New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-14
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Players Making Contracts and Manager,
Getting Ready for Opening Season

Charles b Dillingham; has engaged for Miss
Lulu Glaser's support In her new opera, a Mad
cap Princess William Pruette. Bertram Wallis.
Donald MacLaren, Arthur Barry. Frank Reiche-.
Reginald Barlow. Miss Mary Conwen and Miss
Gwendolyn Valentine "A Madcap Princess VIII
be the opening attraction at the Knickerbocker
Theatre ON September ).
Miss Emily Stevens will be member OF thu
permanent company 70 appear with Mrs Fiske
next season at the Manhattan Theatre. Miss
Stevens. who is cousin of Mrs. Fiske. has been
on the stage for three seasons. She won com
incubation for her performance OF Miriam N
Mary OF MaGdala-'
The Rogers Brothers. In the latest HcNaIIy
vaudeville farce The Rogers Brothers In Paris"
will open the season at the New Amsterdam The
atre Monday evening. September & They will,
play at this theatre four or i've weeks after which
they will open the New Liberty Theatre ia Forty
second-st., ten doors west Of the New Amsterdam
the first or second week in October.
Checkers" one OF the hits OF last season. which
played three separate engagements here. viii be-
gin its second season on August % at the Academy
Of Music. for indefinite run Thomas W. Ross
viii play the title role. supported BY suhstanraLF
Contracts have Just been signed with Nine.
Johanna Gadski. who will make her first American
transcoutinsntaI tour IN concert and sons recital
this coming season under the management %
Loudon G. Charlton. Beginning In November with
an engagement with the Boston symphony OrChes-
ira. Nine. Gadsh will give recitals here and IN
Boston and then go direct to the Pacific Coast BY
way OF the Northwestern cities. She win hill
twelve fifteen dates from Vancouver, B. c. 70
the principal cities I'm the intervening territory;
Her tour will comprise about eighty concerts and
extend through April, 1875
George Thatcher. the veteran minstrel who has
Just been engaged by Henry W. Savage. TO play
the role OF Sassafras Livingston in the Western
County Chairman company, received q telegram
left estate worth 100000 Nevertheless. he says
he viii play sassafras Livingston
Nine FRITZ scRen's contraIto this season will
by Miss Alta Yolo who formerly sang with Duss
and Sousa. and who was last season prima donna
contralto OF when Johnny Comes Marching
Home" in which she played the part OF dashins
Roses by stanislaus STANCE and Ludwlg Eng
lander. now being completed for Mime. Schert, she
expects. Will further add to her laurels-
John c. Fishers THE Silver Slipper will Be
given at Manhattan Beach in the week OF August
Is. following Mr.. Fishers company in San Toy
with James T. Powers.
Samuel S. Shubert announces the engagement OF
Robert Lorraine 10 support Herbert Kelcey and
Effiie Shannon In Taps" which he will bring here
early in the season. When Miss Ada Rehan opens
forces, in which he will assume the leading roles
in her support in her repertory of the classics
Miss Amelia Bingham will open her season IN
Norfolk. Va, playing a repertory of her New
York successes. In addition to the company shs
had last season. John KeIlerd and Joseph Ktgour
have been engaged After making a tour OF the
South and Middle West Miss Bingham will brns
with American life by George Middleton. who
elaborated with Paul Kester IN The drama za ti.,
selected is 1.-THE Vital Issue"