Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-18

All the scenery, properties, etc TOT The Little Stranger" which is 10 nave It's first American production Tn New York at the Hackett former " Fields) theater, on Monday, Au- gust 27. have arrived, and everything IS in readiness for the opening date. This week the company is playing in Liverpool, after which engagement they will set sail for America.
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 When engaging the company for :he forthcoming production of the new comedy, Playing Game," Jos eph and William w. Jefferson have taken particular pains to have the ladies of the cast selected for youth, beauty and talent. Blanche Bender will continue with this organization, besides the Misses Ruby Bridges, Alexandra Phillips. Margaret Nal colm and Anna Bradley.
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 Mcintyre and Heath, .in George V. Hobart's musical vaudeville, "The Ham Tree." are repeating their sue cess of last season at the New York theater. But one change has been made in the original cast Mcintyre and Heath will close their New York run September 1 and will begin their tour in Toronto September 8, follow ing with Syracuse, Cincinnati, De- troit and Chicago.
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 It's the little things in life, after all, that count. While a member of his college football team, James K. Hackett received injuries that put him back in his lectures, and while laid up. his thoughts took such defl- nite turn stageward that his after career was decided then and there. The field was not an untried one, however, as he had already appeared with marked success in college the atricals.
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 Fay Templeton will open her sea- son in Columbus September 8. Her supporting cast, with but one excep- tion, will be the same as during her long run last season in New York and Chicago-Emma Littlefeld. Julia Ralph, Marion Singer, Donald Brian. Victor Moore. Charles Prince. James H. Manning. Louis R. Grisel, Maurice Elliott. Floyd E. Francis and Nat Royster. Victor Moore, who made great success as Kid Burns, continues in this role, which will be played in the Corinne company by Scott Welsh.
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 James K. Hackett, who is at pres- ent in London, says he found one funny story In a recent number of Punch. Here 1t is: An old boy who had just recovered from hard spree met pal and was telling him about 1t. It was awful he said. I'm all right now, but for more'n a week there were big green beetles with canary bird heads crawling all over me- Hold on.' yelled the other old soak, brushing at his shoulder, you ain't got over 1t yet. There's one of the blamed things now!'"
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 Klaw & Erlanger will star Corinne this season in a very elaborate pro duction of George NJ. Cohan's For ty-five Minutes from Broadway" in which Fay Templeton will continue to play the principal northern and eastern cities. She will open in As- bury Park September IA and follow with Norfolk and other southern cities. The principals of her support will be Elphye Snowden, Claire Greenville. Susan Chesnell, Charles Arthur. Scott Welsh. Edwin Walters, Dan Moyles, Riley Chamberlain, T. A. Davett and Master Dunn.
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 Joseph Cawthorn and the Sousa opera company will open their second season in Klaw & Erlanger's produc- tion of the march kings new military comic opera, The Free Lance." in Buffalo the week beginning the 27th inst. September 2nd this organiza- ton. numbering 125 people. will com mence a brief engagement at the H. linois theater in Chicago. The prin- cipal supporting roles will be sung by Albert Hart. George Schiller, Sim Pulen. George Tallman. Stanley Mur- phy, Bruce Kramor. Nella Bergen. Jeannette Lowrie, Harriett Marlotte. Grace Clemmens, Monte Elmo. Es- telle Thebaud and Margaret Culling- ton.
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 The principal roles in ''The Prince of India," opening at the Broadway theater September 24. will be played by William Farnum, Mario Majeroni. Julius Mcvicker, Boyd Putnam. Henry Harmon. Norman Hammond. George A. Walker, M. Salisbury. Irv- ing Cummings. Averell W. Harris, Adelaide Keim, Julie Herne and Adele F. Davis. Mir Farnum has purchased the prompt books of John McCuliough's successes. "Virginius." "Jack Cade," "fngomar" and "The Gladiator" and next season will star fin a repertoire of heroic roles. Mir Farnum's advent Into this field of dramatic work will be watched with much interest by students of the the ater. for he is the youngest and the ablest exponent of this school now on the American stage. His Mahom- med fin 'sThe Prince of India" Is con- sfdered a stronger impersonation than his "Ben-Hur." which estab- Iished him as an actor of the first rank
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 "Ben-Hur" will begin its eighth season at the Olympic theater in St Louis September 24. the same date on which its companion drama. The Prince of fndia," will receive its New York premiere. Since November 2s. 1899. when the first performance of