The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

Two Little Waifs," which is now run
ming at the Park. is more than duplicating
its success OF last season. when it played a
very successful engagement at that theater.
This melodrama of Lincoln j. Carriers Is
about the best play that the prolific writer
has ever turned out, and IL is proving a
source OF large income to its author and
producer. Some facts about Carter him
self. who is a former Indianapolis man,
may be of interest at this time. He is at
C~hicago's fashionable North Side drive. and
Is dividing his attention between his home
and his own theater. the Criterion. where
all of his plays receive their initial produc-
lions. He will have eleven attractions on
the road this season, most of them melo-
dramas playing the popular-price circuits.
Mr.. Carter Is now turning the active man.
agsment or these road companies over to
his right-hand man, ]. p. Hogan. well
known iu the theatrical world, while he is
devoting all of his working hours to the
writing of a spectacular musical comedy
the first thing of the kind he has ever I'M
dertaken. Mr.. Carriers loyal aids at the
Criterion believe the new production will
prove the climax of all the dramatist's
clever stage tricks and electrical effects.
It will first see the fo~otlights at the Cri-
terion late in the season. Mr.. Carter's two
newest melOdramas, Her He. Only Sin and
city at the Park during the fall.
There are to be five scenes in Hearts
Courageous" which the young Indiana ac-
tor, Orrin Johnson, is to play. with the per-
mission of the Bobbs-Merrill Company. the
publishers of the book. and all are said to
be authentic representations of the loca-
tons made prominent In Miss Rives's novel.
The first scene is TO represent the wharves
at Yorktown, Va, where In colonial days
the ships from England locked. The second
scene will be at GLADDEN. Hall, the home
OF the Tillotsons, near Williamsburg, Va,
NhA rG4 n4A Df fhA 1~- M -
Is the interior OF the historic tavern at
Winchester, Va The fourth will show the
interior of Independence Hail., Philadelphia.
ton q OF fnaependence The The S nth sn will Re Ss fhe
picturesque old church at Williamsburg
where the French envoy, the Marquis de la
Rue. the hero Of the story. and Anne Tillot-
son. the American heroine, are married.
XXX
When strung together Charles F'rohman's
promised attractions for the new season
make a very formidable list. He has OBJ
tanned the services of most of the successful
American dramatists, and will offer plays
by Clyde Fitch. Augustus Thomas. William
Frances Hodgson Burnett, and another,
called Richard Brinsley Sheridan by a
new playwright, Miss Gladys Unger. OF
the English plays which Mr.. Frohman has
secured those which will attract the most
attention are the Ulysses and 'Herod''
OF Stephen Phillips. which stand in a class
by themselves; a new comedy by Arthur
Wing Pinero; Barrie's successful piece.
The Admirable Crichton;'' Cousin Kate
which has enjoyed great popularity at the
London Haymarket; George Fleming.s
Daughter" and new pieces by Anthony
Hope. H v. Esmond and Justin Huntley
Mccarthy.
Sir Henry Irving has hidden goodbye to
London, where he win not be seen again
professionally for more than a year. His
season at the Drury Lane with Dante
proved phenomenally successful. despjte the
fact that the play was not very well liked
by the critics. and he Is so convinced of the
drawing power OF the piece that he win
be presented at the Broadway Theater.
New York. about the middle of October
with most OF the original London company.
actress. who portrayed Beatrice in the Ion
don production. will not come to America.
however. She Is TO be replaced by Norah
Lancaster.
Richard Harding Davis has been selected
~ Charles Frohman TO turn into English
Poe's madhouse story. which has been DRAM
affixed In France under the title OF .aTbe
system OF DIR. Goudron.'' The play. as now
presented in Paris. is said TO be about the
most gruesome thing ever seen on the stage,
the dramatist having left all of Poe's origi-
nas horrors In the piece. while adding a
few OF his own.
William A. Brady purchased an option on
three plays. intended for the starring tour
OF Aubrey Boucicault. during his recent
visit 10 Paris. These plays are La Belle
Marseilles." by Pierre Berton, author Of
"Zaza." and The Son Of a King and
"oiympe de Meriot." both by De Courielle.
Mr.. Boucfcault will probably be seen in
la Belle Marseiiles' at the beginning of
o1s season