Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

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babbllng about his honor To save him
in difficulties she goes to her father,
who offers to pay his debts If he leaves
the country. The woman won't con-
sent to that. She then falls back on her
old sweetheart-a wealthy bachelor.
But his gold can only be had at price.
In the end she pays the price and brings
the money to her lover, only to find
that she Is too late He has blown out
his brains. The stress and storm of the
tempest-tossed woman is, of course,
we'll within Mrs. Campbells meter, but
the subject-will that suit the London
playgoer?
I, The week brought the publication of
the plans for the New theater, which
is to be opened next fall in remodeled
Steinway hall, Chicago. The presence
of first class stock company-one
| in which competent players under the
| direction of an able stage manager de-
vote themselves to the adequate pro-
duction Of plays of the higher class
| can but result in betterment of theat-
rical conditions. The New theater is
certainly a sign of promise for the
future, and one of the most crafty
| ing features of the announcement made
is the declaration that each play
chosen for presentation shall be thor
ougnly interesting 10 the orulndIy III
telligent theater goer. Those
plays which are purely intellectual
rather than interesting, or which are
good reading plays rather than good
acting plays, will be avoided or given
only as, experiments for special pro-
duction."
Miss Olga Nethersole has completed
arrangements to play in Paris this
summer at the Theater Vaudeville
under the management of NJ. Porel,
husband Of Nine. Rejane, according to
Len Behymer's correspondence. Her
season will open June with "The
Second Mrs. Tanqueray," and she will
present her entire repertoire except
"The Labyrinth" After her Paris
season she will rest at Biarritz before
going to her country house in Scot
land. After a short tour in the British
Isles in September she will begin a
tour of this country in Pittsburg in
November.
Theodore Kremer has sailed for Eu-
rope to make his annual visit to his
parents in Cologne, so Manager Baker
of the Grand is informed. His new
melodramas to be presented next sea-
son include Bertha, the Sewing Ma
chine Girl" "a Woman Of Fire." For
Her Daily Bread" and Honor Among
Thieves" He is now at work on some
more plays. 1t will be observed that
the patron of popular price melodrama
stands in no peril of famine.
Louis James will offer Shakespeare's
delightfully."- unique comedy The Merry
Wives of Windsor" the coming season,
Manager Wallace Munro writes. The
cast will be composed of players who
are players. The production will be
new and sumptuous, almost bordering
on the spectacular and the effects, ac-
cesories, music and dresses equal in
every detail to the Beerbohm Tree re-
vival in London some months ago.
1.-THE Snow Man." a musical play by
Messrs Reginald De Koven and Stan
isaus Stange, will be produced by the
Shubert Brothers about October 1. Two
other early season productions an
nounced by the same managers are
comic opera by Messrs. Julian Ed
Wardes and A. T. Kahn, and another
musical comedy by Messrs. Ludwig
Englander, Joseph Herbert. Skinner
and Campbell.
For several years there have been
rumors of the engagement of Miss
BiJou Fernandez, well-known act
ress, to this or that actor, the last
to be mentioned in this connection
being w. L. Abingdon of London.
Formal announcement has been made
of their engagement and the wedding
has been set for this week.
Langdon Mitchell, whose dramatiza-
tion OF VANITY Fair" was produced
with much success by Mrs. Fiske un-
der the title of Becky Sharpe" has
completed arrangements by which the
play will be transferred for presenta-
tion In Germany next season.
Arrangements are under way by
which Miss Blanche Ring is to go on
starring tour next season in a new
comedy with a Celtic dialect.
Miss Ada Rehan sails from London
on May 20 and win Immediately so
to Cumberland to pass the summer IN
her pretty bungalow.
Emma Ray the wife OF Johnny
Ray" Is III In Mount Clemens. Mich.