Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13
Plays and Players.

Richard Mansfield has had another wind
fall. He purchased some real estate near
cortland s land Ore bs some on ysaFas t PaEK' a 8ad ti now
what he paid for 1t.
Frederick lines. the bandmssteT has
M MeiIfSeiS fee sSETs ar 7 S which Sa WIFI be used
by NJ. B. Curtis in his new piece, The
Greenhorn from Breslau.'
Janauschek is the latest actress to deny
misery. She says she has plenty of friends
and while II is true ss she p MS Is stricken deEtad by
could provide.
Mr.. Clyde Fitch has delivered to Mr..
Fllrt,p for Miss Ethel Barrymore; his new
comedy. The Girl with the Green Eyes,
S Which E c MIR. Fgre ehnl1is0 wifi wifi 1 prod IN q al the
there Of Mr.. Barrie'ss Quality Street" with
Miss Ellallne Terriss and Mr.. Seymour
Hicks in the leading roles.
Miss Rose Coghlan has been engaged by
Manager Jules hurry to play the title role
retirement of Clara Morris from the stage
this play has lain idle. Jules hurry will
give Miss Moulton" a sumptuous revival,
cast of players to support Miss Coghlan.
1t had been reported that Miss Coghlan
but her arrangement with Manager Murry
is sufficient denial of the report.
Miss Lillian. solomon. the beautiful and
talented daughter Of Lillian Russell, who
Lee IN. j. convent, will soon start on an
extended European trip. In charge. Of Mr.:
and Mrs. Westford, the latter a sister Of
Miss Russell's, she will make a three
months tour of England and the continent,
after which she win entts a convent in the
an accomplished linguist and excellently
grounded IN the English classics.
Sh~akespearean r~evivals promise to occupy
Ensiish-speaEing. stage during the coming
season. Beerbohm Tree Is offering a
SwSTI 8es OF w,PDs sSSgetiG IN witch IF "T Ee :, M ss.e.
ciated with Mrs. Kendal and Ellen Terry,
and Sir Henry Irving will, soon appear
water Louis James and Frederick Warde
will produce The Tempest on an elabo-
production of Julius Caesar and e. II.
Sothern will again essay Hamlet"
Perhaps no class Of professional people
have succeeded so well in connection with
atricai profession is full OF them. They
have practically superseded the advance
cided inroads upon the managerial domain.
More successful writers for the stage have
come out Of the ranks, Of journalism than
and other professional writers. Witness
such names as Harry B. Smith, Kirke
Faap shslis Sv,s sut sSFbo OF Of "P ioT5s as, Ghie s,
Behind Me" and three or four others: Au-
gustus Thomas. Stephen F1ske, Harrison
s S5dy la Sasb but P pSt least Ma f RssinialS Ss Ss Eo1 AdS
add to the list BARLEY csmPseIl.. Benjamin Ss %nTa
and OF the opera T. Doctor OF Aican-
tara" and Augustin DAILY. Most of these
men made a reputation as dramatic critics
before they became famous as writers OF
plays and composers.
Fred Stone. who plays the scarecrow in
The Wizard OF o. has TO stand notion
less for eighteen minutes at a stretch,
/ DeTce0 uOOn a mole In q cOrnhald WhfIa a
scene is taking place in the foreground.
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. The eyes OF
me n s1die 6S are constantly upon him and
body or the Illusion would be DESTROYED.
His out-stretehed arms are supported by a
hrst performance of "The Wizard Of OF
both of Stones arms went sound asleep and
when Dorothy came 70 take him from the
could restore the circulation. The other
day the 'scarecroW' related an amusing
incident Of this tedious pose. "one night, :
said he. when the scene was about half
through, 1 felt an almost uncontrollable
desire 10 sneeze. The very thought OF such
a calamity filled me with horror. and / re-
solved not to give may 20 the temptation.
! summoned all my will power and tried Ia
bring. a little Christian fortitude 10 bear on
the situation, at the same time holding on
TO those twitching muscles like grim death
10. a grasshopper Those seven OF eight
minutes before was expected to come to
down my cheeks, and the %prickling, cham
pagne-iike sensation spread from my nose
dose Of electricity. All this time the sneeze
was gathering accumulated force, and,
finally. in spite Of me. It burst out like the
charge of a Calling gun. Then / heard q
roar from the audience. and knew that
had been able to restrain the sneeze until
S supno sne r ts bri mahq me ~ NIP mn Dorothy was
made 4 hlt that night. but / would not SO
through such an experience again for any
amount OF glory"