Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-15

to be enlarged for season after next. when
It will be played in three acts, introducing
Maurice Levi long with the Rogers
Brothers. has signed contract as musical
general charge Of all the latters musical
productions. This will include plays in this
country and IN London.
1.-THE Vinegar Buyer" with Ezra Ken
dali as its fe.ture, closed its first week In
San Francisco to enormous business This
Is regarded as gratifying after the money
that was dropped in the New York ven
ture of the show.
Madeline Livingston, an actress of the
Belasco's THE Darling of the Gods COM
pany, had narrow escape from drowning
while bathing at Freeport, L. I. She got
beyond her depth, but was rescued by an
unknown young man.
Seth Cabell Halsey, who will play the
role of Robert Thorne in the Great White
Diamond at the Academy of Music next
week, is a Washington boy, having been
In the employ of the government prior to
his debut on the stage.
A comedy of American life called 1.-THE
Rector's Garden by Byron Ongley. has
been accepted for Robert Edeson. and will
be given it's initial performance in Boston.
Ellen Burg, Mr.. Blossoms wife, will again
be seen on the stage with him.
Virginia Earle is to open the Chestnut
Street Theater in Philadelphia. September
Z. in 1.-The Mocking Bird After a tour in
that play Miss Earle will go to New York,
where she will be seen in either 1.-THE Prai-
RE Queen" Lady Teazle,' by John Ken
drick Bangs, or some other production of
the latter.
Mrs. Ida Carnahan-Leathers. daughter
of Major Gen. James r. Carahan, head
of the Uniform Rank knights of Pythias
md 1xy
Leathers of the superior court of 1nd1anap-
Oils, has accepted an offer from Henry
Savage to sing the role of the Prince of
Pilsen in the comic opera OF that name.
Rehearsals for alexander the Great" in
which Louis James and Frederick Warde
are to appear during the coming season,
started Monday last. The new play will be
seen first in the west and on the Pacific
coast, and later in the season will be pre-
sented for long engagements in Chicago,
New York and other eastern cities.
Mrs Fiske who has just returned from a
long vacation spent in Germany. Switzer
land, Italy and France, is busy rehearsing
her company in Mary of Magdala," which
on September IA will begin a brief season
in New York. AS Mrs. Fiske this season
will undertake long tour. reaching to the
Pacific coast her engagement in Mary of
Magdala' in New York is limited to four
weeks.
Blanche Walsh, who has been summering
in the Adfrondacks, will soon begin re-
hearsals for "Resurrections," in which play
she will appear on tour until after the
holidays. Miss Walsh's company the COM
ing season will number forty-seven people,
among whom are Alexander Won Mitzel.
Charles Macdonald, Clement Hopkins. w.
N. Wadsworth, Miss Zenaide Williams, Jes
sic Ralph. Mrs. Henry Vandenhoff, Miss
May Warde and Miss Laura Linden.
Occasionally complaint is made regarding
the abridgement of Shakespeare play.
The reason for this is that the person max
ing it does not take into account the fact
that no modern auditor will endure a play
lasting over three hours-and not even one
by Shakespeare! Therefore, the plays must
be cut to suit the mode of the time Yet
managers are finding means, principally by
the curtailment of scenes, to do less of the
so-called ''chopping.'' When for example,
Twelfth Night was presented at the
Memorial Theater in Stratford- upon-Avon
where they insist on having as much of the
bard as possible, nearly 400 lines and three
lyrics were discarded. Yet by an ingenious
arrangement of scenes the version of
Twelfth Night to be used by Miss Viola
Allen next season less than 300 lines will
be eliminated. All of the charming lyrics
will be retained.