The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-19
Gen'I. WalIace'S "Prince OF
India" to Have Elaborate
Presentation.
MAJCRONI IS THE STAR
SON OF WORLD FAMOUS ITALIAN
ACTOR TO INTEREST THE RI.
TIE ROLE OF THE STRONG
PLAY.
Publishers PressI

New York. Aug, 1S-klaw & Erlan.
ger will present very notable cast
in The Prince OF India" at the Broad.
way Theater September Gath, when
this great drama, founded on Gen.
Lew WalaCcs widely read romantic
historical novel, will receive its New
York premiere. The title role. The
Great Wanderer, known in the novel
and the play as The Prince OF India"
will be acted by Mario Majeroni the
son of Majeroni the Italian actor who
made a great hit at the Fifth Avenue
Theater in 1873 in n repertoire which
included The Old Corporal and 9th.
or plays of Il similar character.
The elder Majeroni was an actor
who became soldier under Garibal.
di. His wife was a sister of Ristori,
the famous Italian tragediene. While
playing at the Fifth Avenue Theatre,
Signor Maieroni's voice failed him
and he had been off the stage for
considerable time when he was en-.
gagged by y. NJ. Palmer for the part
of Count de Carojac in the original
production of The Bankers Daugh.
few weeks, he voice failing again.
Then he went TO Australia. His wife
Julia Majoroni, starred in this count
ry in The Child Of the State" and
The Galley Slave" under the man.
agement of BARLEY Campbell. She
went to Australia with her husband,
where they played for many years
with success. The elder Maieroni died
In 1891 in Sydney, Australia and Mrs.
Majeroni passed beyond in 1902 in
Melbourne
His First Appearance.
Mario Maperoni made his first ap-
pearance on the stage in Adelaide,
Australia in 1896 In support of Walter
Bentley, the we'll known Scotch TRACE
dian. He afterward played with
Myra Kemble, a famous coincidence
and was for several years prominent
member of the stock companies Of
Williamson & Musgrove. He made q
notable success with Brough & Bouci.
| cault in tours of the principal places
in Australia and New Zealand and in
India and China. In 1900, Mr.. Majer.
oni played in support of Wilson Bar
rett during his last tour of Australia.
making a success as the Spider" in
The Silver King and Cassie In
"Othello'. While Nance O'Neill was
making her last tour of Australia un.
der the management of Mckee Ran
kin, Mr.. Majeroni was engaged by this
actor manager to support his star In
her tour of the United States They
opened in San Francisco in December
Of last year and he continued with
Miss O'Ncill until the close of her
season in Boston in May last, when
he was engaged by klaw & Erlanger
Tor the production of The Prince OF
India"
The part Of Princess Irene, the
leading female role of The Prince of
India" will be played by Miss AIDE.
laide keim, who made her first ap-
poarance on the stage under the man.
agement of Daniel Frohman at the
| Lyceum Theatre. When E. II. Soth-
ern produced Hamlet" at the Garden
Theatre, Miss Keim was engaged to I'm
derstudy the role of Ophelia and later
succeeded Virginia Harmed in this
| part. She then attracted the attention
of +. +. Proctor, who engaged her as
| leading woman for his Fifth Avenue
| Theatre stock company, where she
| played fully fifty different roles such
as Peg Wellington" the Baroness in
The Last Word" Camille" etc.
there originated the role of Mrs.
| Temple in the play now known as
Mrs. Temples Telegram" Miss
Kcim also headed the Dewitt com.
pany Of players in Baltimore and while
| there first essayed the male role of
| Hamlet" in which she made a great
success. She also appeared as
"Carmon," Lady Gay Spanker,"
Lady Teazle," Rosalind in "As You
Like It," and in other principal roles
in very extensive repertoire. Under
the management Of her father, Henry
G. Keim, she played a season at the
! Harlem Opera House in New York,
and subsequently. for year, was lead
| ing lady at the Bush Temple Theater
! in Chicago where again she acquired
wide experience in large number
of parts, repeating her success az
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