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and found the door Of his apartments
locked. II was burst open and her
fathers lifeless body lay before her
stretched on the floor Apparently he
had been dead several days
Spain is usually regarded as a dead
slow sort OF country and one does
not expect that anything startling In
the dramatic line should first zee the
light Of day there, but Il must be ac-
knowledged that a theatrical manager
OF Valencia has succeeded I'm beating
the record ir the way Of stage realism.
Taking advantage of the blow struck
at the national sport by The Sunday
rest law, and the popular dem0nstra-
tons against IL, he conceived the brill
liant idea u performing Blsets Car
men i'm the great bull-rlng at Valencia
with % genuine Dull-nght In the last
act ilnc beast was procured. torea-
doris ana matadon and all the rest OF
The necessary outilt were engaged, and
the bull was slaughtered IN the usual
fashion Never before was % production
OF Carmen received with 80 much
enthusiasm. Here and On America we
have had tank dramas innumerable,
racing scenes with live horses and lock-
cysi aud fires with real fire engines,
but they all pale into lnsignlncance
compared with the staging OF real bull
Tight Enterprisng impTesan on both
sides OF the Atlantic viii regret that
legal obstacles will prevent them from
following the astute Spanard's ex-
ample and coming money out of the
idea. tas
II Is not often That playwrlghts come
SO successfully through the ordeal Of n
dinner IN their honor as did W. w.
Jacobs and Louis n. Parker, Joint au-
thors Of that delightful farce. Beauty
and the Barge on the occasion OF their
recent entertainment by the Authors
club. Mr. Parker took his oratOrlcal |
innings first. Collaboration like pow
crty he said, with which It has much |
ln common, makes strange bedfelloWs"
but In this instance the bedfelloWs had |
a friendship which had sur |
viyed the test Of prosperity and success |
AN the dramatic aspirant wants TO |
write "a successful play said Mr.. ia !
,obs lie q bottle Of ink, q pen, some
paper and-touis Parker Their coli |
alteration. according 10 his whimsical |
description OF Il had been founded on |
he firm hope that each man would do |
M the work IN fact he declared, they |
lad wasted months writing encouag-
ng letters TO each other The play
going public win hope that this dramat-
c partnership whose first fruits have
Afforded 40 much pleasure. VIII long |
continue. CURTIS BROWN !
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Special Correspondence,
7 ONDON, Nov. Fart with a caW-
tai A got setback at the Adclphl
l. heater this week wheu THE
Prayer OF the sword" 10y James
Bernard Pagan was "populuhaed.
This Is the play which was put ON with
such uncommon earnestness a few
weeks ago. Practically all concerned IN
us production, author, producer and
leading man and woman were old
"Bensonlans Is, former members
OF the famous company which has
played Shakespeare IN the provinces for
So many years and all were animated
by the highest sort Of Ideals. The two
stars Of the production were oscar
Asche and Lily Brayton, both cfwhom
had distinguished themselves under
Beerbohm Trees standard. As for the
play itself. 1t was really ambitious
effort. 1t was a tragedy in blank verse,
whose hero, a monk, fell IN love with
medieval Italian princess and threw
aside his cowb and took up the sword
for his country and his lady love. At
the end, however the heroine Was
stabbed by the villain with a poisoned
dagger and the final curtain fell upon
her death
The piece was mounted superbly ana
acted with force, II reached It's hftietn
performance, but there was "A general
understanding IN theatrical circles that
Indifferent business only was being
done. 40 one however. anticipated
such a managerial coup as that which
has Just been carried out Last
Monday night the play was pre-
scented with an entirely new
last act IN which the heroine escaped
the poisoned dagger, and the impression
was conveyed that she and the hero
we're going to get married and live hap
ply ever after OF course the thing has
called forth a great outcry. II IS said
that no such drastic change has ever
been made IN a play by British ora.
matlst after the piece had been pro-
duced Plnero frightened the ending OF
his "Prohigate,' but he dld Il at the be- !
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STAGE SN'EWS IN LONDON.
lnnnnrlu unnJyuuh

hest Of his manager before the public
had seen H.
I'm reality, however. the surrender TO
Menus which has been made al the
Adclphi iS not as regrettable as 10
seems, for THE Prayer of the Sword, %
though lofty in aim was not a good
piece of work. ana rs failure TO attract
the public Is not "a sign that the public
viii not patronlze poetic drama OF reai
worth Stephen Phillips play "Herod'
and "Paolo and francesca both end
ga tragICaly. but both enjoyed long
runs because there was real good stun
in them The Adclphi incident Is TO
be lamented only on account Of the high
standards which the management SET
Tor itself in the beginning That the
change I'm the play has made little dit
ference IN lis popularity with the pub
DE- Is proved By the fact that II ls
coming of no the end OF next week.
Frank SCpdamore. who died the other
dly under strange and tragic cirCum-
stances. was comparatively little
known dmmatist but one whose plays,
among tcrtlln classes, achieved wide
popularity He was not troubled by
any lofty notions OF the mission OF the
stage. he made Il his chief concern
to md out what took best with the
public and then did his best 10 give II
a. them lie gald no heed % Emerson's
injunction, Hitch your wagon to
star In enc OF his melodramas rs
Life Worth Livlug?' he hltched IL TO
a steam roller. and the latter made
such q hit that thereafter he devoted
has attention 10 the instruction Of novel
mechanical features on the stage, lie
claimed to be the first TO utilize a pho
uogwph w the drama, employing Il
% reveal The details Of a crime on
which the whole play hinged After Il
had been ,u1ning few days the man-
ager OF the iheater where IL was pro
duced thought he detected curious
similarity between the monographs
voice and that OF Mr. Scudmore Going
behind the scenes he discovered that
the instrument was a bogus one. Mr.
Scudmore was acting the phonograph !
with great success, He lived alone and |
his end was strikingly similar to that |
OF some Of the objectionable characters |
IN HIS own melodramas His daughter |
called 10 see him one sunday morning
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THE ALL STAR 1.-TWO ORPHANS"

Il was December q, 1874, that "The
Two Orphans was first shown at the
old Union Square theater, New York.
The original cast is given side by side
with that TO be seen here. The two
columns Of names speak for them
selves.
1874. Characters. 1904
Charles r. Thorne, Jr..James O'Nelll
Maurice the Voudrey,
John Parselle.... William Eedch
Count de Llnleres
Stuart Robson, Jameson Lee Finney
Picard.
Mckee Rankin. D.. u., Louis James
Jacques Frouchard
f. r. Mackey,.., go" ....J. IL. Dodson
Pierre Frouchard.
w. j. CogsWell... Thomas Meighan
Marquis de Preses
H. w. Montgomery james O'Nell Jr
Lalleur,
Thomas r. Morris. Frank Hatch
Doctor.
Iysander Thompson Harold Howard
Martin.
]. w. Matthews. George s. stevens
Officer Of the Guard.
w. II. WildeT.,..,. II. n. De Mot
Chief Clerk.
Mr.. BOltOn.s...,,. .,...uF, keynolus
DE MaIlley
Mr.. Raynor....,, ...F g. Sargent
D'Estrees.
W. S. Qugley "..n.,..".,Charles Lea
Servant.
Charles NJ. Collinsuu.u,,,,H. e. Ardin
FOotman.
Rose Etyinge ..,,"," Bijou Fernandez
Marianne.
Fanny Norant. ..... Mrs. lie Moyne
Countess Diane de Lnleres.
Kate ClaXton....,,...",,G Grace George
Louise
Kitty Blanchard ,...r Sarah Truax
Henrlette.
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naa experienced the GOOD n.,.
lull INTO The hands OF D9vfI' tuule e
VINO ~ entirely without 81 No., slaseo
uev,eloper OF stage genius MI al
WIZ doubtless receive b.r '9 ONel
que course, but the routc ,r,ti 1s.ets is
h u's'i "ilu more tedious than h r,g.,
,o'e zee, geen under the conditions ss'.bn'
w. ii'r s'ay az Dely's thc,tsr 0 ,
not DC Vastly auccessful I'm "a GI.l n'j
s.hge hut i may be the stopblr,'..' '.'ell.
~ - r ~ c,ds V'sits Of a more proe,ggl
Mrs Wigs of the Cabbago p.,.,.
IS the first OF the seasons pl"ys laloh
the one hundredth pelforro5n," cross
IN New York The comeJv ,,u MARE
main a. the Savoy theater r,tn
the holidays '"uI altu
Anna Held's famous poniss t..,
Jllli won their regular allor,.G U'.
prizes az the horse show los, OF
Recognition comes and goes Wl,, ger,eN
competitors, but Miss Held NOE. o,l,i
TO capture her tokens of unesi'I,,. .'
upon these annual occasions '''''''5
kyrlo Bellew has made such bi q,
chicago with "Rafnes" Thai AN nS
is being made to extend bls siay W.,
shifting the time % Nine. Reionc .sy
was to have followed him M fbe Gr'rui
opera House. II the effort Is succes.
lul, inc French actress win be Soon I.
cleveland and 81, Louis before procs.i
ing to the Illinois metropolis.
The thcater 20 be erected for t....
D0ckslader Will have an entrance n.y..
Longacie now known as Times sut,ar.
me house Is to seat about fifteen Inn
dred persons, and &C will be aptlreIy
surrounded by a wide alley way I'm cor.
formity with The new building tsv,s
II Is 10 be called DOckstadors 0rer,
House, and will be ready for occur5ci"
before the end OF next November.
II now seems likely that David Do.
lasco may satisfy his long cherished
ambition TO have theaters Of his own IN
Chicago, Boston and PhIladelphla. Far
some time past the author. manager has
been IN negotiation with capitalists
residing In each Of these centerg. with
a view to the building Of three Belaseo
theateTs TO be absolutely under bIs
management and TO exploit no other
attractions than those furnished hy
him, The completion OF this arrange.
ment would place Beasco In q wholly
position enabling him 10
find an ample outlet for his New York
or indeed to probably put
forward new and elaborate stage rep-
resentatlons outside the metropolis His
theater here continues TO be packed 10
It's utmost capacity with David War
field as the attraction IN "The Music
Master"
"The theaters win suffer immensely"
observed Oscar Hammersteln the other
day. "for at least the first six weeks
NJ the new Thompson q Dundy Hippo
lrome. which Is announced 10 open I'm
January The enormous crowds that
viii naturally be attracted by the nov
city Of this establishment must come
from somewhere and they win he
lrawn from the regular theaters This
viii happen just as II does every year
when the Barnum & Bailey circus
zones to town" The HIppodrome viii
be under roof within a few days now,
The steel part OF the structure Is prac.
Ideally completed at this writing
LEANDER RICHARDSON
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r LORENCE ROBERTS comes back
next week. and win be seen for
1 the last time this season In a
round OF widely differing plays
"zazao win be the opening bin, to be
followed by Anthony Hopes charming
play "The Adventures Of Lady Ur-
sula, Tess and marta Of the Low.
lands Miss Roberts has decided to
repeat "Zaza" for the reason that II
continues the most popular play I'm her
repertoire, here AS we'll as elsewhere
Two nights win be devoted TO this with
a matinee Wednesday,
"Th Adventures Of Lady Ursula
viii form welcome relief from the
more strenuous emotional Dramas al.
though 1t Is a comedy crowded with
laugh provoking Incidents it tells a
very pretty love story and affords a
chance for some good acting, The ae-
ton occurs IN England during the
early part Of the eighteenth century,
and gives an opportunity for some Pic
,uresQue stage settings and handsome
costumes.
The many admirers Of Hobart Bos-
worth, who played leading parts with
Miss Roberts during her recent visit
here IN Tess" and Marta" win re-
gret 10 learn that he Is very IN In CalI
ifornla. so M that his physicians hold
out little hope for his recovery He has
suffered from pulmonary trouble for n
long time past, and once had TO retire |
from the stage. His place with Mss |
Roberts I'm the two plays, Tess and |
Marta" will be filled by the WELL
known actor, MelbOurn Mcdowell. with |
whose attainments Salt Lakers are so
familiar Mr.. McDowel's Antony and
Scarpia In Fanny Dayenport's produce
lions OF cleopatra and la Tosca'
are wildly remembered,
Luclus Henderson will appear In his
former roles IN Miss Roberts other
plays.
The Grand closes successful week
tonight with "A Little Outcast' The
first half OF next week viii be dark
on Thursday comes Jas. j, Jeifrles In a
revival Of "Dayy Crockett What
Jeffrios viii do 10 the role rendered
famous by Frank Mayo we are not yet
lpprlsed, but II goes without saying
that a pugllistic scene will be written
IN some one or more OF the acts TO suit
Mr.. jeffies' particular hlstrionIc at
ailments,
49,,
rhos. Jefferson. son Of the immortal
Joe, comes to the Theater soon I'm his
fathers play RIP Van Wrinkle. Mr.
Jefferson IS said to give such close
duplicate OF his fathers presentation Of
RIP, that It would take an expert TO
between them
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performances IN st. Louis, and "The
Darling Of the Gods" Is still playing to
undiminished houses.
A few nights ago az Springfield,
Mass an audience composed of the
best people in that little city interrupt
ed Ada Rehan's Interpretation OF 1.-THE
School for Scandal after she had CIV
en- the screen scene, and continued to
applaud until she repeated It. This Is
rather new phase Of the encore There
is nothing extraordinary In a demand
for the remembering Of musical num-
Der, but the case IN Springfield Is per-
haps the first on record IN which the
pleasure OF spectators gathered IN
theater caused "a second enactment Of
situation In a dramatic performance.
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David Belnsco, who has been unable
this year to make terms whereby to
present his attractions IN Washington
theaters, where Tor years he has pro-
duced many Of his plays, has made
contract for Convention hall for the
week OF Dee 20. m which TO produce
Andrea" Mrs. Leslie Carriers new play
II win cost Mr.. Beasco $4,000 TO play
70 week 10 Convention hall He VIII re-
hearse Mrs Carter and her company
and bring ON his stage company
and electricians from New York, $50
people IN ol Convention hall IS tre-
mendous harn-lllSe affair on entire
block On length, used for large meetings
and an late years for athletic meets.
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Bernhard Is quite frank IN express
Ing her opinion She says that men are
much more Jealous than women Of n
fellow workers fame Following are
some of her rembarks 1T IS certain
that me actor Is Jealous Of the actress.
The courtesy OF the Well educated man
vanshes before The footlghts and the
actor who In private lIfc would render
service 10 woman in ahy difficulty
WIN pick quarrel with her on the
stage lie would risk his life TO save
her from any danger In the road, on the
railway or ON q boat, but when once
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Mrs, Marie wilkins Ellta Proctor Otis
la Frochard,
lda vernon ,.,,,,,,..p Clara Norris
Sister GeneVieye
Ella Burns. Mary Blake
NlctOrlne.
Roberta Norwood ..,uLuc Mllliken
julie
Kate Holland Ellen Ormsby
Florette.
Cora Cassidy ,.,,...,,,., Marie stuart
Cora.
Hattie Thorpe Pauline GullfOrd
Sister Therese.
OF course there are some who viii IN
sist that the original cast was the bet
ter, the stronger OF the two. Aud
there are others who are positive that
the present cast far SURPRISES that
which first gave distinction to 1.-THE
Two orphans" IN this country Prob
ably none who will see the performance
here saw the original cast And among
those who saw the first and have seen
the new cast, how many are there who
thirty years ago were old enough and
sufficiently experienced In the affairs of
the drama to express an opinion that
was worth the expression? And among
those who We're thus blessed with OPP
portunlty and with knowledge. with en-
thusiasm and with understanding, with
experience and with discrimination how
many are there whose memories are
sufficiently reliable TO permit them to
compare the two casts judiclously and
at their complete respective yalues2
At least few of the original cast Of
"The Two Orphans" are still alive,
namely. Mckee Rankin. y. #. Mackey,
Miss Rose Eytinge, Miss Kate Clax-
ton, Miss Kitty Blanchard and Miss Ida
Vernon-but as Camille said with a
shudder, when she looked in the hand.
glass, How changed How changed"
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one OF the most Important features
IN connection with the worlds fair at
ST. Louis has developed In the remark.
able run Of Blanche Bates In David
Belasco's production OF "fhe Darling OF
the Gods at The Imperial theater In
that city on Oct. 60 Miss Bates play
ed her one hundredth consecutive 81.
Louis performance Of "The Darling Of
the Gods on Nov. u, Miss Bates had
played, including ma,iness. 100 straight
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on the boards he viii not do anything
to help her out OF a difficulty II her
memory should fail and n she should
make false step he would not hest.
tate 70 push her.
A London dispatch says. Mr. Henry
Arthur Jones has been prevailed upon
to visit NeN York 10 produce his new
play there. This Is a reversal Of the
usual order Of things, for hitherto Mr.
I'M London before being seen IN America.
This has been brought about by
Charles frohman who evidently thinks
New Works claims TO the first sight
OF the work of the leading British
dramatist are entitled TO consideration,
Nj. Jones will go TO New York next fall
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David BoIdsco announced last nlght
that ihe now play m which Mrs Leslie
Carter viii et0r this season under his
management Is entitled Andrea II is
o historical tragedy and has as lbs lead
Ing part am emotional role said 10 be
admirably suited 10 Mrs. Carter-New
York Hnmld
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have the entire business affairs Of the
production controlled by women. There
VIII be "a woman manager O woman
press agent, a woman stage manager
q woman property man and women
scene shutters. All Of which sounds Ike
bosh.
after all sometimes live country
newspaper critics get of @ great mot,
remarked playwright y n Kdder at
"A dinner TO George AIDE the other night
II was reading "a review OF repertoire
companys performance OF Hamlet IN
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Margaret Anglins new play Is highly
spectacular ana necesstates 10 people.
u Is Greek story Of 400 b. C.. and ls
named 1.-THE Eternal Feminine" She
made a success IN II at New Haven.
Conn, with her are Robert Drouet,
Maude Granger and other well.known
people.
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cheapest seats. for the alleged reason
that the crowds waiting outside the
doors are m advertisement for their
house and show.
Another Of SlenkleWlc2s novels, "Flre
and Sword has been dramatized and
put on In Paris. II Is not likely TO III
val the success Of his QUO Vadls.n
Edward Terry win open his engage.
ment In New York with 1.-THE House
OF Burnside which he has been acting
for two years In England. and viii then
Offer his greatest success. Sweet
Lavender The third Of his repertoire.
which Is limited to three pieces Is un.
decided.
Margaret Anglin's new play Is highly
spectacular ana neoessitates 10 people.
u Is a Greek story Of 400 b. G.. and Is
named THE Eternal Feminine" She
made a success In II az New Haven
Conn, With her are Robert Drouet.
Maude Granger and other well.known
people,
John Hare, who has announced his
retirement as Imminent, has been be-
fore the London public as an actor for
nearly 80 years, and Is now 30 years OF
age, having been born In London In
May lAi, lie FIRST appeared before a
London audience IN Naval Engage.
ments at the old Prince OF Wales the.
ater IN 1865.
The Marlowo-Sothern engagement in
New York has averaged nearly SEQ 600
per week,
The estate Of i. W. Sanger the the
atrical manager who died some timo
ago IN New York amounts To over SOS. .
About Christmas time Harry Corson
'larke VIII produce in Chicago "a COM
Guy called West OF Missouri"
Maxine Elliott, IN Her own Wayn
ana Frit2l Schen, In The Two Roses
VIII go % London at the end of This
ment.
Rostand who ala "Cyrano." Is writ.
ing a play for the elder Coquelin. In
when there VIII be eight herolnes
Olga Nethersole Is now playing "rhe
second Mrs TanQueray' IN England
She mas taken the Shaftesbury theater
london for the SEA ION. ana will play
The Pipes o. Pam aud later La De-
lale' from the French.
May Robson Is appearing In new
play THE Baroness Flddlesticks." ana
ln her company are many Of the clever
people who made "A Chinese Honey.
moon liked here so well a wear AGO
among them being Toby Claude ana
lohn r. Henshaw Others are Nelh
bergln, Richie Ling. VIII Careton and
Anna Fitzhugh.
Taps has fallen by the way. Mr.
Kelley and Miss shannon are now
resting and soon they VIII have
now play In spite OF rs appeal az a
vivid dramatic narrative. there were
no larger audiences Tor the play out.
side New York than there. Apparently
the intensely German atmosphere. a
military spirit far removed from ours
ana certain harshness that ran
through the whole play repealed them.
Tree Is to try MIS- Humphry Wards
play Agatba' IN London, largely for
the sake Of the part Il gives his daugh-
ter Of whom he seems 10 expect great
things. Sooner or later, Eleanor Rob
son will act II here. Meantime, Mrs.
Wards ambition for the stage grows
stronger, and she is drawing q play
IRON her newest novel 1.-THE Marriage
Of William Ashe"
Woman Is coming into her own. One
manageress next season Is going to
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10 assist in tbe production OF the piece
which Is said TO handle London society
without gloves
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a western paper, and the critic in
speaking OF a certain actors perform
ance remarked. Mr. SO and So played
the king exactly as II be was afraid
somebody else was going TO play the
ace
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Arthur Byron, who is leading man
for Maude Adams. began his stage car-
eer when quite a boy. tie was not more
than 10 or ~ years Of age when he
made his first appearance, After some
six or seven years at school he adopted
the stage rs a profession and has been
unusually successful. Mir. Byron Is
son OF oliver DOud Byron. His mother
is sister Of Ada Rehan
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THEATRE GOSSIP.

English managers do not reserve the
cheapest seats, for the alleged reason
that the crowds waiting outside the
doors are an advertisement for their
house and show.
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John Hare, who has announced Ms
retirement as Imminent has been be-
fore the London public as an actor for
nearly 80 years, and Is now 90 years OF
age, having been born In London In
May, 1884, lie first appeared before a
London audience IN Naval Engage.
ments' at the old Prince OF Wales the.
ater IN 1865.
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The Marlowe-Sothern engagement in
New York has averaged nearly $4,000
per week,
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Edward Terry win open his engage.
ment In New York with 1.-THE House
Of Burnside, which he has been acting
for two years IN England. and will then
ofer his greatest success, Sweet
Lavender The third Of his repertoire
which Is limited to three pieces, is un.
decided.