The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-15
ADJUSTMENTS.

tht III - Stlh AIicG " iS iiiO
capacity Mt every performance of the pop
ular border drama. "Nobody's Claim" and
the old play is so well presented by the
Holden Brothers company that 1t stirs the
audience to wild enthusiasm each after
noon and evening. Business has been sur
prisingly heavy at the Park since the open
ing OF the season. The warm weather of
last week had no effect whatever upon the
attendance. while the present week has
seen a succession OF overlooking audiences.
Advance Agent Dugan. representing the
melodrama, "A Human Slave" which
comes to the Park the first of next week,
wanted to see the first performance of
"NobOdy's Claim" Thursday afternoon, con-
Tossing that he had always had a ~fondness
for the old Observation-Disclosures drama. He
didn't arrive at the theater until the last
act had started. The house was packed
and there We're over a hundred ~'standees'
behind the last row OF seats. As Dugan is
one of the smallest agents on the road he
couldn't see over the shoulders of the rail
birds" as he called the standing spectators.
and he .dn't even succeed i'm getting a sim
gle glimpse OF the stage. We'll, 1 guess an
advance agent needn't worry any when his
show is booked for this house he said. as
ne gave up all attempt to see what was go
Ing on.
Eugene Presbrey has almost finished his
dramatization of Horung's novel. 1.-The
Amateur Craftsman" in which KyrIe Bel
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OF the new play are to begin i'm New York
within the next fortnight. Mr.. Bellew will
be making a complete change in the char
acter of his stage work when he appears
as Rallies. the gentleman burglar. From
such characters as the swashbuckIing hero
OF "A Gentleman of France" and the ro-
mantle Romeo to the calm and thoroughly
modern central figure of The Amateur
Craftsman" is about as big a jump as an
actor could possibly make. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Presbrey has not confined
himself ~ Eornung's novel for his charac-
tiers i'm the stage version of the story. He
has bodily transferred one role of impor-
lance from the old drama of Jim. the Pen
man. and set ii down among his own
Captain Redwood, the detective who so re-
lentiessly pursued the great fOrger of the
earlier play. T.. NJ. Holland. who imper-
sOnated Captain Redwood so convincingIy
I'm Jim. the Penman.' will reappear as
the detective in The Amateur Craftsman.
Tnis will he about the first time on record
that a character has been lifted out Of an
old play to take part in a new one.
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Anna Held set sail fer New York from
Cherbourg the day before yesterday, ac-
companied by Florence Ziegfeld. her hus-
band and manager. During the voyage Miss
Held is spending her time studying her new
part i'm Mile. Napoleon" the new comic
opera by Jean RiChepin and Gustav Luders.
On the same ship with the Ziegfelds are
III 1 ftN Nv IaIoe ~ tht
Metropolitan Opera House. and the come
dams. James T.. Sullivan and Joseph Her
bert. NJ. .Ziegfeld told u French interview
Ell before leaving Paris that he hoped 10
secure Jean and Eduard De Reszke for a
series Of twenty concerts i'm the United
States during the coming winter, and that
if this plan didn't materialiZe he would try
To- induce Eduard De Reszke to sing the
bass role in The Red Feather" Reginald
De koven's new opera.
When Al G. Field. the minstrel manager.
concluded that he wanted n big vaudeville
act to feature with his show this season he
sent word 10 Everhart. the American jug
gler. who IS now in Europe. to secure the
best speciality obtainable. Everhardt made
his first appearance with the Field min
streis when a boy and has always been a
great friend OF the veteran burnt cork man.
ager- The 1uggler, after witnessing all of
the famous novelties on the European
vaudeville stage, selected the two Leigh
brothers and engaged them for the Field
snow. These TWO young Englishmen, who
give a most astonishing equilibristic exhibit
ton. will be seen with the Field Minstrels
at English's next Thursday night.
Another actor has turned playwright.
Louis Harrison. a comedian who has been
seen I'm numerous Broadway musical pro-
auctions, has just written Z musical COM
edy entitled 1.-THE Man from America" and
George W. Lederer, the manager of many
big shows. thinks so well of the piece that
he has accepted IL for production with a
view TO presenting il in New York toward
the close or the season. No music has as
yet been written for the comedy. but Mr.
1ederer has opened negotiations with sew
eral composers and may decide 10 have the
melodies furnished by several popular song
writer's
Z. H Sothern has just completed the play
upon which ne has been working for the
last six months during his leisure hours
away from the ~footlights. 1t is To he called
The Light that Lies I'm Woman's Ewes"
and is TO be produced by his wife. Virginia
Harmed. when she opens her seas in
Washington at the Columbia Theater. So
interested is Mr.. Sothern in the frst com
plete play that he has ever written that he
has postponed the opening OF his own sea-
son In order TO rehearse the new piece.
A new star this season will be Rebecca
Warren. who for six years played the lead
ing feminine roles In the support OF F.. III.
Sothern. Miss Warren's tour is to be under
the direction of Frank Burt, owner OF two
theaters In Toledo. Arrangements have
been made with Mrs. Fiske whereby the
dramatization of Thomas Hardy's Tess OF
rhe DUrbervilles' has been secured for
Miss Warren's use.
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