Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06
Gossip from staeeIand.

Gossip from staEeland.
Florence Lester has been engaged by
Broadhurst q Currie to be featured in the
title role Of Texas
George AIDE is completing a play for
Charles Frohman IL will be produced with
Joseph Wheelock jr., in the star part
Blanche Walsh viii begin her tour with
her last seasons success, THE Woman in
the Case" in Cincinnati on Labor day.
Fay Davis, who is now in England, will
pear In the new comedy, "An-of-a-Sudden
Peggy"
Keeping the lid on in st. Louis has had
one good effect. II has enabled Melbourne
Mcdowell to fill an engagement at the
Suburban garden.
Belle Gold. the woman darby delnea-
tor" as the old time show bills would say,
will play a leading role in support Of Nc
Intyre and Heath in THE Ham Tree"
In The Rogers Brothers in Ireland all
the characters except the Rogers brothers
are supposed to be Irish and speak with a
brogue The brothers will not abandon
their Dutch dialect.
Klaw & Erlanger have begun the new
theatrical season most auspiciously They
will have twelve great attractions, en-
ploying nearly 5000 people, before the public
by the first day Of January.
Paula Bdwardes is enroute to New York
after summer spent in Algiers. The
young prima donna will begin rehearsals
Of her new musical comedy early in Sep
TENDER, and is scheduled to open her sea-
son in October.
Carol McComas, whose father is a United
States Judge in Los Angeles, Cal, plays the
principal boy in Klaw & Changers pro-
duction Of THE Pearl and the Pumpkin. -
This is Miss McCOmas' first role in this
line of stage work. She fills it we'll
The shuberts have purchased from Agnes
their novel, THE Secret Orchard" Chan
ming Pollock, whose stage version of In
the Bishops Carriage was produced last
Monday at Hartford, win make the adapta-
ton
Grace Won studdiford has been engaged
for the new musical comedy which is to
Hail. New York in September. The COM
edy Is the work of George M Cohan,
Maurice Levi and Edgar Smith. Meantime
she is resting at her pretty home near
st. Louis.
C. NJ. $. Mcclellan, author of Leah
hleschna, has written comedy called
duced early in September at the Hay
market theater, London, the American
rights Of which have been secured by
Evie Green is giving a series of ballad
and song recitals in London with great
success, making feature of Rotations of
Miss Green viii sail for America the latter tier
part of August to begin rehearsals of
THE Duchess of Dantzic."
Manager Ben Harris It is reported, has
Strong and May Yohe, starting from San
Francisco to Honolulu thence to the Phil
lpplHeS, INTO emma, Japan, lnd1a, South
Africa and Europe, going finally from
London to New York
Charles Frohman has arranged with Sir
Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore to re-
turn to America after the new year for
"a fifteen weeks tour. He has also ar
ranged to bring over Sir Henry Irving who
comes a year from next October for his
farewell tour. John Hare will also be
seen that season in America.
Viola Allen has acquired the rights for a
play by Comyne Carr which she will re-
serve for future use. Mr.. Carr was long
associated with Sir Henry Irving in the
management of the Lyceum theater, Lon
don, and his dramatization of "OliveG
Twist" was lately presented by Beerbohm
Tree at His Majestys theater, London
Next season Miss Allen is to appear in q
play by Clyde Fitch.
At the Illinois theater, Chicago, last Sun.
day night Richard earle, in THE Mayor
of Toxic opened an engagement of three
weeks. The piece has already enjoyed a
prosperous run of eight weeks at the Stude.
baker theater and when the enga cement is
completed Mr.. earle will hold the record fol-
the longest consecutive run of any of the
numerous shows which have played Chicago
during the present summer.
In THE Catch Of the Season." the Eng
lish musical comedy success, which Charles
Frohman produces at Days, New York
in September, Edna May will play the par
OF Angela Chrystal, whose domineerinI
stepmother and envious sisters have mad