The Washington times., 1901-08-18

| a Well-knOwn Italian director
Duse will include Francesca de Rimini'
| in her repertoire.
| When Charles Hawtrey comes to Amer.
lea he VIII have as leading woman Jessie
Bateman. one of the most noted beauties
| of the English stage
The Sothern company has begun re-
| hearsals for Richard EOvelace. Laurence
1rvings play with which E. II. Sothern
will open his season.
James X Hackett gave a dress re-
Caesars Return" at Wallack's Theatre,
| New York, last night.
Eugene Jepson will be n member of the
Rogers Brothers company when they pre-
sent the new McNally farce, The Rogers
Brothers in Washington"
Genevieve Sardou. daughter of the ia
nous French dramatist, was recently
married in Paris to Comte Robert de
Fiers. a librettist of note.
Ethel Barrymore has returned from
| London. where she went to appear in a
| copyright performance of Captain links
of the Horse Marines
Wilson Barrett is in Australia. He will
| inaugurate his season there with Man
and His Mat;er,' and will follow that play
| with a production of Quo Vadis?'
Sam Sothern will sail for London. where
| he is under contract to appear with the
| Imperial Theatre Company, of which Her
bert Waring is the star and director.
William H. Crane arrived in Boston
| from Europe last week. He will spend
| some weeks at his summer home prior to
| opening his season in David Harum."
Ellen Mortimer. who is now playing
| Ruth Huciabeck in Lorna Doone" at the
| Grand Opera House, Chicago. has been
engaged to play Esther in Ben Hur."
Grace Freeman. who sang the Sadie
| song SO acceptably last season in the
| Rogers Brothers farce, has been re-en-
| gagged for their company this season
| Maud Hoffman, who has been leading
woman with Z. S. Willard for several
years. has been engaged by Liebler q Co.
| for one of their important productions.
| Hurtig 81 Seamon will manage the
| starring tour of J. X. Emmett and Lottie
| Gibson, who will appear in play dealing
with the Boer war and entitled The Out
\ post"
| Daniel Frawley has added toll Gate
Inn" to his company's repertoire. He pre-
scented the play last week at the Grand
Opera House, San Francisco. with marked
| success.
Dan DaIy will become star this sea-
| son in a musical farce by Glen McDonough
and George V. Hobart He will have the
| support of Virginia Earle and a strong
| company.
John Drew and his company began re-
hearsals last Monday for The Second in
Command" The play will be presented
at the Empire Theatre, New York, Sep
| TENDER 2.
The manuscript Of 1.-THE Queens Neck
| lace which Mrs. Langtry produced in
| London. has been forwarded to Sadie
| Martinez, who may present the play later
| in the season.
The New York theatres and halls that
are available for theatrical rehearsals are
| overcrowded this month with companies
| that are getting in readiness to descend
| upon the country late in August
| Clyde Fitch, who is now in Paris. will
/ return to America in September to direct
rehearsals of his play, The Marriage
Game" in which Louis Nethersole will
present Sadie Martinez as star
years lease on the Park Theatre, Boston.
and Will offer the same line of attractions
which prevailed last season at the CO.
lnnhia- Theatre in the same city.
Miranda of the Balcony" which Mrs.
Fisiee will produce at the Manhattan The
atre. New York. is a dramatization made
by Anne Crawford Flexner from Z. W.
Mason's novel of the same name.
THE Rogers Brothers in Washington"
the McNaily farce which Gus and Max
Rogers will produce during the coming
season, will have its premiere tomorrow
night at the Star Theatre, Buffalo.
Reginald DeKoven and Harry b. Smiths
new musical piece which Anna Held will
produce next month. will be called The
Little Duchess" The star and her hu5-
band arrived from Europe last Friday
Lucy Lane. famous beauty. and for
several years member of the May How
ard Burlesque Company. died last week
at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, of tu-
bereulosis. She was twenty years old.
Robert Wayne will be the leading man
of the Hopkins stock company. Chicago.
during the coming season. His engage
ment is the result of a request on the
part of the patrons of the Hopkins COM
pany.
The following players have been en-
gagged to support Herbert Kelley and Ell,
fie Shannon in Her Lord and Master:
Morton Seton. Hattie Russell. Winona
Shannon, Perc-Breeke, and Marie St
John.
Herbert Mlllward, who has been the
stage manager of Mrs. Carriers company
since ''Zaza'' was first produced will di-
rect the rehearsals of The Auctioneer
in which David Belasco will star David
Warfield.
Nat Goodwin and Maxine EIliott's sea-
son at the COMEDY Theatre, London. in
When We Were Twenty-one" will open
September .. Vincent Sternroyd. who is
in England, has been engaged for the
company.
Annie Russell has begun rehearsals for
"A Royal Family" Her season will be-
gin in San Francisco September 5. and
return engagement of the play is booked
at the Lyceum Theatre, New York. later
in the winter.
Sam s Shubert has secured the Ameri-
can rights to The Emerald Isle. the
last work of Sir Arthur Sullivan The
score was uncOmDleted at the time OF
Sullivan's death and was finished by Ed
ward German.
William Gillette will stay in England
but a few months. He will return to this
country some time in December, and, 1t
is announced, will appear in production
of Hamlet" at the knickerbocker Thea
ire. New York.
In his production of the R. A. Barnet
musical comedy, Miss Simplicity. Frank
Daniels will use the same scenery which
was painted for the Bank Officers presen-
tation of the piece. 1t Is the work of John
Gordon Hammond.
''Florodora" has scored a tremendous
In c0untriPS-AmpriCa n
gland. and Australia In the latter coun- |
try the demand for the attraction is so |
great that there will be two companies |
presenting the piece next season.
"A Royal Rival" i'll which Charles |
Frohman will present William Faver- |
sham as star, will be produced at the /
Duke of York's Theatre. London, next |
month, with Lewis Waller n the role |
which Faversham will play in America.
Adelaide Prince will not be Creston |
Clarkes leading woman next season. hav- |
ing determined to remain in New York |
and rest Julia Marie Taylor a graduate |
of the Sargent Dramatic School. has been |
engaged for the principal feminine roles. |
Otis SINNERS production of Frances |
ca de Rimini will occur in Chicago on |
August %. Marcia Van Dresser, who /
played the Princess last season with |
Viola Allen in In the Palace of the |
King" will be SINNERS leading woman
Robert Grau, the vaudeville manager, |
has secured i've years lease on the /
Philadelphia Grand Opera House, previ-
Ously controlled by the HashimS The |
theatre will be continued as a vaudeville !
house The season was inaugurated last |
night.
Eva Farrell. niece of Col. Robert G.
InEersoll, will be a member of Mrs |
Fiske's company next season. Miss Far
rell has been prominently identified with
q work hut her with