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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1901
Page
3
Blanche Walsh and James K Hackett appear in successful plays More Than Queen Pride of Jennica and Sorrows of Satan at Crawford Tuesday. Test in New York tonight. The Pride of Joariay and More than Queen headline subsequent shows with Wart next week.
The Crawford offers a romantic play featuring Gilland as the principal female role with a star cast that includes George Tristike Philip Lewis and Mimi in a dramatic procession of scenes from The Pride of Jenico and More Than Queen. The production highlights love and beauty against a backdrop of lavish stage settings and musical interludes.
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The theatrical season highlights Sorrows of Satan at the Shaftesbury, with Walter Seymour as Geoffrey Pempest and Miss Alberta Convers as Parthenia. The production, aided by Downing's painstaking asylum research, features Lillian Kemble and Minnie Liedt as leads and promises a dramatic, revolutionary clash of souls and temptation.
In Lowt T Deerie, New Yorker at MM, Robert Downing unveils a new field of comedy with The Seventh Com mandment. The piece blends sermon like moral critique with social satire, aiming to minister truth through stage action. The cast includes John K. Hackett and Barnes, with mixed early reception anticipated from prudish press.
Pan Gilmore the young actor who appeared here last week in Under the Red Robe was injured when a sword duel scene misfired. A bullet struck his knee splintering bone and caused months of recovery after which he continued performing. He later toured Salt Lake City Topeka and Atlantic City before heading to New York. Gilmore may lead future productions including The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hoentsau as offers pour in.
Bytoward reports list Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott touring the country while Lovers Lane scores in New York. A H Chamberlyn signs Hornet’s Miss Simplicity and negotiates for Ease Glaser. Willard Spencer’s new opera Miss Bob White to debut April in Philadelphia. James K Hackett to star in Mapes Don Casstec’s Return next season. Nielsen and Mansfeld battles shape New York bookings as Klaw & Erlanger hold four top attractions. Casts, management changes, and recent openings color the shifting stage landscape with bold moves and cross country plans.
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