Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-07
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

The two College Widow compan- les will clear $250OO0 for Henry Say. age this season.
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 Young Tom Jefferson is going to make an ambitious attempt to try and fill his fathers shoes in sRip Van Winkle.'
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 Young Dan Hanna. son of. Marcus A. is the angel of the production of Winston Churchill's "The CrossWays, v in which John Blair is to play the lead ing part.
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 Cable reports say William Gillette's new play, "Clarce,' has failed to score in London. It is said he will revive Sherlock Holmes shortly. The Lon doners like Gillette in Conan Doyle's impossible hero @ .,- .
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 In the coming spectacular produc. tiOn of King Lear" with which Will liam A. Brady Is to provide Robert E. Mantel, the storm effects will be the most realistic ever attempted on the American stage
 :Il: William A. Brady has the English as well as the American rights from Mrs Humphrey Ward for The Mar riage of William Ashe.'' If the play succeeds here Grace George will play London season in 1t next spring. :!!: .i G Flo Ziegfeld won $125,OOO at Monte Carlo, lost 1t at Ak le Banes, won $60,000 at Ostend and Is said to have dropped it all little later at the same place. Look for Ziegfeld back in tfe United States arranging a tour for Anna Held.
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 "As Ye Sow" the new play, moves from Chicago to Boston, where it is booked for long run. Its author. the Rev Dr Snyder, prea ches the gospel in Boston. and there Is great amount of local interest being shown in the com. ing of the minister's drama.
 I: The Lafayette Square theater in Washington is reported sold to David Belasco for $225,000. The James c. Blaine estate, who own the theater, know nothing of such sale. The truth is that the lease was sold by Stair X Havlin to Shubert and Belasco for a very tidy sum. M
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 At the apartment house where Dus- tin Farnum, of "Virginian' fame. lives, they have an elevator boy who is rather lacking in veneration. One afternoon the actor was a trife late in returning home, and the boy informed him that there had been a million peo- pie to see him. Farnum had been ex- pecting a western friend, the owner of several ranches and millionaire. and described him 10 the boy. "Sure; dat, guy--was here" said the youth. -sHe-wore a dollar thirty-nine hat and a serge suit"
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 Little Frank Deshon, the erstwhile Little Giant of Comedy, who is dig ging notches in the monument of fame this season as the star in Smith & Englander's musical comedy, The or flee Boy" Is the latest camera fiend. He carries among his paraphernalia several kodaks, and Is taking pictures all along the line. He expects to have an album of quaint theatrical interest by the termination of tbe season. One of his hobbies is taking pictures of the depot, hotel and theater. as we'll as points of Interest in each town.
 :II; Thomas E. Shea, now Nixon & Zimmerman star, is using in addition to "Dr Jekyll and Mir Hyde" ''The Bells" and "Rlchelieu'' Gin which he has become famous), a brand new pro- dnctlon this season entitled Napoleon the Great" in which he plays the Lit tie Emperor. The play is from the pen of Charming Pollock, author of "The Pitt "The Little Grey Lady Tn the Bishops Carriage" etc, and was especially written for Mir Shea's presentation. The production is elab- crate and will rank among his fore most efforts.
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 Henry w. Sayage's English grand opera artists won notable triumph in New York last week when they ap- peared in verdl's ."Rigoletto" This horid Italian masterwork with its ex- Quislte melodies and powerful dra- matlc story is the chief new produc- tlon in the company's repertory this year, next to "The valkyrie,' the first production of which will not go on un- til the company reaches Boston. "Rigoletto" gives Joseph Sheehan his to introduce the golden top notes that have made him famous as America's high c tenor. while Win fred Con has q picturesque part in the title role. where he Is the hump | backed court jester. Gertrude Kenny. son was the charming GildQ. Mime Melba's favOrlte role. and Rita New man appeared in fine voice as Madda lena. The scenic production was handsome and the orchestra under Conductor Emanuel shared in the cur honors at the close Of the opera.