Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-20

DIlSI engagement WlJn JuIla Marl0We, has gone back to England disappoint- ed man. because he has not had an op- portunity of showing what he could do. There was no part for him in 'sThe Cavalier" so he preferred to go back to his native heath rather than take his chances with many other un- employed actors.
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 The tour. of teUncle Hiram,'' which James R. Waite used for starring pur- poses, has come to an end. "The Pride of Jennico'' has finished It's sea son, being unable to secure time in the territory which it desired to cover. The company which started from Chicago to play "Quo Vadis" disbanded in Charlotte. Mich. A piece called "Ups and Downs has been living up to It's title and closed in Saratoga on Saturday night.
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 Julia Marlowe has good-naturedly stood godmother and allowed her name to be given to babies, waltzes and apartment houses, but she has to draw the line somewhere. She drew this line recently when certain manufac- turer sent her & letter requesting per mission to use her name for new line of tooth brushes. Miss Marlowe refused consent, despite the fact that Bruce Edwards informed her that it would be q good ad, as 'Fher name would be in eveFybcdy's mouth"
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 Bolossy Kira1fy, whose production of "Around the World in. Eighty Days, came to grief on the rocks of poor bookings and financial distress a few days ago, has returned to New York to make preparations for the spectacle which he IS to put on in con nectfon with the Barnum &1 Bailey cir GUS at Madison Square Garden i'll the spring He has farlned the English ballet girls whom he brought over for Around the World' to the vaudeville houses
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 Miss Nance O'Neill, it appears, has scored a great success ill San F'ranc1s- co. On her opening night in Mag da, she was called before the curtain several times. and. each time was show cred with flowers. The critics or the coast pronounce her the great Amer fcan tragedfenne," and one of them adds: esThere have been many Mag das'-Mrs Campbells, sarcastic, sneer- ing. sinuous; Blanche Bates warm, fuI1 of variety: Mrs Fiske's, bitter, scornfuI; but Miss O'Neill is the first to endow the character with all these qualities. tempering the scorn with gentle wemanliness and exquisite ten derness in her love scenes
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 There is one thing in connection with ssGretna Green which is causing Elizabeth Tyree and her manager, Henry B. Harris, some thought. It is that the piece can never be prsented in England in It's present form The Scotch marriage law is recogni- zed in England and in "Gretna Green the marriage ceremony which takes place according to Schottish laws would actually make the actor and actress playing the parts man and wife if played in either England or Scotland Inasmuch as Mir, Harris to England in the piece next summer. to England in the piece net summer, this scene will either have to be omit ted or else the trip must be given up.
 ii: Here is an idea of trouble encoun- tered on the road. During the engage ment of ..The Chaperons" at the Acad- emy of Music in Reading. the musical director refused to proceed unless he had a new piano. The company was late in arriving and this was vexa- tious enough, but the new misery put the audience in Ill hunor. Finally dozen able-bodied men secured the in strument from a local dealer and car ried it through the auditorium to the delight of the gallery. Then the per t1r1f mn r. rector made his escape from the front of the house because the urchins were inclined to present him with some old fashioned eggs, and therefore sur rounded the stage door,
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 J. Hayden Clarendon, whose name and accent suggest English birth, is an Irishman. despite the fact that the pa pers since his arrival in this country have insisted on referring to him as an English actor. Clarendon is the son of the noted Irish politician and Journalist, Edward O'Brien, late M. F. for Cork. He adopted his mothers name Clarendon, when he made his debut as ah actor. Apropos of Claren- t7on's Irish blood he proved it by his wit during a rehearsal at the theater in Stamford the other night Some woman belonging to the company brought a baby with her to rehearsal and the infant kept up an incessant waiting. Clarendon did not care to offend the woman, but he remarked to Hoyt. the manager of the house, that .sbabies. like good resolutions, should be carried out.''
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 Harry Rose, stage manager of the Carrick theater. New York, who shot and killed his wife on November 27, was adjudged insane this week by Drs Robert $. Newton and Walter s. Con lev, specialists in nervous and mental diseases, who were appointed by Jus fice Lambert to inquire into his condi- ton. Dr. Newton of 19 East Forty fourth street said that he had made six examfnations of Rose since the lat fer wsis arrested. and testified that the stage manager was suffering from ssagromegly q disease which,. as rule. o nly affects giants and begins at 1lsrS- 4-- T.. of