The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-21
NEWS OF THE THEATERS
OLLIE MACK, OF THIS CITY, Is NOT
IN A BUSINESS COMA.
Great Production of "Arizona" in
New York-LOrimer
Taken Home to Die.

Amelia Bingham will not be seen in "The
Climbers" here until May 10.
Frank Mckee has received the scenario
of the dramatization of "Graustark." the
novel by George r. McCutcheon. of La
fayette. which Mary Mannering will pre-
sent in play form late this season.
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a New York city Judge decided. the
other day. that. of $3.50 earned each week
by the team known to patrons of the
varieties as McAvoy and May, four-ffths
belonged 10 McAvoy. The performers. man
and wife in private life, had quarreled and
parted, and the wife demanded a one-half
share in the husbands savings.
Al w. Martins production of Uncle
Toms Cabin and a new melodrama of the
revolutionary period. at Valley Forge"
will divide next week at the Park Theater.
The engagement of Charles IL. Boyle's
comedians in The tn Star Bparder. will
melodrama. comes tomorrow.
The latest of Bolossy Kiralfy's famous
spectacles, "Constantinople." is now being
presented at the Teck Theater in Buffalo.
In the different pageants two hundred
young women are used besides a corps
of acrobats and dancers. The Bosphorus
and the slave market are two of the most
elaborate features.
Lorimer StOddard has been taken TO the
home OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Henry Stoddard. in New York. His death
Is expected daily. but his condition is such
that he Is able to work on his two new
plays. which he hopes TO leave complete
20 his parents. lie dramatized Tess of
the d'Urbervillos" for Mrs. Fiske. His
father is a well-xnown critic and poet.
Frank l.. Perley has sent out n call for
all members OF The Chaperons' Company
10 report for rehearsals on Aug. 26 at the
American Theater Hall. New York. The
season Of THE Chapcrons" will open Sept.
30 in Hartford. Miss Winifred Florence, a
niece of the late Billy Florence. has
been signed for 1.-The Chaperons. in which
she will make her professional debut. Miss
Florence Is a daughter Of exiChief of Po-
Each season Kl.w A@Lrl.ns.r.. Roger.
Brothers Company has presented a special
musical number in the McNally farces that
has proved a big hit. Last year i'd was
When Reuben Comes 10 Town and the
season before. The Innocent Maid The
coming season, In The Rogers Brothers
The Wedding OF the Reuben and the
Maid" Tn words for this song are by
Harry b. Smith and the music by Maurice
Lew. who set the Maid" and Reuben
songs TO music.
Mrs. Adams. the mother OF Maude
Adams. the actress. is being sued for di-
vorce In the Wyoming courts by her hus-
band. Miss Adams's stepfather. His COM
plant charges that ever-since his marriage
20 Mrs. Adams. in 1896. she has lived al
most continuously with her daughter. He
asserts that this Is a sore loss 10 him. and
he believes tina a divorce il the only cs-
cape possible from his troubles.
Mrs. Adams, although her professional
lights pale before those of her stellar
daughter. Is an actress OF no mean ability.
Her speciality Is "Old woman" parts. She
has played these with John Drew. and
last season she had a part in Captain
links"
Some idea OF the magnitude OF the pro-
duction OF Arizona" az the Academy az
Music. New York. viii be gathered from
the statement that a sergeant OF the United
States cavalry has been for six weeks
training thirty horses on a big stock farm
down on Long island 20 their duties as
mounts for the men OF the fictitious EleV-
enth Cavalry IN Augustus Thomas's PLAY.
Tie original sketches OF Frederic ReminR-
Ton n Walter Burridgs have been utilized