The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-21
THE THEATERS.



ENGLIsHs when Johnny Comes
Marching Home" s:15 p. m.
0RAND.-Hish-class Vaudeville, 2:i5 and
o:15 p. m.
EMPIRE.-Burlesque 2 and p. m.
when Johnny Comes Marching Home"
the new military opera by Stanilaus STANCE
and Julian Edwardes, will have It's first
presentation in Indianapolis tonight at
Engiish's. The engagement is for the first
three nights of the week, with matinee
"Wednesday afternoon. STANCE and Ed
wardes have written number Of bright
operas and musical comedies together,
their greatest success having been Lulu
Glaser's tuneful ''Dollie Warden until
they wrote when Johnny Comes Marching
Home" Everybody who takes en- interest
in theatricals is aware of the fact that
this new piece, In which martial music,
starry banners, boys In blue and pretty
girls Of Dixie hold full sway. was one OF
last seasons successes in New York, and
that IL ran through the greater part of the
summer in Chicago. The opera Will be
given here by the Whitney company-the
same organization which has feen present.
ing IL since its premier in ~ W York. IT
IN said to be a very strong rganization,
with a chorus that in large and well drilled.
Saunders, Albert McGuckin. Maurice Darcv-
w. II. Thomson and William T. Carlton.
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tt list of vaudeville performers engaged
to e-tertain at the Grand this week. be-
ginning this afternoon. is quite impress
sive one, and a good programme should be
given. Mr.. and Mrs Esmonde. two of the
best legitimate players on the vaudeville
stage. will again enact their twenty-minute
drama. THE Soldier of Propville," which
Grand last season. This will be the lead
ing feature of the bill, but there will be
number of other acts that are considered
is In Indianapolis. will be seen In his own
town for the first time as professional en-
tertainer. He has been on the vaudeville
stage only six months. but during that time
has rapidly risen to the foremost ranks of
impersonators and mimics. Duffy, Sawtell
and Duffy will furnish little play, Fisher
and Clark will give their singing and dane
ing 8, .cialty. Kelly and violette will have
new .onrs to offer, Lloyd and Lillian will
contribute a short operetta, and the gro
viii D, ssen in a Iaugh-provoking turn
The bicscope has new series OF moving
pictures.
The more the English see Of Clyde Fitch's
play. "The Climbers" recently produced in
London for the first time, the less they
like it. The London critics on the daily pa
pers did not wholly condemn it, but the re-
viewers for the weekly journals are coming
down upon it pretty hard Here is ex-
tract from the Weekly Dispatch:
mo community of ordinary people, let
alone set OF shrewd. up-to-date New York
ers, could ever conduct their lives on such
hopelessly unintelligent lines. The element
of sentiment and high motive attributed to
some of these people becomes bathos and
absolutely grotesque in view of their prac-
tice.
mo good end is to be attained by further
criticism Of this latest specimen Of noisy
and vulgar American plays. Mr.. Fitch is
attempting to work in a field for which he
IL hopelessly untitled. and this Is by no
means our first experience of his style
The Dramatic Mirror says that at the
rsopening of the Knickerbocker Theater In
New York, last Monday night with 'The
Rogers Brothers in London" strangers in
the metropolis. who are very numerous at
this time Of the year. were ieeced right and
left by the largest. noisest and most loaf
erish gang of ticket-speculating thugs that
ever infested the doorway OF New York
theater The Mirror goes on to say in de-
scribing this nuisance: Men and women.
coming I'm carriages or on foot. were jostled.
elbcwed and importuned in an insulting
manner by this crowd of leeches. who grew
arrived. making frantic efforts to rid them
selves OF their stock at regular prices or
less before II was too late. although early
In the evening they had demanded double
the price marked upon the tickets, which
bore the legend: If sold on the street this
ticket will be refused al the door.
weber & Fields say that the reason they
selected the title OF "whoop-de-Doo'' for
their new burlesque was because il was the
most meaningless name that anybody could
think Of The burlesque was given for the
Arst time last Thursday night at the IA
nous little music hall on Broadway. and
full of fun. There have been several
changes in the makeup of the Weber &
Fields company this season. Lillian Rus-
sell still leads the female contingent. having
as assistants Evie Stetson. the Mccoy sis
ters and 'bevy OF beautifully gowned
girls" Louis Mann. the German comedian.
10 a newcomer in the ranks. filling the place
left vacant when Willie Collier returned to
comedy. Peter r. Daley. John II. Kelly and
Will Archie remain in the combination and
continue TO contribute their funny spe-
eialties.
There was time when Clara Thropp
acted the part of the Innocent Kid in
Hoyts old farce, "A Parlor Match" In
those days Miss Thropp was a dainty lit
tie soubrette. with songs and dances and
an occasional high kick. But those frivoi-
Gus tin es are things OF the past, for the
same little Miss Thropp Is a full
nedsed emotional actress and is appearing
as the star OF a melodrama bearing the
solemn title of "A Ruined Life" The
actress and her play come to the Park
for half weeks engagement. opening with
the matinee to-day. and as the Parks regu-
lar patrons must be hungry for meiodrama
after a whole week OF spectacular extrava-
gaaza. "A Ruined Life will probably
strike them just about right. Miss Thropp' s
supporting company is credited with being
a good one and the play is said to be wei.
staged.
The Kentucky Bellies Burlesque Company
vii. hold the boards at the Empire all
wssk. beginning with the performance this