Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-25

| Edna Is the heroine of the first Of a
series OF "Boudoir Interviews" bril-
| liantly written by Keble Howard for
the Sketch"
The company supporting f. H.
Sothern st the Garden theatre, New
York. in Lawrence 1rving's romantic
play lehsrd Loye1aee, will include
Cecelia LOTUS Charlotte Deane, Arthur
| Lawrence, Rowland Blackstone. Henry
Carvill, Frank Greppo. Francis Powell,
and Sydney Math.r The date an
nouncsd for the production of Richard
| Lovelace is Monday, September 9. Re
hearsals are now IN progress.
| Among the theatre folk that came
home from Europe iast week was Ru-
| dolph Aronson who w a passenger
| on the Aller. While abroad Mr. Aron-
son arranged with william Caspar for
a tour here this season OF the spectacle
| Wild South Africa. He also engaged
Radi.s Bella anu his Hungarian orches-
| ira, and Vittorio Carp an italian bri-
| tone, for concert tours here. signor
! Gsrpi accompanied Mr. Aronson.
Frank keenan, Will tour this season
in Hon. John Grissby, opening late
| in September and playing through
New England and the Middle West.
| Last season Mr.. Keenan, starred in
A Poor Relation, and this season, In
| Hon. John Grigsby, he will again fol-
| low Sol Smith Russell though it Is said
| he will give an entirely new interpre-
! tation of the role. Mr.. Keenan's popu-
larity is manifested by the fact that
far more applications for time are be-
ing received than can possibly be filled.
Mr.. keenan, has Joined the ranks of the
Independent actor-fnanagers, and is
conducting his own affairs.
The company that WIN support Mrs
Fiske at the Manhattan theatre in New
York city In Miranda of the Balcony
is now complete, and includes j. e.
Dodson, Robert r. Haines, Lester Lon
ergan. Max Figman, r. V. Ferguson,
Burton Adams, Jefferson Winter, Bert
ram Godfrey, Charles o. Shaw, Frank
Mccormack. Phillips Smalley, J. C.
Mathews, W. Carl Raue, II. H. Slight,
Annie Irish Kate Pattison Selden, En-
lily Stevens, Victoria Addison, Bessie
Harris, Louise Delmar, Grace E1dridge.
Eva Farrell, Mary Madden, Josephine
Vyndham, Jess ca Penn, Katherine
JOHNSON and Rose Lemolne. Robert
r. Haines will be - 7eesr1is man
The opening at the Manhattan will
take place about the middle of Septem-
Der.
Corse Paytons various enterprises
are falling into limo for the season.
The paytor stock company, under the
management OF David j. Eamage, OPEN
ed In syrin gleld, Mass, Aug. 5, for
two weeks engagement The Payton
Comedy company, J. ?. Maeauler man
ager, opens In srocs1on, Mass. Sept.
y Paytons Sroo=sz1a Theatre com
pany opened last w@e in Portland,
Me-. and is IN Springfield, Mass, this
week and neft. t7>will return to open
the Payton Theatre, Brooklyn, on the
"a OF September.
Mr.. Peyton and Mrs. Payton tEtta
Reed spent their vacation in Europe,
where Miss Reed purchased wardrobe
for their new productions. In this
stock company are William Mortimer,
Charles Baringer. Barton Williams,
Johnny Hoey, Grace Fox. Sadie Rad
cliffe, and Margaret Fields. George
Hoey is still to have control of stage
and Frank Callahan has been re-en-
gagged as musical director Kirk Brown
is the now leading man. Seats have
been selling for eight weeks in ad
vance, and everything indicates that
the s. r. Q. sign will be permanently
displayed, as it was last season
the Rogers Brothers in Washington
was produced in Buffalo last Mon
day.
Andrew Mack will open in Tom
Moore at New London, Conn, Aug 26. |
"A road tour of four nights In New
England will precede his New York |
ensa cement at the Herald Square the |
afro on August 81. The company has
been rehearslng two weeks.
The colt .Geraldyn," said to be own
ed by Edna Wallace Hopper, won a
race at Saratoga August 18th. and Mrs.
Hopper, according to report, won &c.
600 as a result OF the colts success.
Gertrude Norman and Marcia Van
Dresser arrived from London last
week. They went directly to Chicago
to rehearse with Otis Skinner, in whose
company they will be during the COM
ing season.
The following people are engaged for
John Drew's company: ioa Conquest,
Caroline Keller. Ida Vernon Guy
Standing Oswald Yorl1e, Lionel Barry
more, Frank E. Lamb, H. Hassard
Short, Robert Schaible, G. A. Harcourt,
Lewis Baker, Percy Smith and Robert
MaCkaye.
James II. Powers left New York for
Boston few evenings ago TO arrange
for an immsnse benefit for the White
Rats OF America The Boston Music
Hall has been generously placed by
Emery and Alien at the service of the
Rats all next week, and they are going
to put In bill that will surely prove
one OF the strongest on record. Among
those already listed TO appear are Bes
sic Bonehill, George Fuller Golden,
Charles r. Aldrich, George w. Monroe.
Montgomery ana enc, Colombino the
Powers brothers. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Ersonde. Murtha Porteous. Eva
Nudge. Seeley and West, George Stew
AIRY Iohn West ard belmont and