Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

necessary to open a week later.
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Jane Oaker has been playing as a stock
star in Denver.
Percy Haswell has been playing Carmen
In st. Paul.
Andrew Mack will begin his starring tour
in "Arrah-Na-Pogue" at Newport
Lester Lonergan has been engaged for
the support of Nance O'Neill.
Mrs Langtry will arrive In new York the
latter part of September.
Francis Wilson's new comic opera Is to be
named Dolly Waters"
Jeanette Lewis has been engaged for the
cast of THE Little Joker" by Arthur Dunn.
This will be Maclyn Arbuckle's fourth
season in '.The County Chairman"
There will be two companies the coming
season in "Forty-five Minutes FROM oroad-
way
Dorothy Dorr has been added to the COM
pany that is to support Mrs. Fiske this
season.
Jacob Kaufman, the well-known Yiddish
player, has been added to Bertha kalich's
company.
Thomas E. Shea opens his season in Lynn.
Mass. on Labor day with production of
The Gladiator" -
Jack Gardner has been engaged for an i'm.
portant role In Thomas w. Rileys produc-
ton of The Belle of Mayfair"
Tyrone Power is to star under the man
agefnent of Edward A Brady in Marie
Corein's scripturai play, "Barabbas."
Jeffreys Lewis Is to play Nine. Thenar-
der In THE Law and the Man." the drama
tization of Les Miserables'
A dramatization of 1.-The Masquerader,"
the noted novel of Katherine Thurston is
to be produced this fall.
Helen Harlan. a Chicago singer, has been
engaged for the cast Of THE Girl and the
Governor.
Charlotte Walker has been cast for
leading role in Louis Evan Shipmans
play, ON Parole"
Lolita Robertson has succeeded Laura
Hope Crews in the leading feminine role
in Brown of Harvard"
Gretchen Dale has been engaged for the
role of Ruth Spottswood in Thomas
Dtxon'S play, The One Woman"
The latest addition to Grace Georges
season is Louise Closer, the actress-au-
thoress.
Robert Hilliard is to star under the man.
agement of Edward A. Brady in a play
Of New York life entitled THE Turn of
the Tide
1t is announced that De Wolf Hopper,
after his coming season in '.Happyland,"
will go in for straight farce instead of
comic opera.
Virginia Prescott Drew, who succeeded
Ethel barrymore in Cousin Kate" is to
be in the support of Proctor ]. White in
THE Proud Prince"
Mr.. George Broadhurst has written a
new comedy drama in which Mr.. Robert
It. Haines will make his debut as a star
in New York in November.
James X. Hackett. who has a number
of enterprises under his management this
year. will begin his own season in THE
Walls of Jericho"
Orrin Johnson and Grace Filkins have
been engaged for important roles in
Charles Kleins latest play. THE Daugh-
tiers of Men"
Edna May is to appear in the title role
or Nelly Neil" a musical play by c. M.
s. Mcclellan. with music by Ivan CarylI
The play is to be brought out in October
Guy Bates Post. Janet Beecher Ernest
Lamson and Helene Lackaye have the
leading roles in the Heir to the Hoorah"
which is to begin It's season on Labor day.
John Drew's fifteenth season under the
management of Charles Frohman will
open in New York next week In Arthur
Wing Pinero's play. His House In Order"
William Collier and his company arrived
yesterday in Vancouver. b. c., from Aus
tralia- They will resume their American
engagement in son the Quiet" in Vancou-
yer Monday night.
Mrs Fiske, who spent her vacation at
Ben Lomond. in the Santa Cruz mountains.
California. left for New York Thursday to
prepare for her starring tour in The New
York Idea"
The new $4,000 Columbia Theater, In
San Francisco. will be opened in April with
Maude Adams in Peter Pan" Other the
alters in the devastated city are to be re-
built.
Sarah Perry has the leading feminine
role in Earl Mayo's dramatization of Mrs
Greene's novel, Cape Cod Folks" which
had its initial production in Boston this
week.
There seems to be a revival of civil war
plays. One which had a trial production in
Chicago this summer and will probably be
sent on the road this season, is called The
Deserter"
MISS foia Lar oliette. daughter or the
United States senator from Wisconsin
will play leading role with Miss Alice
Fisher in her new play Honor Bright"
beginning in Chicago in October.
Charles B. Dillingham; has bought the
dramatic rights to Winston Churchill's
new book "Coniston." The early spring
has been selected as the time for the
plays production.
Eveleen Dunmore is said to have made
decided hit in the title part of the new
musical comedy. 1.-The Arrival Of Kitty"
which had its first performance at Toledo
this week.
j. Clarence Harvey has been engaged to
: play the role of the Man In the Moon in the
forthcoming production Of The Land OF