The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27

when Weber & Fields offered him the
largest salary they ever had paid. De Wolf
Hopper, Fay Templeton and Sam Bernard
will leave the burlesquers at the end of this
season and Lillian Russell goes at the end
of next season. Peter II. Daley, it is
said, is not to return to the company. The
company is soon to have a new theater in
New York. At present it is on tour.
Bertha Galland will be a star next season
in Paul Potter's melodrama, "Notre
Dame written from the Hugo novel
Frank Bangs, William F. Owen and Frank
Losee will be in the company. Miss Galland
started out as a star this season in The
Forest Lovers" but the public did not care
for the play from Maurice Hewlett's novel
Miss Lavinia Shannon, formerly leading
woman of the Grand stock company is now
leading woman of the summer stock COM
pany at the Castle-square Theater. Boston.
Next season she is to be at the head of a
company playing Beyond Pardon by
Theodore Kremer, who wrote two other
melodramas, 1.-The Fatal Wedding and
1.-THE Power Behind the Throne"
InlS ITOtn the
A weIl-known American dramatist re-
Gently read a comedy to an equally we'll
known actress and her manager. He no.
ticed after a while that the attitude of
both was hstless, and he closed his manu-
script with the remark that he presumed
il did not interest them. They acknowl-
edged as much
The dramatist said he should like to have
the benefit of their criticism. The actress
answered that she objected to the play be-
cause it did not contain enough Incl
dences." while the managers criticism was
summed up in the remark that he found in
it a lack of functions"
OF such is the kingdom of the stage!
XXX
The Theater for May devotes consider
able space TO a discussion of the proposed
endowed theater. The editor wrote to play
ers, dramatists and literary workers ask
ing for their views on the subject and
prints their replies. The fifty odd answers
include letters from Joseph Jefferson, Julia
Marlowe. f. II. Sethern, f. Nj, Holland
Mrs. Leslie Carter. Reginald De Koven,
Otis Skinner Ella Wheeler Wilcox De
Wolf Hopper. Eugene w Presbrey. KyrIe
Bellew. Wilton Lackaye, John Malone,
Martha Morton and others. The general
opinion seems to be that there is great need
in this city for an ideal theater, and the
name of heinrich Conried is put forward
by most as the man best fitted to conduct
such theater. Another feature in the issue
is article on THE Passion Play in
America" by clergyman The writer, the
Rev Percy S. Grant. rector of the Church
of the Ascension, New York, takes the
view that there would be no improperly
in presenting the sacred story on the local
stage, if properly done. He does not think
it would cheaper the Christian religion,
but says that. on the contrary, Christian
people must not shut their eyes to any,
thing which tends to give greater reality
to the story of Christ through fear it will
shake their faith. Cleveland Moffett con-
tributes an interesting study with striking
portraits of Nine. Segond-Weber, the Pa
risian stage celebrity of the hour, and
dual interview with the joint stars, Efie
Shannon and Herbert Kelley, forms the
subject of this months "Chats with Play
ers." The number is profusely illustrated
with scenes from the current plays and
many portraits of the players now before
the public.