The Indianapolis journal., 1902-01-19
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dramatization of Richard Harding Davis's
novel, Soldiers Of Fortune" which is TO
be produced in the spring.
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]. II. stoddart one of the oldest Ameri-
can actors. Will be seen at English's next
week as Lachlan Campbell in Beside the
Bonnie Brier Bush,' play made from Ian
Maclarens stories of Scotland.
XXX
David Belasco is now the most talked
about promoter in New York. 1t is said
that his relations with Charles Frohman
are not so cordial as they were, and he has
leased oscar Hammerstein's Theater Re
public for ten years. This will be the New
Warfield and other Of Mr.. BelascO's
stars" Mrs. Carter is now playing in
"Du Barry" at the Criterion Theater and
several hundred persons are turned away
every night because of lack of seats. The
Criterion is a small theater. not much
larger than the BijOu; and If the theatrical
syndicate had granted Mr.. BelascO one OF
the big playhouses he would be making a
great deal more money than he is at the
Criterion. He invested $4,000 in ''Du
Barry"
William Golfers series of performances
in New York will be at the Madison-square
Garden Theater. He will first use Augustus
Thomas's ION the Quiet" and later will
produce new play by Martha Morton.
Miss Morton is the author of several plays
used by Sol Smith Russell and of Her
Lord and Master a fine comedy in which
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon acted in
this city last fall
Z. II. Sothern contemplates using Romeo
and Juliet" next season and is now casting
about for his Juliet Cecilia LOTUS is Mr..
Sothern's present leading woman in 'If 1
I NJ
Irving to play Marguerite in his production
Of Faust there.
Hdye & Behman, a Brooklyn firm, an
nounces that it will build a new theater in
New York, probably on the site of the pres
ent Herald-square Theater The building
NAV be ten stories. The firm is known gen
orally for it's vaudeville enterprses-Hyde
Comedians and the Behman Show.
N c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott having
returned from London with the confirmed
belief that there is only one United
States" will act through the remainder OF
the season i'm Henry V, Esmond's When
We Were Twenty-One." Mr.. GOOdwinS
plans for next season are not settled. He
says he has new comedies by Mr.. Esmond,
Madeline Lucette Ryley and Marie Young,
but he does not know which, II any or
them, he will use.
Richard Mansfeld's trip TO the Pacific
coast this season will be the first he has
made i'm eight years. His stay at the Her
ald-square Theater, New York is about at
an end. He will use no other play than
"Beaucaire" on his tour.
The Park Theater attractions next week
will be the LilIiputians and a melodrama
called THE Last Sentence"
XXX
The list of stars for whom Charles
Frohman will be manager next season is
as follows: Maude Adams, John Drew.
Charles Hawtrey, William Gillette, w. II.
Crane. Ethel Barrymore. Annie Russell.
Virginia Harmed William Faversham, Sey-
mour Hicks and Ellallne Terriss, Irene
Van Brugh. Clara Bloodgood and lin as
sociation with David Belasco) Blanche
Bates. Plays already have been chosen
for some of them Clyde Fitch is preparing
play for Mrs. BloodgOod, who has come
into prominence by her success with Elsie
De Wolfe in THE Way of the World 1t
will be seen by the list that several of Mr..
Frohman's stars are English and spend
most of their time in London.
Mary Mannering, who is playing Janice
Meredith in San Francisco, has been graf
flying her desire to do something more
important by acting in Camille" at spe-
cial matinees. Clyde Fitch is writing
comedy Of New York life for her use next
season.
The representative of the heirs of George
II. Boxer has received a letter from Ga
briele D'Annunzio, who apparently does
not know that Boxer is dead D'Annunzio
asks for a copy of Boxers tragedy OF
Francesca da Rimini," in which Otis
Skinner is now acting. The letter is as
follows: "Only now has it come to my
knowledge that an American poet has been
inspired 10 write drama upon the immor-
tai love-theme of our Italian master, which
is the base of my own life's great essay.
/ wish for my library all that has been
written in all the centuries about the trag-
edy of the lovers of Rimini Wherefore
from poet to another across the seas
the request is made that the poem of your
making be sent TO me at Rome. Accept
the assurance of the distinguished esteem
of Gabrielle D'Annunzio, Rome, December
20"
Mr.. Skinner will send copy of the play
to the Italian poet, whose own da Rimini
drama in which Duse acted, has been
withdrawn in Rome by official order. The
cause of this misfortune is reported to be
the jealousy of d D'Annunzio's political enc
mics