Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-21

leading part in his new four-act farce
comedy, "A Celestial Courtship," to be pro-
duced in London early next season. The
play was given trial production of three
nights in Philadelphia recently.
William A. Brady has presented to his
wife. Grace George. cottage which he
has just purchased at Asbury Park They
occupied the cottage last summer and will
do so again this year
Last Tuesday in New York Lillian Rus
sell signed five years contract with Weber
& Fields. salary stated. 81 800 a week AT
the end OF the engagement Miss RUS II says
she Will retire from the stage.
If her present plans are carried out. Mrs
Ftske will appear reXt season in a produc-
ton OF Spanish play called Marta of the
Lowlands," an English version OF which
has been made by Wallace Gilpatrick and
Guido Marburg.
Laura Bigger. whose attempts to prove
herself the widow OF Henry NJ. Bennett.
the millionaire. occupied SO much OF the at
tention of the press and public short time
ago. is to start her tour In East Lynne" at
Providence next Monday night
Camille DArville says that though she Is
hlling few vaudeville dates In the east.
she has no notion Of adopting the stage per-
manently again. Some offers have been
made her for comic opera, but she viii not
entertain them.
Viola Allen is out with the statement that
she has no idea of leaving THE Eternal
City until the end ofpits career. which will
not come for very long time. She frankly
states that plays profitable as this one
were not to be had for the asking
The death of Matt Morgan removes the
last remnant of the family of the most
brilliant caricaturists and scene painters In
this country twenty years ago. Morgan had
to flee England by reason of his pictorial
quips on the late queen and John Brown.
At the end of her engagement as the
prima donna of "A Country Girl company
late In May Grace Freeman and a party of
friends and relatives will make a summer
tour of Japan, returning in time for next
seasons work.
Fred Hamlin and Julian Mitchell have
made an offer to Dick Bennett. who has
scored success the suffering English
man in William Faversham's "Imprudence"
for an important part in their next produc-
ton. Jonah the thirteenth
Miss Truly Shattuck has been engaged by
Weber & Fields for the '.TwIry-w hirly"
TENDER Miss Shattuck will play parts
taken in the new York company by Miss
Russell and Miss Tempieton.
Grace Cameron. who is at present one of
the principals In Nancy Brown has been
engaged to create the leading role in Ser
geant Kitty" comic opera in three acts.
the book Of which was written by James
Koran and the music by A Baldwin Sloane.
Though Sir Henry Irving and Miss Terry
both come to America next season under
the management of Charles Frohman, they
Will come separately and will not play to-
gether. Sir Henry will appear in Dante.
while Miss Terry plays in a mystical piece
called The Vikings"
Nat Goodwin will open with "A Midsum-
mer Nights Dream in New York next Oc-
tober. one night after Maxine Elliott opens
in Her Own Way" at another theater in
the same city. Mr.. Goodwin remains in
New York then but three weeks, while Miss
Elliott will stay three months.
Agnes Booth. who retired from the stage
while playing In the Sporting Duchess on
account of illness. will be among Charles
Frohmans stars next season. Miss Booths
health has entirely recovered and she will
appear in a piece called The Best Friend
now running In London.
1T is pointed to as a significant fact that
all the musical pieces produced in New
York this season have been more or less
successful. The Prince of. Pisen" pre-
scented there for the first time last week.
adds one more to the list. The majority of
spoken plays have been failures.
While Mrs James Brown Potter was be-
ing feted recently at Torquay at ball
| squadron. her handsome home Bray Lodge.
| at Maidenhead. was on fire. Details of her
| loss reached New York last Thursday in
private letters from the actress.
Heuck and Fennessey. who are promi-
nently associated with many theaters in the
large cities of the west have contracted
with the well-known emotional actress, Sci
| ma Herman. and will present her next sea-
| son in a play entitled The Charity Nurse
| by Thomas Oakley.
Lolita is said to have become so impressed
| with Mile James work in The Little
| Princess at a Boston thelter that she pre-
| scented her with several of her old plays.
| Manager Dillingham; says that Miss James,
| after playing The Little Princess on tour
next season. will appear the season follow
| ing in a repertoire of Lotta's plays.
"A Canterbury Pilgrimage" may be pro-
duced late this season by +. II. Sothern
after all, even though the actor does not
think the role of Godfrey Chaucer." a
drawn by Percy Mackaye, is Of stellar pro-
portions Miss LOTUS is anxious to play
the Wife of Bath in this drama. and it now
seems that Mr.. Sothern will crafty this
desire.