The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

Moyne Is TO star next season Is being An
ished by Glen McDonough. who announces
that 1T will be entitled Among Those
Present" 1t is added that the play is a
story OF contemporary life. Mrs. Le
Moyne's tour will not begin until rather
later than usual, Mr.. McDonough having
commenced actual work on his scenario a
ent' will have its initial presentation on
the road and afterward probably viii be
brought into New York.
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AIRS. Clarence NJ. Bruno is visiting =.
Marion Crawford at his home in Sorrento,
Italy. She went there to confer with him
about her new play, "Unorna," which
Mr.. Crawford is writing in conjunction
with Espy Williams. While '"rhe Witch of
Prague" is the basis upon which the play
will be built. it is not a dramatization Of
the novel. This is the third attempt Mr..
Crawford has made at play writing. His
first play. DIR. CIaudius.' was a failure.
but his Francesca da Rimini' has been
very successful. Mrs. Bruno will leave for
Paris next week to see Sarah Bernhard as
the Inflated maid of Rimini. Mr.. Crawford
believes that "Unorna" will be a far better
play than anything he has yet written.
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Edmund Breese, who will be leading man
In James O'Neilrs Monte Cristo" the COM
ing season, is an actor Of experience and
one who has played many varying char
acters demanding versatility. MIR. Breese
was brought up On a ranch IN South Da-
kota, and his early career is full Of ro-
nance AS a boy he had no Intention OF
entering the profession, but drifted into it
when an amateur company was organized
TO raise funds for the relief OF some biz
gard sufferers in Aberdeen. S. D.. The play
was The Honeymoon" Nile Rhea was at
the time stalled, with her company, at
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performance. She was so greatly I'M
pressed with young Breese's acting that
she engaged him. From that time MIR.
Breese has progressed in his work.
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Blanche Walsh in 4 recent interview re-
calls a coincidence which, in her opinion.
augurs well for the success OF her new
play, which Stanislaus STANCE is now writ
Ing for her and which is founded upon
F1aubert's novel "Salamm5o." Miss Walsh
says that her first public appearance was
made thirteen years ago, when she was a
mere girl of 10, at an amateur performance
of "Othello" at the old Windsor Theater,
in the Bowery, New York. She was the
Desdemona, and the gentleman who played
Iago was the same Stanisiaus STANCE, the
author of the new play she is to appear In
next season. The coincidence lies In the
fact that Mr.. STANCE accepted the commis-
sion to write a play on the subject of "Sa-
lamrnbO' 1Or MCSSIS. aGcnE2ts ana heElp-
er long before these managers had any idea
of making a contract to star Hiss Walsh.
Ezra Kendall, who is to be q new star
this season, is unusual among humorists in
that he never loses an opportunity for fun
even when ''off the scene" In Chicago,
where he has been playing in vaudeville
recently, many stories of his propensity
for joking are current. \ stage manager
whose duty it is TO fill out q printed slip
giving certain Information about all the
actors, asked the usual questions of Mr..
Kendall.
What's your permanent address,"
de Kalb, Ill"
Where are you living??'
"on Easy street"
The stage manager had jotted down the
address before he realized that he was be-
ing joked. On one occasion the comedian
arrived just in time to go on the stage.
The stage manager nervous and constantly
fearing that some of his performers would
be missing at the times they Were sched-
uled to appear, thus addressed Mr.. Kendall:
Wont you please come a little earlier?
Some of the performers might be overcome
by the heat?"
we'll said the actor, 'in that case I
couldn't do you any good. You'd want a
doctor"
Hello. SeahrOoke! You're as bad as that