Evening star., 1902-08-30
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James L. POWER IN "Ihe Messenger Boy
Gertrude Quinlan has gone to Chicago to
join the company which will present the
sultan of Sulu.'
The statement that Bijou Fernandez had
Withdrawn from the Hearts Aflame'' COM
pany is authoritatively denied in New York
Dan Coleman. the coon-song artist has
signed with Ward and Vokes for The
Head Walters"
MahelIe Gilman is to star in a comic opera
by Sidney Rosenfeld, called The Moclling
Bird"
The Vitagraph pictures will become a reg
ular feature Of the performances at Chase's
Theater during the fall.
John f. KelIerd is to have the leading
part in The Climbers company which
Amelia Bingham will send on the road.
play which Miss Alice f. Ives has written
for Thomas w. Broadhurst.
The name of the new play in which J. E
DodsOn and his wife. Annie Irish, will start
is The American INVASION
Helen Bertram. who has entirely recov-
cred her health, is to appear in The Prince
Of Pisen."
Crimmins and Gore. the vaudeville team.
be successful comedy A Warm Match"
oscar Norfeet. who has appeared with
Lillian Burkhardt in vaudeville. will be a
new member of the company with Andrew
Mack
The new play which has been accepted
for Grace George is a four-act drama of
the period of George ii. written by a WO-
man chiefly noted for her short stories.
this season will be Miss Dorothy Ham
mond who is described as a talented and
beautiful English girl.
BoIossy Kiralfy is to open his tour Of the
world with a revival of Around the World
in Eighty Days at Providence the latter
part Of September.
Eleanor Robson will begin the season in
the support of Kyrle Bellew in "A Gentle
man of France but will later have a play
Of her own.
Edwin Stevens has been allotted the lead
ing part in the sensational French play,
The Telephone" to be produced in New
York in October.
II. J. Carvill an English actor. who orig
inaly came to this country with the Ken
dals, has been engaged for E. H. Sothern's
company
Plans for William Faversham's coming
of Sir Gilbert Parker to complete the
dramatization of The Right of Way" with
in the stipulated time.
new production for this season is called
For Her Children's Sake" and Mss Selma
Hermann. who starred last season in
Darkest Russia" Is to have the leading
role.
Laura Biggar, the actress, has obtained
possession Of the New York city property
iAs-fyf IEaf had TO hoy hyr ho lot
Bennett the Pittsburg millionaire The
property is valued at s15O.OOO.
Stuart Robson has begun an action
against the Southern Railway Company to
recover 5000 damages for failure to de-
liver the baggage belonging to his company
in Richmond City the evening of January
last.
The Vinegar Buyer" the play in which
Ezra Kendall is to tour, tells a story woven
about the character of j. Whitcomb Rtley's
Jap Miller Among those engaged for
his support are Charles Bowser and Lottie
Alter.
Mrs. Bruno, who is remembered as a CO.
star with Frederick Warde about two wears
ago, IS to star in adaptation of Marion
Crawford's novel, The Witch of Prague"
Mrs. Bruno has spent part of the summer
at Sorrento with Mr.. Crawford going over
the details of the production.
Alice Lorraine, the concert singer who
sued a steamship company because she was
forced to give up her apartments on the
krOnprinZ Wilhelm to accommodate Prince
Henry of Prussia. has undergone an opera
tion in a New York hospital. Her Condition
is reported to be favorable to speedy re-
COYery.
Daniel l.. Smith Of Minneapolis ex-state
senator, broker. general politician and
business man, is to begin a career as an
actor in the musical comedy Sally
in Our Alley" Mr.. Smith gained fame as
a teller of Swedish dialect stories, his skill
in that direction gaining him the title of
Senator Swenson." His role will be that
of a clumsy SweQe.
Miss Sylvia Starr. who plays Hattie, the
leading feminine role in "A Stranger In
New York" is handsome young woman
with particularly striking figure Her CO.'S
TUNES are said to be out of the ordinary
as to getup. Miss Starr halls from Proyi-
dence. r. L.. where her relatives are wen
connected socially.
VIII S. Miller, Washington boy. who
has met with much success behind the
footlights. and who was a member of the
Lafayette Stock Company season before
last, leaves tomorrow for Tyrone, Pa.
where he will join "A Poor Relation com
pany, which commences its season at that