The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-08
ed ninety feet into net at London

ed ninety feet into net at a London
theater.
Charles Frohman is to have a Shakes
pearean revival at the Empire theater'
New York, in the near future. and Mar
garet Anglin will be seen as Lady Mac
BETH
Lewis Morrison himself will soon appear
Tor the last time in this city as 'tMeDass-
to- in the superb new scenic production of
Faust" said to surpass all previous pro-
ductlons this star has presented.
Manager Smythe says that Rose of Ply
mouth Town will not be shelved but will
go on the road Just as soon as route can
| be framed up. Minnie Dupree will remain
the star of the piece
| J.. E. Dodsen and Annie Irish opened
| their season in New York last Monday
night appearing in Mrs. Madeline Lucette
The piece scored a success.
Wilson Barrett has entirely recovered
South Africa He is now on short pro
vincial tour, and later will produce his new
play. The Christian King" Alfred the
| Great being his theme.
Aida Cortelyou, who is Mr.. Ginette's
/ leading lady this season, made her first
| appearance on the American stage in Bos-
| ton on last Monday night 1t was her To-
cal debut, but she has had several years
| experience in London, where she has play
| ed important roles at various theaters-
Estelle Mortimer. who is a member Of
| the Frohman forces, but whose services
will not be required until the first of the
year, has decided to go into vaudeville IN
the meantime. She has secured sketch
entitled WED or Pay
Should Mary Mannering score a. pro-
| nounced success in this country with Clyde
F'itch's THE Stubbornness of Geraldine -
she will be taken to London by Manager
Mckee for an extended engagement.
| Samuel Edwards, the comedian has re-
| signed from the company playing THE
Prince of Pilsen' in Chicago and his part
| Hans Wagner the Cincinnati brewer has
been given to John Ransone. the original
of the part when first produced in Bos-
/ ton.
Gertrude Anterior is dramatizing her
unique biography of Alexander Hamilton
and the piece is to be presented by Chas.
| Frohman, who considers the character of
Hamilton singularly well fitted for stage
| purposes
Maurice Levi, the well known musical
conductor, has had a falling out with the
ization when it quits New York next week.
going with klaw and ErlanGer- Paul
SCHNEIDER takes Mr.. Lewis place
The 'Corianton" company has been dis
| banded, and Joseph Haworth, the leading
man. is in New York. The play took well
/ in Utah because it dealt with Norman
flourish for eastern tastes
P. B. Chase has purchased the theater
known as the Empire in Cleveland, Ohio.
This is one of the handsomes5 theaters in
the west. and with his Washington end
Baltimore theaters. puts Mr. Chase in con-
troll of three valuable properties.
Mrs Elizabeth Freeman. the mother Ct
Kate Castleton, who died about ten years
ago, has sued the trustees of the estate
has not been accounted for MISS Castle
ton left an estate of $4,000. which has been
turned over to her mother
The vaudeville team known as the Nc
| Intyres have deserted the stage for a farm
| in Kenosha. Wis. The team is well known.
Mr. Mcintyre being a brother of the Nc
| have also a pretty daughter. Pearl, who
appeared with them up to a year ago.
A new musical comedy. with the title
'-Tioledewinks'' viii be given it's first pre-
sentation in New York about the first of
the year. It is by Harry Won Tilzer end
Arthur J. Lamb. song writer's. Mittenthal
! Brothers will manage the organiZa ton,
which is to number so people
Hattie Williams, the leading lady with
the Roger Bro hers, has sent in her resig-
nation and will leave the company shortly
! Miss Williams friends claim that she has
been forced out Of the company TO make
room for Maude Raymond, the wife of one
of the brothers.
Blanche Walsh opened her season IN
w Of nalaT ib s ~
! a success although she was handicapped
with a sore throat. Charles Dalton, per
leading man, is also reported to have made
a success.
Edward Harrigan. the veteran Irish COM
edian and character actor, has been en-
tant part in Clyde Fitch's latest piece.
The Bird in the Cage" in which Sandol
Miliken will have the principal role. The
piece opens in Boston next Monday night.
Advices from Argentina are to the effect
that the French actress. Reiane. made i
| lTSmeHuOdS ll1t II That GUILTY. anu Ia
she has extended the engagement week
| by request after securing permission from
the Vaudeville theater in Paris, at which
house she is under special contract.
1.-The Silver Slipper written by Owen
| Hall and Leslie Stuart. was brought out
for the first time in this country at New
! Haven. Conn., last Tuesday night. Tine
piece is constructed along the same lines
as ..Florodora-' Sam Bernard and Edna
| Wallace Hopper are the cast. The piece
opens in New York Monday night.