Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01
Plays and Players.

FRANKFURT Ia to produce q new play
called The Governors Pardon"
Ada Lewis. tho originator Of the
touch girl some years back, Is nov
playing q prominent role In "The
Press Agent"
Pinero's new comedy. Ills House
In Order" Is to be acted for the first
time at the st. James theatre In Lon.
don tonight with George Alexander
In the principal role.
Crystal Herne, who went to London
TO play In the new McClelland drama,
"The Jury of Fate" has met with a
very a~ppreciative reception.
Miss Florence Davis Is having a
successful tour In the south with "Thc
Player Maid
Josephine Cawthorne will be the
star In q new comic opera by John
Philip Sousa and Harry y. Smith, en-.
titled THE Free Lance" 1t will have
It's initial production this Spring In
Philadelphia.
Nine. Duse Is soon TO make a tour
OF Scandinavia, acting three or four
Of lbsen's plays oftenest. In prepa.
ration she has lately played Rebecca
West In Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" for
the first time.
Mounet Sully, the veteran tragedian
Of France. - completing Q drama en-
titled 1.-THE Old Age Of Don Juan"
and will soon make his appearance In
the name part.
Harry Stillwell Edwards, the South
ern writer Of magazine stories. has
just completed q drama entitled Love
Across the Lines"
Klaw & Erlanger have engaged III.
lie Herne for the principal role in
1.-THE Prince Of india" left vacant
by the resignation of Maude Fealy.
THE Heart Of a Sparrow the com
edy which scored a big success in
London, was presented for the first
time In America two weeks ago by
William Collier. It's reception was
not over enthusiastic.
Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom
are to write a new opera for FIRTH
Scheff. The scenes of the new opera
will be laid In Austria and New York,
the last showing the interior of the
Metropolitan opera house In that city.
Charles Richman is to become a
star ono more, heading the company
which Is to present THE Gallop Hunt
Bali In New York in the near future.
Mr.. Richman's last venture as a star
was In Captain Darlington" under
the management OF Weber and Fields.
George NJ. Cohan's new play,
George Washington, Jr.," was pre-
scented for the first time last week in
Springfield, Mass. The three scenes
Of the piece are laid at Mount Vernon.
the Willard Hotel In Washington and
at Providence.
After two years OF promise, Harry
B. Smiths and Stafford Waters must
cal comedy. "The Three Graces," is
finally to have a production in Chicago
within the new few weeks.
Not long before his death. Henry
Irving related, at a private gathering
in Glasgow. a remarkable occurrence
which has never appeared In print.
The conversation turned on doubles"
and Irving related that on one c
sion the body Of a woman was recov-
cred from the Thames, and noticed
by the river police as bearing a re.
markable resemblance to Miss Ellen
Terry, who at that time was tempora.
rily of the stage. Irving was sent
for to view the body. and had no hes
itation in identifying 1t as that OF Miss
Terry. This identification was fur
this identification was further zorro
borated by her husband. and the body
was buried as hers. The real Ellen
Terry returned, and declined to be
regarded as dead, but the identity of
her double was never discovered.
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