best seats in any city. TIL
schedule of prices will positively be tn
same as charged by Mr. Goodwin during hi
regular tours Financially. therefore, it
quite improbable that it will prove profit
able.
Mr.. Goodwin and his management's onl
purpose in entering into this project is
crafty his and their desire to present a
unusually artistic revival of a great dra
matte masterpiece and to afford him an OF
portunity to appear in one of the classicf
characters made famous by the creates
actors in the world.