Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
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Alfred Klein has been engaged for The
House That Jack Built.
William Faversham is not to appear a
star until season after next.
Lotto Gibson has been engaged to support
j. K Emmett in THE Outpost" new play
TO be pat on next season. 1t deals with the
Boer WIZ.
Auguste Van Biene the cello player. has
! leased a theater in England. which will be
! devoted to vaudeville.
! jeff de Angels is to go out next season
! under the management of his son, Thomas
! de Angels.
| Della Stacey has been awarded a decree
| of absolute divorce from her husband.
| Thomas II. Burchell.
Mascagni's new opera, for which Ga
briele d AnnunZio furnished the book, is to
be called Julius Caesar.
Kyrle Bellew is under considera ton for
the part Of Rawdon Crawley in Gertrude
! Ccghian's production of Vanity Fair"
.The Isle of Champagne" is to be revived
in London with Arthur Roberts in Thomas
| Q. Seabrooke's original role.
"Frou-Frou." East Lynne and a new
| play, not yet named. have been added to
| Mile. Pillar Morin's repertory for next sea-
son.
Fanciuli and his New York band are to
be the attraction at Manhattan Beach this
| summer. during the absence of John Philip
SDuSa.
| Ward and Vokes are to appear again next
season in THE Floor Walker" revised and
| brought up to date. They will open in Au-
gust in Toronto.
Helen Bertram is to be seen in the title
role in the production of Little Faust"
which is to be made in Boston in July. The
Piece is travesty on the opera.
James Lackaye. more Familiarity known in
Washington as Jim Lackey a brother of
Wilton I.ackaye, has been engaged for
Lost River
A theory advanced by one spectator of
Quo NafIs" is that the IS P. Q. r." on
the Roman banners stands for Some
Pretty Queer Romans"
There are three stock companies nov
| playing In Albany. n. Y. when the town
can hardly support one. 1t is reported that
| Frederick Bond is getting the best of 1t.
Romeo. is the title Of a new fve-act
| drama. written by n Kansas City author
| II deals with life and scenes in India of to-
| day. and is TO be produced next season.
! Robert Drouet, who has been playing
| John Storm in THE Christian" has been
| engaged to play the leading part in Janice
! Meridth."
| Florence Rockwell has been engaged as
leading woman for THE Greatest Thing in
| the World for next season. Katherine
| Grey having resigned her position in that
company.
| Report has 1t that Edmond Rostand has
| regcined his health. and Is now recupcr-
| ating al Montmorency. 1t is said that his
royalties from the first hundred perform
ances of Il Aislon amounted to So 900.
Grace Golden. well-known here for her
| excellent work with the Castle Square On
| era Company. may be a member of the
| Grau-Savase company at the Metropolitan
| in New York next winter.
! Madeline Miranda. the wife of Eddie Foy
| the rCmeG an. has dramatized. with the aid
! Of her husband an Italian musical farce
| in which Foy is TO appear. 1t will be known
| as "A Night In Town"
| The engagement of r. d. Mclean and
| Odette Tyler for the company to support
| Modjeska during her coming tour Is an
| nounced. Mr.. Mclean will appear In the
| title role of king John and Miss Tyler as
Prince Arthur. Modjeska appearing as Lady
! Constance.
| Charles Wyndham. the English actor, has
| been following in the footsteps of Richard
, Mansfield in making himself unpopular
| through the medium of curtain call
| speech. At the close Of "Cyrano'' he said
| he sympathized with the fools who were
| unable TO appreciate the piece, and as the