The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
Gossip Anenf PIayerfoIk.


Since the deaths of Mrs. John Drew
and Mrs. Gilbert. the mantle OF tho
/ first old woman" has fallen on the
| shoulders of that fine actress, Fanny
Addison Pitt. Mrs. Pitt comes from a
theatrical family and has brought up
her children for stage careers. She has
one daughter and two sons who are
/ playing responsible business IN the pro-
/ fession-
Henry w. Savage has recently ac-
cepted the manuscripts OF three plays,
all of which are by American auth -
and all Of which deal with some phase
OF American life.
Isabel UrQuhart Is leading woman
/ with Arnold DAILY in his sketch. How
He Lied to Her Husband"
The third act Of Nurse Marjorie" has
been given before motion picture ma
chine, for presentation in remote parts
OF the world. more than forty five min
utes from Broadway
Man and superman." In which Rob
ert Lorraine is appearing in this coun-
try. has Just been revived at the cOure
Theater. London
They say that chauncsy olcott sings
so much IN his new play, Eileen
ashore" that there Is barely room to
squeeze In any dialogue
Albert spaIding. violfnist. son OF ths
baseball man, has made a successful
opening of his orchestral concerts IN
London A family OF playerss
| Herr Conried Is having his own trou-.
bIes with the union question He cannot
see how the possession OF a card 10 .
guarantee OF ability to act tn one lsn-
suage and sing In four.
Another Yiddish actress. Nine. Lobsl.
/ who Is a great favorite with her own
people. is planning 20 follow In the foot
steps OF Bertha Kalich. who win shortly
appear in English plays.
Maude Adams viii appear for thnpnrBk
time In London next July m . play
which Barrie IL writing for her Re-
hearsaIs win take place in America. and
the company win be American
Margaret Anglfn and lena AshwsfL
with Guy Standing as Cir DenfeI Car
teret, will revive Mrs. Danes Defenss'~
and alternate In the leading wonen's
parts at New York a week from tomor-
row.
Mrs. Ffske's success In The NsuN
York Idea" at the Grand Theater IN
Chicago was so great that the actress
was forced last week to depart from
her usual rule OF playing but seven
times week, and give an extra NATL
nee TO q crowded house
Nile ALA Nazinova, q Russian 49,
tress. viii give a series OF matfnees at
the Princess Theater, New York In
'Hedda Gabler." under the direction OF
Henry Miller.
Henry Arthur Jones says the English
tatoes compared to that OF France but
in his lecture at Harvard he expressed
hope that America might some day pro-
duce playwright
Otis Harlan OF The vanderbilt Cup
company Is convinced that much OF his
success as a comedian Is due to the fact
that he remains fat Before he became
stout. he declares. II was much more
difficult for him to seem funny than It
Is now.
Owing to the number Of failures In
New York during the last few weeks
several theaters have endeavored to
get Henrietta Crosman to cancel her
tour and open in New York Immediate
ly, but Maurice Campbell. her manager.
has decided to remain on the road until
January at least.
Solomon Rabinovitch. who is called
the Jewish Mark Twain, who recently
arrived in New York from Europe. has
written several plays under the pseudo
nym OF Sholen Aleikhim-
Carlotta Nilsson. one OF the most IN
ished actresses on the American stage.
made her debut as a star at the Madi-
son Square Theater IN New York In
The Three Of Us" Miss Nilsson has an
emotional role OF the sort In which she
has heretofore appeared to best ad-
vantage. The point about the play il
that 1t treats mining camp life from a
new standpoint. depicting the Affairs OF
a tenderfoot colony in one OF the Ne
vada digging centers. Only enough Of
the conventional mining atmosphere Is
let in to suggest the isolation and make
logical the mutual relations Of the
self banished fasteners and English
men who are the central figures In the