Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-03
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

Kate Claxton is convaIescing from severe attack of rheumatism which has confined her to the house for some time.
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 Charlotte Cushman was the greatest woman Romeo that the stage has ever known. and perhaps the only one en- titled 10 place in the same rank with the better male Representations of the role.
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 Mrs James Brown Potter cables g vigorous denial from London of the story that the collapse Of her plays is said to have left her. i'll poverty. Mrs Potter further adds that she Is going to bring an action against the newspa- pers which have printed the informa- ti0n
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 Frank Y. Dunn. who OWLS theater in Boston and another in Philadelphia, and is now suing his wife for divorce has been ordered by the courts to pay thirty dollars week alimOny. pending the trial of the action. The attorneys in the case were awarded five hundred dollars counsel fees.
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 According to exchanges received An drew Mack. his company and his play. Tom Moore. by Theodore Burt Sayre. won immediate success on his debute in Melbourne. The actor was shower ed with flowers and applause and re- peatedly called before the curtain. au- guring well for his Australian engage ment.
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 May Irwin's new play. which will he used by her next season. will be supplied by Reginald Pinero. who is said to be q cousin of Arthur W. Pinero During Miss Irwin's enga cement in Elmira. she had conference with Mir PinerO and discussed the plot and sit nations. and scenario will be submit ted in q few weeks.
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 Charles Bachmann, protege of George M. Conan. was given chance to play the role of Sing Song. the Chi nese newspaper man in Little Johnny Jones. at the New York theater May 24. Although he had had practically no stage experience he made good. Bernard Dillon. who has been playing the part, is going into vaudeville.
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 David Belasco is going to make star out of Robert Hilliard in new American play which he has held in his safe for over q year. Mir Belasco is of inc opinion that Mr Hilliard says lots of nice things about Mir Belasco. When both sides say nice things. there Is al- ways harmony With this engage ment there will he six stars under the Belasco banner. namely. Blanche Bates. David Warfield. Bertha Galland. Mrs Carter, Brandon Tynan and Mir Hilliard.
 :ll: \ Cross Lots, the newest and most am bilious Of the plays.by Robert NJ. Sper- " of Bridgeport. finished its premiere on May 20. after four days presenta- tion to capacity business at Smiths tlleater Bridgeport. It is comedy moving along rather quiet lines. with villainy but little in evidence and many bright bits of really clever dialogue. The action follows the stalling of an in Guilford. en route from Boston to Yale game at New Haven. by reason of which the fair chauffeuse meets her old boy friend. and their ac- quaintance rapidly becomes an engage 1 ment. Archie Boyd was excellent as 3 country storekeeper-a sort of | good fairy" role to the young people | and village oracle to their elders-and his part bristled with quaint. laugh lines. Robert Gaillard essay .d the school-day friend of the heroine earnestly and clpably. Frederick liar is was rather smothered in the char 'eter of country constable. but play sI If for all he was worth. Hattie ;feinbach iwbo Is in private life the wife of the author made a hit with the peal folk as the aforesaid chauffcnse. rom her first entrance in the unruly uto. Frank Gardiner had a particu- arly meaty part as dyspeptic and ynical country newspaper man. who augmented his meagre income by print ng lottery tickets on the quiet. While ot true to life. the character was musiny as a foil to the storekeeper's nillcries. and was exceptionally well layed. Frank Smith. as a secret ser ice man. read his lines With much arnestness. and Eddie Madigan in . Drt of "Checkers- part was lively and especially in his scenes -ith Ethel Ruby. who made vivac- us soubrette. The staging was well tanned and included inc interior of q ,untry town hall rigged up for an nateur dramatic entertainment. The . 1thor announces that he is negotiat- lg with a New York manager to put ,e play on the road next season.