The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02
GOSSIP or THE STAGE.

! come again, ana the curtain talls as sne DE
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.
Elenncr Barry has scored heavily this
season as leading woman for stuart Ron
son In mis- big production OF shakespeare's
The Comcdy OF Errors Miss Barry ap
refts as Airiana IN the production. and
/ hci personal beauty and finished actint
! rveH where have extracted the most com
/ rlrncntury mention.
David 6 Proctor, who graduated from
the Stanhope wheatcroft dramatic schooi
only fow days ago. was Immediately en-.
gagged by Frank Mckee to support Mary
M1nncriug.
Manages Charles z. Atkinson OF the
Puritan company, prcprictors of quincy
Adams sawyer, announces that his com
pony has secured the exclusive stage
rights to Sarah Grand's novel "rbe neav-
enly Twins George T. Richardson, q
Boston dramatic critic. Is milking the ara.
matlzation, There Will he New YORK
1 production the coming season, with Sager
| Midgelcy, IT.. as Dtavoio II VIII be pre-.
sented in the form OF musical comedy.
| with original music by Charles Dennee,
composer Of The Defender"
Robert Blossoms farewell New York ap-
pearanee iu Soldiers OF Fortune" viii be.
| gin at the Harlem opera house on Mon
day, November 3, MIR Edeson Will next
be seen in New York In January, lgOl
| presenting at Henry q. Harris new Hud.
! son theater a new play OF American nre
IL is Mr.. Blossoms intention 10 connne
/ himself the next few years to the depic-
ton OF American types.
tho ,,,,,tot
hcmian vlolinst kocinn. on SATURDAY
evening November -, at Carnegie nan,
New York, he Will perform besides the
Ernest f Sharp Minor Concerto" Saint
| Sacns Introduction" ana Kondo Caprlc-
close and Pagininl's Il Palpiu' kocinu
VIII he assisted hy Walter Damrisch ana
orchestra Of luO eNecutautS and MISS june
! Gclcr, who Will render Webers Concert
stuck.
mo dramati27ton Of Mark rwain's
tamous "lluckebcry rim" is sched-
ui d for December 10.
Ezra kendall established his right 70
a license as a Vinegar Buyer" during
hs engagement at the Grand opera
house chicago. his figures for the week
aggregated practically Sll,ocO aud man
ard company who ARE funny enough TO
hi' Fil1NNV III u NNtk cease 10 ne joke
ana are really entitled TO serious con
"idcrauon. lhe prince OF vaudeviluaus
IL pt MS audience IN rom from start 10
Lnish, and Herbert Han Wnslows
b' ~ little comedy proved itself an eX-
CO. medium for Nr. kendan's provoS-
ms faculties rhc newspapers enthusiast
tically Endorsed kendall. the play ana the
supporting cast, an down tue line
Miss Gretchen Lyons has been engaged
10 play Nile. de ia Vre, IN support Of
kyrle Bcllcw IN "a Gentleman Of
france, whcu MISS Eleanor Robson IL
taken out Of tho cast TO create the part
Of Audrey II the Ford Boddngton ORA.
matiztuon OF Miss Mary Johnston's story
&C that name. Miss Lyons Is a capable
0CtTCes ana handsome lady. She was
leading woman for robert gdeson last
season. tn his presentation OF the Kcnard
Harding Davis dramn, Soldiers of For
time ana viii prove q charming successor
t. Miss Rohson IN the role she has maze
i9nous ON the American stage.
Louis Nothersoe arrived from Parts DC
tobcr -. after an absence of seven months,
part of which time was spent travelling
Cd the continent with his wife. Sadie Mar
tmot, who remains in Pars for the pres
cnt MIR Aethersole hus come to arrange
Miss Martinots engagement for the pres
ent season. He reports that Olga Neither
solos tor Of EIcland with ''Sapho IS
| meeting with phenomenal success. she IS
TO open In London early IN January with a
new production.
Edna Wallace Hopper, whom John c.
Fisher has signed for "The Silver Slipper"
says: 81 am glad Of this engagement. for
] am superstitions and my fad ia slippers,
Of all sizes. Of all countries Of all ages,
| and no two alike. I have been collecting
| them since ] was IA. | have ninety-two
| different kinds and some Of them are
stance. have n Greek sandal that is sew
eral years older than Christianity II has
tomblike odor, but outside Of this little
Roman slipper, worked in bright colors,
with lots OF gold and pearls"
"Thc Five Little Pilgrims" Martha Nor
tons play. originally staged Mt the LAfay-
cite Square theater, Washington, year
| ago by Fred G. Berger, Is positively to be
produced this season by David Belasco and
| Mr.. Berger. This work is based on John
Strange Winters remarkable little story
The Truth Telers,' and will be given by
| special arrangement with the publishers
! the Messrs. Lippincott.
One Of the haudsomest scenes in "old
Limerick Town" the new play which
! Chauncey olcott presents at the Fourteenth
Street theater in New York. on October n,
shows the picturesque falls OF Doonas on
| the river Shannon. near limerick The
| first act OF the play takes place at hunt
breakfast, where Mr.. Olcott wears an uu.
| commonly handsome hunting costume
The first American production Of "old
Heidelberg" was made at the Irving Place
theater, New York, on Tuesday evening.
| II is said 10 have been the most successful
| play of the last decade in Germany and
! Austria. The principal roles we're In the
! hands Of John Feistel, Julius Haller. Max
| Haensler. Franz Kierschner and Fir Won
| Ostermann, with a large force of super
numeraries. On Monday evening BEYOND
| Human Power" had It's last performance
| at the Irving Place.
| Annie Russell, in The Girl and the
Judge" was a new hill at the Harlem
opera house, New York, during the week.
! This pretty comedy, SO successfully pre-
| scented at the Lyceum, Is given with all the
accessories with which II was first pro-
duced in New York.
The return engagement OF the clever
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