Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-20


 der the direction of William A. Brady in "The Pit" is conceded to be the character actor in America. His Svengali in ''Trilby' and his Reb Shemmuel in Children of the Ghetto" were examples of his Protean ability, while his Charles O'Malley tn the piece of that name proved him a nota- bly fine interpreter of straight" parts.
 Grace Georges repertoire next sea- son will include, beside Pretty Peg gy," and the spectacular production of Twelfth Night" one of the George Bernard Shaw comedies "Frou Frou," the one act play, "A Little Tragedy at. Tien Tsin,'' and piece as yet un- named. She will have two leading men next season-one an American and one an English actor. This is ren- dered necessary by the variety of her repertoire.
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 Dan Leno, comedian whose whereabouts have occasioned no little speculation, and who
  for America ten days ago, has been discovered in a sanitarium near Lon don and will probably remain there for an indefinite time. Leno's friends knew several months ago that he was on the verge of breakdown, and tried to get him to take rest, but he would not.
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 John c. Fishers $5O,O00 production of the musical comedy sensation "The Silver Slipper" by the authors of :'Florodora," will be presented here during the coming season exactly as given during it's phenomenal engage ment of six months at the Broadway theater, New York, when an opportun- ity will be had of seeing the famous Champagne Dance" The Silver Slipper" Is announced as the most magnificent production ever seen; the gowns being importations from the famous Worth of Paris, and some of them costing as much as $500 apiece. I:
 Theatrical circles were surprised to hear last night that Marie Cathill had been married to her manager, Daniel V. Arthur on Thursday afternoon. The ceremony. was performed in Miss Ca hills home in West FIftieth street and only a few persons were present. It ! was intended to keep the affair a se- cret, but last night it bcame known. l It was in IA Wild Rose" produced last summer, that Miss CahiIl made such a success with her song, Nancy TH6Ar Io truP 11a+ q | given to the musical comedy in which she appeared last winter Soon after the wedding MT and Mrs Arthur start ed for Canada on an extended wedding trip. It is said they will not return until September.
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 James E. Dolan, national president | of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, l which now has a membership of over half million, while in Youngstown, O., last week, said: We will not countenance the ridiculous caricatur- ing of the Irish people by our presence at theaters or other public places where 1t is done. We will abstain from attending such places ourselves, and will use our influence to prevent our families, friends and all others from attending. The ridic1ous carica- turing of the Irish originated in the London concert halls. After having humiliated the Irish in every way they could, the English hit on the method to sink us still deeper in degradation; they adopted the monkey face cari- caturing, and it has been followed since in this country, but not with the | same motive We propose to elimi- nate 1t entirely from the stage We do not advise or sanction violence in bringing about the desired result, but the members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and all people over whom they have influence, will refrain from attending theaters or public places where this practice is tolerated. When the purses of the owners of theatrical productions are touched, the vital cord is reached. We have the promises of most of the theatrical booking agen- cies and theater managers that such attractions will not be booked in the future When we took the initial step in this matter the owner of the show McFadden's Row of Flats said to us Ldef1antIy that it was the best adver- tisement they could have. Recently in Philadelphia their representative came to me and showed me where they had destroyed all the plates for the ri. diculous Irish Autographs, and asked for mercy. We are not opposed to the stage when kept clean, and the carl caturing Of the Irish is largely due to lack of knowledge of Irish history President Dolan said that similar ac-