The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
THE PLAYER FOLK.

Mrs. Parick Campbell. the English ac-
tress, opened her American tour in Chi
cag5 last week. presenting The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray." in which she scored a
success Of larGe proportions
After the Chicago engagement Mrs.
Campbell will visit several Of the larger
cities Of The West and VIII then turn
her attention to the task OF capturing
the theatreECers Of New York.
WaShingtOnIans will have a chance to
pass upon Mrs CampbeI's art before
she sails for home.
Francis Wilson is spending the spare
moments he does not devote to golf to
the study of the dramatic construction
Of the earlier dTamatists Of the English
stage. He has waded through Shake
speare and is now at work on Beaumont
and Fletcher and the deeper the comedian
delves. the more convinced ne is that
most OF the dramatists Of the present day
are engaged il borrowing ideas from the
Old playWrighJs.
The modern playwright says Mr.
Wilson may not be guilty Of plagiarism,
but he comes dangerously near to it,
The study Of slang also occupies con-
SlteIdELe OF MI " llSou tlALlt
Il never hear slangy word or eN-
preston that / do not endeavOr 10 ascer-
tain its origin announces the sammy
Gigs Of The TOreadOr.' at is very
interesting 10 me TO watch the evolution
Of a slang word. II seems there are good
reasons for all of the expressions ana
words that are now commonly regarded
as slang. while another generation may
1 take them as an accepted part Of the
mother tongue.
| Mr.. Wilson is very muCE pleased Win
/ his role in The Toreador.' He believes
/ il gives him better opportunities than
/ auv uart he has had since he made MS
/ first and greatest success as Caddy IN
J .Ermilie."
Next to Jerome Sykes-wh0, OF course
/ cones before everyone else in Foxy
Oufyer''-the audience at the Columbia
| Theatre last week showed a decided viking
/ for Adolph link, the liliputian, who
played the part of Kimonain CUTLER on
/ the stage link is a congenial little fellow.
! and seems entirely oblivious OF the at
/ tention he attracts when he appears in
public places. Concerning his career
/ comedians the size Of link have fully as
much right to have careers as any Of
| the society young women who go in for
the stage-he says
L have Travelled all over the world.
/ have been TO Russia five times, but prefer
America above every other country have
vet seen. was born in Austria. and came
I 20 this country eleven years ago be
| came a naturalized citizen Of the United
States three years ago, so / cannot no"
/ be accused Of being a foreigner BY home
! IS in New York. where nv family resides
/ I have Travelled with the original Lill-
| putians fo- eleven years and when they
! disbanded in London several seasons ago.
/ I came 10 New York and tried my hand
4 at vaudeville. giving limitations OF May
I Irwin. Edna May. Bath House John
/ the Chicago politician, and other wei
/ known personages.
Margaret May, the heroine in Win
/ chester" the way play that proved so
| popular TO the attendants Of the Academy
Of Music last week. is 10 be starred next
year in a new play called The Land Of
| Mystery"
: The very name of the piece gives line
/ on its class. and according TO Miss May
/ the production VIII be large one.
! Edward NcWade. who wrote "Winches-
4 ter is also responsible for The Land OF
1 Mystery and the chief role was pcnned
with Miss May in mind
The first scene OF the play viii be To-
/ Gated in New York and viii show the re-
! union Of a quaTtette Of college chums.
I Three or four years prior. along towards
. the end Of their undergraduate days. they
/ agreed TO meet at certain time aud
place no matter from what part OF the
world each had 10 come. One Of the
quartette is a newspaper correspondent
. another an enthusiast on the subject Of
. entomology and the other two are
4 equally interesting peTsDuage5- The scene
. shifts from New York 10 South America
and during the action OF he play mum
. Der Of novel and sensational features VIII
/ be introduced
; From all accounts Herbert Kelsey and
/ Efie shannon have a big success in their
new play. Her Lord ava Master"
+ The characters in tne play are grouped
f into two families Fl glIzh and American
. The American one iss S Tor its head sell
made man. cordial sensible, adaptable
democratic well poised in an easy going
+ American way. His wife is good type OF
I an American woman. w0rshiped by her
husband and having a very comfortable
time managing her husband and her
. household There is a grandmother, a
+ young old woman, drawn almost 20 the
. cariCature point, yet not Overdoue so
{ much as 20 spoil the artistic complete
/ this stock is the heroine OF he play, In
4 diana Saltwater. a faEcinatiuEly clever.
/ spirited American girl. al or the bright
! ness Of youth, ahectiohate, and self
/ wiIled. II Is type that only a woman
4 can draw; iu fact. the play is almost be-
/ yOHd the art OF any man so far as its
. feminine portraituTes are concerned, but
obviously true 20 nature and the times
/ The play Is described as clean. whole
( some and entertaining. and altogether a
61e vehicle for MI. Kelsey and Miss
. shannon.
( Ralph Stuart viii retire as the leading
man OF the company supporting Grace
/ George with the final performance Of I'm
J d. Pr Southern Skies" a. the Theatre Re
T pIbIic. in New York. next Saturday night.
. Manager W A. Brady has released Mr.
Stuart so that he might accept an offer 10
. star under the management Of II. Nj
/ KaIllan OF Seattle
ar. KaIIman is associated in the Jheajri-
cal business with J. p. Howe the veteran
: Pacific Coast manager. Mr.. Stuart begins
/ on January % in Seattle. a twenty weeks
1 starring tour, supported by a strong com
/ pauy OF hfJeen people, including Lansing
/ Rowan. formerly the leading lady OF r. ID.
I FrawIcy's company, Henry Stockbridge.
/ Frank sheridan, Arthur GarreIs, Louis
I Morrison. and OthCs.
Mr.. StuarCs repertory VIII include scv-
/ eral recent New York successes and four
/ new plays The new plays are by Right
! Of Sword. " a Son OF Bohemia. " "A Pris-
I ouer Of Love" and a biblical drama called
| Mary Magdala." From the four new
/ plays Mr. Stuart VIII select the most sue
| cess -ul one for his debut as a star in New
I York next fall He has the record Of hav-
I inc nj 7ved four hundred u7rrs ana IN