Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-06

Some OF the principals in Mr. Wardes
company will be Judith Berolde. Barry
Johnstone and Charles d. Herman.
Julia Dean, who has won success as
a member OF James Niells company, VII
play second leads with n. c.. Goodwin and
Maxine Elliott next season.
]. Il. Dodson and Annie Irish will open
their joint starring tour about Oot1oer 10
pphey hayf Rays 81 6 s,a Ma andsI cob LhSsrSs
ton.
Next season Clay Clement will be starred
by l. j. Rodriguez in a historical religious
play called David the King, from tne
Dutch OF Jan Van Etten. Mr.. Clement viii
play. Absalom and Daniel Bandmann Kin
David.
Isabel Irving, who is to be starred as
virginia Carvei in TT Crisis" under the
management Of James x Hackett, has
gone to Siasconset, Nantucket, for the sum-
mer. Miss Irving will open her season the
first week In September.
Lewis Morrison has closed his twenty
second season in Faust" and has gone
will be seen as Mephistopheles again nexI
season, with more sumptuous scenery and
even more startling effects.
There is a possibility that the famous
Lolita Will reappear upon the stage. as she
told Mr.. Payton that in the event OF his
making a success OF her Boston Theater,
Warehouses to his Dick Swiveller.
Next season, While william A. Brady
will have only three old plays on the road,
he will send out eight companies-three in
Way Down East" three in Lovers
Lane" and two IN Foxy GRANDPA" This
Is In addition to his new attractions.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson has engaged Mr..
Francis Carlyle as his leading support for
next season. During the period Mr.. Jefer-
spring seasons Mr.. Carlyle will appear in
a new play dealing with newspaper men
in New York City, written for him by Mr..
The personal effects, costumes, riding
habits, gowns, stage costumes, wigs. shoes,
flrnitGpe5 paintings =bTio-s At w snd
removed from her late residence and Of
fered for public sale at an auction room
the Riverview sanitarium.
A Roman Catholic priest has become a
1heater manager. He Is rather Barth 9i
Stephenson, Mich, and the theater Is MS
place of amusement until Father Bartht
having been so petitioned by the towns
people, fitted the parish house with scenery
and began booking attractions.
There is no truth in the published re-
port that Rose Coghlan has bought Alice
of Old Vincennes' from Charles Frohmar
hurry. AS a matter of fact, Miss Cogh-
Ian win remain under my management fol
a term of years, and her last seasons tour
was so successful that l have booked hel
right back over the same territory. which
a repertoire of we'll known successes fol
her. Her tour commences in September
will last forty-three weeks. and her com
pany is already engaged"
Elizabeth Kennedy has engaged Theo-
dore Babcock to play Captain links" fl
the production Of Captain. Jinks of the
as Madame Trentoni next season. Mr.
Babcock is we'll fitted for the portrayal o.
this part as he possesses a fine vein o,
cIIassed With iHackett, hickman and FSyer
sham as a matinee Idol in the public
opinion. Last year he was leading man 70,
Andrew Mack, and before that engag emen
he filled important roles with Nat G. Good
| Nin Gfttnr Rnhann and nfhar nall Knnuyr
stars. The names of thirty-five actors wer,
under consideration for the role of Captain
elaboration Miss Kennedy and her mana
gers decided upon Mr.. Babcock as the mos
suitable actor for the portrayal Of tn
Klaw & Erlanger's American production
OF Ben Hur," which will open the ney
Grand Opera house in Cincinnati. S1Slem
has yet played since IT'S premiere tire
years ago. Its first season was filed en-
lowing year it was presented only in Phila
delphia and Boston. and last season. Il
Chicago, st. Louis, Pittsburg, Philadelphia
to this time, in three years. it has bee
seen in but eight cities. This season. afte
three weeks Chs In Cincinnati, 1t will be Pre- Re
Detroit. indianapolis, Milwaukee, st. Pau
Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, 81
Louisville, Columbus. o. Toledo. Toronto
Montreal, Portland. Me-. Springfield. Mass
providence, HARTFORD ana New Haven. Tn
engagement in Cleveland. Buffalo. Detroit
Indianapolis, milwaukee,, Kansas City, 81
! Louis. New Orleans. and Toronto will b
r for two weeks-all others. one week. TIL
production will be presented in every detai
exactly as staged In New York, and wit
r the same company of $50 people employs
3 during the last three years. Its transpor
tation will require nine baggage cars, tw
> cars for the trained horses and camels an
three Pullman and three passenger coache
I for the company-seventeen cars. This wi
, be the largest organization ever sent e
tour in the world.