The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-18

lntereslnE GOSSIP SonceEhAnS InisNSW
 Play of aIr. Haekett's and His Other
 New Theatrical Attractions.
 Bayard Veiller, the well known mag azine writer and newspaper eorrespon- dent. is at the New Haven house. Mir. VeiIler is now the general representative for John K. Hackett's enterprises and is in this city to arrange for the first presentation in America of MT. Hack ett's production of Jacks Little Sur prise" a farce in three acts by Louis Eagan, in which Arthur Byron will be seen here at the Hyperion tIIeater next Monday night. -'--
 MT. Veiller said: .'AIr. Haekett has de- |cided to branch out more widely this season than ever before. He will have lat least five companies on tour, possibly Isix, and 1t may even be seven. The first of these will be that organized for the presentation of Jacks Little Sur prise. The piece has been in rehearsal for the past fifteen weeks and for the past week undr the personal direction of MT. Haekett. We have great hopes for the play. ~..s
 II is a farce on somewhat original lines with the added advantage of being clean. A merry and funny play and wholesome is Jacks Little Surprise
 We have secured as good a company as 1t is possible to get. You may re- member that when MT. Hackett pro- duced The Secret of Polichinelle last season the New York papers declared unanimously that there had been no Isuch company together in years. and that the production of the play was per- lection itself. We feel that we have fully equalled that organization in this in stance. In addition to MT. Byron, who may be regarded as one of the cleYerest young actors in this country, MT. Hack lett has loaned the company his own leading woman, Miss Charlotte Walker who will be seen in an important part The play gives ample scope for scenic display and the artists have been work ling for the last three months to realize the plans laid down for them by MT EHackett. We really have very greai Wholesome is Jacks Little Surprise
 The play goes from here to the Prin. icess theater in New York, where time i: being held for it's indefinite run
 Mr. Hackett's next venture, for whiel lrehearsals begin next Tuesday morning under his personal direction, is new version of Frederick Remington,s move Iof western life John Errnine of th, Yellowstone, which has been reehrist Iened lon the Yellowstone Howard Kyle will star in this play. Following this production will come that of sTh, .I Crisis which begins it's third seasor with an entirely new scenic outfit, new Icostuflles, and a new star, in the persoi Eof Nannette Comstoek, a tremendousl! popular actress in New York. < \ Following this production MT. Hack lett will present The Secret of Polichi Inelle. with practically the original Nev York company. That very clever actor William H. Thompson, will be seen ii his original part, as will ". ]. Fergu son, whose hit was almost as emphatic I Driha deVVolfe will be seen as Madame santennay in fact as I said before tn, least will remain practically unchanged
 After that MT. Hackett will turn hi slattention to his own company. He vii be seen in a iramatization of Winston 8lChurchill's $ latest novel The Crossing. His tour this season will be sornewha Limited, as he will only play in a few . the larger cities.
 I It is also probable that Mr Racket will produce a musical comedy, not ye manned, about the first of the new year He has recently returned to New Yorl Iaccomp by his wife, Mary Manner ling. They had a six weeks trip tlrougl 5, Newfoundland and Labrador, durin
 (which they had all sorts of adventures
 On two occasions they were nearly de
 stroyed by forest fires, but MT. Racket land his guides by working steadily flo Inore than thirty-six hours at a stretc l lflnally saved the camp.
 Mrs. Hackett brought back from tn
 woods the finest caribou stag head
 have ever seen. She tells me that sh
 killed 1t at a distance of about 4
 yards while the animal was running 8 Hull speed.
 Mrs. Hackett brought back some ( < the most remarkable photographs <
 wild animal life ever taken. He lay 1
 one position for over twelve hours an
 procured. what is the only photograph
 existence of beaver building a dam
 He secured innumerable pictures (
 moose and caribou Tn crossing fro1 . New Foundland to Laborador he ha the good luck to sight4a d white whal,
 which he shot. The mammal measure
 about thirty feet in length; he also SC
 cured a salmon that weighed just unde
 forty pounds This is the largest eve sEkilled in that district, and kept hir
 working nearly four hours before !
 was brought to gaf.
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