Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28

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has resigned therefrom and will shortly go
/ to Europe. She is slated for one OF next
seasons stars in a new comic opera
| Rita Riley. show girl in the Jewel OF
Asia" company. is seriously ill with typhoid
/ fever at New York hospital
Master Jack Ryan of this city. one of the
clever child actors of the day. will appear
| in Louis Mann's company this week
Edward f. Rose and George Hobart are
to write an original play for Tim Murphy.
which will be presented next season
Nine Janauschek is said to be suffering
from want at Saratoga, and beneht Will
probably be speedily arranged. She has
been sick in bed for nearly year
Stanislaus STANCE, who has of late been
devoting himself almost entirely to writing
comic operas, is now engaged on a play for
Mrs. La Moyne. 1t is to be period play.
William A. Brady and his wife, Grace
| George, will sail for Europe about the 1st
of June and pass the greater part of the
| summer in Holland.
| Arson Pond. the author of 1.-THE Atone
| ment" play that had a great success
| several years ago, is at present engaged
| in writing a new melodrama that VIII be
| presented in New York next season.
! Charles Frohman bought Mr.. Ponds latest
| play.
Charles B. Dillingham; has obtained the
dramatic rights to the English novel. The
| Lady Paramount" by Henry Harland. 1t
| will be produced next season, after the
| dramatization has been made by Mrs.
| Madeline Lucette Ryley.
The title 1.-THE End of the World has
| been chosen for the play by Mark Twain
| and Sydney Rosenfeld with which the Sires
| will open their new Theater Royal in New
! York next season.
| William G. Stewart who has been sing
| ing the title role in when Johnny Comes
| Marching Home has resigned, a successor
| taking up his work last Monday night.
Miss Grace George was in a cab recently
| in New York when the horse ran away, but
| suffered no bad results. If her maid had
| not, pulled her back Miss George would
| have jumped from the flying vehicle.
| Frank Mostyn Kelly the actor-artist, will
| shortly appear with Miss Jennie Yeamans
| in vaudeville sketch, written by the
| latter. 1t is not generally known that
| Miss Yeamans writes her own material, but
| it has been suspected.
Charles Stevenson, who has been leading
man with Mrs Carter since the first night
| of "Zaza,' and is now playing the king in
Du Barry" during the week renewed his
| contract with Mr.. BelaSco covering pc
| riod of two years.
| Suzanne Sheldon, who is at present play
| ing the role of the abbess in the London
| production of IF / Were King, was en-
| gagged during the week by cable by Weber
| & Fields as leading woman for Charles
| Richlnan, who will appear next season in a
romantic drama by Victor Mapes.
The 1G00th performance of Ben Hur'
came off last Thursday night at Columbus,
/ Ohio. The first performance of the piece
occurred in New York November %, 1899.
Anthony Hope is said to be studying the
American stage preparatory to writing a
play for one of Charles Frohman's stars.
/ He has attended some of the most unpopu-
! lar plays for the purpose. it is, understood,
| of learning what to avoid.
| Charles Frohman's plans regarding Mar
| garet Anglin. which are in accordance with
| her own wishes are to send her to Lon
don to play in some of his companies there
| and then to bring her back to America as
a star the season following.
| Harriet Standon. who recently played
| Violet in 1.-The Storks," left that COM
1 pany in Boston last Sunday to become the
wife of Thornton Smell of Bloomington. H.,
a scion of wealthy family.
| 1.-THE Stolen White Elephant one of
| Mark Twain s works, viii shortly be staged
at the odeon Theater, Paris Max and
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| converted the tale into a one-act piece
| Richard earle has announced the title of
| the new musical comedy which he has lust
| completed in collaboration with H. L.
| Herr, who has written the music 1t Will
be called THE Tenderfoot' and will have
| it's first presentation in Chicago. The piece
| is now being rehearsed in Boston.
| Daniel Frohman's arrangements for E. H.
/ Sethern will give that star the longest sea-
son in his career. He viii not rest until
| July IS, going to the Pacific coast for two
months, and in August he begins rehear-
| sails on his new play, 'The Proud Prince"
| Though Miss Julia Arthur will never play
| whole seasons again; that is, go the drudg-
| cry of a complete tour, she expects to play
| short star engagements in New York, Phila-
! delphia and Boston yearly, beginning next
| sea son. She is beyond needing it. but she
pinees for the stage.
Owing to her coming summer tour in
| Japan Grace Freeman, the prima donna OF
"A Country Girl company, has been
| obliged to decline an offer to create the
| leading role in new Chinese opera which
/ is to be produced in Philadelphia this
spring.
Frances Aymar Mathews author of sew
| eral novels and of the play Pretty Peg
| gy, in which Grace George is now ap-
pearing, is going on the stage. Miss Ma
| d
| fedged actress, but wants technical knowl-
| edge SO as to assist her in writing plays.
| '"The Merchant OF Venice" was recently
| presented in Sugar City. Col. and the daily
| paper had this to say of the performance
| of "Portia:" She did the part in manner
| that brooks criticism. and the way she
| made Shylock look like three battered
| dimes met with the hearty approval Of the
| entire audience"
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Charles Bradley. business manager of the
| Bostonians, has written a stirring melo-
| drama, entitled "Mafeking,' which will
| have it's first production in London next
| season. Robert Edeson is also negotiating
with Mr.. Bradley for another play which
| is also TO be among next seasons novel
| ties in this country.
! Martin Harvey, the splendid young En-
| glish actor who recently returned home
| after fairly successful season in this
| country, will again be among the stars in
| this country next fall Mr.. Harvey signed
contracts with Harrison Grey Ffske and
| James K. Hackett to appear under their
management, which places another feather
| in the hat of the independents.
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