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company.
Charles Dickson will take Cyril Scott's
place in the New York company playing
"Florodera.' Mr.. Scott goes to the Lib
erty Bellies.
Queenie vasser, who was abroad all last
season, has been signed for the principal
role In THE Ladies Paradise, to be pro-
duced in New York next month.
Laurence Wheel. who played the role of
the landlord in The Girl from Up There,
has been engaged for a prominent part in
Frank Daniels Miss Simplicity.
E,stene Carter. who played the leading
role in one of when We Were Twenty
one'' companies. has been signed by ID. V.
Arthur as leading support for Stuart Rob-
SON
Mrs Leslie Carter's agents, whom she
sent to Paris to procure the completed
"Du Barry costumes, returned with them
last Tuesday on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse.
Lottie Blair Parkers latest play Is to be
called Way Out West" Miss Parker
has already written Way Down East.
Way Down South and Way Up
North"
Then Weber G. Fields begin their fall
elaborate buslesque on Diplomacy" Fay
Templeton playing the part OF the Coun-
tess Zicka.
Willard Holcomb. well known Ia this
city, and who has recently been doing press
and advance work for different combina-
tions, win be James K. Hacketts business
manager the coming season.
A. H Chamberiyn, the New York man
ager. is negotiating with the author of the
novel. Quincy Adams Sawyer with
view to producing dramatization of 1t
Ben Hur" opens it's season Monday night
in Chicago. This elaborate production will
be seen in only five cities the coming sea-
son-Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati Pitts
burg and Philadelphia
Minnie Radcliffe will be the leading wo-
man. supported by strong stock COM
pany. producing recent successes and play
ing at popular prices, at the Star Theater,
Philadelphia, opening August 81 in Ca
mile"
Marie George. who has been playing the
leading soubrette role with "The Stroll
ers'' in New York, had to quit work last
week and go to hospital on account of
nervous prostration. Miss Georges condi-
ton is quite serious
Ray L. Royce. well known in the vaude-
Vile field, has been secured to take Arthur
Sidman's place In York State Folks" Mrs.
Sidman. although almost prostrated by
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role originally assigned to her.
Broadhurst and Currie won their suit
with the Sire brothers for the services Of
Harry Bulger, the comedian. the courts
deciding that the frst-named firm had prior
claim to the funny man. and he will now
join 1.-THE Night Of the Fourth" company.
It ia a curious coincidence that John Ma
son. whose starring venture this season is
to be under the direction of Jacob Lift.
once sung in an opera called Francois
with Madeleine Lu.ettle Ryiey, the author
OF The Altar CT Friendship" the play In
which Mr. Mason is to make his stellar de-
but this season.
The successful run of ..Florodora" at the
Casino, New York. has complicated mat
ters for Florence Ziegfeld and Anna Held.
as the latter was TO have opened at that
ably stay at the Casino all season. and
Mr.. Ziegfeld will have to hunt up another
theater for his star.
Detroit will see the first presentation on
any stage on September s Of Her Lord
and Master" the play which Martha Nor
ton has written for Herbert kelcey and
Effie Shannon. Kelley and Shannon will
ment. and 1t Is expected 1t will prove one
of the leading events Of the year,
Frank Keenan, announces that he win be-
gin rehearsals September OF his company
In the Hon. John Grigsby.'' the Abraham
Lincoln play, by Charles Klein, in which he
win star this season. When Sol Smith Rus
sell was compelled by illness to leave the
stage Mr.. keenan, took his place. and so
well did he succeed that he decided to con-
tinue as an Independent star
''The Rogers Brothers In WASHINGTON
had its first presentation at Buffalo last
Monday night and scored big hit. But
one act the second Is laid IN this city, the
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Pan-American exposition. Buffalo. The
second act shows section Of the Botanic
Gardens with the Capitol building In the
background. All the principals were given
a big reception and their hits were OF the
most pronounced kind.
'"The Auctioneer" Is styled by its authors
Lee Arthur and Charles Klein a charae-
ter-comedy. 1t Will be return to the old
HarriSan and Hart type OF fun-making but
under up-to-date conditions. and with O
cast made up OF new fayorites. Belasco
believes the time is favorable for revivin9
this class Of comedy. dealing with the
quaint scenes and characters to be found
only In cosmopolitan New York, and he
could think Of no one so well fitted to en-
body his ideas as the ihimitable and de-
nghtful Warfleld.
William Collier. when asked why he did
not go to London to appear In Augustus
Thomas comedy 'On the Quiet" which he
made one Of the biggest successes Of the
year, replied: "Why should I 20 to Lon
don? ! have only played On the Quiet In
Few cities Ny e:x months run in New
York cut me out OK a lot OF territory which
i shall cover this sIason. America Is good
enough and big enough for me- They might
not like me in lsondor. Any actor who
can gain and hold the support OF the Amer
lean playgoing public has won reward
enough"
1t was Dion Boucicault who discovered
hyrie Bellew. who was then playing with
an obscure provincial company In Dublin.
where the Irish press universally pro-
claimed the young actors performance OF
George de Lesparre. in Boucicault's Led
Astray.' as remarkable" Dion, then at
the zenith OF power, autographed for Mr.
Beliew to come to London, and placed him
at once In the then celebrated Haymarket
company. Within three years Mr. Beiiew
was playing the leading business in the
theater he had entered as utility man" at
f10 los. per week. Bellew played under his
Christian name, Howard kyrie, up to the
time he Joined irvings company at the Ly-
ceum. where he only stayed two seasons, a
far more brilliant opening being offered
him as leading man" OF Miss Marie Lit
toms magnificent company at the Imperial
Theater.
Edna Hunter. who made q hit an "tha
beautiful Waifzer" with Francis Wl1aon IN