The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-02
The LiebIer Projects.
Manager Tyler Announces Several
Portentous Undertakings.

Portentous Undertakings.
NEW YORK, Aug George c. Tyler
was among the passengers on the Lu-
cania. His absence dates from the early
part of June. and the amount OF work
he had laid out and the limited time at
his disposal left him little or no oppor-
tunity for recreation, save that which
more or less constant travel gave.
My success in my business undertake
/ ings abroad was all that 1 had hoped
for, and more" he said. For Miss
Robson's use have the Bataille play.
La VALERIE the English society drama
which Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Louis
N Parker have written for her. and
play with which Miss Robson is greatly
pleased, written by ZangwiIl, in sub
stance a dramatization of his charming
story, Merely Mary Ann All Of these
plays have especial merit. as one can
readily understand, knowing who the
authors are.
| Il spent considerable time with NJ
Bataille, at La Bourboule, a popular
/ French watering place up in the noun
tains of Auvergne. some 300 miles south
west of Paris, where the dramatist has
been spending the summer. His health
is none too good, and this condition is
doubtless due to his marvellous energy,
Of which he seems to possess super
abundance, even for a Frenchman- /
really think that he has a great play,
and l hope it will find favor with the
American public. have arranged with
/ n. b. ~ E~nn
| lish adaptation, task which he will
| Immediately inaugurate while he is taxi
| ing his summer rest
| The Salvini Engagement.
while in Italy contracted with
signor Tomaso salvini. who viii come
over in the early spring for an Amer
! lean engagement, which will probably
exceed twenty-five performances. ap-
pearing in a repertoire which will in
elude 'Othello.' King Lear Ingomar,'
and La Mort Civile,' Miss Robson play
/ ing the leading female roles. His lines
viii be in Italian, but his entire sup
| porting company will speak in English,
as was the case in Salvini's former
American tours. It may seem 10 some
of our people who saw the great Italian
actor during his former visits here
that he must be well advanced in years
but really Salvini is not old and will
be found in full mental and physical
visor. He was never so great an actor
as ne is today.
"SaIvini will give but four perform
ances a week. and naturally his en-
gagements will. of necessity, be con-
fined to the larger cities. eight OF the
performances being promised 70 New
York city During the remaining nights
of the week Miss Robson, supported
by Edwin Arden and her own company.
will appear in classical repertoire
Miss Robson and Vesta Tilley.
.T am not in position 10 speak definite
ly as vet as to just where or when Miss
Robson's first performance viii be given,
nor in which of her plays she will ap-
pear. These questions will be soon set
tied however though 1 apprehend lit
tie trouble in having everything in
readiness for her before the middle OF
October Yes. Miss Robson has fully re-
covered ner health I am pleased to say.
She found rest and a recuperative air at
Aix-Ies- Bains. where she has passed
much of her time. with her mother. Mrs.
Madge Carr Cook. She is now at an
English watering place, having a de-
lightfuI rest. They will sail for home
early in September.
My arrangements for Vesta Tilley
are now in excellent shape. Mr.. Game
found very generously disposed, and
he has consented to a revision OF The
Isle OF Boy by an American collabora-
tor. for the purpose of injecting into the
play certain 'Tilley comedy which I
deemed essential. and 1 have secured
Edgar Smiths promise to aid me on the
lines indicated, and so I have hopes of
being able to secure precisely what
desire, for Mr.. Gaines play, so far as
plot. situations. and climaxes are con-
cerned, is certainly remarkably strong.
am taking no chances, however. and
so have a notable American dramatist.
now sojourning in Europe. at work on a
comedy of his own concoction, the
scenario of which was full of promise.
Miss Tilley viii sail for America on the
Cedric late in August. and will open
at the Garriek Theater, Chicago, Oeto-
Der u.
Notable Italians Coming.
1.-The Ermete Novelli engagement I re-
gard as among the most important OF
my foreign contracts. and I may we'll so
regard it, for among those people where
Novelli is best known he is believed TO
be. really, the greatest actor in The
world, and 1 fancy that when you come
to see his 'othello.' and more particu-
larly his Louis XII you Will reach
the same conclusion. He comes TO this
country about January 1, and for prac-
ticaIly one hundred performances. He
win play in Italian, of course, and will
bring his own company with him