The Washington times., 1906-01-21


which viii be produced for the first
time in this country tomorrow night in
New York with Miss Ellis Jenreys. the
Engl sh actress in the principal role
SutTe says he wants TO dramatize John
D. Rockefeller.
Wilton Lackaye IS again winning sue
cess in a revival of 'Trilby." The actors
Interpretation OF the role of SvengaH is
said 10 have lost none OF its power and
the Chicago theater, where the play is
running. is sold out for days ahead.
Jane Oaker plays Trilby.
Henry Miller has surrounded himself
with an unusually competent COMPANY
for "GrieTson's Wav." the Henry V.
EsmonL play. in which he returned TO
The stage last Thursday night. In
Cluded in the company are Rebecca
Warren. Guy Standing. Henry Wood
ruff. Ida Waterman, and Fred Thorne. /
Charles Frohman has selected BaIti-
more as the place, and January p as
the time for the first performance Of the
biblical play "Mizpah-" In the com
pany there will be Adele Block. j. a.
GiImour. Stanley Dark, Ralph Delmore.
and Olive Oliver.
"A Midsummer Ewes Dream" is the
tile of new play which will Ee brought
out 10y the ShUbcTJs next April The
play is ny Evelyn Greenleaf Suther-
land and was rejected as unavailable by
David Belasco
Marie Wainwright is the latest addi-
ton which will present The Traueoso
Trail She viii play the part for which
AstrNr
Hattie Williams will be one Of Charles
Frohman's stars in future. Mr.. Froh-
man is now engaging the company
which viii support Miss Williams when
she takes 10 the stellar path.
Frank Rushworth, who signs the
tenor role in ''Fantsna," with Jefferson
de Angels. is out Of the cast for sev-
eral weeks. The actor fell d few days
ago and injured his lneecap and an
understuGy viii play his part until he
RECEIVERS.
Margaret Ellington Mrs Daniel Froi-
mani and Arthur Byron will play the
Principal parts in '1'he Lion and the
Mols'' when it is presented in Chicago
early in February.
hduue ADAMS engagement in Peter
Pan at the Empire Theater New
York, has proved so successful that her
appearance in Boston, which was
scheduled for next month. has been
indefinitely postponed.
''Noah's Ark is another of the myth
zeal CHILDHOOD plays which are becom-
ing so popular. ''Noah's Ark" was re-
Gently produced at the Waldorf Thea
ter, London, under the management OF
the Shuberts, and is accredited with
success. Maude Leasing and Harry
Paulton play the principal roles.
Martin Harvey. the English actor.
who Will be remembered here for his
good work in The Only Way" has en-
gagged as stage manager Harry J. Love
day. who for years acted in the same
capacity for the late Sir Henry Ir-
wing.
London is just now in the midst of
the pantomime craze. There are be-
tween twenty and thirty productions
of this kind on the boards, but the best
and biggest is said to be Cinderella
at the Drury Lane. 4iay de Sousa, an
American actress, plays the title role.
Edwin Arden. one of Washington
stage fayorites, has been engaged for
an important part in The House of
Silence" which James X. HaCkett viii
produce in the near future
1t will be agreeable TO the many To-
cal friends OF KATHERINE NaefZ TO learn
that her remarkable voice is winning her
new admirers throughout the Southern
States Miss Naefz was recently seen
in this city in the cast of THE Sign of
the Cross" Company. Besides handling
n part with dramatic skill she sang
the sacred melodies in the second act of
that production Possessed of a voice
OF great range and beauty. her efforts
met with generous approval. and the
praise she is now winning from critics
ana public is only bearing out the fu-
ture predicted for her by those who
heard her on the occasion OF her last
local appearance.
John Philip sousa and Harry b.
Smith are putting the finishing touches
TO their latest musical Offering. The
Free Lance The piece viii be pro-
duced in New York early in the spring.
shore Acres" is 10 be put on in Lon
don with Cyril Maude and Winifred
Emery. The production will be made by
TO -Anglicize the play into one Of English
rather than American rural life
Ada Lewis. who will be recalled as a
prominent member Of May Irwin's ear
lier companies. has been engaged for an
important role in THE Press Agent. -
in which Peter F. Daley is now star
ring.
Charles Richman win again become a
star, this time in a play called 1.-THE
Gall9p Hunt Ball" The play is be-
ing staged by Victor Mapes.
The nrst performance OF George Co
hans latest play, George Washing
ton, jr.," viii be given in Springfield
next Wednesday night. The scenes are
laid at Mt Vernon, Va, the Willard
Hotel, Washington. and at a private
residence in Providence. Eugene
O'R3urke and Jerry Conan. father OF
the star and author. will play the roles
Of United States Senators.
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