Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-22

4uc engagement Has DeeH du- nounced of Robert Bell Hilliard, son of Robert Hilliard, to Grace Powell of Englewood, N. J. MT Hilliard was graduated from Annapolis last year and is now ensign on the cruiser Columbia.
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 Harold Russell, Julie Opp and Rosabel Morrison are the new mem- bers of William Favershams com pany in "The Squaw Man" MT Rus sell plays Big Bill. Miss Morrison succeeds her sister Mabel in the role of Nat-U-Rich, and Julie Opp is the leading woman.
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 Grace Barber, who has played leading parts with James K. Hackett and last season appeared in ''The Prince Chap" was married to Sam uel Claggett, of Walter N. Law rence's staff, at the church of the Transflguration, New York city, on September 12. A wedding break fast was served at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
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 | Charles Warner, the English ac- tor, who appeared in New York in Drink" at the Academy of Music, some time ago, has notified William Norris that he will sail for New York in time to open in vaudeville Decem- Der in the tragic one-man play, At the Telephone." He will be able to remain only six weeks, and will play all of his time at the Hammer stein and Williams houses.
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 Mrs James K. Hackett (Mary Man nering) was operated on for middle ear abscess at her apartments in New I York on September A. She rallied in few days. Mrs Hackett has been complaining of pain in her right ear ever since she returned from London several weeks ago. On Thursday night the pain became very acute and her physician decided upon an operation.
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 Thomas o. Seabrooke and Pauline Hall have made arrangements to go into vaudeville as team, in con- densed version of one of the musical pieces in which Mir Seabrooke for merly starred. Their tour will be booked by Robert Grau, who is back in the agency business for good, and announces that he will have several big surprises of the same kind to spring on the public before the sea- son has progressed very far. | :II: Mrs Castel-Bert, costumer, has brought action for damages against Lew Fields and the producers of ."'Aboutr Town,S" on a point unique in theatrical law suits. The question of damages arises over the dance, "A French Tonic," in which the dresses are torn from the dancers. In the program an announcement ap- pears that the fancy costumes used in the play are executed by Mrs Cas- tel-Bert, and the costumer objects to having 1t believed that she makes the dresses torn in this dance, though she desires credit for those she does furnish. .. :ll: Richard Mansfield arrived in New York yesterday to begin rehearsals of several plays he is to present this season. The most important of these is Ibsen's Peer Gynt," which will require eleven scenes, a cast of fifty-two persons, two pallets and a choir. Other plays include "Rodion the Student" "The Merchant of venice,' Beau Brummel." "The Scarlet Letter." "A Parisian Ro- mance," "Dr Jekyll and MT Hyde," "King Richard III" and "Ivan the Terrible" Ada Gilman. Adelaide Alexander. Cecil Magnus. Harold Mendelsohn are among the new members of the cast which will be required for Peer Gynt." Arthur Forrest has returned from Vienna and Berlin to resume his place in Mir Mansfield's company.
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 The Savannah Theater. built in ISIS and next to the oldest theater lin America, was destroyed by fire Fri day night. The fire was first discover led in the gridiron above the stage. and at midnight the famous play house was a smouldering ruin.
 The theater was owned by the Greenwall Theatrical Circuit Con- pany and was worth s50.o00. The house was remodelled about ten years ago, but the walls and interior were the same as when first erectsi.
 The house was managed at one time by the late Joseph Jefferon. and Charles F. Crisp. once speaker of the house of representatives, ap- peared in it as a child when his fath- Ter was its manager.
 The most famous actors and act- resses in America had been seen in the house.
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 Actor Richard Mansfield. while slumbering in his summer cottage in the Pequot colony. New London. at o'clock yesterday morning. was aroused by cries of "Fire-- II A glance through his chamber win dow revealed a burning stable on the Gardner estate close by. Mir Mansfield was soon on the scene directing neigh bors who were saving the live stock and farming implements He also stationed two young men on the roof of the Gardner residence with q small hose to save the house from sparks.
 With the arrival of the Pcruot h. dependent Hose company. just incOr- poratcd and made up of many of the wealthy Pequot eolcnists. the fore man. Colonel Eugene T. Kirkland. de sirous that his men should cover them themselves with glory at this.