The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

Wong Fong" is the name of a new comic
opera soon to be produced. with Grace
Freeman, now the prima donna of 1.-The
Country Girl" in the leading feminine role.
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Cecilia Lotus, the leading woman with
E. II. Sothern, who will be seen in this
city at Englishs when Mr.. Sothern's plays
his engagement in IF 1 Were King" is
to star next season in a new play now be-
ing prepared for her by Laurence Irving,
son of Sir Henry.
Next week the Park will offer its patrons
two attractions of the kind they like the
b-st of all-two strong melodramas, 1.-The
Charity Nurse and 1.-The Queen of the
Highway" For Her Childrens Sake"
and "A Texas Steer" come the week after
next to the Park.
That William III. Thompson, now playing
in the East in THE Bishops Move. will
star next season under the management of
j. X. Hackett is settled but there will be
some difficulty in finding a suitable play for
this fine character actor. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Hackett is thinking seriously of a
big and worthy production of King Lear
in which Mr.. Thompson would of course,
play the title role.
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There is likely to be plenty of fun on the
stage at English's when THE Rogers
Brothers at Harvard" is presented at that
theater, the latter part of next week The
Rogers Brothers are very popular in In
dianapolis. and their amusing entertain
ments are always strong drawing cards
here. Their latest piece is said to contain
the usual amount of laughable situations,
funny dialogue and delightful musical num-
bers.
That brilliant but very eccentric English
dramatist, George Bernard Shaw, has just
turned over to his publisher Che always
publishes his plays the manuscript of
new drama which he defies any manager
to produce. The first act, which is a play
in itself. lasts an hour and forty minutes;
the second and fourth are of the usual
length, but the third is as long the whole
of Iris" including a scene which takes
place in hell. The earthly scenes are mod
ern-so modern. in fact, that Mr.. Shaw de-
clares them to be far in advance of the
age.
The new theater now being erected in
Boston by those very enterprisng man.
ayers, Weber & Fields, will be opened next
September by James II. Hackett in THE
Crisis" which has never been seen in the
Hub, owing to the fact that Hackett who
is leader of the independent movement
has never been able to secure theater in
that city. This new theater will. with the
fremont, make two antf-syndcate play
houses in Boston. The independents are
slowly but surely gaining a pretty good
foothold ii seems. They were helped con-
siderably when Weber & Fields joined their
ranks.
A brand new comedy by George Broad
hurst will be produced i'm New York the
coming Tuesday night at the Madison
Square Theater. replacing Elsie de Wolfe's
production of her play Cynthia" which
failed to prove a great success. The new
Broadhurst play is called "A Fool and
His Money" 1t is being put on at extreme
ly short notice and a great deal of hust-
ling is being done in order 10 get IL in
shape for the opening performance jane
son Lee Finney. who was seen early i'm the
season the leading man In 1.-The Two
Schools will play the principal part
1t seems that the one-act "curtain-raiser''
is coming into vogue again. Henry Miller
being largely responsible for the revival
of this once popular custom. 1t will be re-
membered that Mr.. Miller adopted his
policy OF giving a 'curtain-raiser' during
his Indianapolis engagement. when he
acted Clyde Fitchs little twenty-minute
piece. Frederick lie Maitre" each evening