The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25

ineatrIc0I news notes.
Julie Opp Is travelling with her husband.
William Faversham, who is starring in
'Imprudence," but she is not acting. 1t
is understood that they are to be joint
stars next season.
Henry Miller, who comes TO English's to-
morrow and Tuesday evening i'm 1.-The
Tanning of Helen has purchased the
American rights to one-act play, based on
an episode in the life of the Duke of Wei
lington, called THE Iron Duke.
XXX
Marie Corellis latest novel. Temporal
Power" is now being dramatized by STAN
islaus STANCE, who seems to be almost as
prolific a writer as Clyde Fitch. +. c.
Whitney, who has bought the American
rights, has signed Arthur Forrest to orig
mate the leading male role when the play
is produced.
Kathryn Osterman, who will present her
little play. 1.-THE Editor" in the Grand's
vaudeville bill this week. is an actress of
the better class, who will be remembered
by local theater-goers for good work in
several comedies seen here at English's.
She is supported in her present short offer
ing by Edwin Boring.
XXX
Clyde Fitch's adoption from the German.
THE Bird in the Cage" has made only
fair measure of success in New York. The
veteran Irish comedian, Edward Harrigan.
is said TO be the most interesting figure in
the play in the role of Michael O'Brien,
champion of labor who refuses to work
and who is much given to eloquence and
mixed ale.
London play-goers are awaiting with
much curiosity the coming production by
Beerbohm Tree of Alfred Austin's play,
'Flodden Field 1t is three-act trag-
edy in blank verse, and is the maiden eff
fort of the poet laureate as a dramatist.
The hero is James the Fourth of Scotland,
who was not only a brave soldier. but
patron of literature and the arts.
XXX
Eva Nudge. who appears the Grand's
bill this week, is little New Yorker who
has risen to the top ranks of vaudeville
performers through her originality. Her
singing speciality, in which she makes five
complete changes of costume, was planned
by herself, and is different from any other
singing act in vaudeville. She has just
closed very successful tour on the Keith
circuit in the East.
After a long absence from the stage Ada
Rehan will soon appear in new play
written for her by Haddon Chambers and
called "A Comedy of Manners The
author has almost completed the manu-
script of the piece and rehearsals will be-
gin the latter part of this week in New
York. The play is to be seen at the Cri-
terion Theater Immediately following the
present engagement there of Julia Mar
lowe.
De Wolf Hopper and his splendid COM
pany have scored a great success in Mr..
Pickwick'' in New York. Most of the met
ropolitan reviewers agree that in JUNCTION
and genuineness Hopper's characterization
of the delightful Dickens fat man surpasses
anything he has attempted In recent years.
Digby Bell, as Mr.. Weller, shared honors
with the star. Indianapolis was lucky in
having seen "Mr. Pickwick'' early in the
season. 1t is in for long stay in the East.
Hilery Bell, the New York dramatic
writer, considers Captain Marshalrs latest
play, THE Unforeseen" a strong and
original drama. 1t was given its first
American production in New York last
Monday night with an excellent cast that
included Charles Richman, Margaret Ang-
lin, w. H. Compton and Fritz Williams
The play is built upon entirely different
lines than the same writer's "a Royal
Family" 1t has a tragic beginning but a
happy finish.
1t is said that Daniel Frohman has a
pile of manuscripts on his desk two feet
high, and that he expects to read them all
during February, hoping to find among them
suitable play for the of E. II. Sothern
next season. Both Mr. Frohman and Mr..
Sothern desire a strong romatic drama and
they have read at least twenty within the
last three months without finding what they
want. Mr.. Sothern is soon to lay aside
Hamlet and appear in big revival Of
eff L Were King"
A very agreeable feature of Arizona"
which closed its engagement at English s
last night, is the arrangement of the pro-
gramme, the characters being presented in
the order in which they first appear on the
stage-a device which serves the double
purpose of letting the audience know at
once ''who is who" and of precluding any
dispute that might arise among the play
ers themselves as to the right of procedure.
Playwright Thomas has adopted plan that
others would do well to initiate.
A bit of theatrical news that has been
going the rounds is that Ezra Kendall is to
dramatize Eugene Fields Little Boy in
Blue for the diminutive comedian Arthur
Dunn, who, by the way is Kendalls broth
er-in-law. If Kendall has time in which to
prepare play for anybody it is too bad
that he doesn't realize the necessity of
supplying himself with new vehicle first
of ALL ''The Vinegar Buyer in which he
is appearing. and which was written
by Herbert Hall Winslow, is not strong
enough to last the comedian through an
other season.
Junie McCree, who will be at Eng
lish's with sally in Our Alley" next Fri
day and Saturday. is young Californian
whose rise in his profession was of the
skyrocket kind. Only four years ago he
the leading comedian of a little music
hall in San Francisco called the Midway
Plaisance giving a new monologue every
week and putting on the afterpieces,
which included everything from uproarious
burlesques of Faust and other operas.
to serious attempts at short melodramas.
When Faust was given. McCree made a
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