Evening star., 1902-02-15

Margaret Anglin will be the leading lady
ana the Empire Theater plays will be pre-
sented.
champion Jim Jeffries will do a mono-
iogue turn when he goes out with one OF
Ed Rushs attractions.
Are You a Mason" has passed the
looth mark at the Shaftesbury Theater in
London. and is still going we'll
A second Arizona" company is being
gathered together in New York TO be ex.
plotted in the English provinces.
Mrs. lie Moynes tour in The First
Duchess of Marlborough has ciased 1t
was highly praised by the critics
Peter F. Daily has sued Weber & Fields
to break contract so that he can appear
at Proctor's theater in New York.
Selma Herman will be featured next sea-
son in a new play, entitled The Wayward
Girl" from the pen of Theodore Krcmer.
Jennie Eustice replaces Eta Proctor
Otis as leading lady of The Climbers
Miss Otis obje ected to one-night stands.
Amelia Bingham will remain in New
York until June and viii shortly put on
new production, entitled Hearts I.
Alame."
SdTdn Bernhardt, who is in Paris. is being
sued for $1,000 by goldsmith who manu>
tactured jeweled implements worn by her
in Theodore"
Isabel Irving made her first appeararce
as William Faversham's leading lady at
buhaio last Monday night and scored
big hit
Valerie Bergere, formerly leading lady at
the Columbia Theater. Brooklyn. resigned
her position last week and Isabel Evesson
took her place.
Owen Davis has turned out a new war
drama, entitled Marching Through
Georgia" and it will be given a trial spin
on the road in the spring.
Weber & Fields will shortly put on two
new burie SqueS, one Madame Du
Barry and the other on The Gentleman
of France"
Alfred Klein, the diminutive comedian.
mas been In a Long Island Sanitarium for
the past two months suffering from ner-
youS proStration.
1t has almost become a settled fact that
Fay Tempeton Will leave Weber & Fields
at the end Of this season and go out as
star In musical comedy next fall.
Opie Read has contracted to write a new
play, to be called The Hartsiders" illus
trative OF life In Georgia. and it will be put
on Tor the first time in Il Chicago theater
The London Hippodrome recently cele-
prated It's second anniversary. The man
ayers calm TO have averaged 5000 people
day as spectators since its opening
Lillian Russell refused to appear at Man
haitian Beach this summer for two weeks .
and Weber q Fields had to cancel their
contract with the Long Island Railroad
Company.
A series of Hoyt's plays are to be pre-
sented In San Francisco commencing next
Monday night. George Ohcr will play the
parts originated by Otis Harlan and Harry
Conor.
Odd as it may SEEM London has not yet
seen The Girl from Maxim's.' What is
spoken of as a deodorized version will be
shortly presented there by Charles Wynd-
ham. .
This is the first winter for ffty-three
years that there has not been a pantomime
at the Standard Theater. London The
series of fifty-two successive ANIMALS was
begun in lS4S.
Charles Frohman talks of taking COM
pany OF American and English players on
a tour through Germany and France There
Is nothing remarkable in this except that it
is proposed that they shall act in English.
Clyde Fitch has apparently overtaxed his
strength and his physicians say he will
do no more play writing for year. Mr.
Fitch has gone to Atlantic City to rectl-
perate. and may remain there for a month
or two.
A new musical comedy, called when
Reuben Comes to Town. the work of Her
man Perley musical director OF the Anna I.
Held Company, will have its first produc-
ton next Saturday night at Amsterdam,
N. Y.
Coquelin the great French actor. has at
last been persuaded to appear in Berlin.
and his acting has been warmly praised by
the Germans Coquelin hitherto has taken
the same stand as Bernhardt. and declined
to go to Berlin from patriotic motives
three months revival of .sThe Broken
Melody" is shortly to begin in London.
with Augustus Van Biene as the principal
figure. Mr.. Van Biene has played The
Broken Melody" nearly 5000 times. the
piece running for over a year In London. :.
Charlotte Walker. who has been playing
with the kyrle Bellew company in New
York. has taken Jane Oaker's place as
J mes X. Hackett's leading lady Miss
Oaker continues with Don Caesars Re-
turn when Hackett takes up THE Cri-
sis
ClaXton Wilstach passed through Wash
ington this week on his way to the south
me. me reports excellent business for Adelaide
Ihurston In Sweet Clover her popularity
being SO great that she has been booked for
a duplicate tour of the route that she has
thus far traversed
Kate ClaNton has at last been won over
by the Liebler company, and the Two
Orphans will be presented in New York
the coming May without the first named
IN the cast. Eleanor Robson will play
Louise, and kyrle Bellew, Otis Skinner and
James O'Neill viii! have the prominent
parts. J.
Practically the stock company idea will
prevail with many of the theaters in New
York next season. Charles Frohman may
offer only three attractions at one of his
houses and two at another, running them
through the sea son. Other of the estab-
lShments there have much similar plans
under consideration.
the insult killed her.
Bernard Shaw's Captain Brassbound's
Conversion" which was written for Ellen
Terry but for some unknown reason was
never produced. will shortly be presented
by Elsie De Wolfe and her company in