The Washington times., 1906-06-24

at the Browning plays under the man
agement OF Henry Miller.
Then they are trying 10 arrange a
Broadway premier for Boots and Sad
dies new army play 10 be produced
by William D. Emerson. Il deals with
life at frontier army post I'm New
Mexico. It is written by a man who has
been In the army himself and knows
whereof he writes. and is probably in
the nature Of polite" melOdrama pre-
sented by a big cast
Mr.. Emerson by the way has arranged
for season Of out-of-doOr Shakespeare
during July and August. lie has i'm
ported for II Miss Jessica Levers. one
OF the foremos. OF the English Shakes
pearean condolences. and engaged a
good supporting company which viii IN
clude Fuller Mellish. late Of the Belasco
stock company OF this city; Henry Wen
man, Thomas Mills. w Chrystie Miller.
Hugh Osborne Helene Scott. Vivian
Golden. and the English glee singers
Others OF the late lamented Belasco
company seem to be enjoying life
Odette Tyler and her husband. r. D.
Mclean, have gone 10 Shepherdstowr.
W. Va. for the summer. and Robert s
Taber has gone TO Chicago to take his
place in the cast OF Brown OF Har-
Yard" which IS repeating there the sue
cess II has made elsewhere.
Belasco himself. the leading producer
of polite melodrama rather sublImated
melodrama. in fact-is negotiating for
AT the Ralnbow's End" by Franklin
F'yles and Ralph Stuart. Il has been
produced by Stuart's Minneapolis stock
company. and Belasco is supposed 10
want Il for Robert HHIiard. But Stuart.
who has hit EN- hard as the romantic
Kit Carson, had intended 20 star in Il
himself. and had a contract with Fyles
TO that efTest- Still. he may be willing
TO forego that pleasure for a considera-
ton.
And then there's Thomas Dixon. ir.
He has to be reckoned with. He must
be the 'one man" Shakespeare was
talking about. for he surely has played
many parts-passing by easy stages
from clergyman 70 playwright, and
finally 10 producer and manager. For
he has now gone into business as an
independent manager in his own name.
The ClansmaR'' is to continue under
the management which first produced
It, but his new play, The One Woman"
which is to present two strongly con-
trasting female types Of "the flesh"
and the spirit" IS to appear exclusive
" under the direction of the author.
Before bringing his piece into New
York. Mr.. Dixon will send It over the
same Southern circuit through which
The Clansman' travelled during the
first months OF its existence Thomas
Dixon, who IS nothing II not Industrious.
is preparing another novel for pubIica-
ton within the next year. Not long ago.
IN discussing his much discussed
'Clapsman." Mr. Dixon remarked: "I
was truly sorry for the actors and ac-
tresses- They got scarcely any notice
IN the papers The critics. instead or
analyzing the production, devoted most
all their space to debating my moral |
right to conceive such a drama at all"
It's nice TO be so sympathetic.
Moreover, II anyone still labors un-
Ter the delusion that our managers have
10 so abroad for their plays. here Is |
-he list OF one weeks copyrighting AT 1
he Library of Congress: bible Jim i" /
l play in four acts, by Fred Shuttle !
worth Morrison; Jacks Wife, by Jean
Pardee-Clark: Jolly knights" by VII i
lam A Woods; King Cowboy" by
81 U. Collins: THE Major of Industry. {"
musical satire in two acts, book and /
yrics by A n. c. Fowler, a'MamzelIe
Champagne" a musical bubble in two
)ottles. by Edgar Allan Woolf: "a
Mans Worst Enemy" comedy drama
n four acts. by Joseph Martinez d.
Money. Money. Money" by Marie ].
"A Musical Farmyard. bv
Bartlett Stacpool; Omar Khayyam.
~ Alexander McGiH Lane; Polar
Pearl. an extravaganza in two acts.
~ NJ. L. Swan; "A Rare Occurrence
~ George Alfred Laurence; "Slumber-
ng Fires-or, Toll" by Edwin Hopkins;
Too Strong to Work. a meIodrama
n one act, by Frank Vail; "Tunia." bv
William e. Meister; Under the Stars
nd Bars" a drama OF the old South.
" Henry f. Chambers: While Frisco
Vas BuTning-or Orphans of San Fran
isco." melodrama in four acts, hy