The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-20
Theatrical Notas.


/ The Bostonians have a new opera. the
| subject being Alfred the Great"
Over 500 performances of "A Message
! from Mars have been given in London.
| The veteran American minstrel, Pony
| Moore, is very i'll at his home in London.
THE Giddy Goat a farce from the
/ French, will soon be presented in London.
Betsy Ross, had its first presentation
| IN Poughkeepsie, N. Y, last Saturday
1t is now whispered that the Lieber COM
pany viii manage Harry Woodruff's tour
In Savage. Africa" which enjoyed 4
three months run in Glasgow. i've ele-
phants are employed.
James A. Herne has reconsidered his de-
termination to quit the stage and viii go
out next season as usual.
Fay Templeton,. now with Weber &
Paris 7nd on the continent.
VILLA. Willard Spencer,s opera. Miss Bob
delphia- next Monday night.
Mrs James Brown Potter has not met
play 5e S Nican9ra Or aefes IN fsondon wlth her ne"
Mark Klaw, head of the firm of Klaw &
Erlanger. the theatrical managers, is in
the south in very poor health
Cecilia Lotus ('Cissy'') has been en-
gagged to become Edward Fl. Sothern's
leading actress for next season.
THE Belle of Bohemia which received
a cold reception in London recently, will
be taken to Berlin early next month
A new play has been written with the
and will be shortly produced in New York
Charles Dickson lex mi is now appearing in
was written by a Brooklyn newspaper
man.
George Fuller Golden, president of the
white Rats has been in Chicago estab-
fishing booking agency for that organi-
cation.
James Doel. perhaps the Oldest of the
worlds living actors. celebrated his
ninety-seventh birthday at his residence in
London recently.
F. s. Willard is to have a London the
ater OF MS own, the necessary capital
being looked for
sapdow is playing. an engagement in a
ptleor etIare+ insstr hl, 1.n;i Du5 ms teats 81
time enthusiasm.
Charmion, the lady who does the dis
robing act on a trapeze is to soon appear
fractions to My Lady
It is thought Henry Miller will be at last
happily placed next season, when he APP
pears in the dramatization of the novel
ID Arcy of the Guards
THE Last of the Great Scouts is a lit
erary accompaniment of the Buffalo Bill
show. It is a life Of Col. w. F. Cody, as
told by his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore.
When Bertha Galland, seen in Topeka
with James K Hackett, starts next sea-
Stanford, of Sir Henry Irving's company.
George Lederer may t. ze the Williams
and Walker company to London They
are the Kansas negroes who have been
so successful with their own productions.
T. Daniel Frawley has been in New
new plays for his CalffoTnia Comb eonpanH'
and reports great prosperity on the coast.
It IS among the probabilities that De
Wolf Hopper and Lillian Russell VIII ap-
pear together as joint stars after their
contracts with Weber & Fields expire next
year
Alice Nielsen in saThe Fortune Teller
made her first appearance in London last
week and star and play are said to have
people.
Goodwin and MAKING Elliott has been
published by r. G. Craerin by arrange
ment with George J. Appleton, Mr. Good
wins manager.
Alfred Lewis 'swolfeville'' sketches are
to be dramati7ed by wills MS .Stesie who
shape; and Charles Frohman will present
the play next fall
Corinne Mayo, daughter of Edwin F.
Mayo. who is starring ir '-Pudd nhead |
MIS-, MIson has begun aeti9E a'gafinst :, Mor- o
charging blighted affections.
Molly and the Dukes a costume play |
by George r Sims and Arthur Shirley, |
land. and will probably be. given a Lon |
don presentation in the fall
Eddie F'oy. in his musical farce by |
George. II. Hobart and a. B. Sloan, viii |
open his season late in August under the !
who made him famous.
The Sign Of the Cross ends its sea-
son in Philadelphia tonight and the en- \
tire company sails Tor London next |
will remain in this country.
Eyerhart the young Ohio hoop roller. |
has made a tremendous hit in London. |
He was engaged to appear for one month /
at the Tivoli. but before the first week |
was over his engagement was extended to /
four months at an increased salary
Julia Marlowe's Tooth New York per
fornance as Mary Tudor in When
Knighthood Was in Flower was com
memorated at the Criterion theaJer Mon
day night, April Is. by the presentation of
a souvenir book OF pictures designed and
edited by Miss MarloWe herself
Mabelle Gilman. who was brought to
ciDal role in .syrhe PriTna Donna > Is crit-
a -
York hospital. Lulu G1aser has been Sc
cured for the role and the piece starts
off next Monday night in New York
The mystery surrounding the new man.
agement of the Manhattan theater seems
matte writer Harrison Gray Fiske has
passed from the stage Of denial to that
is. I have long wanted a theater for
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske and may get
one very shortly"
Arthur Dun made a curtain speech at
the matinee performance of "A Runaway
ence was insistent after the famous Cob
lin song Little Mr.. Dunn advanced 10
and gentlemen: The play is long,
short and SO is our time Kindly excuse
us The effort made hit.
Innes and his band have been engaged
to play at the Pan-American exposition.
Der J. Inere mas been some difficulty
about consummating this arrangement. as
Innes claimed that the peculiar instru-
mentation of his band with it's string
basses, harps and preponderance of wood
wind, made 1t impossible for the organi-
zation to be heard to advantage out Of
doors. Director General Buchanan. who
is himself a musician of high culture II
once recognized the justice of the conten-
tion by locating the concerts of the band
in the famous Temple of Music on the
Court of Honor
A Topeka man had occasion yesterday
to come to Atchison. He had no pass on
the Santa Fe, but had passes on the
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific He
Gid not propose to let a corporation beat
him out of a dollar and a half, so he
intending to come to Atchison on the
Missouri Pacific last night. At Kansas
CIT he struck a lot of politicians. and