New-York tribune., 1903-02-26
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
shubert Gets Madison Square Theatre-Ben'
eft for Home for Consumptive Actors.

Sam s. Shubert yesterday signed hVe year
lease of the Madison Square Theatre. in West
Twenty -fourth-st.. which has for some years peeh
managed by Charles Frohman. though the names
the present lease. which expires this summer
are Hoyt & Mckee. The theatre is part OF the EMO
estate. In addition to five theatres up State one
in Chicago and one in Boston. the Shuberts now
control the Herald Square the Casino and the
Princess theatres in this city. They will next year
eon59 also t the i new I Le o bg Herald SQUARE
Klaw & Erlanger viii mango that house next year
it is said Their action in obtaining another thea
tre at once is regarded by many as an assertion ~
whether the Madison Square Theatre viii be open
Tor lndependent attractIonS sr VII earIT "a 10
discuss plans.
Robert E. Bell. the former actor. who has been
for the last eight years confined in Denver with
consumption. cheating DEATH as he puts IT, mas
braved an Eastern winter, and is in this city
working for his plan build IN the Rockies home
for consumptive actors. At present there are more
than hundred such sufferers in Colorado. Ar
and New-Mexico, many Of them in actual
poverty. with means of support but the 81 a
week allowed them by the Actors Fund MIR. Bell
himself conducts dramatic school in Denver. and
so has means enough to labor for MS plan he VIII
returned many already. He proposes to raise the
money entirely by benefit performances Ihere are
six hundred dramatic companies now playing IN the
United States. OF these hundred and fifty have
and the rest will all be asked The PERFORMANCES @
will BE- given all over the country. either the last
hoped to raise at least $50 900 enough to build the
home and @ conduct it for year 1t will De sgPp9TI
Bell will endeavor to get the Actors Fund to act
as treasurer Of the enterprise.
Next Monday night another attempt will be made
to make the Ghost walk at Mrs. Osborn's Play
House in West Forty-fourth-st- Miss Mary Shaw
and the same company which supported her IN
her special rnatinees at the Manhattan Theatre
a few weeks ago will appear every evening in
Ibsen's drama of heredity. Mr. Fawcett. her man
ager. has obtained the house from Frank Lea
Short the last man who tried to keep it open
ner of 1900 Ia long way after, and will
deavor to make Ibsen pay. If Ghosts. does wen
put on This is of the first attempts TO present
tosens plays as the regular eyeHns Mr9 sborn et m so
far Il-fated ban6 box opened VIE eanag to c6se
by dropping the Tommy
This wear the annual benefit for the Actors
Home will be held the afternoon OF March L
at the Metropolitan Opera House Last year II
Will be remembered Robson and Crane revived
The Henrietta" at the Knickerbocker, but this
year the programme will be made up OF many
parts so that It will begin at o'clock Inere Will
be an overture by the combined orchestras OF SIX
or seven theatres and an Introductory address
| by Wilton Lackaye. Miss Margaret Ang1n, OF the
Empire Theatre with Fritz Williams Will appear
in a special one act comedy written for the occa-
sion fbv Clay Greene. The Soubrette Sextette, an
assembly of the leading condolences from the var-
Gus comic operas now Broadway. viii appear IN
| special number. There will also De a SPeCas !a
.tF'I0rodora'' sextette. danced by Jerome oyk5
! Thomas O. Seabrooke, Sam Bernard, James l;
Powers Frank Moulon and Eddie Foy, with EDNA
| Wallace Hopper. Blanche Ring, Katie Barry ana
! Nav Robson Miss Viola Allen Will appear. IN d
/ short comedy scene from The Hunchback as as
sisted by Jameson Lee Finney. and Marie ,,ahlLl ann
with Edward Stevens of the Nancy Brown, cotI-
| pany will contribute number David rS, BelasSo
will present act play with Bid LIrIIe
Bates Robert T. Haines and George ArllsS rll+ ne ne
| Wizard of o. company will De repTeSenL55G, oS
| NoTtg0merv and Stone and Anna Laughlln mere
will also be comedy monologue BY Robert Edesoh
and dramatic duet by Blanche Walsh and joseph
HaworTh Miss Lillian Russell will contribute d
number as will also Fay Templeton- Miss BlanGhe
Ring and James T. Powers viii appear az ana Lf 5
SI1lf2n of Sulu'' company will be seen IN one OF
~ most nopuIar features. Also the Mr.. Blue
Heard" company and Charles H Hawtrey
Miss Maude Adams will sail for England next
month where she will remain till summer Her
summer will be passed the Continent, and she
will not return to play here until fall
Miss Georgia Game has been engaged TO play
the title part in George AIDES new opera. Peggy
from Paris which is In the West Miss Helen