The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-25
Notes of the Stage.

fsaye. the Belgian vioiinist- sailed on
| La Savoie last Thursday He visited
nearly every city of importance in the
United States. giving over a hundred
concerts, and is reported TO have taken
with him 100000 as his share of the
profits.
George HenscheI and Nine Gerster
have been engaged for the vocal depart
ment of the new Institute of Musical
Art.
| Forbes Robertson is telling with de-
| light in London Of the question he heard
| the foreman of the theater put TO his
property man when he was acting
Hamlet in Pennsylvania town: Say,
did your guv' nor get this play specially
written for him, I like the way he acts.
but It's a fool play
| Emma Nevada. after many years alb
sence, reappeefrd in London. June Is,
| at the Waldorf Tneater, as Violetta, in
La Traviata-" She was given a great
| reception
It is settled that Richard Strauss
new opera, "Salome." will be sung for
the frs. time at Dresden in October,
and during his summer holiday he viii
set the finishing touches 20 the score
Oscar wilde's play gave him his text
The house where Juliet lived in
Verona was recently sold at auction for
| $500 The house Is an old brick struc-
| ture. with pointed windows and q quaint
| Italian balcony, bearing on the key
stone of it's arch cardinals hat in
high relief the insignia of the Capulet
family. 1t has lately been used as an
| inn, under the name of the Osteria
! del Cappello.
=! Eleanor Robson is to have the part
of the Salvation Army major in the
| new play that Bernard Shaw is now
writing.
| Blanche Ring was hostess June 10 at
a doll luncheon given in her apart
| ments in the Hotel Regent for the
eight Molly girls who appeared with
her in Sergeant Brue" The souvenirs
were large Paris dolls costumed as
Lady Bickenhall the role played by
Miss Ring.
Ethel Barrymore will have the title
role IN the American production OF Alice
l e. VI.
| in which Ellen Terry has been appearing
at the Duke of York's Theater. London,
| this spring
| Maude Adams has left New York for
the Adirondacks, where she will stay a
few weeks TO complete her GONZALES
| cence. In July she goes abroad TO visit
J her beloved nuns in France and to spend
some time with the Barrses in England
studying her new part in his Peter
| Parr." She will not act again until sba
appears in that at the Empire In No
vember. Already her health is better
than 1t was almost any time during last
season
Reports having reached Clyde Fitch.
who Is now in Paris. TO the effect that
statements have appeared In this coun-
| try that he was TO coliaborate In fu-
| ture with Theodore Kremer on a series
of plays. Mr.. Fitch has cabled his azent-
Elizabeth Marbury, to deny absolutely
| that he had ever cola borated with Mr..
Kremer. was collaborating with him, or
had any intention of ever doing So
For the Sothern-Marlowe con1nany all
of the supernumeraries and some of
those who will play small parts in the
support next season Will begin rehear-
sails of Shakspearean plays early in
July. This will be the first of Mr.. Charles
Frohmans many companies to prepare
for next season.
The Savage English Grand Opera COM
pany will make trip next season to the
Pacific coast. At least one new opera
Will be staged for the coming season by
this company In addition to those al
ready in the repertoire The first of the
Savage attractions TO be offered TO the
rublic next season Will be THE Coilegs
Widow, which will have its first pres
entation outside of New York July 81 in
Chicago The new comic opera by John
keadrick Bangs and Manuel Klein, as