The times., 1901-05-05
BRIEFLY TOLD.

returned to England IA 's
Espy Williams Is at work on a new
play for Otis Skinner
Jefferson de Angels has refused an offer
! TO appear in vaudeville.
Martha Morton is writing new pIav for
Ada Rehans use next season
Mason Mitchell will return TO vaudeville
next season in a new mOnolOgue.
Edgar Halstead has joined the stock
company at the New York Theatre.
The advance sale for the second week of
Ben Hur in Brooklyn was $500.
| Peter F. Daley viii play a short sup
Elementary season in Hodge. Podge &
Bertha waltzinger has replaced Kate
Condor in the prima donna role Of ''Floro-
dora"
Charles Wyndham has been theatre
cal manager in England for twenty-five
Charles Frohman may take his Empire
Theatre company TO London to act ~Diplo-
Next season Jules Murray viii star
Archie Boyd in new play. entitled Yer
r; A. Barnet's musical farce. MY
Lady will go to Philadelphia tomorrow
night.
N S. Northrup will be member Of
Henry. Milier's summer company in San
/ Francisco.
Louise Thorndye-Bouc will go into
vaudeville. Benjamin Horn viii be her
4 leading man.
Ellen Terry made her professional de-
but at the Princess Theatre, London, on
! April Is. 1856.
! Betsy Ross was not a success. The
/ play will be rewritten and renamed for
another trial
Neil Burgess is appearing throughout
the West in his old time success The
County Fair
The American Theatre stock company
has Franklin Fyles' play Kit carson,
| in preparation.
Donald MaeLaren and Norah Lamison,
Tied next month.
Charlotte Crane and Frances Ring have
been engaged for Julia Mariowe's COM
pany next season.
The concert tour of the United States
Marine Band was concluded last Saturday
night at Baltimore.
The Dallas Opera House at Dallas Tex,
was destroyed by fire last week, at an esti-
mated loss of 5000
The stock actresses of San Francisco
have formed a club to be known as the
Women Players Club.
Engie KyObai, a Japanese manager, is
visiting America for the purpose Of study
ing our theatre methods.
'FlorodOra" will continue to be the bin
at the Casino Theatre, New York, all
through the warm weather.
The Dukes Jester" in which Freder-
lex Warde appeared last season, Will be
II. =. Stanford. now appearing with Sir
Henry Irving in London. will be Bertha
Gallands leading man next year.
Paul Gilmore has replaced Aubrey Bou-
cicaqlt as Charles II II, in Henrietta Cross
mans production of Mistress Nell
NJ. b. Curtis revived "SamI of Posen''
at the Murray Hill Theatre last week with
the Henry V. DOnnelly stock company.
Fred Dixon. formerly a member oE-the
BOstonians. committed suicide last week
Il n a SfIb Of
Next year Robert Lorraine will be lead
ing man of the Empire Theatre company.
Arthur Forrest Will succeed E J. Morgan
Sydney, Australia. has seven theatres,
five OF which are devoted TO regular at
fractions and the other two to vaudeville.
Mrs. Langtry's production of The Roy
al Necklace at her new London theatre.
The Imperial has not proved great sue
cess.
Next season Francis Wilson will con-
tinue TO appear in The Monks of Maia-
bar and in a revival of The Little Cor
pOral."
William Harcourt has retired from the
cast Of Uncle Toms Cabin and Carl
Ekstrom is now playing the role Of George
Harris.
Julius Steger, leading tenor of the Je-
rome Sykes Opera Company, viii I'LL con-
cert dates in London during the coming
summer.
Albert Parr. who was recently heard
here in the leading tenor roles with the
Bostonians, will study in Europe this
summer.
Christie Mcdonald and William Winter
Jefferson will be married next Sunday at
Buzzard's Bay, Joseph Jefferson's sum-
mer home.
.'Gulliver's Travels will be converted
into a musical extravaganza by James
Horan. IL will receive it's first prOduc-
tion insLondon.
Thomas Meighan, formerly in support
of Grace George. is playing juvenile roles
XVi Ia
pany, Pittsburg.
Sarah Bernhardt has become profound
y impressed with the acting qualities Of
Mistress Nell, and will probably enact
the role on Paris.
William A. Brady will make ar elabor-
ate revival OF The Two Orphans at the
New York Academy of Music. with Kate
ClaXton as the star.
At the recent annual Lambs Club bene-
fit Frank Worthing scored great success
in a burlesque of himself as Richard
Sterling in THE Climbers"
E. Fl. Sothern will open his next season
on September at the Garden Theatre.
New York. using a new play which has
been furnished him by Laurence Irving
Henry Miller has a new play by Louis
Evan Shipnan. entitled -Darcy of the
during his Pacific Coast season
Nat Goodwin and Maxine EIliOtt's pro-
ductiOn of The Merchant Of Venice" Will
have it's premiere tomorrow night in SYRIA
cuse. There will be eighty people in the
cast.
Edward F. NIiIhonand. who has been
directing the tours of j. X. Murray and
Clara Lane, has assumed control of the
dramatic department of the Baltimore
Star.
1.-The Man From Biankley's" was pro-
luced last month in London by Charles
Hawtrey. This play Will be included in
Hawtrey's repertoire during his coming
American tour.
Minnie Titteli Bruno viii have a new
play next year by +. Marion Crawford
md Espv Williams Mrs Bruno will give
the play a London production before
bringing it to America.
Winchester the military drama re-
,ently produced with success BY the
American Theatre stock company, New -
York. viii be sent on the road next sea-
son with strong cast.
The Theatre Francais has ordered a
new play from Alfred Capus, whose latest
work, La Neine. is the success of the
Paris season Charles Frohman has the
American rights TO this play.
Minnie Palmer is touring the English
provinces IN her old success. My Sweet
leart The play is great favOrite with
he English public and three companies
ire now presenting it over there.
Manager Hamlin of the Chicago Opera
House, VIII give an elaborate production
" Lorna Doone' this summer. and il is
iaid that CHARLES Richman and Eleanor
Robson Will play the leading roles
AT the conclusion of her enga cement
With Sherlock Holmes Maud Fealy viii
llay short stock season in the South
Among her Representations viii be that
# Lady Babbie in The Little Minister
Hamlet was recently played in Lon
Ion as one-act sketch. The role of the
Dane was enacted by enid
ictress known as FIOrrie Groves, and her
work was highly praised by the London