The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-02

fully and. when she had finished, ran
over to Gus and said: Papa. there Is
enough wood to build fire in the
morning. Max grabbed his hat, ran
down stairs and. a few minutes later,
while standing with one foot on a brass
rail, said softly. "Gimme one long one
drawn from the 'doubleyah, oh, oh,
dee!'" "
Klaw & Erlangers arrangement with
NJ c. Goodwin to play the role of Bottom
in the revival Of "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" which they will make season
after next, is one of the most important
theatrical contracts made In years. 1t
| is the intention Of this firm to make this
| revival the greatest and most elaborate
Shakespearean production ever seen in
this country, and to that end will spend
In the neighborhood Of s1OO,OOO In staging
| 1t. The latest and most approved stage
appliances and many to be invented cs-
pecially for this effort. will be utilized to
realize all the spectacular effects. The
costumes will be designed by II. Richard
Anderson, who made the costume plates
for ben Hur." Professor Edgar Still
man Kelley. professor of musical theory
at Yale university. who wrote the incl
dental music for "Ren Hur," will ar
range the music for this production and
will personally conduct the orchestra.
Mr.. Goodwin will play with his wife.
Maxine Elliott, next season. The fol-
lowing season, when Mr.. Goodwin will
appear as Bottom, she will make her
debut as an independent star under the
The announcement made by Klaw e
Erlanger that they had arranged to d.
rect the tour of Alice Nielsen In a new
comic opera by Victor Herbert and Harry
b. Smith. opening in September 1902.
sets at rest the many claims made during
the past three months by several New
York managers and theatrical firms that
they had secured this talented young
singer. From the time Miss Nielsen went
abroad, over year ago, to the publ
cation of the fact that she Is now a Klaw
& Erlanger star, she was beseged with
offers by letter and cable and in person.
She refused them all. saying that when
she returned to America she would sing
under the direction Of Klaw & Erlanger,
or would not come at all She personally
took up the matter with this firm and
after considerable correspondence. the
arrangement was completed. Miss Neil
sen will remain abroad this summer for
the purposes of study and rest, and all
next season, to fill concert engagements
for which she is under contract. and
will not return to this country till late
next spring. Klaw & Erlanger will pre-
sent her season after next in n great
production surrounded by a superb COM
pany. Her study and experience abroad
have greatly improved her work. and her
return to the American stage next year
will present most talented and finished
artistic.
In Rice's "Show Girl" the most at
tractive Of all recent conglomerations of
song. dance costumes and scenery, COM
monty called musical comedy" New
York has seen several new comedians
who had never before appeared in the
metropolis The principal and most i'm
portant of these is Frank Lalor, who
had previously appeared Only in the
smaller towns with practically un-
known farcical comedy. Another is Rob-
ert Daley. younger brother of Peter
Daley whose efforts have heretofore
been confined to vaudeville, has an i'm
portant comedy role in the production
for which he is well suited. A western
song and dance team, Frank c. Young
and Bessie de Vote. were engaged for
their speciality. but We're placed in two
leading comedy roles in which they made
most pronounced success.
The success of the "show Grr' on
Broadway has certainly placed the veter-
an Rice again in the front rank of pro-
ducers and with his rej,,venation the re-
vival Of his old productions, brought up
to date. should enjoy renewed prosperity.
New York is having craze of musical
comedies this summer. Rice's "Show
Girl. "The Chaperons,' "Wild Rose"
Dolly Warden" and king Dodo" are
all running to excellent business. Rice
has established himself as producer
by his presentation Of the "Show Girl"
which is accounted the best. livelest and
brightest of all. being distinctly "A Rice