The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

/ An enterprising WashingtOnian has un-
| dertaken the task Of adding one more
/ to the innUmerable books on stage celeb
rites
The success of the French soirees-con-
/ certs in New York has led 20 renewed
/ talk Of the establishment Of a theater on
Broadway for the production Of plays in
French.
Young Thomas jefferson threatens to
translate RIP Van Wrinkle" into French
and take it over TO Paris and play il
there. Well We can spare it, but what
will Paris say about the matter?
After trial of six months. Manager
Daniel Ryan, of the Detroit Lafayette
Theater, has discovered that town doesn't
care for his stock company. and he will
abandon the experiment in a couple of
weeks
An idea of the stir Joseph Sheehan's
singing in Madam Butterfly is making
in New York may be gathered from the
circumstance that he has had a new and
exceedingly recherche type of Japanese
pajama named after him.
From some remarks dropped by Ethel
Barrymore in an article on young girls
and the stage it appears that Ethel
thinks not one girl in a thousand Of those
who aspire to n stage career has any
show for her white alley in the way of
success and happiness.
Even in the Packingtown district of
Chicago natives who want 10 be known
as disposed to the artistic are learning
French and flocking to hear the French
plays that have suddenly become the fad
with the Chicago smart set Nothing
less than a renaissance has struck the
city by the lake
There seems to be the same shortage
Of theaters in London that exists in New
York-that is, there aren't enough thea
ters to accommodate all the shows that
are seeking to get before the public John
Hare has been taking an enforced rest
because Frohman couldn't find him
theater in London.
The eerie news comes from England
that Jerome X. Jerome is developing
Ibsenesque idiosyucrasies in his dramatic
work. His new play, Tommy" produced
for the first time at Manchester Tues
day night. is reported to show the strange
Scandinavian influence and the audi
cEce was so puzzled il forgot 10 applaud.
Marco Praga. the Italian author. is re-
ported TO be writing a comedy in col
laboration with an EngliShwoman. This
play, it is stated, viii be produced al
efr ia u
Rome, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell and
Nine. Duse in the respective versions Its
English title is The Pledged Word. " and
the Italian la Parola Data"
4 play that the police of all the prin-
cipal countries of Europe have suppressed
viii soon be presented in New York un-
der the auspices Of the Socialist Stage
Society. 1t is called "On the Eve" and
is from the pen Of DR.. Leopold Kampf,
late of Berlin. but now visiting in New
York The play has immense popularity
in Germany, Austria, and Russia. where
it has run through ten editions in pamph-
let form.
When the earth wabbled and let loose
the typhoon of fame on San Francisco
last spring but one theater escaped de-
structiOn-an obscure, yellow dog sort
.of house in a rather humble residence
district. known as the Colonial. Now
this house is the SWEETEST thing in the
amusement place line in the city, and
the appearance there the other night Of
the first travelling combination seen in
San Francisco since the disaster was al
most = historic occasion.