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Anna Robinson, Ida Vernon, Effie Germon, Harry Gwynette, Geo.
Gaston, and John Sutherland were in the cast.

The theatre was closed abruptly Jan. 9, 1899, a deputy sheriff hav¬
ing taken possession of the scenery and costumes of the play. The
house remained closed until Jan. 23, when Francis Wilson reappeared
in " The Little Corporal." On Jan. 30 " The Three Dragoons," a
comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Reginald de Koven, was pro¬
duced : Joseph O'Mara, William H. Clark, Jerome Sykes, and Linda
da Costa in the cast.

On March 13 "The Musketeers," a dramatic version of Dumas'
" The Three Musketeers," by Sidney Grundy, was given for the first
time. Prologue: Wilton Lackaye, Andrew Robson, Blanche Bates;
the drama: James O'Neill, Henry St. Maur, Howard Kyle, Edmund
Collier, S. Miller Kent, Jacques Kruger, Edmund L. Breese, Judith
Berolde, and Margaret Anglin in chief characters.

James O'Neill was prevented from acting by illness after the first
performance until March 20, and S. Miller Kent was the D'Artagnan.
Frank Carlyle appeared March 16 as the Duke of Buckingham, and
Henry Lee March 20 as Richelieu. Henry Herrman afterwards
acted the part April 3. The house was dark the weeks of April
17, 24, and was reopened Sunday, April 30, for a vaudeville enter¬
tainment for the benefit of the Actors' Fund. On May i Jacob
Litt became manager of this theatre and revived Bronson Howard's
" Shenandoah ": William Morris, Grace Henderson, Mary Hamp¬
ton, Bijou Fernandez, Nannette Comstock, Florence Stover, Basil
Booth, J. H. Gilmour, Joseph Haworth, R. A. Roberts, George
Wright, Louis Hendricks, Frank Losee, Joseph Slaytor as the
principals.

The Professional Women's League gave a performance the after¬
noon May 18 of "The Musketeers," arranged from the Charles Rice
version, by Paul Kester: Marie Wainwright as Richelieu; Duke of
Buckingham, Grace Huntington; Athos, Engel Sumner; Porthos,
Jeannie Winston; Aramis, Marguerite St. John; D'Artagnan, Maude
Banks; Bonacieux, Sarah McVicker; Jackson, Julia Ralph; Anne
of Austria, Mary Hampton ; Lady de Winter, Maida Craigen; Con¬
stance, Bijou Pernandez.

The house was closed May 27 and the next season began Sept. 15,
1899, with the first performance in this city of Herman Hyerman's
adaptation of" Ghetto," by Chester Bailey Fernald; Joseph Haworth,
Sidney Herbert, Mrs. McKee Rankin, Grace Filkins, Emmett Cor¬
rigan, Bijou Fernandez, Samuel Edwards, R. Paton Gibbs, William
H. Pascoe, and Harry Holliday were in the cast.

Proving a failure it was withdrawn Sept. 22. The theatre was
closed Sept. 23 and was reopened Sept. 24 with " More Than Queen,"
by Emile Bergerat, adapted from the French by Charles F. Nird-
linger and Charles H. Meltzer: Julia Arthur the star.