The Washington times., 1906-10-28

Upton Sinclair, author OF The Jun
! gle Sc Socialist candidate for Congress
| from the Twelfth district OF New Jer-
| sey. The dramatlzation Of his novel will
| be presented at Trenton on November
5 and 9. and on the latter date election
/ returns viii be read from the stage.
THE Jungle" is due at the Walnut
| Street Theater In Philadelphia-the one
/ that was closed during the week be-
| cause of Tioting anent The Clans
man'-and it has been found necessary
/ 10 cut out the back OF the stage and
replace ii with traps so that the big
packing house scene could be installed
A carload OF Texas steers are included
in the cast Of the play.
Toby Claude is not so English as she
has been painted in the newspapers ever
since she first appeared In this country
several years ago. She Is a Dublin girl
and is scheduled to appear in her home
town next spring, after her other for
eign music hall engagements are con-
/ GUIDED
| Robert Edeson gave his 5O0th perform
ance Of "StrOngheart'' in Chicago last
week, and at last Mr.. Harris is plan-
Mig for him the browning reward Of
American success-a London engage
| ment. Heretofore he has declined all
propositions TO present Edeson in Lon
don, though he had tempting offers at
/ ter his success in Soldiers OF Fortune -"
/ and again after his triumph in Ran
SONS Folly" But il is now announced
that Edeson is to tempt the fates in
London IN April. taking over the com
pany that has been playing Strong
/ heart with him for nearly three years.
In THE Rose of the Rancho" David
BelascO will invade a field OF dramati tic
/ action which American dramatists have
completely overlooked It is MT the
! California or the Forty-nlner, so graphi-
cally shown in The Girl of the Golden
West" but the California OF the Iangutd
Spanlard and the coquettish senorlta-
the California OF the guitar and casta-
net or the odorous mission gardens and
the crumbling churches. OF the poppv
and the grape. ripening in the sun; the
land OF sunny skies and dreamy nights.
with It's Italian climate and romantic
scenery.
William Gillette has completed his
new four-act comedy OF London I.fe and
has delivered the manuscript He does
not intend to appear in the play him
self. The leading character is a girl OF
eighteen.
Mary Mannering began her season on
the road during the past week. She has
new play by Rida Johnson Young en-
titled Glorious Betsy" written around
The love story OF jerome Bonaparte
and Elizabeth Patterson. OF Baltimore
W. J. Wallick will play the leading male
role and Maude Horsford Will nave a
part second in importance to that or
Miss Mannering. II gets to TIE Ma
tioRst some time i'm November.
George AIDE says he believes he has
struck another live wire I'm .'Artie, the
new comedy he is writing for Charles
Dillingham; In book form 'Artie" has
long been one OF the biggest favorites
Of the decades humOr As a serial the
chapters that go TO make up the story
went long way toward popuIarizing
the newspaper in Chicago in which they
originally appeared. and On which AIDE
as a reporter. did his first writing The
stage story of ''Artie" will differ con-
siderably from that OF the book. al
though the character Of "Artie" will be
preserved in all its genial humor- Like
the book. the play will be character
study Of quaint city boy.
In every city where Robert Manteu
has presented "OthelIo" this season his
Iago has received uustinted praise from
the critics. 1t is interesting to note
that in the production Mr.. MantelI has
restored the song beginning:
His bTeeches cost him but a crown.
which Shakespeare found in Percy's
'Reliques." 1t has been newly set TO
music by Or. Andrew Byne. Of Edln-
burgh University, Mr.. Manten's direc-
tor of music.
Marie d. ShotweH. who has been
Wright LOrimer's leading lady for the
last two years, retired from his com
Pany last night
The Prince of Pnsen' is TO make a
tour of Australia. Scenery properties,
and costumes are now being prepared
BY Henry w. Savage. who expects the
Australian venture to be the most sue
cesstul, This will be the fourth pro-
duction of the Prince"
NNIle belleWt the distinguished En-
slish actor, will appear at the New Ma
tional Theater shortly in '-Brigadier
Girard." 1t will be remembered that
it was in Washington that Mr.. BeIIew
made his great hit several years ago In
the great staircase duel of a Cen
tleman of France"
Clara BloodgoOd appears to have a
genuine success In Clyde Fitchs new
play. Truth" which opened in Chi
cagG last week. In Mr Fftch's The
Girl With the Green Eyes" Miss Blood
good played a vixen. She is now pro-
NOTED TO the role OF a constitutional
liar
Hilda Spong. who appears this season
as a star IN John Hudson's Wife" is a
daughter of Walter Brooks Spong the
distinguished English artist. exhibitor
at the Royal Academy. and the ROYAL
Institute of Water Coiors Miss Spone
made here debut as an actress In Aus
tralia when only fourteen years Of age
and has appeared in the foremost com
panies in England America, and the