Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

and will be brought out in New Yopk.
Two other comedies, wisconsin" and
an unnamed piece for Lawrence
D'Orsay, are to be seen early next
season.
William Faversham, who is now star
ring in Lefty" is to leave the man
agement of Charles Frohman tempo
rarily and appear as star with
Liebler in a play by Edwin Milton
Royle called 1.-The Squawman." 1t
tells the story of an Englishman who
goes west and marries an Indian girl.
George AIDE sailed recently from San
Francisco for Japan, where he will
remain some weeks to work on his
new play. THE Second Time on Earth"
Wallace Fitzpatrick and Guido Mar
burg, who made the English version
of Marta of the Lowlands," which was
uroduced this season by Florence
Roberts, have secured the English and
American rights for "The Grandsire,"
now in it's second season in Madrid,
and of another play by it's author,
Benito Perez Galdos, soon to be pre-
sented by the famous Maria Guerrero
in Ell Teatro Espanol.
Katherine Cecil Thurston's husband
has dramatized his wifes successful
novel, "The Masquerader," and the
dramatization will be produced at the
st. James theater, London, by George
Alexander
Belasco's and Morosco's stock COM
panies in San Francisco recently pro-
duced rival matinee performances of
Ibsens Ghosts" In the former cast
were Miss Lawrence, Harry Mestayer,
Henry Schumer, George Webster, and
Miss Taite, and at the Majestic were
Miss Block George Christie, Frank Nc
Wears, J. d. O'Hara and Cathrine
Gilman. Both performances drew full
houses.
Clyde Fitch addressed the faculty
and students of the Toronto university
last week on What the Theater Is and
Shrould Be-" He said that art is only
an incident to playmaking; that real
ism is first in this country, and only
in Germany and Austria are there
many serious-minded persons interest,"
ed in the drama, and that the public
owes duty to the theater and should
attend 1t as a matter of conscience. Its
power to inculcate patriotism and point
out the results of vice and crime are
great, he added. Moreover, he believes
that the average audience wishes first
of all to be entertained and has an
aversion to being bored by art.
Louis James has been selected by
Lieber & Co. for the role of Hard
castle in their "all star" production Of
"She Stoops to Conquer" which is to
be brought forward at the New Am
sterdam theater on April IT, Mr.. James
is appearing this season with notable
success as jacques in the 'all star"
close with that organization at Wash
lngton the end of March to prepare
for the other revival.
Frank Mckee has persuaded t. Dan
lei Frawley to play the part of Rob-
ert Burns in the production Of Nancy
Stair" with Mary Mannering in the
title role. Mr.. Frawley has always
been enthusiastic about Burns and his
poetry, and is now making a careful
research into all the details Of the
poets life. and will follow the best
authorities in all of his impersona-
tions. He has been especially helped
by the works of Macaulay. William
Wallace and w. e. Henley. and should
give a characterization such as would
be approved even by those exacting
Scotchmen who keep Burns poems on
the parlor table with the family Bible.
Henry Miller, who closed his season
In Joseph Entangled" on February
IS, has decided to play In vaudeville
for the rest of the season. He has
booked a tour of sixteen weeks, open
ing at Proctor's, New York. The vehi-
Gle chosen by Mr. Miller for his vaude-
VILE debut is the one act play Fred
eric Lemaitre." In which he has fire.
quently appeared. Mr.. Miller's plans
call for his reappearance IN new play