Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-25

James K. Hackett expects to re- turn to America on September, after spending several weeks in London. He will appear as an individual star this season in "The Walls of Jeri- cho." opening on October 8.
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 Fritzi Scheff was a passenger on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, which arrived at New York on August IA. She will appear for only part of the sea- son in America, for she is booked to go to London with her present con- pany in the winter.
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 Nella Bergen has been re-engaged by Klaw & Erlanger as prima donna of "The Free Lance Her new con- tract with them stipulates that she is also to sing the role of the Prin- cess Yolande when the Sousa opera is produced in London next spring.
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 w. R. Goldschmidt, Jenny Lind's son, has just been made chancery registrar of the royal courts of Eng ] land. Very few. except his intimate : friends, knew that his mother was the famous songstress of the last century, nor that Otto Goldschmidt, s his father. will celebrate his 18th birthday next week.
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 EtlDl Barrymore, who is spending s the summer at Windsor, Vt, came to X New York for day last week. Her season will open September IS, on the road, in Alice Sit-by-the-F Fire" { and later she will appear in New York in Kathleen, a new four-act play by Henry Esmond. Special mat inee performances of one act plays will be given.
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 Amelia Bingham, the actress, with her husband, Lloyd Bingham, and < their chauffeur, Claud Murray, re- ]; gently reached New York after an [ extended auto trip. They left St Louis and ran to Toledo in exactly thirty seven hours running time. They spent several days at Hicksville, O., where the actress spent several years of her girlhOOd After leaving Ohio they went direct to New York where Mrs Bingham is now preparing for the opening of the theatrical season. She will be seen this season in Paul Pot ter's new play, "The Rose of St Pierre" Mrs Bingham usually takes an European trip in the summer, but stnis year she decided to take an auto trip and see some of this country for a change. She says that the change did her good and that she enjoyed the auto trip fully as much as she would have trip abroad.
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 s. 2. Poli, who manages many the aters in New England, and who will have houses in Pennsylvania this sea- son. makes an interesting announce meNt concerning his resident man. agers. John H. Docking, who for the past eleven years has been resident manager of Polls theater, New Ha- ven, has been selected to manage the new Poli houses in Wilkesbarre and Scranton, and will take up his new duties September 15. MT Docking's place in New Haven will be taken on the same date by Frederick J. Win disch, who for the past four years has looked after the press matter for the New Haven house, in addition to his work as a reporter on the evening Leader. MT Windisch will sever his connection with the newspaper Sep tember 15, and on and after that date will devote himself to the task of looking after MT Polls interests in New Haven.
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 Ben Greet announces that he will fnaugurate his fifth consecutive American tour in September when the Ben Greet Players, famous for their Shakesperian performances, will return from England, where they are now giving an interesting series of open air plays, including performances at Oxford, Cambridge, Carisbrooke castle and Chatsworth hall. Mir Greet's company gave Elizabethan performances at Yale, Dartmouth, oberlin, Princeton and the Universities of Pennsylvania, Hichigan, Toronto. Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, vir- ginia, West Virginia and Vermont. Macbeth" proved the most popular play last year, with the Merchant of Venice" Julius Caesar" and Twelfth Night" closely following. This winter Mir Greet intends to re- vive "All's We'll That Ends weir' and both parts of Henry Is."
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 Mrs Marie Szwirschina, the oldest German actress in America, died of heart failure on August IF, at her summer home at Elkhart Lake. Wis. For fifty years she had been actively engaged on the stage, and for twen- weight years she was a member of the German Stock company in Cin- Last year, on March 26, she the fiftieth anniversary of her stage career at the Grand opera house, when she played the role of in "Dorf und Stadt." This l was given under the 1 of Otto Ernst Schmid, head of the German theater, and he played the leading male role. He ! above Baerbele. and when l Mrs Szwirschina was showered with | flowers and gifts by the appreciative audience and a tremendous ovation | was given her. the manager en- braced the "Nestorin" of her profes- sion and fairly lifted her into the air. This was a scene that made an in- , comparison to many that ! took place in Germany years ago. when Mrs Szwirschina was in her prime and MT Schmid was a mere child actor. with long. curly hair. They 4 were playing at the same theater and E