The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-08

"The Princess Chic will be sung at En-
glish's this afternoon and evening. Chris
tine Hudson and J. c. Miron will nave the
principal roles. Tomorrow evening Maid
Marian" viii be sung by the Bostonians.
"Mr. Pickwfck," a musical comedy based
on Dickens's "Pickwick Papers," win be
presented by De Wolf Hopper and his
company on Friday evening. On Saturday
Errors" will be acted by Stuart Robson
and his company.
Next weeks entertainments at English's
win be David Harum," acted by William
II. Crane and his associates. and the Prim-
rose Dockstader Ministries.
The Grand announces as the principal
feature Of its bill next week Valerie Bergere
and her company in a short play. Miss
Bergere acted here last in John Luther
Longs NINE. Butterfly" which was pre-
seHted at English In connection with a
farce in which Charles z. Evans was prin-
cipal.
Richard Ganthony. who was an unknown
playwright until Charles Hawtrey pre-
scented his "A Message from Mars in Lon
don and New York. is to have another
drama produced In London. 1t is named
THE Prophecy" and in one of its acts an
eclipse Of the sun Is initiated. The scene
Is laid in Sweden and the eclipse is that
of Feb. % C''Black Saturday,, 1898. Mr..
Hawtre probably will be seen at English's
In "A Message from Mars" this season. He
spent all last winter in New York.
Forbes Robertson Is to produce 'The
Light that Failed a dramatization of
Rudyard Kipling's story. at the Lyric Thea
ten London. N. c. Goodwin and Maxine
Elliott considered this play for use here.
Altar OF Friendship" instead. Just to keep
busy while 1.-The Altar of Friendship is
being prepared for the footlights they are
ty-one" In Boston.
Mckee Rankin and Nance O'Neil have
sailed from London for New York. They
expect to get a Broadway theater for a
series OF plays In which Miss O'Neil will
be principal. Rankin asserts that the rea-
son their enterprise failed in London was
that George Edwardes could and did bias
the critics against them. That is an old
wall. Miss O'Neil Is known as an actress
OF crude power and a favorite in Australia,
where she has spent most time in recent
years.
Henry M. Blossom, a st. Louis newspaper
writer and the author of Checkers" a
dramatization of which Kirke La Shelle will
produce. has been engaged by Henry w.
Savage to write comic operas. He has writ
ten one libretto. which has music by Alfred
NJ. Robyn, also OF st. Louis, the composer
OF that long-popular song. Answer"
George AIDE and Gustav Luders, composers.
also are on Mr.. Savage's stan and under
contract to do no work for any other man.
ager.
Ernest Lacy. of Philadelphia, is writing
for E HI. Sothern a plan dealing with that
interesting figure in literary history. Chat
terton- A one-act play named Chatter
ton. or which Mr.. Lacy was the author.
was used as a curtain-raiser by Julia Mar
lowe seyerai seasons ago. 1t is being ex-
banded by Mr.. Lacy and is to nave a new
title. "e"
John Arthur Fraser. a writer of melo-
dramas. many OF which have been seen at
the Park Theater. is dead in New York.
He seemed to be able to hack out a melo-
drama I'm a day. His suit against Charles
Frohman on account OF the Decentralization
of Barries THE Little Minister" is pend.
ing. Fraser claimed that his dramatizatio
Of the novel was copyrighted first. When
William Gillette's success in Sherlock
Holmes was announced Fraser nut forth
in Chicago a play named Sherlock Holmes
Detective" He had discovered that The
Sign OF the Four" one OF Conan Doyle's
early stories, had been published in an
obscure English magazine, and had never
been copyrighted In this country. This
story. he said. was the basis of his MAY
He also produced an extravaganza entitled
The Beast and the Sleeping Beauty" 10
catcE pennies on the fame OF THE Sleep-
ing Beauty and the Beast" Klaw & Er.
lsngers importation from London.
klaw K Erlanger are reported 10 have en-.
gagged Dan DAILY. Harry Bulger, Dan Nc.
Avoy and Peter F. Daley for different pro.
auctions the firm has in prospect. Daley
who Is now in the Weber & Fields companv
Is said TO be booked for the. end opposite
Lew Dockstader In Klaw * Erlanger's bis
minstrel show next season Dan 6aiv
who Is one OF the most popular OF comedi.
ans. lis idle.
Viola Allen and James O'Neii may ioir
Kyrle Bellew In a series OF productions OF
Shakspearean plays under the direction n,
Ltebler & Co next season.
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After William Faversham begins tn n,ax
THE Right OF Way" In New York he wi,
take part In a series OF matinees at Mrs
Osborn's playhouse, which is the Berkeley
Lyceum: Al these matinees ultra society
plays will be produced. The playhouse will
open with a musical comedy entitled .sTom'
~ Rot with music by Rupert Hughes
Confession of Murder.