The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-19

have surrounded their star with what seems
TO be very competent company. the cast
including Lucille La Verne. well known In
the old stock company at the Grand; =. H.
Crosby, Frank A. Lyon, Ralph Dean, Roy
Eairehild. John d. Garrick. Harry Hanion.
Frank "A. Howson, jr., Helen Salinger, Lot
tie Alter and June Matthias.
This is proving a week of big business at
the Grand. and the show well deserves sup
port, as 1T is. on the whole, an excellent
vaudeville entertainment Little Clara Nor
ton is winning the hearts of all the pa
irons of the theater with her sweet voice,
splendid dancing and piano playing and
all round meritorious performance the
four Holioways, who do such astonishing
feats on the high wire, the Plccolo
m1dgets. In their quaint speciality. and Hill
and Whitaker, the banjoists and singers,
are also strong favorites. Next weeks
programme at the Grand promises to be
another strong one. Clayton White and
Marie Stuart. the faIceurs, who will furnish
the leading act. will arrive in this city to-
morrow from Denver, where they have been
playing successful engagement. Sailor
and Barbette. 1.-The man and the pink pa
jana GIRL who will also be on the pro-
gramme, are already In town, as they have
come here to rest this week.
George AIDES comedy. 1.-The County Chair
man." comes TO English's tomorrow night
for three performances, including the Sat
urday matinee. The play is now on its
way from Chicago to Wallack's Theater,
New York, where 1t IL to be presented for
long run. 1.-The County Chairman is
Mr.. AIDES first experiment at writing play
without musical accompaniment and It's re-
ception in Chicago, where 1t enjoyed run
of three months at the Studeoaker
Theater, was such as to encourage the
author to further work in this direction.
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background Of which is a political campaign
in rural county of the Middle West, ana
most OF the fun, of which there is said to
be a great deal, comes from this source.
The company embraces such widely-known
players as Maclyn Arbuckle. Willis P.
Sweatnam Edward Chapman, Fred Book,
Earle Browne Miriam Nesbett. Grace
Fisher. Anna Buckley and Rose Baudet.
Word has just been received here that
Margaret Lemon, the beautiful little In
dianapolis soprano. who has been singing
in churches in the East, has been engaged
by Manager Savage for his Castle Square
Grand Opera Company, now playing a
months engagement In Chicago. Miss
Lemon win make her debut with this splsn-
tore" She has sung in comic opera and
on the concert platform, but her heart has
time, and her friends in this city will be
glad to learn of her important engagement.
That she will prove one Of the bright stars
with the Castle Square forces there can be
scarcely doubt as she is not only
singer OF unusual ability, but the possessor
of a most charming personality. She will
be heard in indianapolis late In the season,
when the Castle Square Company comes to
English's to repeat its brilliant engage
ment Of last season.
Because of it's old-time value, James A.
Hearne's beautiful play, Hearts of Oak"
hoIf
Park this afternoon. with its welcome as
sured This famous play, with its tender
love story and heart-stirring incidents, all
marked with a wholesomeness seldom to be
found in dramatic efforts of Its kind. has
held its place In public favor for twenty
five years, and 1t is said to measure up
to its old standard Of excellence in the
hands of the present company. James Horne
is credited with being one of the best
character actors that has undertaken the
part of the whole-souled sailor who is the
hero of the story. Bernardfne Rise appears
in the leading female role and other peo-
pie in the cast are J. Leonard Clarke, Ma
bel, Leslie, Jane Kirby, Albert c. Wahle
and Francis Cochran. The play is said to
be handsomely staged.
Merely Mary Ann" the Zangwill play
presented in this city at English's Monday
evening by Eleanor Robson, is to be given
London hearing. 1t is said in New York
that Charles Frohman and Liebler & Co.
the managers of Miss Robson. have just
come to understanding through which
these prominent theatrical magnates will
become co-partners in the production when
1t takes place on the other side of the ocean.
The season Is to begin In May and Miss
Robson is to be supported by an English
company of players. Mr.. Frohman is to
furnish a London theater and look after
the details of tour through England. AS
the play Is essentially English 1t is more
likely to meet with success in England than
in this country.
Robert Edeson is coming to English's soon
in his romantic play. Soldiers of For
tune" dramatized from Richard Harding
Davis's story of the same name 1t is
play full of action. Mr.. Edeson takes the
part of Robert Clay, q young man who,
while protecting the interests of his New
York employers, is forced to become a Lead
ing figure in a South American revolution
He musters and drills his fellow-workmen
the miners. into formidable fighting force
and with their assistance, rights the wrongs
Of the people.
report comes from London that pretty
Edna May will not be able to appear on
the stage again for long time. The little
American singer Is now in Switzerland,
suffering from serious throat trouble and
the doctors have forbidden her to attempt
any professional work for at least a year