The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Il Aiglon" has been termed the most
| talked-of play of last season, Julia Mar
/ lowe the most successful star, The Price
| OF Peace" the best melodrarna ana Flor
| odora' the most popular musical comedy.
| The longest run. 200 performances was
| accredited to Captain Jinks OF the Horse
Marines, and In the Palace of the King
| was considered by some the best book
/ dramatizaticn.
'Manru," Ignace Paderewskis new
/ opera, may be sung next season by the
| Maurice Grau Opera Company. Alvarez
| and De Marchi have been engaged for the
| Metropolitan season.
Siberia has a theatre The curtain rises
1 at o clock and each intermission is of
! fifteen minutes duration, during which
the entire audience goes out for refresh
ments The performance rarely concludes
/ before ! a. m.
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. -
! The BriXtOn Burglary and Willie Col
/ lier in "On the Quiet concluded their
/ seasons last Saturday night, owing to the
| extreme heat. But two regular houses re-
main open in New York; the Casino. where
| "Florodora" continues to prove its popu-
larity, and the Knickerbocker. which pre-
sents The Suollers'' with Francis VIII
| son in the leading role.
! Richard Carroll. who has been appear
/ ing as Peter Stuyvesant in The Burgo-
| master" has been engaged for an inn
portant role in Miss Bob White" when
| the opera is taken out in the fall.
The Olympian Theatre at Vieenza.
| Italy, which has been closed for many
/ hundred years, has just been reopened
! with production of Sophocles -Oedi-
| pors Rex, with Gustavo Salvini in the
leading role.
The residents of Mount Hope, Ohio.
are evidently more worldly than reli-
gious, for the single church OF which
the town boasts is being remodeled into
a theatre.
When THE WhirI of the Town is
given In London Madge Lessing Will have
I
pietely won the hearts of the British
ers and it looks as if they intend to
| keep her on the other side.
William CourtIeigh will in all proba-
hility continue with Lorna DoOne next
| season
James E Wilson will replace Ralph
Stuart as leading man of the American
Theatre stock company.
Sir Henry Irving recently revived w. G..
Wills drama. Charles 1, in London.
Lester Lonergan and Valerie Bergere
have been engaged TO play leading roles
with the Columbia stock company,
Brooklyn. next season
The Hopkins stock company, of Mem
phis. Tenn. has just closed an engage
ment of forty weeks at the Grand opera
House in that city.
Lille Lehman win make a concert tour
of the United States next winter under
the management Of c. l.. Graf.
Robert Taber viii enact the title role of
Ben Hur2 when the play is given in
London.
Announcement is made of the marriage
Of Elita Proctor Otis to William Car
penter Camp. Of Chicago. Miss Otis Will
not abandon the stage.
Phyllis Rankin has scored a hit in Lon
doh III the leading role of a new musical
comedy called The Gay Cadets
Rachel Booth. Harry Kelly, Harold
Crane, Hattie Waters. Agnes Weyburn,
Helen Chichester Leonora Krum, and
Agnes Blake have been engaged for "The
Messenger Boy, the musical comedy
which has proved so great a success in
London. and which will open the season
at Days Theatre, New York, with James
I. Powers in the leading role.
Alice Nielsen's London engagement ter
minated last Friday. The company will
return to America, but Miss Nielsen will
remain abroad for the summer, having
leased an estate in the suburbs of London.
Vivian Blackburn has been engaged for
the role of the French maid in support OF
Anna Held in -Papa's Wife.
Edna May won the first prize in a recent
competition in London as to who was
The Smartest Lady of Today" One
thousand three hundred and fifty-six
votes were cast for her, 972 for Fanny
Ward, and Alice Nielsen came in for AZ
The Bostonians will inaugurate their
tour on August IS at Atlantic City. The
new opera Maid Marian will not be
heard until later in the season.
Clay NJ Greene and Joseph Grismer are
summering at Bayside, Long Island.
Isabel E,VessOn. who occupied the posi-
tiOn Of leading woman of the American
Theatre stock company for a part OF last
season, has been engaged for an import
ant role in The Gay Mr.. Goldstein.
SybiL Sanderson is said to be the rage
of Paris. When she made her reappear-
ance on the operate stage several weeks
ago, she was received with acclaim and il
is said that her beauty and magnificent
voice were alone responsible for the sue
aEag ~ Eafa * ..arTesr !,
Otojiro Kawakami and Sada Yacco, the
Japanese players who appeared at the
Lafayette Theatre several seasons ago,
are meeting with success in London.
where they will soon produce a new Jap
anese play entitled The Sho Gun" and
a version of "Othello'' in their native
tongue.
The FrawIey company has entered upon
an eight weeks engagement in San Fran
cisco. d. J. Morgan. John Mason, Kath-
crime Grey, Mary Van Buren, harrington
Reynolds. and Frank Matthew are in the
company.
Thurlow Bergen. of this city. is playing
the leading roles with the Empire Thea
ire stock company. of Toledo. Ohio.
Beginning September TO Henry w. Saw
age will give a season Of grand opera at
the Broadway Theatre. A seIni-weekly
change of bill VIII be made and the best
singers composing the Castle Square
forces viii be selected for the New York
company. During the season Puccint ;
arrangement OF Madame Butterfly will
be given, Mr.. Savage having acquired the
American rights TO the work.
Frederic Sullivan, who made many local
friends last winter while a member of
the Lafayette stock company recently
inherited $4,000 through the viii of his |
uncle, the late Sir Arthur Sullivan. AIR. |
Sullivan is at present in Denver, where,
in addition TO filling the position of assist
ant stage manager to Mr.. Bellows. he is |
looking after character roles with appar- |
entity the same degree OF success that |
marked his work with the stock company |
here last season.
Irene Perry has sued Tom 3. Davis, the |
London manager for breach of contract. |
Miss Perry claims that the manager en-
saged her for a leading role In the Lon
don production Of The Silver Slipper"
Harry b. Smith viii furnish the lyrics !
for The Rogers Brothers in Washing |
ton"
Lovers Lane" is in for summers |
run in Chicago The play has made |
tremendous hit and will likely he kept al |
McNickers Theatre until time for the |
regular season.
THE Wooing of Priscilla" which has |
just completed a successful three weeks |
road early in September with Lillian |
Lawrence in the role of Priscilla.
Frank Worthing, Lewis Baker, and /
Francis Carlyle are in Europe.
When Maude Adams opens her season |
in the new play which J. NJ Barrie Is |
writing for her she will have as her lead |
ing man Sidney BrOUgh. an Eugishman.
and son of Lionel Brough, who appeared |
here with Beerbohm Tree
Donald Maclaron and Norah Lamison
Of Julia Marlowes company, are doing a
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