Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-26
MINNIE MADDERN FISK.

MINNIE MADDERN FISK.
Minnie Maddern Fiske, the only star
who has successfully fought the COM
hiration of theatrical managers, ana WHO
is generally conceded to be America
foremost actress, visits Butte TINS VIII
ter. 1t is many years since she was laSt
here. and in the interval her lame mas
become world wide In the days before
Tess of the DUrbervilies' had been
written her popularity was attributed |"
'mannersms" which CAUGHT tn" public.
1t was not mannerism that distinguish"
Mrs. Fiske, however, but genius, and the
NEST charming personality seen ui'pn
the stage in our times.
Mrs Fiske was born in New Orleans,
the daughter of Thomas DaNen and f-lZ-
abeth Madden. and in her earlier stag
career took her mothers name Her
father was prominent in the south as a
theatrical manager. Her mother was
daughter of Richal,. Madden, an Eng
iish musician. who came to thus country
with a large family and organized
travelling concert company composed OF
his own children. This organization was
known as the Maddsrn family. Mrs
Fishes mother was remarkable must
clan and became a weil-known actress
later under her husbands nana2em"nt
Minnie MaCde.n made her debut Il!
Little Rock Ark, at the age of years
"a the Duke CT York in "i,charI III
she played and Travelled continuously
until the age CT IA, acting in marvel
Gus variety of parts. She appeared with
Laura keene in New York city in Hunt
cd Down during the run of mat play,
being then but or years Of aGe. 81
later played Prince Arthur III the notable
revival of King John at Booths the
ater with John Mccullough, j. b. Booth
and Agnes Booth in the cast.
Before attaining her 14th year Miss
Maddern acted many of the leading juNo-
nile parts and occasionally Cd women
parts, SO remarkable was her stage
Il ada ptabilty. Long before she wore long
| dresses off the stage she assumed thcm
in the theater When but Il years OF
age she played Francois in "Richelieu.'
! and Louise in THE Two Orphans
/ When 10 she assumed the part Of Widow
Melnctte with astonishing success. Sha
played the round of child's parts with
| Barry Sullivan, and later with Lucille
Weston; she was the orisinal Little Fritz
in ]. X Emmett; first production at wal
| lack's an. Niblo's; she was Taul in The
ocltfOOn at fHl!au'l!)hlI. II Id1ko III
Guy Mannering'' with Mrs. Waller,
Sybil in "A Wolf in Sleeps othing.'
Brief periods We're spent by the young
actress in French and convent schools
in the cities of New Orleans, St. Louis
NJ ntreal and Cincinnati. Her education
which might be presumed to have been
desultorily pursued, owing 70 her con-
slant change of locality, was, neverthe-
loss met hn1ica1 II r. rafII1V
vtsed by her mother. Il woman of broad
! culture, who devoted her life to the pur-
| pose.
F, Mrs. Fiske became a star at the age of
| 1G. Since that time and up to the time
! os her temporary retirement she became
+ identified with several plays. among
/ them being Caprice" and In Spite or
4 ALL When she married in 1890 and re-
! tired from the stage she had no thought
! OF permanent REIMBURSEMENT of the
] tiCater. She felt that a period of rest
ftc IN vocation that had been prac-
! tically continuous from Childhood. and
/ one in which she had not found aaeauata
i opportunity FOR lack of>plays that fitted
| hcr temperament and individuality
i would result in a development more GER
! tain and thorough than constant activity
! o.. the lines whose every possibility sh.
/ had exhausted.
Mrs Fiskes occasional appearance for
/ charity in New York during the period
:. OF her temporary retirement in play;
! that tested the powers of great actresses.
! and the number of parts She has played
! sil,ce her return to the stage, have Illus
] tiaated her marvellous artistic expansion
! and genius Her repertoire includes tn"
/ parts of Nora in "A Dolls House" Marie
i Dcloche in The Queen of Liars" Ola
! Ne nteuse), Cesarine in La Femme de
Claude Madeline in Love Finds TIN.
! Way" (Marguerite Merngtpn's adapta-
! ton of the German play, 'Das Recht auf
GluckD, Cyprienne in "Divorcons," Mag
\ de- Gilberte in 'Frou- Frou," and the one
I act plays Little italy" "A Bit of Ola
i Chelsea "A Light from St Agnes -
\ Not Guilty" and "A White Pink" Mrs.
Y Fiske has been accepted throughout the
4 country as the most original and artistic
! OF American actresses when in the sprin..
I Of 1897 in Tess OF the D'I'rbe"villes' she
4 electrified New York, whose critics de
i cared her to be unequaled among the
/ actresses of the English tongue The
! success of Mrs Fiske's career however.
! i her latest play. Becky Sharp" found
4 el on Thackerays Vanity Fair" IL.
i most notable native production of re-
q cent seasons.
i THEATRICAL GOSSIP.