The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

way Down East Is to be partly An
 glicized for its production in London. HI Holler will be made a Lancastershire
 lad and the scene of action will be
 changed to an English village.
 William A. Brady is vigorously prose-
 cutting a half dozen managers of farces in which the character of Foxy Grandpa
 Is Introduced. He has also instituted pro- ceedings to prevent the old gentieman being pictured on bills or in other adver- tisements.
 ''rn his new play "A Prince of Tat
 ters," Al H. Wilson sings six new songs,
 all of which have already become im-
 menseiy popular. They are ''The Wind ing of tile Yarn" Memory" "The Mer- maid and Buccaneer. When Your Ship Comes Home,' "whispering Freezes and ''The Echo" yodel
 Last winter when Tim Murphy was in Denver a new gold mine was named af- ter him by an admirer. It has since prov ed a bonanza and now Mir. Murphy says the owner has offered to build him a theatre in New York city. It is also said that one of the conspicuous theatrical managers of that city has offered to fill all the time Mir. Murphy would not care to handle.
 After Koclan's appearance at the Met ropolitan Opera House. New York, next Sunday night. the young violinist will perform in the principal cities of the South. including Memphis. Montgomery, Richmond. Birmingham. Atlanta, Nash vile, New Orleans. and then in Omaha Denver and San Francisco, where he is booked to appear for the first time on March 2nd. arrangements having been consummated with Koclan's manager, Rudolph Aronson.
 The pugilistic set to between the bellig- erent small boys in the school scene of Lovers Lane' became rather too real istic at the Lyceum Theatre, Cleveland the other night. Lillian Sinnott. the l4- year-old Simplicity Johnson" interferes to separate the combatants when they become too strenuous. In the resultant mix-up she was kicked on the head and staggering into the wings promptly faint ed. Tho curtain was rung down, but af- ter physician in the audience had min- istered to Miss S.nnott she was able to continue the performance.
 The Theatre for February contains an important article by J. l. c. Clarke. Vice-President of the American Dramat- ists Club, in which he urges that imme- diate steps be taken by our native play wrights to bring about the establishment in this country of a National Theatre conducted on purely artistic lines Mir Clarke thinks that wealthy men would advance the capital necessary-estimated at $i50.0oo for the first year-if commit tee prepared practical scheme which they could consider, and he advocates putting the idea to the test The The atre. which has been indefatigable in It's efforts to keep up public interest in the matter. says the American Dramatists' Club will call a meeting soon to consider some plan of action.
 The great production of Ben /Hur." under the direction of Klaw & Erlanger. will be seen in Birmingham this month. and railroad tickets will probably be cheapened that persons may go Birmin- ham to see it. It seems proper to say that 1t requires two or more days to pre- pare for a production of Ben Hur," and that the entertainment Is of such mag nitude that an immense auditorium with stage capacity Is required. This 1t is said, could not be found in an Alabama city aside from Birmingham. The play will be produced at the Birmingham Au- ditorium and 1t is said four or more per will be given.
 With the return of Miss Percy Has well to the George Fawcett Company in Baltimore MT. .Fawcett announces eIab- crate Shakespearean plans for this spring Two of the projects under consideration are outdoor performances of "A Mid summer Nights Dream" and AS You Like It." this latter with Miss Haswel as Rosalind. Baltimore right now is the center of Shakespearean interest in the East because of these plans and their wide scope, therefore the return of Miss Hasweil. who has always been seen at her best in the dainty work of Shake speare. is matter of considerable mo- ment to the city. Miss Haswell has joined, during this temporary engaGe-