The Washington times., 1906-10-07

aESA AAuAAADGl VI EAIAE1DEa AudL l4iH sea-
son has produced even though H. is yet
young Many plays that have been pro-
duced on the road with good reaults and
that were booked for an esIrly New
York production cannot get into town
for some time 10 come. Even Charles
Frohman. with his many LheateTs, has
no place 10 offer THE House Of Mirth''
and Truth" the 14sc new CLYDE Fitch
plays. His success vita The Hypo-
critics" and the House in Order" and
The Red Mil" have filled the time at
his theaters and none others are avail
able
The Shuberts have been obliged 70 cut
Virginia Harned's engagement, which
| begins tomorrow at the Lyric. 10 three
weeks, and Mrs. Fiske's engagement,
which follows at the same theater. is
| 10 be shortened. Marie CahUTs Mar
| rying Mary" which could du its house
. for some tine 10 come. must take 10
I the road 10 make way for The Spring
Chicken, and Kyrle Bellew, with The
Brigadier Gerard. and Zlmmermans
new production THE Measure OF a
/ Man" are without chances Of New
openings. "On Parole" In which Char
lotte Walker stars. is sidetracked and
! compelled TO stay on the road.
William A Brady. who took the Man
/ haitian with the intention Of providing a
| house for his stars, is in a quandary be-
| cause Grace Georges success In
/ Clothes has been so pronounced that
J she ought not 10 be disturbed for
months. ana yet ne wants TO bring
/ Wilton Lackaye. who has scored in
! The Law and the Man" to New York,
/ and VIII be obliged 10 play Robert Mag
/ tell at some other theater than the
| Manhattan, though he had planned for
| immense productions OF several new
| tragedies there.
| Anna Held is booked for the Broad
way, but the success Of THE Prince OF
India" may keep her out OF New York,
I while Jeh De Angels in his new opera.
and the new Klein play, Daughters Of
/ Men" are unable 70 secure time. The
| Chorus Lady" with Rose Stahl. which
/ looked as if II gave promise for a long
run at the Savoy. must make room
| for Lillian Russell; and even David
| Warheld, who at the last moment
| found that he could have continued for
| another year in New York. and want
| ed 10, had TO make room for Nat Good
| win in The Genius"
/ Lucky is the man who controls z. New
/ York theater these days.
The season of Nine. Bertha KaIch in
! the 'Kreutzer Sonata" at the Lyric was
! brought 10 an untimely end by the sud-
/ den and serious Illness OF the star.
Nine. Kaiich is now recovering nicely
/ from an operation for appendicitis and
VIII be able to take up her road tour
IN a couple Of weeks II is not likely.
/ however. that she Will be able TO play
Ia brooklyn next week. as had been an
| nounced Whereby Brooklyn will lose
! the edifying spectacle OF the two rival
stars. Blanche Walsh ana Bertha Ka-
lch' playing In the two rival produc-
uons' Wagenhais q KempeT's and Har-
rison Grey Fiske's. Of the more or less
great "kreutzer Sonata" al two rival
theatres the same week.
II is said by the way thar Pboab..
Davis may take over the Blanche welsh
production Of The Kreutzer Sonata =.
Miss Davis yearns for d rest from
Anna, IN Way Down East" which she
mas played continually FOR ten years.
There's a jump Tor you. Phoebe must be
! an agile lady
Signor Tite Ricordi. general stage
manager for all Puccini operas tbar
have been produced IN Europe. arrived
on the French steamer la Provence
from Milan. 10 superintend the stage
direction Tor the first American par-
formance of Puccinis Mime. Butter
ny for Manager Henry ". Savage. Sig
nor Ricordi stopped OF in Paris long
enough to settle the details for the
coming French production of the Jap
anese opera at the Opera Comioue.
where Nine. Butterfly will be given
in November. lie viii remain in this
country until after the first American
performance of the new opera at Wash
ington, October Is. and then return 10
stage the Paris production.
Arnold Daly's break with the Shuberts
is causing a good deal OF amusement
on Broadway. Arnold will never suffer
from a lack Of seIf-appreciation. lie
has cancelled his dates at Philadelphia
rather than play IN a house when the
seats are less than s. and has Informed
his manager that under no circum-
stance must there be rehearsaIs by any
other company, in the house when he -
playing
On the same steamer with Mrs
Langtry last Saturday was Lena Ash
well, one of the leading emotional act
resses Of London, who is 10 open her
American tour in The Shulamite" un-
der Shubert management IN Chicago.
October ID She says frankly that she
has been waiting for this American tour
"A unr . "a in NJ fTa 40
the whole thing. She IS putting IN her
spare time in New York seeing and
meeting the actresses who have Great
, ed here some Of the roles in which she
scored in London-notably Mrs Fiske.
whom she followed in Leah Kleschna, %
Margaret Anglin. who followed her in
Mrs. Davis Defence" and Blanche
Bates, who preceded her in The Dar-
ling OF the Gods" She has also met Mr..
/ BeIasco for whom she evidently cher
ishes a warm admiration