Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-14

star next season in the part of a home
Keeping wife and mother.
The announcement that Virginia Earle was
under contract with the Shuberts seems
to have been premature, since 1t was later
given out that she has not signed for next
season.
Grace Van Studdiford, who will make her
first appearance as a star in Florenz Zieg-
feds production Of the new De Koven and
go to Paris.
The title Of the new play which the vicar
OF Gorleston has written for Mrs. Brown
State" to stella and Noel, or the Light in
the Sanctuary"
Madame Schumann-Heink has signed a
contract With Fred c. Whitney to sing In ar
English comic opera. The contract begins
with September, 1904, and the opera is yet
to be written.
Wilson Barrett's new play, which was to
been renamed In the Middle of June" and
will be produced at Middlesborough during
the second week of June.
Blanche Ring has appeared on Broadway
as a star In the latest Lederer production,
"The Blonde in Black" 1t Is a farce
comedy, set to music and hasn't created
much of a stir in New York as yet.
The closing of the old Boston museum.
where so many of Americas leading actors
hrst won recognition, was made the sub
1ect of a little The receipts Of
the last performance, $2,933, were presented
60 the Vincent Memorial hospital.
Nance O'Neill, who went through Omaha
WIN ner STOCK company during the flood
week, got to San Francisco just in time
20 get into a theater fire. The Theatcr
Republic formerly known as the Metro
pohtan Temple, burned, and with it went
the costumes of the company.
A couple of the chorus singers in Peggy
from Paris slipped out and got married in
other day, and now the cynic Of the ORA
matte News wants to know how many min
utes 1t will AXE for them to slip out and get
divorced at an evening performance.
The DraSS agent for a CLEVELAND thaofar
comes forward now with the claim that he
wrote The Sultan of Sulu'' a couple OF
Henry Clay Barnabee, and that the lat
ter, after carrying It for a year, returned
Il with the announcement that it was "un-
Dick Ferris has lost the Metropolitan
theater at Duluth. After he had installed
MS stock company the house changed
bur Opera company for the season. Ferris
sought to secure an Injunction to prevent
the deal. but the court held that he had an
adequate remedy at law.
One of Skip Dundy's Indians added a
little bit of realism to the performance at
Luna Park, Coney Island, during the week,
His pony had the old chief up against the
fence and was trying to scrape him off
when the noble red man sank his tomahawk
up to the handl in the forehead of The
animal. The next time that pony will show
more discretion.
After her exacting, but very successful
will spend her holiday abroad. She sailed
from New York on May 2, via Augusta
Victoria, for Hamburg, accompanied by her
more than two months in Europe. After
brief visits to Nuremberg, Heidelberg and
Munich, Mrs. Fiske will proceed to Switzer-
land, where she will sojourn for several
weeks. She will return to New York In
August to rehearse her company in Mary
of Magdala," in which, after a short season
in New York, she will make an extended
tour. The Spanish play that Mr.. Harrison
Gray Fiske will produce at the Manhattan
theater next season with Miss Carrie Rlc-
cardo in the chief part will have the ld-
vantage Of Mrs. Fiske's supervision Of its
preliminaries before she enters upon her
own work for the season.
Adelaide Thurston, the dainty little star
whom the Wtlstach Brothers are plotting
into fame, will have a new play next sea-
Gates, it Is christened for the special de-
location OF the s~outherners, who judge a
play by the way the title OF the piece APP
peais to their sentiment and sense Of
rhythm, and with whom Miss Thurston IS
specially popular. Polly Primrose" seems
better adapted to Miss Thurston's needs
than any play heretofore selected. Its
scenes are laid In Georgetown, D.. c., dur
ing. the civil war, yet the author has re-
Of the strife that existed in those days.
The costuming will be that of the patri-
will be of artistic order. The cast OF the
play will necessitate a much larger com
pany than hsretoforei and the nature of the
Miss Zefie Tilbury. at present leading
woman with Nat c. Goodwin's company,
has been engaged by Charles w. Allen to
srSit the role Of .! # afEis MEMS II X!ola FOR Allen hsxss
season. Miss Tilbury has appeared in many
shakespearean productions in England with
"TWelfth Night" at his MRajesty's tReate or
d0gG of ith swS biz se Rits Of a sSe pr asg MfF5a WSs
her portrayal of the role was proclaimed
to be one OF the most delightful seen in ie-
Of the roiiicking, joyial sort, a role particu-
larly we'll suited to Miss Tilbury's unctuous
and S~aptyating style; Miss dr,Io1 Aliens PrH-
especially when 1t is considered that, other
than Miss Tilbury, John Blair, c. Leslie
Young have been engaged for important
roles.
A writer sizing up the season in New
York says that Of any Of the runs OF con-
Of The Darling of the Gods" the only
memorable records in point OF lasting popu-
edies. OF these the biggest run goes to the
credit, Of "A Chinese Honeymoon" that
| before II wore out its Welcome. others fol-
| lowing IL were The Prince OF Pilson," still
running there, likewise The Wizard of
| Brothers in Harvard" M Blue Beard
Nancy Brown" The Mocking Bird and
"A Country Girl had runs OF sufficient
length to make them worth while. In the
strictly legitimate plays brought out that
| scored a memorable impression, something
OF a success was the portion of Mrs. FIske
I'm Mary OF Magdala," while Mansfield and
Sothern attracted some attention with their
Shakespearean REVEALS, but on the whole
II was a season which, in glancing back
over the matter OF successes, gagged by
any lengthy stays in the metropolis. fell
far short of expectations. A straw that
Indicates a possible switching OF the eastern
taste for theatricals in the successes earned
by one or two of the lighter comedies. OF
these THE Earl OF Pawtucket," that is still
housed at the Manhattan theater, ranks
as the hest, II Is said 10 be one OF the
daintiest comedies ever written for the
American stage, and the indications are
that il will last for some months TO come.
| Henry 4. Dixey has also met with a success
I'm the faTcical comedy Facing the Music, "
while Broadhurst has one, "A Fool and
His Money" that is considered a success.
Everything considered, however, II has not
been a noteworthy season in the east, and
as a great deal OF what has been a hit there
goes for but a short time, the outlook for
next season in the provinces. as far as de-
pending upon New York successes might
be considered, IL not in any sense a rosy
one.