Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

for them. and they will play some twenty
weeks before they will settle down to full
fill contracts that have been made for the
legitimate drama. They have what they
believe is a novelty and are to make quite
an ambitious production of it.
George AIDES latest comedy for next sea-
sen is to be called The Bad Samaritan
instead of The Second Time on Earth"
Electric signs are said to be the cause of
the change to q shorter title.
Augustus Thomas named his latest play
for John Drew "A Bunch of Violets," and
then discovered that the title was copy
righted. A new name will soon be decided
Drew.
Charles Frohman has secured the English
and American rights for the latest Paris
success, called ;'Ths Heart of the Spar
row." 1t was written by Louis Artus.
Everybody in England was after this play,
but Mr.. Frohman had 1t before 1t was
finished.
David Belasco breaks into London next
season and is liable to become a perma-
be David Warfield in The Music Master
and it should prove a big success, as they
like German comedy over there
A New York artist has just finished a
stained glass portrait of Miss Mary Saun-
ders who appears in ION Satan's Mount ,,
Inc work has attracted considerable at
tentfon
Josie sadler, the old favorite. is soon to
re-enter the ranks of vaudeville.
Tim Murphy of Texas Steer" fame will
star next season in "A Corner in Coffee
Wilton Lackaye will include "Trilby' in
nYt
f1uars of Society and The Pit"
Mrs. Fiske will play in Los Angeles in
June with the Manhattan COMPANY in
Leah kleschna'
The next Charles B. Dillingham; star to
play IN London will be Frank Daniels in
The Office Boy"
Maud Adams is to have new steamboat
named after her by one of the big trausnor-
tation companies of San Francisco
Miss Dorothy nonnelly. who plays Helen
Norton in ''On Satan's Mount" will star
next season in The Little Lady in Gray.'
Thomas E. shea,s next shakesperian
character to be added to his already extern
slVe repertoire will probably be Rich
ard Ill"
:, Martin ad Cody, who will play Luke Ford
aeter of Squire Hennion in Janice Mere
dith."
John Drew will spend his usual vacation
at his country home near East Hampton
Long Island, with trip abroad later in the
summer.
ira B. Goodrich. 5r., who dramatlzed "On
Satan's Mount" has just finished drama
tization of Gen. Lew Wallace's famous
book, The Fair Cod
Conway Tearle, who has been appearing
with Grace George in Abigail" has been
engaged for the support of E. H. Sothern
and Julia Marlowe next season.
A modern theater for the presentation of
plays in English will help to make things
pleasanter for the American colony in the
City of Mexico next season.
E. S. Willard and his company have
sailed for England. Mr.. Willard will re-
turn to the United States next year, when
his chief play will be The Fools Re-
venge."
George Marion. stage director for the
savage attractions is at present abroad
studying the productions of London and
Paris and securing pointers for use in this
country next fall
The English department of Harvard Uni
versity is TO make an innovation this year
by adding to it's regular curriculum a
course in playwriting. The course will be
Dorothy Russell, the daughter of Lillian
Russell, is doing very well in vaudeville,
a line which she entered not long ago. She
has a pleasant voice and a prepossessing
stage appearance.
'"Tammany' has proved to be one of the
biggest song hits in the popular ''Fantana."
During the recent police parade in New
York every band in the procession played
'Tammany" at one time or another along
the line of march.
Negotiations are pending for the produc-
ton of Checkers In Australia. J. c. Will
hanson, the noted theatrical manager of
that far-away land, has passed on the play
and says it will succeed wherever the Eng
lish language is spoken.
Mrs Langtry, the Jersey lily has COM
mssioned Hepry V. Esmond to write a
play for her on the virulent coquette order.
If successful she will come to America
with 1t, under the management of Charles
Frohman.
Kyrle Bellew is to have six weeks sea-
son in London, after which he will cruise
on his yacht until September. Then he will
play Rallies" on the road until January,
when he will have new role.
Arthur Donaldson, who plays the part
of the real prince in the prince of Pill
sen," went to London last spring to take
part in the opening of the Shaftesbury
1HStilSl- i%hici lac toOh d ONGT tilC
continent, and for the first time in many
years visited his old home in Sweden.
Edgar l.. Davenport has had the honor
of originating many important roles, in
Guiding Jack Larrabee in THE College
Widow; Captain Crozier in "A Woman's
Reason" Chambers in ''Pudd 'nhead Will
SOON Philip Norton in THE War of
Wealth." Col Nazioff in TN Darkest At
rica;" Capt Randall Northcote In 1.-The
Crust of Society,"" and David Wilder in
Nothing But Money"
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.
The pupils of Miss Helen Gladmon gave
the last of the series Of monthly recitals