Evening star., 1902-03-01
ready taken up rehearsals Of "Jim Blud.
soe," in which he will have the star part.

Sue iH WHICH ne viii nave the star part.
Richard Mansfield will. in all probability.
act the role of Charley Steele next season
In the dramatization of Gilbert Parkers
melodramatic novel, THE Right of Way
Virginia Earle's plea for divorce from
Frank Lawton. the whistler, now in Lon
don. was granted last Saturday by Justice
Blanchard Of the supreme court of New
York.
Hall Caine has written Liebler & Co that
he will surely visit this country next month
to look over the presentation Of The Eter-
nal City which Viola Allen will have next
season.
IL the managers are complaining that
they can't get plays Ii is not the fault OF
the playwrights. Twenty-six dramas and
other stage works were copyrighted in this
city last week.
Liebler & Co. have abandoned the pro-
posed all-star revival Of the 1.-TWO Orphans"
as Kate Claxton was unable to give them a
clear title to the play on account OF pre-
viouS arrangements
In these days Of bigger combines Il has
not attracted SO much attention that the
chorus Girls Amalgamated Association
ana the White Mice Of vaudeville have
been merged into one trust.
Robert Lorraine. who was to be the leading
man of the "Notre Dame Company, re-
signed last week. and Howard Gould WAS
with Playwright Paul Potter.
David Belasco had about made up his
mind that he would only write n play tor
Mrs. Leslie Carter next season. but the
dearth of material has compelled him to go
To work on an additional drama for Blanche
Bates. Mr.. Belasco says that the foreign
writer's have nothing new to offer.
One of the handsomest wreaths placed on
the casket of William West, the minstrel.
al his funeral last week came from Fay
Templeton, his first wife.
The gipsy Rgo. scandalously associat ted
with the Princess Chimay. did not take as
a violinist with the Parisians. Policemen
had to escort him from the theater as a
precaution against being mobbed.
Charley Hoyt furnishes one of those cases
where a mans works live after him. The
royalties on his "A Texas Steer" "Trip to
Chinatown. etc, one week recently, are
said to have amounted to over $500
Negotiations are now on looking to the
transferring of kyrle Bellew and the Cen
tleman of France Company to London at
the end Of the present season. The deal
will probably be closed in few days.
James O'Neill remarks that he has play
ed Monte Christie" over 1900 times. and
feels that In 1t sympathetic a cold au-
dience affects him in precisely the same
way as when he first undertook the role.
ny Queen wrote, and the one for which he
received the least money was Just Be
cause She Made Those Go Goo Eyes
Queen received the paltry sum of S15 for 1t.
Charles Frohman arrived in London last
Monday, and the first information he gave
to the newspapers was that Edna May
would come to this country next season in
stead Of Australia. Miss May will have q
new play.
Las i'm Vnr
was taken advantage of by the different .
bill-poSting concerns. Where the snow was
piled the highest in the streets large pla-
cards were stuck announcing the various
theatrical attractions.
Few leading actors are such one-sided
men that their interest in the world is con-
fined to the stage alone. kyrle Bellew last
week lectured before the Engineering So-
ciety of Columbia University on The Most
Interesting Feature of Mining"
The play 'Du Barry" seems destined for
still greater public patronage: The charge
has been made to Anthony Comstock that
a novel OF that name from the French. just
published in New York is fearfully I'M
moral and should be suppressed.
Olga Nethersole and George w. Lederer
in correspondence with a view to the
latter's managing the English emotional
actress on a starring tour of the United
States next season. Miss Nethersole w.ll
tour the English provinces this spring. Y
A drama the title of which may be trans
lated The Girl Savage is making quite a
stir in Paris. savage girl is caught in the
woods educated and then returned to her
people Her learning is found to be a curse
and leads to the destruction of the heroine
The superstition among theatrical people
that deaths in their profession never come
singy, but always in sets of three. mas
been confirmed In a most impressive Kind
First was Billy West, then Billy Emerson
md Lost SItn
away in New York. .
John R. Stirling of the Star Theater. Buff
falo and Alma Doerge, the actress, were
married in a little Ohio town last week.
Miss Doerge Is to be starred next season in
The Gypsy Cross" Mr.. Stirling Is the
manager who first made Rose Melville
prominent as d star.
Augustus Thomas has his worked mapped
out for him for the next five years Before
sailing for Europe Charles Frohman signed
a contract with the playwright calling for
his services for that period. and one play
at least guaranteed each season.
Reports from New York say that on the
night Prince Henry appeared at the Metro
politan Opera House the receipts We're StS,-
91O. Orchestra chairs brought $50 and box
seats as high as 500.
Mrs. Marion Faversham, wife of William
Faversham. the actor. began suit last
Thursday in New York for absolute divorce,
naming a woman prominent in metropoli-
tan society correspondent. Mr. Faver-
sham is reported to have said that he will
fight the case
Clara Bloodgood received so much APP
plause for her work in 'The Way OF the
World that Elsie De Wolfe. the star of
the production, is reported to have become
jealous, with the result that the former will
leave the company March 10. Mrs. Sarah
Cowell LIE Moyne will take Mrs. Blood
goods place.
Mrs Patrick Campbell will finish her
American tour in May, returning to Lon-
don in time for the coronation ceremonies
of King Edward VII, June 23. 1t Is
Mrs CampbelS intention to produce a
play on that occasion at the Royalty The
ater. the London playhouse of which she
is the manager
1t is said that the management Of The
New Workers. got cable offer to open in
London June ?. Dan DAILY, who was playing
in Chicago at the time and was wired,
Can do The New Workers. in London in
June. What do you think?' The comedian