The Washington times., 1906-12-16

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Louis. and Milwaukee. and his businefs
has been such 10 practically demand
a return engagement in those cities. fog
one or more series in each. the spring
tour tc begin in the middle OF Febru-
airy.
Fancy a q d'Annuuzio comic opera And
yet the report comes that Antonio D.
AHnunzio brother o. GabricI Dan
Hunzio. the italian novelist and play
wrig't, IS writing the score TOT Gu
pids. an American comic opera. with
/ ll5re'to and lyrics by Charles II. Dorr
and Frank L. Freeman.
"Greenroom Glimpses." already al.
! luded 10, is responsible for report OF
the marriage OF Vincent SeTrano recent
! ly IN a Western city. This viii be in
teresting news. Tor Serrano has many
friends in Washington. as was amply
demonstrated during his recent engage
ment here iH on Parole" with Char
lotte Walker. FIe served here several
years ago as a member OF the Colombian
legation. and UaS socially popular in
the diplomgtic set. Eve- 5ody's ask
ing whom he married and nobody seems
to know the answer.
The stolen story which The
Shuberts took over from Henry "
Savage. after the play had been with
drawn by him, has again been called
in The new managers, like the old
one, realized after a short tour that
the general public failed 20 understand
the atmosphere of the story sufficiently
well to MI the box office, and the play
closed last week I'm Columbus.
Katie Barry has left the ''AIar.sziie
Sallle" company. Miss Barry says she
has not beel paid for three weeks and
the management OF the company afirus
her statement, but gives as an excuse
the dullness of the ante-Christmaz
season.
Kyrle Below. who is now playing
'Brigadier Gerard" under the manage
ment Of Charles b. Dillingham; Will
soon switch TO the direction of KIav <
ErlaHger, 10 play the principal role in
"A Marriage OF Reason" the new play
by j, Hartley Manners. Fanny Ward.
who las been absent from the stage for
many years. viii be Bellows leading
woman.
Lulu Glaser will be among the early
New Year attractions in The Aero
Club q new comedy by Sydney Rosen-
field Fritz Williams will be her lead
ing comedian. and Anna Johnston, who
was here last summer with the Standing
company IS numbered among the sup
porting players.
Vinie Daly viii replace Ethel Levey
In the George COhan company, now
playing George Washington, Jr." Miss
Levey will 20 10 Florida TO spend the
fFTT-
Lena Ashwel. the English actress. has
secured from Hartley Manners the Brit
ish rights to his new play. The Woo
ing of Eve" with which she expects to
open her next London season at the
Haymarket
Richard earle in The Spring Chick
en- is one Of the interesting announce
ments from the booking department of
the New National Theater Il is likely
to be offered IN Washington New
Year week. Al present the piece is run
ming in New York 10 capacity houses At
every performance.
Mr.. f S. Willard. in repertoire; John
Drew. in His House in Order and
Grace George in Clothes" are sched-
uled 10 round out January and help the
@'N~s-S+aSA 1N6All NAAC A4NN GuI wei.
It is said that BeIasco spent fifteen
weeks among East Side cafes and music
halls in search Of The Spanish types that
make the second act OF THE Rose OF
the Rancho" so Enthusiastically Span
ish.
Speaking Of BeIasco. one is reminded
OF Mrs Leslie Carter, aud of an an
noUncement that William Langdon has
finally been selected as her leading man
for "CleO''-whiCh causes in the wicked
a smile. For William is only six months
married-to Bijou Fernandez-and. well,
il seems probable that before Cleo" is
actually produced some other leading
man viii be announced.
And yet again speaking Of Belasco. it
is reported that he and Miss Bertha
Galland have parted company. 1t is
given out that Miss GalIand has been
III most of the season and has found il
impossible 10 carry out the plans made
for her" and again that BeIasco had
no play for her and that the parting IS
perfectly friendly" But there is a
story floating around TO the effect that
Miss Galland refused TO play the tiue
ioie III me GlFi from the Golden
West" in a second company that Mr..
Belasco was organizing to send on d
tour OF the cities not being covered b.
Miss Blanche Bates company.
II is reported that Adelina Patti has
at last said "Good-by'' and not "Au
reyoir'-really made her farewell pro-
tesslonal appearance in London at 4
concert in Royal Albert Hail on Deem
Der l. She chose Home. Sweet Home"
and Comm Through the Rye" as her
last songs.
Paul Wilstach is tearfully imploring
everybody not TO believe the report
which some secret enemy has circulated
10 the effect that Richard Mansfield has
raised his prices in Peer Gynt," be
cause Of the extraordinary success Of the
piece and also owing 10 the very eN-
pensive nature Of the production He
assures a palpitating world that Mans
field is doing nothing Of the sort. Oh.
very we'll!