Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-25


 cy Brown" during the coming season.
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 Henry Irving has finished his en- gagement at the Drury Lane in London and has had his production of Dante prepared for shipment to America. .s ::
 James O'NeiL1's son is playing with a stock company in Worcester, and his fond father is sending him cables of encouragement from across the ocean.
 :I|: The English melodrama, Ane Best of Friends will be produced by Charles Frohman at the Academy of Music for a run commencing October 10. When Julia Marlowe was questioned regarding the story that she would some day marry Frank Worthing, she merely responded that she was not marrying anybody.
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 Henry Miller has arrived from Flu rope and will now gather his company, which is to go to the Pacific coast to play an engagement at the Columbia theater, following Amelia Bingham.
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 Richard Golden, who will next sea- son star in King Dodo,' has been in- formed that photographs of himself in artistdc poses received first prize at the recent photographic exhibIGlon at Milan.
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 Kelcey and Shannon will present Sherlock Holmes" on the Pacific coast this season, which will be the first visit of the play to that part of America. MT Kelcey has received as a gift from Sir Conan Doyle a model edition of his works.
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 Haddon Chambers new play, "A Golden Silence is to be produced abroad by Arthur Bouchier. The American rights are controlled by Vir- ginia Harmed, who will make a pro- duction of the play about the same time it is produced abroad.
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 A new roof garden. atop of the Ma jestic theater and Pabst Circle hotel, New York, was opened last Tuesday night with a band concert. The acoustic arrangements are perfect, and 1t is promised that during the summer of 1904 musical attraction will be the feature of this place.
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 During W. A. Brady's visit to Lon don he arranged for production of Foxy Grandpa" with Joseph Hart and Carrie DeMar, and next spring this musical comedy wllI be offered at one of the principal London Ineaters. Joseph Hart, who has been in the country, returned to town this week to prepare rehearsals, for the season begins early.
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 "A Chinese Honeymoon will go in to the Manhattan Beach theater next Monday night, and it will be the first time for New Workers to see com pany other than the one which occu- pied the Casino. The company in- cludes John B. Henshaw, Toby Claude, Stella Tracey, May Ten Broeck, Charles Prince, Edmund Lawrence and Christina Hudson.
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 George Lederer has acquired some Of the time at the Victoria theater, New York, where he will offer in the fall a musical comedy adapted from the French, called My Lady Lola.'' 1t is expected Blanche Ring will appear in this piece MT Lederer has also in contemplation another musical con- edy which may go into the new thea ter to be erected by Felix Isman.
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 John 0. Fishers New York produc- tion and company of "The Silver Slip per" the charming musical comedy by the authors of "F1orodora," with its whirlwind-like champagne dance" the mast sensational ever seen, and a com- pany of over 100 people, will be seen here during the coming season. No ex- pense was spared by MT Fisher in pro- ducing ."The Silver Slipper" and the same gorgeously staged and elaborate ly costumed musical play that crowded the Broadway theater, New York, for six months last season will be present Cd intact.
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 Will H. Bray, one of Edward Harri- gan's veterans, who will take his place under the flag of his old commander again when Harrigan's new play, ''Un- der Cover" is put on next season, is the first actor in the United States to take a negro part in opera, which role he is filling now in ''When Johnny Comes Marching Home, recently play ing in Chicago. MT Bray was in the original Harrigan & Hart theater com pany on the night of its opening, De cember IS. 1876, at 514 Broadway. Prior to that he was member of the original Mestayer's Tourists company, and played in the Hoyt farces for twelve years, playing 'The Minister to Dahomey" over 2,O00 times. He all ways was great comedian and Is a great actor to-day.
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 Another actor deserving well of his country was James Murdock, who was playing 'sHamlet'' when the news arrived of the first call for troops in