Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-03

THE EVENING SIAl
and celebrates its one hundredth perform
| ance in that city next week.
Annie Russelrs new play for next sea-
| son, written by Clyde Fitch. has been
named THE Girl and the Judge
Myron Calico Is to play one of the roles
| I'm support of Andrew Mack In tom
Moore
Manager Arthur has re-engaged Richard
Klein for Stuart Robson's supporting COM
pany.
| Louise Cunning has sailed for London.
where she will endeayor to win favor with
| her well-known Scotch ballads turn.
Tom Evans has resigned from the Rodg-
ers Brothers company, and will go in the
support of Dan Daily the coming season.
Mabella Baker. who is well remembered
| In washington will have one of the prom
| inent parts in isis Hopkins next season.
Comedian Peter F. Baker is critically i'll
| at a. Toledo. Ohio hospital. He Is suffering
from a fever, having had relapse last
Monday.
Timothy d. Frawley. the well-known
| actor-manager. has sent out request that
| he be referred to in the future as Daniel
| Frawley.
Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar present
Foxy Grandpa" at Asbury Park for the
first time tonight 1t opens at Atlantic
City Monday.
Irene Bentley has made such a decided
hit with Francis Wilson in 1.-THE Stroll
| ers' that she will continue with the COM
| pany as leading soprano next season.
Della Fox has done so well in the vaude-
vile ranks that she Is hesitating about ac-
cepting an offer to star in musical COM
edy next season.
Lillian. one of the Hawthorne Sisters.
well known in vaudeville. has made such
big hit In London that she will remain
abroad for several years.
/ Keiths million dollar theater In Phil
| adelphia, which is now in course of con-
struction. will surpass any theater in the
Quaker city.
Viola Allen. greatly reeuperated from
hard seasons play and travel. by an
outing In the Berkshire hills, will finish
her vacation at Saratoga.
Lederer and Leavitt have had hard
| time getting an actress to play the title
| role in "MaZeppa" for them next season,
and have finally selected Miss Sadie Probst.
/ Robert Taber will have the title role in
Ben Hur" when 1t is produced in London
| Kate Rorke Is to interpret the role of the
| hero's mother In the same company
Miss Walker Of Wooloomooloo" is the
| full name Of a musical piece which may be
produced In this country next season.
Wooloomooloo is the big name Of a little
| town in Australia.
Benny Grinnell will have the principal
/ comedy role with Warmington's THE Girl
From Paris company next season Sarah
| McLaren is another engagement for the
same company.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will be
| seen In Madame Sans Gene during their
coming tour of this country. Miss Terry
viii. play the title role, while Sir Henry
| will do Napoleon.
jeanette Lowrie recently secured df-
vorce from her husband. ALI Hampton. the
decree being issued In a Chicago court
Miss LOwrfe Is reported to be engaged to
| marry Thomas Q. seabrooke shortly.
Beerbohm Tree has secured the rights to
Clyde Fitch's latest comedy, THE Last
of the Dandies." 1t deals with the times
| of Charles Dickens, and is said to re-
semble Fitch's other dandy" play, Beau
Brummel."
Clyde Fitchs "The Marriage Game"
which will be played In this country by
Sadie Martinez next season, has also been
sold to Lottie Venue, the English come
| dienne. who will present the piece in that
country.
With the exception OF Marie George, the
entire company now playing The Stroll
ers' In New York will go on tour with the
piece when 1t opens in the fall. George
Lederer still retains part ownership with
Nixon & Zimmerman.
Eddie Foy's hit with 1.-THE strollers'. has
been so marked that he will be Francis
Wilson'S principal comedian in this piece
next season. There were rumors OF pro-
fessional jealousy on Mr.. Wilson's part but
the engagement of Foy dispelled them.
Joseph Cawthorne has been Harmed" out
to Klaw & Erlanger by Frank Perley for
the forthcoming production Of "The Sleep
ing Beauty and the Beast" Cawthorne
has been with Alice Nelson for two seasons
and but recently returned from London.
Maurice Levi who is responsible for the
| music In the Rogers Brothers productions,
Is said to be considerably worried over
the task of finding substitute for "When
Reuben Comes to Town in the German
comedians play next season.
Henry Dixey and Madge Leasing are ex
pected to make quite hit in THE Whirl
of the Town when it is produced in Lon
don The old Casino success has been al
most entirely rewritten and ii Is thought
that the piece will catch the Londoners
William Faversham has decided to open
his season in New York in "A Royal
RIVAL the 10Th of this month Julia Opp,
who Is to be the leading lady. is due in
New York today by steamer from Liver
pool. Rehearsals are slated to begin Mon
day.
Grace kimbail. who retired from the
stage three years ago to get married, may
be seen in the ranks next season, having
obtained her husbands consent to the
move. Miss Kimball was Edward Soth-
ern's leading lady just previous to her
marriage.
Charles Dalton. who for the past five
years has appeared as the hero in 1.-THE
Sign of the Cross" has secured all the
rights to Bertha Runkles novel, 1.-The Hell
met Of Navarro" and after it has been
dramatized will assume the leading role
therein.