Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-19
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is critically Ill with typhoid fever at Rich
| mond, Va.
| Katheryn Osterman appears to have Sc
coats dramatization of Dwight Tilton's
| novel
| Should Virginia Earle's tour in Ser
| geant Peggy" prove success in this coun-
/ try she will take the piece to London in
| the spring.
| Edwin French. the well-known minstrel
| and banjo player died Tuesday at Saranac
| Lake, N. Y, of consumption. He had been
| i'll for some time.
| Frank Rushworth and Reginald Caring
| ton have been engaged for the support of
| Miss Anna Held in her new play, Mann
| selle Napoleon.
Emily Wakeman has Deen engaged a
| member of The Infant Prodigy company.
and Clyde Fitch has introduced part es-
pecially for her.
When Wilton Lackaye drops out of Anne
! liza Bingham's company to star in The
| Pit" w. l.. Abingdon will be advanced to
| the leading position.
| Should Dolly Warden not prove a sue
| cess in London Mabelle Gilman will be
given the opportunity of appearing in
| later piece, called THE Sweet Girl"
Herman Perlet, the well-known musical
| director, has been loaned by the Shuberts
/ to Anna Held. and he will remain with that
| lady throughout the season
! Blanche Bates inaugurated her season
| with 1.-THE Darling of the Gods at the
Belasco Theater. New York, last Wednes-
| day night, the house being packed, In spite
| of the storm.
| Reports from the Flushing Hospital say
| that Georgia Cayvan is slowly nearing the
end. She has been confined to her bed for
nearly a year and only her great vitality
has kept her alive.
| Weber & Fields first burlesque of the
season will be on my Wife's Husbands"
| now being played in New York. Lillian
| RUSSELL will parody the role created by
Selma Fetter-Royle.
Theresa Vaughn the actress. is dying at
the Worcester Insane Hospital. Her three
brothers and sister, who are in Boston
and New York, have been notified that her
death may occur at any time
Mckee Rankin will go into vaudeville for
only three weeks, as he is to open road
tour with Macbeth the first part of No
Vember, making the initial presentatio at
the new Cleveland Theater, in Chicago.
Lady Berinthia's Secret" with Mrs LIE
lIoyne in the principal role. was given for
The piece is said to resemble THE School
for Scandal"
A cablegram was received from London
during the week by Lieber g. Co., closing
the deal whereby "Brigadier Gerard" be-
comes their property. James O'Neil will
be the star of the piece when it takes the
road.
John Drew seen in Captain
Oieppe' for the first time in New York last
Tuesday night, and the piece received quite
4 scoring from the critics. The play is the
Joint effort of Anthony Hope and Harrison
Rhodes.
Grace Freeman has finished her two
weeks special engagement as the prma
1onna of "A Country Girl and is back in
New York She will begin rehearsals i'm
mediately of new comic opera In which
she will have the leading female role.
Glen McDonough, Julian Mitchell and
Victor Herbert. who are responsible for
Babes in Toyland, have been giving the
piece complete overhauling during the
week in Pittsburg, and the alterations are
said to have been an Improvement
''The Isle of Spice had its first produc-
ton in Chicago last Saturday night, and it
Is reported to have scored a success Ben
Jerome is responsible for the music, while
Paul Schlinder turned out the libretto.
Dave Lewis and Bettina Girard appeared
In the principal parts to advantage.
+. Anstey's latest piece, THAT Man From
Blankley's," given its first presenta-
ton in New York last Wednesday night,
with Charles Hawtrey, the English actor
In the principal part. The play is reported
bright and pleasing.
Alice Campbell, one of the widow sextet
in 1.-THE Runaways." died at the German
Hospital in New York after an operation
for appendicitis. Miss Campbell was the
original Golden Rod in Miss Bob White"
At the time of her death she was the un-
derstudy for some of the principals in 1.-THE
Runaways"
Walter Hales condition is such as to
cause grave anxiety among his friends He
is said to be suffering from nervous disor-
der brought on by the nightly slap in the
face from Vincent Serrano's glove in
Arizona"
Personal" is said to have been cleverly
doctored up. and it is now given out that
Willie Collier will continue in the piece for
New York has been very large
Frank Daniels gave THE Office Boy a
try-out at Buffalo last ..londay night and
star and piece are reported to have made a
hit. 1t is a musical comedy In two acts by
Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Highlander.
Eva Tanguay Violet Hollis and Louise
Cunning are in the company.
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