The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-10
Notes of the STAGE.

Owen wister is putting in the summer
at Asbury Park
Ethel Barrymore denies the report that
she is TO appear in The Third Moon"
Emma carus viii play the chief part
in Woodland next season. She is to
be seen as the peacock
Louise Cunning has been engaged hg
F c. Whitney fer the company which is
to support Mr.e. schumann-He in
opera next season.
Edna Wallace Hopper is 70 be starred
as Lady Hollywood in revival OF Flor
odora. She has always played the SOU
brette part. bat will next season branch
out as real prima donna. why2
Eugene Blair and her manager, Henri
Gressitt. have severed their connection
after five years association Just what
the final diss sreemsnt was no one seems
to know. but it was probably led up to
by much friction which has existed some
time
De Wolf Hopper is to appear in a new
comic opera by Reginald De Koven and
been named. neither has its plot been
disclosed, but it will be used as a SUE
cessor to Wang VIXEN the revival sea
son Of that opera is over.
Isadore Rush is TO become a star IN
the fall. under the management OF
Fisher & Ryley. Miss Rush was long
associated with the late Roland Reed.
end since his death she has been prom
inent feature Of various companies pre-
sentins "Flofodora. She originated the
chief feminine part last season in Tine
Medal and the Maid
Another important production which
Fisher & Ryley contemplate for next
season is a revival of San Toy" with
James T. Powers in his original part CT
the Chinaman. Mr.. Powers has had bad
luck lately in finding something to his
liking. George Fortesque. another mem
Der Of the original cast, has also been
engaged. Minnie Ashley's part of Dud-
ley. the maid. will be played by Mar
earei Mckinney.
julius steger is the latest acquisition
to the Lew Fields forces for next sea
SON Ii seems Fields had no intention of
manager for Marie Cahill. was about To
sign the contract with Fields whereby
Miss Cahill would be a member OF the
Iatter's company next year. Arthur sud
denly remembered that he was under
contract for next season with Julius
Steger and he consented that Miss Ca
hill should go to the Music Hall only Ola
condition that Steger went, too.
George rockingham. late of the Bos-
tonians. is to enter vaudeville in a sketch
written for him by J. Cheever Goodwin
and James Baldwin.
Unusual interest was manifested in the
performance at the vaudeville theater
this afternoon. says London dispatch
Of July l. in the original French text of
.'Pelleas ct Melisande." a lyric drama by
NJ. Claude de Busy, after Maeterlinck.
Nine. Sarah Bernhard took the part of
Pelleas and Mrs. Patrick Campbell that
of Melisande. The house was crowded
with professionals and the performance
seemed to be a great success. Mrs. Pat
rick Campbell spoke her lines with great
fiuency. but with a marked English In
tcnatiOn.
/ Various accounts have been published
| here as TO the immense sum which will
be paid by Daniel Frohmsn to Franz
Vecsey, the eleven-year-old violinist, for
his tour in the United States. The exact
! figures are said to be as follows. Vecsey
1 Is guaranteed a minimum OF 81 500 a per-
! Torrance cor at least thirty pei form
ances By mis- contract he is to receive
| portion of the gross receipts under GER
| tain conditions, with the result that his
average earnings at each concert Will
amount to about $1,000. Assuming that
only thirty concerts are given. Vecsey's
tour consequently will net him $4,000.
There will probably be forty concerts.
however.
Forbes Robertson has abandoned the
idea of playing the role of Caesar in G.
Bernard Shaw's brilliant skit Caesar
and Cleopatra" so the production pro-
/ jected in London has been Indefinitely
postponed
Marie Cahln has finally declined to
join Lew Fields New York company and
to once more star. Edwin Milton Royle,
! George V. Hobart, and Silvic Heine are
preparing a new musical comedy for her.
Madame Judith Gautier, the daughter
| OF Theophile Gautier, so wei known to
all lovers of French literature, has just
had a play accepted by Sarah Bern
hardt Madame Gautiers collaboration
is Pierre Lott She has already won
fame as an authoress by her "Marchand
de Sourires.'' one of the most exquisite
romances ever presented at the Odeon.
Wilton Lackaye is anxious to become
a star with repertoire. When The
/ Pit" wanes L.ackaye will play in
| "Othello." pillars of Society" king
Lear" and 'Trilby," changing his bill
frequently.
J. E. Dodson has purchased new
play called THE King of Beasts" and
will hold it in reserve until after he
finishes his forthcoming season in The
Two Orphans
Nance ONeil viii reappear in New
York next season after an absence Of
several years. Her striking success last
year in Boston with a series of serious
plays is evidence that her art has devel-
oped considerably since her tour round
the globe