The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
ABOUT PLAYERS AND PLAYS.

Edward Pepe. the young Virginian,
who wrote "The Prince Chap, and later
The Love Route" has had experience
as a practical railroad man. Some of II
he has embodied in MS latest play, which
/ is largely founded on actual happenings.
/ This is altogether too strong; the ex-
/ 2ggeration is too great said one Of the
managers when they We're preparing to
/ put on 'The Love Route, referring to a
stirring passage in the play. But that
/ is an actual happening which / witnessed
myself down in Texas quietly answered
the young author Mr.. Peple is thirty-two
years old, and has two new plays on the
stocks.
Z. S. Willard so completely swamped
the self-consciousness and dignity Of a
Boston audience during a recent perform
ance Of The Man Who Was" that it
gave him sixteen curtain calls after one
act And the ushers didn't have 10 start
/ the proceedings, either.
''The programme was made up to show
the wonderful YOcahzation Of her voice.
and it certainly showed it." writes A
critic of Nine. Marcella Sembrich's re-
cent concert in Denver.
The version Of lie Gendre de NJ. Poi
rier," recently presented at the New Thea
ter, Chicago's experimental and advanced
playhouse, was prepared and translated
from the French by Miss Ethel de Koven,
daughter of the composer. who is so we'll
known IN Washington society. Miss de
koven seems to have inherited talent
from both father and mother She has
written several songs and set them 20
music.
The Shuberts are wondering II The
Social Whirl" would have to be trans
lated out Of the Tenderloin dialect into
plain English TO give it chance OF sue
cess IN London. where they would Ike
TO take it. And then arises the question
If 1t were translated into plain English
would there be enough laugh material
left in il 10 keep It from souring during
the sea voyage?
y report comes by way of New York that
Hilda Spong's tour in John Hudson's 8
Wife" Will close with the Saturday night
performance in Cleveland. Miss Spong'
excellent emotional work in the play
hasn't been strong enough to make It
success on the road.
The claim is put forth that Annie Rus
sell has broken the record on box-ofice
receipts during her tour Of the South in
her production OF "A Midsummer Nights
Dream"
Mcintyre and Heath are debating wheth-
the public would stand for it if they
should place on the retired list next year
from One-third to one-half the Jokes and
gags that have done such good service
In The Ham Tree" They are cOnseva-
tive people, and don't want to do any
thing to shock their admiTing constitu-
ents.
The people Of Pittsburg are recovering
from the effects OF the reign Of terror
there. and have been coming out quite
numerously at night this week to see
Olga Nethersole in ''Adrienne lie Cow
Teur.'
Manager Rapley has had the water pres
sure at the National Theater run up 70
the maximum to allow Of an increase In
the precipitation during the storm ia the
first act of Caught in the Rain" He
QlaA want 10 run NfAe Li=s tA nav ~
some one mistake the meteorological
trouble for the ordinary Denver sand
storm.
Her Conductor Conried's tenors all
seem 70 be suffering from chronic hoo
doc. Caruso had TO go to the Central
Park monkey house to start his hOodoo
working, but it wasn't necessary for An
drew Dippen TO leave his hotel where
he was robbed Of 81 .O00 worth Of rings
bracelets. watch charms. scarfpins. and
other beloved gewgaWs.
To FRITZ Schef will fall the honor Of
laying the corner stone Of the new Edwin
Forrest Theater. in Philadelphia, next
Tuesday.