Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-05-05

with Klaw 4 ErIaneer Is vita neW
modern society play for Miss Hehan, to
be ready August /. Miss Rehan will
make her first appearances in it in Octo-
Der. Miss Morton has abandoned her
proposed trip to Europe and will retire
to her cottage IN the Adirondack noun
tains to devote the entire summer to
the composition of the new piece. Miss
Morton is the author of several success
ful ploays, among them .4The Mer-
chant His Wife's Father" and "A
Fool of Fortune"
On April Is Marie Holland appeared
at the Teck Iheater. Buffalo. in 1.-THE
Power Behind the Throne" it is report
ed, to the largest audience ever assem-
bled in a Buffalo theater, and, in spite
OF stormy weather, Miss Holland sue
ceeded in attracting capacity audiences
at nearly every performance during the
week. Following the Buffalo engage
ment she appeared at Niagara Falls,
LockpOrL and Batavia, not only dupli-
eating her Buffalo success but estab-
fishing new records for receipts In, each
of the above theatres, it is said Miss
Hollands season has been phenomenal
ly successful, and her preent tour,
which end at Bridgeport. Conn, on May
IL, will have established her as one of
the best paying stars in this country.
The receipts for the last week of
Ben Hur" at the Colonial Theater in
Boston exceeded $4,000, breaking its
famous Philadelphia record of over 500
600 in one week. 1t will end this season
at the Columbia Theater in Brooklyn,
where its original booking for two
weeks beginning April % was extended
for four weeks before the opening per-
Torrance because of the wonderfully
large advance sale. Contracts between
Klaw & Erlanger and Arthur Collins
of London, and James G. Williamson of
Melbourne, contemplate simultaneous
production of Ben Hur" in England
and Australia, April s, 1902. These are
independent projects. The American
company will continue its tour here.
This means that three productions of
Ben Hur' will be running at the same
time in different parts of the world, Civ
ing employment to over 1900 people.
The Twelfth Night Clubs benefit per-
Torrance to be given at the Empire
Theater, Jew York City, on Friday
afternoon promises to be one of the
most attractive of such entertainments
this season. Among the we'll known
players who have promised to appear
are Chauncey Olcott, William Collier,
Wilton Lackaye, Frank Worthing,
Bruce LMcRae, Robert Edeson, John E.
Kellerd, Vincent Serrrano, Thomas A.
Wise, John c. Rice, Blanche Bates.
Elizabeth Tyree, May Robson, Alice
Fischer, Ethel Hornick, Minnie Rupee,
Bijou Fernandez, Lillian Thurgate,
Leila Owen Ellis, Geneva Ingersol,
Mazda Craigen, Ellen Berg, Louise Col
line. Maude Monroe, Ada Dryer, Sallie
Williams, Adelaide Fitz Allen, Harry
Woodruff, James E. Sullivan, Maclyn
Arbuckle, Campbell Gollan, Arnold
DAILY. George Richards, Ernest Hastings,
George Howard and Edward Abeles.
line statement has been frequently
made that Mary Manering and James X.
Hackett were planning to appear joint
ly in a Shakespearian drama and that
in the contract existing between her and
her manager, Frank Mckee, she had
reserved the right to play four weeks
each season in special productions with
Mr.. Hackett entirely independent of Mr.
Mckee's direction. Both these state
ments are erroneous. In Miss Manner
ing's contract with Mr.. Mckee it is stip-
ulated that she is to play five years I'M
der his sole and exclusive direction
without reservations of any character,
and any joint appearance with Mr..
Hackett could only be made with his
consent. lit can be authoritatively stat
ed as coming from Mr.. 41cI<ee that these
are the facts and that no appearance of
Miss Mannering in any special produc-
ton with Mr.. Hackett can be made
without his consent. At some future
time, Mr.. Mckee states, he may deem it
advisable to present Miss Mannering in
Shakespearian role in a special pro-
duction, but such project has not yet
been formulated. He will continue Miss
Mannering in Janice Meredith next
season. He has no future plans for her
till she has covered the country in this
very successful play. He has in hand
for her three new plays, one Of which
he may present the latter part of next
season, should circumstances warrant.