The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-08
NEWS OF The THEATERS
sTHE LADY OF LYONS. AT ENGLIsH's
TUESDAY EVENING.
Mary Mannering rs Pauline and Kyr1e
Be1Iew MeInotte-News of
New York.

THE Lady Of Lyons" will be acted at
Englshs on Tuesday evening by a COM
pany especially organized for a short tour
Of the principal cities. Mary Mannering
and Kyrle Bellew are at the head OF It,
Miss Mannering has not played here for
more than year-she came last in Janice
Meredith'-and Mr.. Bellows last visit was
with Mrs. James Brown Potter several
years ago. Last season he played a
dramatization of Stanley Weyman's "A
Gentleman OF France" and spent most of
the winter in New York. W. H. Thompson,
Edwin Arden. Maclyn Arbuckle and Mrs.
w. G.. Jones also are in the cast. Mr..
Thompson is one of the best American &C
tors. He was the cardinal in "A Royal
Family last season. Mrs. Jones is, like
Mrs. Gilbert one of the very old women
of the stage.
THE Lady of Lyons" has been pretty
much in use since it was produced in 1888
at Covent Garden, Haymarket, London. 1t
was played in the same year at the old
Park Theater. New York, with Edwin For
rest as Claude and Mrs. Richardson as
Pauline. Nearly every actress of note has
essayed Pauline, and there have been num-
berless Claud Melnottes. Melnotte is the
hero Of the play. He lived in France about
a hundred years ago, and he loved Pauline
Deschappelles, who was far above him. He
a gardeners son, but he had artistic
sensibilties, and he wrote a poem and sent
it to Pauline. She had his messenger
whipped. About the same time she rejected
the suit of one Beauseant, and he, for re-
venge, planned to present Melnotte at Pau
lines home as the Prince of Como, trusting
that the girl would fall in love with the
nobleman. Melnottc. smarting over his own
rebuff, consented to the scheme. He did
win Pauline, and after the wedding, on
pretense OF taking her to his palace they
went to the poor cottage of his mother. At
the gate Beauseant appeared and attempt
ed to force himself on Pauline Melnotte
knocked him down. and then. ashamed of
the trick he had played, he restored Pau
line to her parents. He went away to the
wars and returned two years afterward
as the rich and famous Colonel Maurier
His riches he employed to keep Paulines
father from ruin and thus regained his
wife. The play is in blank verse. 1t is
cast as follows:
Claude MelnOtte. Kyrle Bellew
Colonel Damas. ............. Maclyn Arbuckle
Monsieur BeauSeant............Ed Edwin Arden
Monsieur CLAWS .....:....... Edward Abeles
Landlord of the Golden LiOn..............
...........................R Russell Crawford
Iaspar 'c;.....,.'.......'...'. brandon lyman
Captain GarvaiS. ............. BectOn Radford
Lieutenant Dupon. ...... Robert r. Romans
Major DesmOulins. ...............L Leonard Ide
WIDOW MeinotteM Tnar W fia Tanes
Pauline Deschappeles. Mary Mannering
Madame Deschappelles. Kate Patison-Selten
Janet ............... May Davenport Seymour
XXX
There have been three special post-season
productions, and each was to show off elab-
orately a star actress. Viola Allen was
seen here in THE Hunchback," Mary Man
nering will act in THE Lady of Lyons
on Tuesday evening, and Grace George has
been giving a few performances of "Frou
Frou'' in New York. Eben Plympton and
Jameson Lee Finney did fine acting in 1.-THE
Hunchback," w. II. Thompson, Edwin Ar
den and Mrs. w. G. Jones, of the Manner
ing-Bellew company, are in the first class
| of actors, and Miss Georges leading man
| is Wilton Lackaye, who, from several view
| points, is the best American actor The
managers of Miss Allen, Miss Mannering
and Miss George pay high for this sort of
advertising.
1.-The Chaperons" have gone into the
New York Theater for the summer. Nellie
! Follis, Trixie Friganza, Eva Tanguay,
Walter Jones. Harry Conor and ]. c. Miron
remain at the head OF the company, and
the chorus has been freshened to meet
metropolitan criticism by George w Led
erer the chorus-girl expert. There is a
| lot of other musical comedy in New York.
| "A Chinese Honeymoon" is at the Casino
1t is an English production. Lulu Chaser
| and Dolly Warden" are at the Herald
| square. THE Wild Rose" a new one is at
| the Knickerbocker. 1.-The Show Girl" an
other new one, is at Wallacks. king
| Dodo' is at Days. Just to show that,
| though the public does not wish other dra-
matte entertainment at this time of year, II
| is eager to see her in hot cold weather,
Mrs. Fiske continues to play at her Man
| haitian, using "Divorcons'' and Little
Italy"
] Miss Marie Celeste, who has many friends
in this city, was married last week to
Frank Nj. Stranahan. proprietor of Bos-
ton hotel. Miss Celeste has said she will
not act again. Her last visit here was as
a member of the San Toy company.
|
Hebert Kelley and Eff1e Shannon are to
act next season In Sherlock Holmes" in
cities that will not be visited by William
| Gillette. This is the report. 1t is to be
| hoped that it will not prove true
| XXX
A dramatization of Mark Twain's
| "Huckleberry Finn" by Lee Arthur will be
| presented next season. Arthur Dunn who
has been seen here as Flipper in 1.-The
| Runaway Girl" will impersonate Huck
1
Jerome Sykes will have a new musical
| comedy. 1.-The Money Burner" next sea-
| son. The book is by Harry B. Smith and