The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-29

teen balls, though the phenomenon gradually
reduces itself TO the aforesaid Bully Boy
and one gutta percha spheroid.
1t Is quite likely that the war in the far
East will soon have its effect on the drama
of the time. With Richard Mansfield APP
pearing in Ivan. the Terrible" in New
York this week. a good start in that d.
rection is made. The American stage al
ready has The Darling of the Gods" and
"a japanese Nightingaie' as reproductions
of life in Japan, but there have been no
recent Russian plays except the melodrama,
by Right Of Sword" Ivan the Terrible
was written by Count Alexei Tolstoi, and
the authorities refused TO permit its pre-
sertation in Russia Gabriel Pollack, a
young Russian artist, brought the play to
the United States in pamphlet form and
translated it. The stage adaptation was
made by Stanley Wood.
Another devotee of Ibsen has come TO
the front in the person of Nance O'Neil,
the California actress. Miss ONeil pre-
sented the Norwegian pessimist's Lady
niger of Ostrat" last Saturday afternoon
in Boston at a special matinee and made a
strong impression upon the more serious
minded play-goers of the Hub 1t was the
first time that this particular Ibsen drama
has ever been seen in America. 1t is one of
the earliest Of the Ibsen plays and at the
same time one of his gloomiest works. As
is the case with SO many of Ibsen's un-
heroic herOines, Lady Inger is a wicked
vindictive woman, who succeeds in making
every other character il the story utterly
miserable.
Ticket spectators is an element that WAL
ter Bowlby, the manager of the Park, does
not have to deal with often, and he will set
in motion some idea TO outwit them when
no Ia of for & al
on Wednesday morning He expects the
line of buyers to form early, but the spec
ulators will be weeded out as fast as they
are discovered. Each purchaser will be
limited TO ten tickets The Park seats 1900
people and only the gallery will be open to
general admissions. generous quantity
of inquiries has been coming in from towns
on interurban lines, indicating that the en-
gagement on March 10 will bring many
theatrical parties to the city. Orders from
out in the State. Mr.. Bowlby says, are to re-
ceive special attention.
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Phil Sheridans "City Sports Burlesque
Company will be the Empires attraction
for the, week, beginning with the regular
matinee this afternoon. The company has
often been seen IN indianapolis before and
has a reputation for giving good perform
ances Manager Sheridan says that he has
a large chorus of pretty girls in the combi-
nation this season and the new burlesque
1.-The Maids of SIAM" is said to be filled
with bright musical numbers, pretty dances
and comical situations. The leading vaude-
vile people with the show are Palfrey and
Merrill, the well-known comedy cyclists;
Adelaide Marsden, La Rue, Mills and
Beecher, the Pan-American Four and the
Speck brothers.
Joseph Jefferson celebrated his seventy
fifth birthday last week. He is a remarka-
bic old man in that he is still in complete
possession Of the faculties that have given
him a worldwide reputation and is still
capable of interesting and amusing large
audiences. He is still a fluent writer and
talker and seems only to grow more grace
fully mellow as the years roll by, leaving
him apparently unscathed at a time when
the great majority of men of his age have
abjured their usefulness.