The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-09

engagement at Manhattan she will be seen
in a few special performances of Ibsen's
"Hedda Gabber," to the study of which she
has devoted much time 5aring her summer
vacation in Europe.
Richard Mansfield's manager Lyman b.
Glover, writes that there is nothing in the
report that the great American actor is to
portray Alexander the Great the coming
season. but that he will give his entire at
tention TO the productions of Tolstoi's Ivan
the Terrible" and the beautiful romantic
comedy, 'Alt Heidelberg" Mr.. Glover, who
was for many years the dramatic editor of
the Chicago Record-Herald, and who is one
of the most scholarly men now engaged in
theatrical management, thinks that the
Tolstoi tragedy will prove one of the most
absorbingly interesting plays presented in
America for some time. There will be added
interest in the fact that the production will
for the first time bring upon the American
stage, in commanding manner, the pOlt-
icsl and pictorial atmosphere of the Cars
dominion. There will be seven great scenes
and the grand market-place view on the
Neva will engage the services of several
hundred people. Mr. Mansfields production
a very large scale, surprising "Beaucaire'
in scope and beauty. 1t is almost certain
to become a reignng success in this coun-
try, as it is in Germany and England.
Whatever is said of Mr.. Mansfield's eccen-
tricities, it must be owned by all fair-mind-
ed people that he is doing more for the
American stage than any other American
player. He comes to the front each season
with magnificent productions, and whether
his play be tragedy or comedy his whole
heart is always in his work. 1t is ''art for
arts sake with Mansfield, and financial
gain with him, at least, is a secondary con-
sideration.
A Paris letter to the Pail Mall Gazette
conveys the information that for the first
time in many years two English plays will
be given in Paris at the same time NJ
Antoine is to present Shakesperes king
Lear on a colossal scale, and Pinero's
1.-The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'' is to be pro-
duced at the Odeon. 'It is curious to note, .
comments the correspondent, "how French
theatrical managers hesitate in producing
English plays, and that the failure of such
plays in France have chiefly been on ac-
count of the very unsatisfactory transla-
tions. At the first performance of Mac
BETH at the Porte Saint Martin, when Sa-
rah Bernhardt was the leading lady, in the
scene where the three witches greet Mac
beth with the words, Hail, Macbeth" the
adapter's translation was Bon jour- Mon
sieur Macbeth" which, needless to say
caused a large section of the audience to
laugh heartily. Another disastrous failure
in Paris, which had been successful in
North America and England, was "Se-
cret Service" which the Parisians insisted
on treating as a farce from beginning to
end, and do not think there has been, such
an amusing incident in any theater as on
the first night, when the manager stepped
before the curtain at the termination of
the performance and said, Ladies and gen.
tlemen, my company have had the pleasure
of presenting to you a melodrama.'
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John c. Fishers New York production of
1.-The Silver Slipper" the charming musical
comedy by the authors of "F'lorodora -
will be seen in Indianapolis at English's
during the early part of the season. There
will be a hundred people in the company
which is to be taken on tour, and the piece
is to be just as gorgeously staged and as
lavishly costumed as when 1t ran in New
York last season. Manager Fishers latest
importation, "A Princess of Kensington,"
will receive its initial American production