The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
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DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

I Walter Hale, formerly Of st. Paul. has
been engaged for James K. Hackett's
company. Mr.. Hackett has sailed for Eu-
reps, and is due here this week.
Martin Harvey announces his intention
of playing Romeo during his American
tour, and it is hoped his wife. will not be
his Juliet.
After Annie Russell gets through with
mice and Men," Charles Frohman will
send a special company on tour with the
play to visit new territory.
ii'Asf You Like IT, al fresco, is being
offered in St. Louis by Lawrence Hanley
as Orlando, a Miss Pulls as Rosaiind and
Victory Bateman as Audrey.
Grace Elliston will be Richard Mans
fields leading woman, and she is ex-
pected from abroad next week.
Sarah Boyd, daughter Of Bell Boyd, is
to star in piece called Darkness and
Daylight" written by Charles w. Chase.
| Laurence Irving is going to produce
Richard Lovelace'' abroad, and this is the
play which E. H. Sothern made use of at
the Garden theater, where it was not re-
ceiyed with any great amount Of enthu-
SiaSm.
| Cable messages addressed to Hal Game
have been flying under the Atlantic this
week. The hurried consultation was
caused by the election of Pope Plus x in
characters in 1.-The Eternal City, bears
the same title, and it will have to be
changed as soon as possible, for rehearsals
are to begin before many days.
A new adaptation of David Copper
field by Ben Landeck was brought out
recently at the Adelphi theater, London,
under. the name of "Peggotty's Darling. :"
off in frrJr or h ic1,f
scenes and as it has been considerable
time since David Copperfield" has been
seen in London. the play excited some
interest.
| Klaw e changers New Amsterdam
theater will open in October with N. c.
Goodwin in this firms production Of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" as the mi
tia1 attraction. In one effect alone more
than 1000 incandescent electric lamps will
be used
| The famous quartette speciality, a fea-
ture of the Rogers Brothers entertain
ments during the past four years begin
ming with The Innocent Maid" and con-
stffiiing In when Reuben Comes to
| Town. 1.-The Wedding of the Reuben and
the Maid and 1.-THE Troubles OF the Reu-
ben and the Maid will not have place
in the musical programme of the new
| dom az The feature of this piece will be
an octette, which will include the Rogers
Brothers and six female principals of
| their support. The song this octette will
sing is a new conceit called MIR. Breezy
Is an Easy Mark
Miss Rose Melville will begin her sixth
| tour as Isis Hopkins" in that interest
| ing play of the same name early in Sep
te1nber, and has been booked for an en-
gagement here during the month. Miss
| Melxilless Characterization Of the quaint
country girl is one of the most pictur-
esque bits of acting seen in years
Louis James is making deep study
into history concerning the life of Alex
ander the Great, and his cottage at Long
Branch is filed with literature to enable
| him to properly fill the role in the play Of
| this name. His associate, Frederick
Warde, will play Perdiccas, the man of
intrigues and plots, and no doubt Mr..
Warde is also studying deeply, in order
that Wagenhals & Kemper may feel salts
| tory as they do of their own art.
Theatrical folks are having a gay and
| festive. time at Siasconsett. where col
| ony Of some fifty distinguished members
of the profession are spending the sum-
| fnef A series of photographs, which
| most sentretainingly how they are spend
| ing their time The best one is Mrs. John
/ Gilbert, who is seated on the lawn of her
| cottage, dressed in her Sunday best and
wearing smile Of supreme contentment.
| Miss Isabel Irving clad In white sailor
suit and tam-o' -shanter, is comfortably