Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-03
Gossip About Plays Players and Playhouses

expected and as result Goodwin is casting
about for a new play. Il is said that F. r.
Proctor has made tho actor an oher OF
5000 a week to appear in several revivals
I'm Miszoura" and THE Cowboy and the
Lady Goodwin is reported to have the
matter under advisement
Edna Aug has abandoned her starring
ambitions Tor the time being and Is re-
hearsing with Peter +. Dailey's company
in THE Press Agent" which Is 70 be pro-
is a newly arranged version Of The F1ln-
buster" which the Shuberts put out earlier
In the season. The book has been enureiy
out to fit Dailey's peculiar style OF humor.
A pretty compliment has been paid Mar
garet Anglin and David Warteld by Sarah
Bernhard. Since her arrival in this coun-
try Bernhard has requested that during
her New York engagement special maunees
be arranged by Miss Anglin and Mr.; War,
actress may see what she has been In
formed are performances BY Two OF the
best .known and most capable players on
the American stage.
Charles b. hanford contemplates the pro-
duction of a new play next season ana mas
5s nS IN Ss Of Hs s WIZ
Lawrence Walker, has been In negotiation
for dramas from several sources, but is
confronted by serious difficulty because Mr..
Hanford has been so long and so closely
identified with the masterpieces of the Eng
lish speaking theater that he would be
as well as dramatic strength And Mr.,
Hanford will testify that poets are scarce.
Henry Arthur Jones'. the English dra,
this country, sailed for his home last week.
Before leaving the dramatist IL reported to
have said that he. hnas the hope for a
strong, and that its establishment means
q revival of interest in the legitimate
We are further advanced in this respect
than the English people are England, ne
thinks, Is ruled by tomfoolery when 1t
comes to Its stage.
Nat Goodwins second play of the season,
Wolfviile," dramatization of Alfred
Henry Lewiss story by clyde Fitch seems
rently reported that Goodwin wants to
throw up the piece and try another pro-
duction. Miller Kent, who was so success
full with The Cowboy and the Lady" In
which Goodwin was a half failure, has
been offered "Wolfville," and may be the
star Of the piece. Regarding Goodwin
future II would not be surprising to see
him in big musical production In short
time.
quite the newest proposition in theatre
Gals Is the proposed establishment OF
school of vaudeville, where recruits will be
put through the PAGES Of early study In
order 60 prepare them for speeIalties on the
stage. Joseph Hart, Carrie De Mar Ned
Wayburn and VIII NJ. Cressy are reported
to favor the deal, and are thinking Of es-
Hart will be the general director. His wife,
Carrie De Mar, will have prominent
chair In the faculty, while Wayburn Will
teach the dancing and grouping OF acts,
and Cressy will look over the sketch de-
partment
Ddna May said farewell to the metropolis
last night and after PREF tour r,0 OF f tne
London, where she doubtless win remain
for a long time. Miss May is much more
popular in London than she Is In her ma
tive country and Manager Charles Froh-
man has planned long engagement for
her in different musical comedies to be
produced at the Vaudeville theater there
Her first effort there under this new ar
rangement will be a musical comedy by
Leslie hads stg5 cb S XII, % Be Seen m
a modern Juliet. She Is this season APP
pearing in the musical comedy The eaten
OF the Season"
At the SATURDAY matinee of 1.-THE vir-
ginian" in Philadelphia last week the audi.
ence was not aware of an extra touch OF
naturalness IN the oa5y ona ny ne staSe
infants wandered away to get drink OF
water, and when the actress who wanted
il was not in sight. 1t happened that the
stage carpenters wife was standing IN
the wings with her own unprofessional IN
FAINT which was hastily appropriated, de-
spite the protests of its mother. The indlg-
nant woman paced the stage until the
scene was over, when she recovered her
child and marched angrily from the theater.
declaring that the infant should never enter
II again.
New York is busy discussing the probable
Gently a comic opera performance was
given Il ere which was so conducted that
Il did not come under the ban Of the law
against Sunday performances; This evasion
Of the strict letter of the law has given
rise to the discussion, and some think II is
not matter OF many season before the
New York theaters will be open on Sunday.
In the meantime, Ohioans are wondering
what will be done in the matter OF Sunday
theaters in that state after January Gov
ernor-elect Pattison Is reported TO pc OPP
posed to Sunday theaters on general prin-
ciples but whether or not he Will Insist
upon the closing of the playhouses on I'M
day is a question that managers and others
are asking themselves just at present.