The Washington times., 1901-08-04

season. Mr.. Mann, who created the chief
male role in Leo Dietrichstein comedy.
and Mr.. Sullivan work along the same
comedy lines. hence the larter's belief
that he will succeed in pleasing London
erS.
Robert Brouet, who has been spending a
portion of his summer with the ritsrion
stock company in St Paul. has resigned
E. ]. Ratclffe has retired from the cast
of Lovers Lane
Mildred Holland has returned from Eu-
rope and will soon commence rehearsais
of ''The Power Behind the Throne"
which was originally presented at the Co
lumbia Theatre, this city, under the title
Aria. the Musicians Daughter" and
which was one of the most doleful affairs
that came to the Capital two seasons
ago. 1t mas since been rewritten and con-
siderably improved.
The Castle Square Opera Comp INV wall
sing Aida at the opening performance,
which will occur at the Broadway The
atre September l6.
Julie Opp has arrived in New York. She
will be William Faversham's leading lady
in "A Royal Rival"
Are You a Mason?" will be presented
at the Apollo Theatre, London. August %.
Mason Mitchell. Enrol Dunbar. and
Charlotte Nielsen have been engaged for
won considerable renown as Rough
Rider during the Spanish-American war
and Mr.. Dunbar was for several seasons
the Mephisto in the Morrison production
of Faust"
Charles Dickson is no longer member
of THE Explorers company. He closed
his engagement with the Chicago musical
piece last night.
Harrison Armstrong will play Cranky.
the ranchman, in Arizona next season.
The Female Drummer will be revived
next season with as many of the original
members as can be secured.
Ethel Barrymore sailed for London last
week to participate in a copyright per-
formance of Captain Jinks of the Horse
Marines"
E. H. Sothern will soon commence re-
hearsals for his production of Richard
Lovelace.'
Isabelle Evesson will be the principal
feminine support with Thomas .. Sea-
brooke in "A Modern Crusoe-
1t is announced that Maude Adams
London season will commence next April.
Anna HeId's press agent has been un-
commonly modest of late. but he now
arises to remark that the coming season
will be the last that the actress VIII spend
in this country, as her future appear
ances will be in Paris, in a theatre her
husband, Florenz Ziegfeld. will erect for
summer reading.
Henry Arthur Jones. the English play
wright will witness the premiere of one
of his plays in New York this fall.
Julia Marlowe will soon sail for Eng
land Tor the purpose OF eonferrinS with
Stephen Phillips. who is said to be writ
ing play based on the life OF Joan OF
Arc for her, which she intends to pro-
duce in September. 1872
John Philip Sousa and his band have
been secured for series of concerts at
the Palace. London, in the fall.
Disby Bell has been especially engaged
for the role of koko in the Castle Square
tan Beach. When the same company
gives -'Pinafore, Henry Z. Dixey will be
the Sir Joseph Porter.
In a new melodrama, Lost in the
Desert" the hero will make leap for
life from cliff twenty feet high, to a
to the stage with the weight of the
actor, but some night the bend may fail
to arrive on schedule time, and there
will be one less actor in the world
Wilfred Gerdes, who claims the honor
of being the champion heavy actor OF the
country. by reason of his possession of
some go pounds avoirdupois, VIII play
the role of a policeman in a comedy en-
titled Happy Hooligan-
Peter Baker, the German vaudeville
monolOgisC. is seriously i'll with typhoid
fever at Toledo.
Cinquevalli. the juggler will be brought
to this country by b. F. Keith for pro-
longed season in vaudeville.
Addison Pitt will be member of Hen
rietta Crosman's company next season.
Alice Johnson. of this city, who has
been playing leads with the Frawley com
pany through the West, has returned to
New York
Rehearsals for Sir Richard Lovelace,"
Laurence Irving play, which u. H.
Sothern will produce next season, Will be
gin on August L at the Garden Theatre,
New York
Olga Nethersole has secured the English
rights to ''Sapho'' and will present the
Fitch version of Daudets story through
England and later in Paris.
Harrison Armstrong has been engaged
for the role of Candy in Arizona" next
season
John R. Delcher and George H. Bren-
nan will revive The Tanning OF the
Shrew" with Charles B. Hanford in the
role of Petruchio and an English actress
as Katherine. The tour will cover South
and West territory.
Kubelik. the Hungarian violinist, will
begin tour of America next December
under the direction of Daniel Frohman-
Lovers Lane" will conclude its sue
cessful Chicago engagement tonight.
new dramatic version of Victor
Hugo's THE Hunchback of Notre Dame
will be presented in London next month.
AL Lipman will originate the leading
character role in THE Marriage Game
in support OF Sadie Martinot.
Arthur Collins, manager of the Drury
Lane Theatre. London, has engaged Rob
ert Taber and Kate Rorke for the princi-
pal roles in Ben Hur." which he will
soon present to the British public
Eugene Cowles, formerly basso with the
and the Alice Nielsen COM
pany. will go into vaudeville He win
make his initial bow some time this O.!
month at the Masonic Temple Theatre.
under the management OF j. j.