Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-03

will spend considerable time in Lon don in connection with the coming pre- sentation of Ben Hur" at the Drury Lane theatre next March, taking up matters where they were left by Joseph Brooks when he sailed for New York. Thursday, the 25th of July.
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 Through the courtesy of Frank l. Perley, to whom Joseph Cawthorn is under contract. Klaw & Erlanger have engaged MT Cawthorn for the part of the nurse in their presentation of the Drury Lane fairy extravaganza, "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" to be made at the Broadway theater in No vember MT Cawthorn recently made . great hit in London.
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 Because of exceptional conditions which surround the event the forth coming appearance of James K- Hack ett at Wallack's, September 2, is at tracting unusual attention. MT Hack ett then becomes an actor-manager, appears in a new version of Don Caesar deBazan. Don Caesars Return. by Victor Mapes, with perhaps the strongest company to be seen during the coming season, and offers one of the most finished productions ever seen in the country.
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 Louise Closer Hale. the wife of Walter Hale, who will play Col Jack Brereton in support of Mary Manner ing in 'sJanice Meredith" the coming season vii be the "Sukey" the negro servant of the cast Mrs Hale is the author of a very interesting article in the August "Bookman" on Historic EngIishmen of the American Stage" illustrated with photographs of Mans field as Beau Brummel. Goodwin and Dixey as Garrick, Robson as Oliver Goldsmith. Sothern as Sheridan and original sketches of the homes of these historic Englishmen" in London, drawn by Mir Hale.
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 Robert Taber. Kate Rorke, Coopes Cliffe. A. Bucklaw, Basil Gill, Rawson Buckley, W. Morgan. Julian Cross, Beverly Sitgreayes. Nora Kerin, Flos- sic Wilkinson and Constance Collier will play the principal roles in the production of Ben Hur' in London next March. Cooper Cliffe made hit in this country several years ago in support of Wilson Barret playing the deemster in the dramatic version of Hall Gaines story of that title pre- sented at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. Miss Sitgreaves was formerly favor ite in this country. Kate Rorke, who wll play Mother-of-Hur. has appeared in America with success.
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 The title of Harry B. Smiths new musical comedy. 1.-The Liberty Bellies" which will be produced in September, has led many to believe that the new piece is a colonial story. On the con trary, it will be found very much 1901 in all its aspects. The title refers to the two principal female characters, who are expelled from a seminary for a sentimental escapade. They take advantage of their mishap to endeavor to become self-supporting and on this situation as a basis MT Smith has erected a structure of comical incl dents. carrying a very lively interest. The title roles will be played by Etta Butler and Sandol AIilliken. Sixteen additional belles will be played by Augusta Glosse, Edna Hunter, Mar garet Walker, Lotta Faust, Pauline Chase, Edith Barr and others. Cyril Scott will play the role of an Annap- Olis cadet, John Slayin will be col lege boy of an adventurous turn of mind and Harry Gilfoi1 will imperson- ate an eccentric inventor. J. H. Mar lowe, graduate from the Hoyt successes, will play an old sea captain. been written by several composers, thereby securing the advantage of va riety.
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 The new Paul Potter play in which Louis Mann and Clara Lipman will appear in October is a Boer story with its scene laid in Doppesdorf, Transvaal village, and its vicinity, just prior to and during the Jameson raid. It will be presented in four acts and six tableaux- Its title has not yet been definitely selected. MT Mann will play the character of Piet Prins- loo, an old Boer farmer of fifty years, deaf, pepery and full of light Miss Lipman will play Mona Prinsloo, his daughter, a willful, pretty girl of twenty years. El&uL Iue pflQclDal characters will be strong types of the Transyaal Boer. The sentimental in- terest is developed between the char acters of Mona and Rodney Blake, young English doctor. with whom she falls in love and who joins the Jameson raiders. For comedy interest MT Potter has depended mainly on the development of what may be termed unconscious humor-funny things that some of the Boer personalities in his play might do or say without palpa- ble intent to be comic, in this way creating very strong. but unforced, bright and humorous tone in the draw ing of the characters. The scenery will be painted by Physi0c from photo graphs taken in the Transvaal, so that the scenes will be most graphic pie lures of the country now racked by war Mfr Mann and Miss Lipman have left Berlin for the Hague in Holland and WilT also visit Zuyder Zee, where the oldest of old Dutch live Mir Mann desires the opportunity to study Dutch and Dutch dialect for his com ing Representation of the old Boer. In a recent letter to William Harris. of Rich 6 Harris. Mfr Mann wrote that arrail1emeuts had been made for an audience with President Paul Kruger at HIIversun on July 10th.
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