The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
THEATRICAL NEWS
Topeka Will Fare Well During
the Coming Season.
The Chaperons, Liberty Bells,
and Fl0rOdOra Coming.
ssTHE SULTAN OF SULU"
George AIDES Satire Will Open
Grand September %.
Ezra Kendall, Tim Murphy and
Stuart Robson Booked.
Other News of the Plays and
Players.

The bookings for the Topeka theaters
for the coming season include nine large
musical companies, five of which have
not been seen here. The GrandS for
NAL opening will be September ~, when
George AIDES "Sultan of Sulu'' will be
the attraction.
Where all the attractions that are
booked will be seen is not known.
There is some peculiar arrangement
between the management of the Grand
and the Crawford that the companies
will be booked for Topeka and later it
will be decided, or at least announced.
at which theater they will appear But
one thing is certain, the Grand will be
form ally opened by George AIDES first
comic opera satire, "The Sultan of
Sulu,'' which was produced IN chicago
early in the spring of the present year,
and ran at the Studebaker theater. the
Chicago home of all of the Castle
Square opera company attractions, for
three months. 1t was one of the few
genuine successes of the late season,
and is said to be one of the cleverest
comic operas that the stage has seen
in a long time. There is no better hui
mOrouS writer known in this country
than Mr.. AIDE. His Fables in Slang
are read and laughed over from ocean
to ocean. That he is a brilliant satir1st
there is no question, but while the satire
in all of his writings is of the keenest
description, it is also most amusing.
Unlike most comic operas there is a
well defined plot in THE Sultan of
theme the American occupation of that
island, and he has handled it in a mas
terly manner. The music of THE Sui
tan of SuIu'' is by Alfred 6. Watha1l, a
young Chicagoian, and he too is said to
have been most successful, for his
music is Of the catchy order that is re-
membered after once hearing. Henry
w. Savage, who is the director of all
of the Castle Square opera company en-
terprises, is reported to have put tThe
Sultan of Sulu" upon the stage with
lavish hand both as to scenery and cos
tunes. The scenery was painted from
sketches made by John McCutcheon on
the spot, and the costumes were also
n ade after his designs. Both Mr.. AIDE
and Mr.. McCutcheOn were in this part
of the world during the early stages of
the late Spanish-American5 war, and
consequently there is an atmosphere
about the production which would not
otherwise have been obtained. Ger
trude Quinlan has a prominent part in
THE Sultan of Sulu.''
Before the formal opening of the
Grand Stater's Madison Square theater
peka several times. will be the attrac-
ton from August % to 80. The Impe-
rial stock company will be the first at
the Crawford, having dates for August
low on the 21st. Hello, Bill'' the
3d. 1.-The Penitent" August 25 Dickman
stock company August q and %, and
the Kempt-Hearn company in 1.-The
James Boys in Missouri August 20 and
30, which had quite stirring time at
the ellis in Kansas City last season.
The Christmas attraction at the Grand
will be Katherine Willard in Mildred
Hollands success, t'The Power Behind
the Throne" The Christmas attraction
at the Crawford will be Charles B. Han
ford whose repertoire is his clever cur
tain raiser 1.-THE Old Guard" and the
-
the Shrew'' and Much Ado About
Nothing" Mr.. Hanford was seen in the
curtain raiser and as the tanner at the
Crawford last season. The New Years
attraction at the Grand will be Percy
Haswell, an actress who is better known
in the east than the west.
THE MUSICAL ATTRACTIONS.
The list of musical attractions is par
ticularly good. THE Liberty Bellies
with Rita Knight as the famous pink
pajama girl will be seen in Topeka for
the first time during the coming sea-
son, THE Chaperons" with Trixie
F'riganiza, Eva Tanguay, and Nellie
Follis is on the list Nellie Follis is a
second demure young woman of the
Beulah Dodge type who played the Sal
walton Army girl in s.rhe Belle of New
York" Among the comedians of the
company are Walter Jones, who was the
original tramp in 1892" and Ed Red
way and Harry Connor.
"Florodora'' with the famous sextette
and 1.-The Shade of the Palms is also
on the list. The tuneful melodies have
preceded it and were whistled here last
season. THE Princess Chic" will re-
turn. This time there will be no Mar
guerite sylvia to have sore corn and
remain behind in Kansas City. The
whole musical comedy has been built
over to give Joseph Miron, the robust
bass singer, the prominent part. Miron
was seen here two seasons ago in the
same piece and since then he has been
with 1.-The Chaperones." Among the 9TH
er musical attractions will be The Bos-
tonians," "The Telephone Girl 1.-THE
Evil Eye" The Prince of Pilsen'' and
1.-The Show Girl and king Dodo.''
Willard Simms, who was seen here in
1.-THE Merry World will have the lead
.Pickings from Puck Joseph Ha-
worth will be seen in the Aztec romance
called Coordination For several sea-
sons Mr.. Haworth was leading man for
Nine. Modjeska and he has starred for
several years. The ever funny Harry
Beresford will be seen again in "The
Wrong Mr.. Wright" the comedy he was
SO successful with last season. Zig Tag
Alley will be put on the road by Wal
ter Floyd and W. E. Flack Flack was
responsible for the acrobatic comedy,
Eight Bells" in which the brothers
Byrne, the tumblers. were the feature.
The new piece will resemble Eight
Bells
1IIH murphy Is TO De III Topeka again
next season. He was seen here last sea-
son in "A Capitol Comedy and before
that as the governor in "a Carpet Bag
GER OF all the comedies and come
dams in Topeka last winter. Murphy is
one of the best If not the top notcher.
He scored decided hit in New York
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA'S RETURN.
Sousa and his band will return after
an absence of two years during which
time they have been in England, France
and Germany. Sousa and his players in
vaded Germany and played Wagnerian
music in Berlin It was an audacious
thing to do but Sousa won the admira
ton of his hearers. He made 1.-THE Stars
and Stripes Forever, popular in France