The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-24

will be sent on the road early in October.
The action of the comedy takes place in
London and deals with the experience or
an American millionaire horse owner who
has engaged jockey named Johnny Jones
to ride for him. 1t is said that In his new
piece young Mr.. Conan has excelled MS
previous work as a writer or bright lines
and catchy songs.
The Grand will have as the principal at
traction of its vaudeville bill next week w.
II. Gerard and Emily Lytton in a new
comedietta entitled THE Ugly Duck" lit
tie piece that is credited with scoring
great hit in the Eastern vaudeville theaters.
Miss Lytton is a well-known farceur of the
legitimate class and has often been seen
in Indiana polls at English's in the sup
port of various comedy stars. The great
Everhardt, the originator of hoop-rolling.
will also be on next weeks bill, which
looks as If it should prove an exceptionally
strong one. The current programme is
pleasing good-sized audiences.
1t is beginning to look as II British play
wrights would be obliged to name their
plays in some foreign languages pretty
soon. many squabbles have been taking
place in London of late concerning the
rights to titles. Evidently no one had been
before Louis n. Parker in America with
the title of THE Cardinal" but no sooner
has Z. s. Willard announced the play for
production at the st. James Theater in
London than up pops some one who had
written piece of the same title years ago
and who now threatens suit if his rights
therein are not respected.
Two well-known newspaper men of Chi
cago have just bought out the only dime
museum in the Windy City-the one known
as Middleton's museum. One of the
carib f,
of the Inter Ocean, and the other is Joe
Ryan, also a writer on sporting topics and
a golf expert. This Is the first incident on
record of newspaper men running a dime
museum as side line. 1t is said that
Houseman is already at work getting up a
prize fight between a couple OF boxing
kangarooS.
Pineros latest play will be produced next
Monday night at the Duke of York's
Theater in London by Charles Frohman.
1t is described as original drama in four
acts and an epilogue, and is to be called
Lefty" The story of the piece has been
kept secret. Dion Boucicault, the Amer
lean actor, is to stage the play for Mr..
Frohmah and the cast will include Irene
Vanbrugh, Nancy Price, Mr.. Boucicault
himself and the son of Henry Irving.
Fred Harvey, in advance of Joe WEIGHS
''The Peddler' company, which comes to
the Park next week, has been distributing
some gaudy announcements of the produc-
ton. printed in Hebrew. The idea was
have had a good deal of attention from
Hebrews who could read them and from
others who tried to- Another novelty that
the agent brought to the city was make
believe bank books filled with imitation
money.
| Miss Amelia Bingham in 1.-The Frisky
Mrs. Johnson" will furnish the dramatic
novelty of next week. The famous actress
manager will be at English's next Monday
and Tuesday evenings bringing with her
the same castor almost the same-and
| precisely the same production which made
! the new Clyde Fitch play so popular dur
| ing its run at the Princes Theater, New
| York, last season.
Wilton Lackaye, who will be seen at
English's next week In the supporting
company of Amelia Bingham, will begin his
season as a star in 1.-The PITT Nov. % at
the walnut-street Theater, Philadelphia.
| The production promises to be an important
| one. as the play is dramatization of
Frank Norris's best selling book and serves
| to Introduce one of Americas most prom
| inent actors in a stellar capacity.
|
| Maxine Elliott will make her initial ap-
pearance as an individual star tonight in
| Buffalo, presenting the new Clyde Fitch
comedy, Her Own Way" The piece will
| be given only three performances in Buff
| falo and will then be taken to the Garrick
| Theater New York, where, If 1T meets with
| success, it will run for two or three
| months.
Ada Rehan has just returned to New
York from her European trip and is now
! preparing for her joint starring tour with
| Otis Skinner in Shakspearean comedies.
| Miss Rehan is said to be looking younger
| than when she left America, despite her
| hair, which is now of snowy white. She
/ and Mr. Skinner will tour through the
| principal cities of the South at the be-
ginning of their