Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-31
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IN sufficient numbers what they desire
to see on the stage.
The great big public does not forget
Cantor, I.uuey. Bert Williams and the
other popular idols.
II Mrs Fiskc passes up Indianapolis
I'm the future, no one is TO blame but
those who preach the doctrine Of bet
ter things on the stage and yet fan TO
support what they preach.
I received in my mail this week n
letter addressed to the Dramatic Editor
OF The Times. following my review Of
the Eddie Cantor show at the Murat
this week.
Although the letter was signed, I will
not give the name of the writer. The
letter IN part was as follows;
Your greatly exaggerated write-up
Of Eddie Cautor's show now running nj
the Murat was successful IN entlcins S. 25
from my pocket 20 the box ofice cash
register. more miserable performance
OK Joe Miller jokes and easily forgotten
songs 7 have never had 10 endure"
1t seems We never can agree. Can we?
Dispatches from Chicago state that
/ Floreuz Ziegfeld. producer Of The Fol
les" following a strike on the part
az Raymond Hitchcock. Fannie Bryce,
W q. Fields. Ray Doolcy and other stars
I ot The "FOlliea' on the opening night Of
the engagement in Chicago this week,
which resulted Tn the curtain being de
layed for about an hour. has announced
that by tho end Of 1924 he would be cut
of the show business The same dis
patches state that certain principals re-
fused to go onto the stage until Eliza
E~r
been discharged. has been reinstated.
She was.
2 received this week some interesting
data on +. II. Sothern and JuIia
MIrlowe.
The present condition Of things theat-
riral, and the apparent de1rJh Of sue
,cssful plays which has caused the re-
vlyal If many old successes has brought
forth a remarkable proposal 20 Miss Julia
Marlowc and Mt. +. H. Sothern. that
they should manage a theater In New
York City. where they should reproduce
all Of the great SUCCESSES OF their two
careers, including what they have acted
as individual stars and as co-stars, The
provision made is that they should
change the bin every three weeks for a
. season Of thictr-siN weeks ana that their
proprictorship of the theater should CON
tiuue until their entire repertoire shall
have been exhausted. The prices shall
lee reasonable and the order OF the plays
shall follow that Of their original pro
duction
10 will be observed from the following
table that Mr. Sothern and Miss Mar
lowe have produced separately and to-
gether ffty-three successful plays; some
few not successful financially. and a
number of one act plays that have been
omitted from the list Twenty three OF
these successes belong TO the master
pieces of dramtic literature Thirteen
are Shakespeare's plays. No doubt
few of Mr.. Sotherns early plays will
seem somewhat archaic after more than
thirty years. Miss Marlowe's excursions
into drama apart from the classics have
been more recent
The list Of plays is indeed noteworthy
for each one represents tine undoubted
success Of one or even more seasons,
1t viii be seen that this plan would
cover one hundred and flfty-nine weeks,
or four seasons and fifteen weeks at
the rate Of thirty-six weeks each season.
Mr.. SotheTn and Miss Marlowe have the
matter under consideration. The prOpos
al involves a very large sum Of money
which would be guaranteed
Mr.. Sothern has appeared in the fol
lowing plays from 1885: "A Scrap Of
Paper" '"The Highest Bidder" Lord
Chumley" 1.-The Master OF Woodbar-
row." "The Dancing Girl" 1.-The Way to
Win Woman" 'Lettarblair," 1.-The Ad-
venture Of Lady Ursula" Sheridan, or
the Maid OF the Bath" "rhe Prisoner
Of Zenda," "An Enemy to the King"
''The Three Musketeers," "The Sunken
Bell" Richard Lovelace,' eff l Were
King" "The Proud Prince" Lord Dun
drcary." "Don Quixote," THE Fool Hath
Said In His Heart" "The Two Virtues"
and David Garrick."
Miss Marlowe has appeared in the
following plays alone: For Bonnie
Prince Charlie" Barbara Fritchie."
1.-THE Cavalier" when Knighthood Was
in Flower" Queen Fiametta." Gloria"
"The Goddess of Reason" "Cymbeline,"
Measure for Measure" "The Winters
Tale" Henry ", Part T." "The Bellies
Stratagem" "The Hunchback," lingo
mar" and 'pygmalion and GaIatea."
Both stars have appeared together in
the following; Jeanne Dare" John
the Baptist" "Antony and Cleopatra"
Hamlet" LAS You Like IT.. "The Mer-
chant of Venice" much Ado About Moth
ing" 'Twelfth Night" 1.-The Tanning of
the Shrew," Macbeth" and "Romeo and
Juliet
Mr.. Sothern has appeared alone in the
following The Lady Of Lyons" Masks
and Faces" 1.-The Love Chase" "lrhe
school for Scandal" "The Rivals" and
"She Stops to Conquer"
Sothern and Marlowe are among the
fufure bookinpS nj the Murat this SIMS