Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Plays and Players.

The next Drury Lane pantomime will be
Mother Goose"
William T.. Keogh will produce next sea;
son a play OF his own authorship entiued
'"The Kentucky Feud."
Hamilton Revelle, now a member of Mrs.
Leslie Carriers company, may become a
star season after next, Win DdNlo beldSco
as his manager.
w. N. Lawrence will hereafter be James
K. Hackett's New York representative lie
will also manage the tour OF Hearts
Ahame' next season.
Harry jackson was recently presented by
Mrs. George s. Knight with the wigs worn
BY, her late husband in .otto;' wa WBarS g Eu-
Charles H. Clarke, who has been a mem
| Der OF Mrs. Brune's executive STAN for
three seasons, has been re-engaged by her
new manager wallace Mohro' lor next
season.
Mile. Sarkisova, a Russian opera singer,
Who had I'VE teeth knocked out In an acci-
dent on the ~anseane "a nn raI ns az. ma
900 a tooth
e. M. Fritz, former manager OF the Ma
sonic Opera house at oskaloosa IA mas
lessee and manage of the Grand Opera
house, which Is being remodeled, with new
scenery and decorations.
After diligent search a hitherto unused
"girl' title has been found. 1t Is The
Sweet Girl" and Denair Grange has be-
stG oTsed i trom upon The Ge mSslSaa and mat wis
be produced In London anon
Miss Ellen Terry has at last left SiI
Henry Irving and is now a member or the
Beerbohm Tree company In London, play
ing one OF the merry wives, with Mrs
Kendall playing the other. Sir Henry's new
Portia has not yet been named.
1t is now denied that the illness of Bessie
Bonehill is to prove fatal. on the other
hand. we are assured she will come &c
America in the fall for the winter season
not in need of the advertising she has had
Ambrose NJ. Miller and o E. Hogarty
will next season star Elsa Ryan In Ne
vada," a new play by Fred Darcy that is
said TO give Miss Ryan a congenial sou
brette role. The company will open the
season OF the Bijou theater'
Nat Goodwin has decided to be Nat fol-
another season at least and Maxine Elliott
will still shine by his light, The protected
most wisely abandoned and the Goodwtns
will put on a play by Madeleine Lucetts
Ryley, The Altar OF Friendship"
Reports come OF a new playwright In
England. This is Hubert Henry Davies
hitherto entirely unknown to fame. He
submitted a comedy TO Frederick Harrison
and Cyril Maude OF the London Haymarkel
theater and they were so much impressed
/ by its merits that they accepted IL promptly
and will produce 1t in due course. They
Judgment Is by no means infallible-but Al
all events II is pleasant to know that a
new writer can get a hearing in a first
class theater. The fact upsets a popular
/ conviction.
Mildred Holland. who sailed for England
last Wednesday, is the fortunate holder Of
a box for the Covent Garden opera during
the coronation season. Now, these boxes
are not easy to obtain and Miss Holland
considers that she has great cause fol-
thankfulness. There is a pretty little story
connected with this, The stage manage
( Rt Covent Garden Is Francis Nielsen. Not
long ago, when he was out OF an engage
ment in this country, Miss Holland signeS
him for her company. Mr.. Nielsen did no
forget the kindness and when he learned
that Miss Holland intended visiting Lon
don he placed his private box at her dis
posaL