Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09

the English actor, Charles Cartwright, is
to be produced in the near future with
the actor-dramatist in leading role.
j. f. Dodson is planning; to go into
vaudeville again when his season in the
Clyde Fitch play. Truth is ended. w.
B. Mack will take the place of Mr. Dod-
son in the Fitch play.
"Clothes." now playing at the Manhattan
Theater, New York. with Grace George In
the star role has been doing so well that
Miss George has practically abandoned the
idea of producing The Lady of the Sea
this season
Grace George made a hit at the benefit
rendered to Father Ducey, In New York,
In a playlet entitled THE Little Mother,
by Genevieve Haines. The little play will
be seen again at the Observation-Disclosures
benefit about the middle of the month.
John Philip sousa and Harry B. Smith
will furnish a new opera for next season,
which will be presented with Joseph Cav
thorne as the star after the return of THE
Free Lance" from it's London engagement
next summer.
Guy Standing is to Join Lena Ashwelrs
company In THE Shulamite," and William
ingersoil is to take his place in THE Love
Route" Miss Ashwell has acquired the
English rights of The Wooing of Eve"
and will open her London engagement
with that play.
From the west comes the news that JEFF
ferson de Angels. who is under the man.
agement of Frank Mckee. president of the
Interstate Amusement Company, will tenn
porarily close his season next week. be-
cause further desirable bookings cannot be
obtained at this time
Sarah Bernhardt is accredited with at
least marked artistic success in Catulle
Mendes' new poetic drama of sixteenth
century Spain La Verge d'Avala," which
she recently produced in Paris The verse
was. 1t is said. delivered with the actress
customary silken enunciation.
Mrs. Anna Hogan Rice. the creator of
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" and
"Lovey Mary" has drawn nearly 500, 900
I'm royalties from the two stories and the
play founded upon them. Liebler & Co.,
who own the piece. expect to continue to
pay Mrs. Rice a yearly fortune in royalties
for a long time. the play increases in
popularity and drawing power.
"Greenroom Glimpses," a new pubica-
ton in Washington, devoted to the inter-
ests of the New National Theater, made
its first appearance this week. Mr.. William
II. Rapley, manager of the popular play
house, is the publisher, and Robert E.
Long of Mr.. Rapleys local staff, the editor.
Copies of the paper will be mailed free of
charge for the asking. 1t will be issued
every Saturday.
"Slmoon" and The Stronger Woman"
two of the plays of the famous Swedish
dramatist Auguste Strindberg, have re-
Gently been presented in London. The
TRANSACTIONS were done by Frank Castles
and Edith Browne, and the productions are
said to have been the first given in Eng
land of the works of the dramatist of
whom Ibsen said: Here is one who will
be greater than l."
Lillian Russelrs premiere in THE But
terfly," the new play written for her by
Kellett Chambers, will take place in At
lantc City shortly before Christmas The
supporting company will include Eugene
Orm0nd. John Flood. Frederick Tilden.
John Jack. Grant Mitchell, Charles Lamb,
Roland Hill, Isabel Merrill Richards, Kate
Griffith and Roselie de Vaux.