Evening star., 1901-02-16
Charles Frohman, and 1t will be produced
at the Commencement OF next season.

| Charles Frohman. and 1t will be produced
at the commencement OF next season.
Katherine Florence becomes the leading
lady Of Frohman's comedians the first OF
| next month, opening in the new play. 1.-The
| Lash and the Whip" Fritz Williams, her
husband, is a member OF this company.
Osmond Tearle, formerly the leading man
] of Wallack's Theater, New York. has been
meeting with great success in the English
| provinces and may come to this country
| next season with his own company.
Madame Butterfly" will be played over
| the vaudeville circuit with a strong cast,
opening at Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theater,
New York. next Monday night. Valerie
Bergere will play the principal role.
Trixie Friganza of THE Belle of Bo-
| hemia" company was married in London
| last Saturday Immediately after the arrival
| of that organization in that city. Ihe
| groom's name is DR.. Barry, steamship
physician.
| The announcement has Just been made
| public that w. D. Mann and Margaret
| Sylvia, the prima donna of Princess Chic,
! are man and wife. They were married last
| spring, but the ceremony was kept quiet
| for business reasons.
Bernhardt has been having trouble in
| San Francisco with hotel keepers on ac-
Souht VI uSI pet uOS, WHICH bic lfiSlSlS
shall share her apartments. Two of the
| principal hotels refused to break the rules
| to accommodate her.
| 1t is reported in New York that Attalie
| Claire will soon marry the son of a we'll
| known Wall street broker. Her divorce
from Alfred Kayne prevents her marrying n
| and the knot will be tied in that state.
As there has been considerable doubt as
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| Of Miss Irene Vanbrugh, the clever leading
| woman of John Hare's company, 1t is well
| to state on the best authority that 1t should
| be pronounced as If written ''Vanboro.'
Willard Spencer, who made a hit as a
comic opera composer some years back
with THE Little Tycoon and Princess
Bonnie has written another opera, and
| it will be produced by Nixon thinner
man. Should it prove successful it will
| be placed on the road.
An original melodrama entitled Justice"
written by a new playwright named Guy
| Afdylette, will be a next seasons Offering
under the management of Thomas Broad
| hurst and Edward Salter. The play deals
/ with present conditions in the big metrop-
| oils
May Buckley has had firing railroad
| experience. She left Chicago Monday. ar
| rived in New York Tuesday and was in the
| latter city only two hours. taking the train
| for San Francisco. where she will play
eight weeks as leading lady of the Alcazar
| Theater Stock Company.
Phyllis Rankin made poor start last
month In the London production of Flor
adora," but she has now gotten back into
her old-time form and her success is said
to be equal to that made by her in 1.-The
Belle of New York" when 1t was first pro-
duced on the other side.
Aubrey Boucicault. who played the part
of King Charles in the New York produc-
ton of Mistress Nell' and who resigned
to accept an important role in "Quo Vadfs.'
will rejoin Miss Crosman. Sidney Booth, at
present playing the part of the merry mon
arch, will then assume the role of the Duke
of Buckingham.
1t is stated by John Hare that when he
first secured London engagement at the
Prince of Wales Theater his salary was
$40 a week. Even after he had made sew
eral hits he only received SO week to
play Sam Gerridge in Caste Some
years later he was obliged to refuse an
offer of $500 week to play the same part.
The first appearance in this city of the
Roger Bros. since their wonderful success
in New York is scheduled for the week of
March 4. when they will present their lat
est success. musical comedy, by j. j. Nc
Naly. entitled THE Rogers Bros. in Cen
trail Park" This organization is a very
large one, comprising no less than seventy
people.
Maud White. who has been playing the
leading female role with Stuart Robson a
the Columbia during the past week, will
shortly take dip into vaudeville. Miss
White is negotiating to secure the rights to
"Daingerfied '95,' a short comedy prOduc-
ed originally by Annie Russell as curtain
raiser. Steven Grattan will be Miss Whites
leading man.
James Mahony, a Washington actor.
who has earned critical appreciation in
various roles, including those he played for
a number Of seasons with Lotta, has been
retained by the Lafayette Square Stock
Company for part in Cyrano de Bergerac
Mr.. Mahony is one Of the numerous men,
bers of the old Lawrence Barrett Club who
have since been heard from.
"Betsy Ross" the new romance Of the
revolution which VIM. A. Brady and Jo-
seph r. Grismer produce in Philadelphia in
April, Is by H. A. De Suchet, author of
My Friend From India" 1t concerns that
sprightly young Quakeress, whose fair
hands made the first American flag. and
whose old home In Philadelphia is about
subscription
More famous players than were ever be-
fore combined in ''Uncle Toms Cabin
have been engaged by VIM. A. Brady for
his mammoth spectacular revival Of the
ante-bellum drama at the New York Acad-
emy Of Music, March T. The cast includes
Wilton Lackaye as Uncle Tom; Odell Will
liams as Phineas Fletcher; Theo. Roberts
as Legree, L. r. Stockwell as Marks a
part he has played 1000 times; VIM. Har-
court as Geo. Harris, Emily Rigl as Cassie,
Mrs. Annie Yeamans Aunt Ophelia and
Maude Raymond-wife Of Gus Rogers-as