The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

In New York, was put to work, and with
the actress standing over him, in the ca
pacity of architect, he covered five big
frames with canvas like so many pieces OF
scenery, and soon there was completed the
four walls and ceiling Of a dressing room.
The walls were covered with pretty pink
dimity, there was a long shelf for a dress
ing table to go beneath the makeup mir
ror,' there were other shelves to occupy
one side of the room, a door in one side
and ventilators on every side. This inno-
walton is causing something of a sensa-
ton among the stage hands Of the va
rious theaters where Mrs. Carter is now
on her tour.
Pinero's new play, Lefty" is now being
much discussed by the English critics, its
London production two weeks ago having
proved a great success. William Archer is
confident that Lefty Will take its place
in the very first line OF Pinero's works and
writes as follows regarding it.: 1.-THE four
acts that depict Letty's struggle and vic
tory are among the most admirable, in
point of structure, that he has ever writ
ten. They are almost too concentrated,
too tense with emotion, too crowded with
vicissitudes. II is positively exhausting to
follow poor Lefty through all the tangled
experiences of this one afternoon and even
ing-tremulous hope, exultant certainty,
crushing disappointment and humiliation,
disgust and a feverish struggle to overcome
it, the failure of that struggle. desperation,
fascination, a hectic rapture of self-aban-
Comment. then a final revulsion OF feeling
and a panic-stricken shrinking from the un-
tasted cup OF temptation. To carry your
heroine in the course of a few hours, and
without any overstrain of probability,
| through such a breathless series OF emo
tionaI crises, is indeed a technical triumph.
Mr.. Pinero has done nothing-not even in
'Iris'-more absorbingly interesting than
these four acts"
The secret OF Henrietta Crosman's plans
to star in a dramatization of Egerton Cas-
ties 1.-THE Bath Comedy" under David Be-
lasco's management, was so well kept by
the few who knew II, that the announce
ment given out recently has been the sur
prise of the season in theatrical circles. The
Dramatic Mirror says that Mr.. Belasco
| owned the dramatic rights of the book and
wished to dramatize II, but he could find no
available actress for the part of Kitty
Bellairs, which required a coincidence Of
great adroitness and skill. Miss Crosman
was the ideal actress for the role, and she
had no new important play ready for this
season. In these circumstances the ad-
vantage Of association was mutual and OBJ
vious. Maurice Campbell. Miss Crosman's
husband and manager, effected arrange
ments with Mr.. Belasco some time ago
whereby during the continuance of the new
play Miss Crosman should be under the
management OF himself and Mr.. Belasco.
Miss CrosInan will continue 10 play in
theaters that are independent Of the theat-
rical trust and this will keep her out of
Indianapolis this ~season, unless she fol-
lows Mrs. Fisk's example and comes TO
the Park Theater at the close OF the regular
"popular-price" season at that local play
house. Dickson and Talbot assure Indian
apoiis t~heatergoers that. with the erection
of their new independent theater, this city
will next season be enabled to see many OF
the stars who are al present barred out of
indianapolis, including James *. Hackett
and Miss Crosman.