Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
THEATRICAL
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 Arthur Byron has signed with Frank Mckee next season. and will play the leading part in Clyde Fitch's new plays for Mary Mannering. :I:
 Ezra Kendall's tour for next sea- son has been practically completed. He will play all of the leading cities, and now the question of the play is left for him to prepare.
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 Philadelphia is up in arms because the programme calls him Edwin in stead of Eddie Foy. He is one of the hits of The Wild Rose, and everybody thinks Eddie is better than Edwin.
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 The will of pr Joseph Adrian Booth, brother of Edwin, John Wilkes, and Junius Brutus Booth, was filed April 24. The estate is valued at S35, 1000, bequeathed principally to the Eestator's widow.
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 Madame Helene Modjeska has an- nounced that she will say Farewell to the American stage at the perfor- nance of The Merchant of Venice by the ModJeska-James company at Or ange, N. J., next Saturday night.
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 The members of the Primrose & Dockstader Company will be the guests of Mrs George H. Primrose, wife of the minstrel. at a farewell din her on May at her country home on Summit avenue, Mount Vernon. After a show that night, the come dians will be entertained by the Si- wanoy Country club. The company will give performances in London dur ing coronation week.
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 Terry AIcGovern is to have a new play next year. Theodore Kremer, who writes a play about every five minutes. will be the author. It will be known as "A City Chap" Me Govern will play the part of a real high class up to date college boy in the piece. Of course he will do something in the boxing line. There will be maidens in distress to rescue. and McGovern will rescue them, even as he did in "The Bowery After Dark"
 It is known that Louis Mann and Clara Lipman will not be under the Management of Rich and Harris after this season. And it is also an estab- lished fact that these two players will separate and travel at the head of their individual companies Last night it was reported that Mr Mann had effected an arrangement with Henry B. Sire, whereby MT Sire would have the management for five years, with an annual engagement at the Bi- Jou Theatre.
 Two statements that have appeared in print regarding Madame Calve since her departure for Europe are unfounded. One is that she will nev- CT return to this country The other is that her salary the past season was Sl,2U0 performance. Madame Calve is not likely to return until the season after next. but it is her intention to revisit America. Her salary at the Metropelitan the past season was ST. sO0 a performance. with a guarantee of fifty performances.
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 May Irwin is looking forward gaily 10 summer trip through Europe in HI auIOmODlle. Like a modern Cor nelia. Miss Irwin will use for ballast her two young sons. If you imagine even an actress could be frivolous un- der such chaperonage, you have muey to learn of human nature. Miss IT, win intends leaving this country some time in the middle of June. going di- rect to Hayre. where she will invest some of the pennies she has been say ing this season in a French gasoline machine. calculated to bear her weight as far as Rome. What will happen to the machine after that is not known but Miss Irwin asserts ernrhaticaliv that she is not going to ctle Eternal City a Ia Viola Allen. for atmosphere. It is merely a case of pleasure. with ae corollarv view of reducing weight when she reaches the German springs. 1 Miss Irwin will not be in Weber x Fields company next year. it may be mentioned in passing although | strong intimation to that effect has been made in certain quarters. On | fhe contrary. she has just ordered [ new play. for which she will purchase some gowns when in Paris.