The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

Elwyn Barron, known in Chicago as
Spienuld critic some years back, Is re-
turning to America for the first time in
a good many seasons. He is now a dram
atist and lives I'm London. Mr.. Barron is
coming over to take charge OF rehearsals
OF his new play, The Ruling Power.
which Is to be produced in New York at
the Garrick theater when Annie Russelfs
engagement comes to close.
Richard Mansfield is said to be con-
templating a great dramatic production of
ParsIfaI for his use next season. The
story will be worked out after the lines
OF the libretto in Wagner's last great
opera, and some of the Wagnerian music
will be used incidental to the perform
ance. 1t is said that Mansfield at present
contemplates making this the browning
production of his career up to the pres
ent time.
The following from the New York Sun
Is worth while:
York daily is worth preserving among
other humorous curiosities to be found in
modern journalism:
. Miss Julia Marlowe, the actress. who
was a passenger. was so i'll during the
trip that the services of DIR. p. Katerbau
the surgeon of the ship, had to be secur-
ed several times. At no time was the ship
In danger, but she was not comfortable
for single moment during the trip Her
great size and -splendid sea qualities alone
preserved her from sustaining consider
4Was it Miss Marlowe or the ship that
was not comfortable for a single mo-
ment?
WAS it Miss Marlowe's great size and
seagoing qualities that preserved her?
why was it her size alone?'
Edna Wallace Hopper has had the long
trip across the continent, and the bitter
legal fight she made against the heirs of
James Dunsmuir. her stepfather were all
In vain: The Canadian court in British
nah
action, has decided against her in the
effort to have the will broken. Mrs Hop
per will not come in for any share of
the big. estate that her mothers husband
left
William A. Brady advertised last week
for 800 men to appear in The PITT at
the Lyric theater. The wording of his
advertisement indicated that men with
stock exchange experience We're preferred
A hostsof men game in response to the
To the first applicant Mr.. Brady put the
'.1Iave you had any stock exchange ex-
'oh, yes, $4,000 worth-steel." was the
- The man got a job as a super-New
Hosk Times.
Charles Frohman. the theatrical man
6ger, tells of an amusing and ludicrous
mistake made by a young actor in play
The young actor had up to this time,
employed his talents in enacting such
roles as called for no speeches on his part.
But in this play he was intrusted with
the following line, the only words to
be spoken by him during the entire play:
The King is dead! Long live the
King."~
The critical time arriving, 1t was OBJ
served by other players that the young
man who was to acclaim the new mon
arch in the words just quoted was suf-
ferinG from a dreadful attack of stage
fright His cue came but no words
could he speak, SO frightened was he.
Finally however he pulled himself to-
gethcr and. in desperation, shouted at the
top of his voice:
Long live the King; he's deadr'-New
York Tribune.
Julia Marlowe has returned from her
three months on the Mediterranean
and it is announced will resume her pro-
fessional activity one week from tomor-
row night in New York. In an interview
had with her on her arrival she said: ~
went away to get warm, and that is why
/ have come back. No more sunny Italy
for me. You think look thin? I'm not.
I'm only shrunken from the cold. / am
glad to get back where when it is cold
there are at least means for getting
warm 1t is said to be Miss Marlowe' S
of historical novel-drama, when Knight
hood Was in Flower" and together with
''Ingomar," complete this season, which
was so rudely interrupted by the failure
of Fools of Nature"