The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

when Johnny Comes Marching Home"
by Stanislaus STANCE and Julian Edwardes
has been booked for four performances at
English s-three nights and Wednesday
matinee, opening a week from tomorrow
night The tuneful music of this opera
which has had long runs i'm New York
and Chicago. has already become popular
throughout the country. The great charm
of when Johnny Comes Marching Home"
is understood to be largely the result of the
original treatment in the score of familiar
themes and because of the unusually pic
turesque scenic environment. Following the
engagement OF the new opera. Mr. Major
romantic play. when Knghthood Was
i'm Flower. will come to English's for two
performances. to take place on the after
noon and evening of Saturday. Sept. 20.
According to an English correspondent for
an Eastern newspaper. the most curious
theatrical company i'm existence is that
which the Sultan of Turkey Respectively
for his own amusement-at Yildiz Kiosk. 1t
numbers fifteen. and is headed by an Italian
comedian named Arturo Stravolo. of Naples,
to whom, oddly enough. all the other men,
bers of the company are related, either
naturally or by marriage. All the male
members of the troupe, as servants of the
Sultan, have military titles and wear uni
forms. The tenor is general and the bari
tone major. Performances are not given
at any fixed times, but take place according
TO the sweet will of Abdul Hamid, who &C.
casionally yearns for theatrical diversion
at inconvenient times. For instance. quite
often the members of the royal troupe are
routed out of bed at midnight or even later
and ordered to be dressed and made up
within forty minutes to play before their
depsotic employer who on such occasions
is generally the only spectator.
XXX
Clyde Fitch's play, 1.-The Climbers has
lust been produced i'm London, and, al
though many of the reviews of the piece
are decidedly fierce, the American play
wright has been given credit by most of
the critics for some good work. Fitch S
plays have, never before been accepted in
London with any degree of favor, although
for years number of London managers
have been clamoring to secure the rights
of Beau Brummel," which Richard Mans
field has persistently refused to relinquish.
In concluding his review of 1.-THE Climbers"
the critic for the London Morning Post has
this TO say: There is much of real promise
for the future in such transatlantic dra-
matte work as we from time to time are
permitted to see. but the day of achieve
ment is not yet. Speaking generally, those
who write for the stage on the other side
seem to have laid hold, with not feeble
grasp, of the essential element of dramatic
expression. 1t is only the art to handle
them well that is lacking.
The producers of the big musical come
dies, operas and extravaganzas are hav-
ing rather a hard time of il securing enough
pretty girls for their various companies
that is, girls who can sing little and
make graceful appearances on the stage.
OF the methods of obtaining these girls
for productions the most practical, the
most effectual ana the most expensive is the
free stage school now being maintained by
Klaw & ErlaDGer. This stage school has its
headquarters in the New Amsterdam
building i'm New York. and any young
woman with good looks to commend her,
may secure training and a position there
| free of charge. Ned Wayburn, the stage di-
F, rector. is the chief instructor at this school