The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-03

Awakening" It will constitute Miss
Nethersole's new offerings Of the coming
season.
MADAME Butterfly in English. will
open in this city on September 80, and after
an engagement at Philadelphia will go to
the Pacific coast.
Francis Wilson, in When knights
Were Bold" Dustin Farnum. in Augustus
Thomas's new play. THE Ranger John
Drew, in MY Wife," Ethel Barrymore,
as Rosalind: Maude Adams, in LES Buff
fons;" Marie Doro, in 9TH Morals of
Marcus William Crane, in a George AIDE
play; Joseph Coyne. in "Toodles;" Sam
Bernard, in the new Harry b. Smith mnsi-
cal comedy and THE Happiest Man in
New York. will be among the new Froh-
man productions next season.
William S. Clarke, for the past eight
years manager of Waldmann's Opera
House, has resigned TO become manage
of the Gaiety Theatre in Washington.
D. c., his place here being taken by Lee
Ottolengui. formerly of the Newark
Theatre.
Wilton Lackaye is TO begin his season
in neither "Bruvver Jim's Baby" recently
tried out by him in Washington, D.. c.,
nor THE Red Robe but in Hall Gaines
dramatization of his w%ell-known novel
of THE Bondman.'
William Norris, the comedian, has OBJ
tanned from George Barr McCutcheon, the
story-writer. a farce called The Flyers"
In which 1t is the purpose Of the former
to play the role of an eccentric English
man.
. Sardou Is writing Il new comedy for Re-
Jane. The rights of the play for the
United States and Great Britain have been
obtained for Grace George, who, in the
event of its being a success in Paris, will
use 1t for the beginning of her next Lon
don season.
Charles Macklin's famous comedy, THE
Mau-of-the-World," is to be revived the
coming season by Robert Mantell as a
special bill for afternoons. So far as the
record shows. the comedy has not been
acted in this country since the days of
James Fl. C"Falstaff') Hackett, father of
James X. Hackett. AS a very young man,
Mr.. Mantell acted in the play in support
of Samuel Phelps. in Sadler's Wells The
atre, London. Phelps was the greatest of
modern actors of Sir Pertlnax MacSyco-
phant. the role Mackin wrote to fit bis
own especial talents. This will be Mr..
Mantell's first appearance in formal
comedy in more than twenty years. or
since he acted Charles Surface, In 1886 IN
McVicker's Theatre. Chicago, in company
with Herbert Kelley, Caroline Hill, Harry
Hawk, Ida Vernon and Ada Dyas.
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Blanche Morrison, the popular prima
donna of the Aborn Comic Opera Com
pany, has been on the stage a little less
than four years. and in that time has
learned twenty different roles in as many
.N@AwfAfrC fhp M
so young. One faculty that has proved
Of great value 10 Miss Morrison is what
is professionally known as a quick study
"a gift of learning roles quickly that IS
coveted by many less fortunate people
of the stage. The first time she ever
appeared in "Maritana," she was called
upon to learn the title part In less than
twenty-four hours.
The Askin-Singers Company offer their
latest music play, 1.-The Time, The Place
and The Girl at Wallack's Theatre, New
York, next Monday night. This latest
offering Is the result of collaboration or
Joseph E. Howard VIII M. Hough and
Frank r. Adams, and staged under the
personal direction of Ned Wayburn. The
scene is laid in Virginia, where Happy"
Johnny Hicks, played by Arthur D%eagon-a
square young gambler, and his rich young
friend flee, after an encounter In a Boston
gambling mouse. Tom Cunningham, Hicks's
friend, meets his lady love, and Hicks also
encounters his fate in the person of a pref
ty nurse. Cunningham asks Hicks to take
the blame for this escapade, else his love
chase will be futile. Hicks does this. only
to find that the man whom Cunningham
beat up the previous day is none other
than the nurses brother. Hicks has an
uphill battle, attempting to make love in
his typical slangy way and also gain the
forgiveness of Molly Kelly, the nurse.
There are ten musical numbers.
This will be a gala night, with a big
program II fireworks, following "Sheri-
dnn's Ride at Pains Ampitheatre, Man
number Of special days. Monday there will
be comic set pieces for the children who
are admitted at a nominal price; Tuesday,
members of the Loyal Legion will be en-
tertained; Wednesday the representatives
of the Scotch organizations will attend,
and Thursday viii be Old Brooklynites
Night.
Henrietta Crosman. in THE Christian
Pilgrim will open her season at the
Broad Street Theatre, in Philadelphia, on
October Z. She goes 10 the Liberty Thea
tire, New York, November 4
The opening attraction at the Lyric
Theatre, New York, the week beginning
Monday, August 10. will be ~Broadhurst
and Currie's production of THE Lady
From Lanes" a three-act comedy with
music. The book and lyrics of this new
offering are by George B~roadhurst. who,
after winning fame by writing such sue
cessful mirth-provokers as What Hap
pened to Jones'" WHY Smith Left Home
left the field of farce and wrote one Of
the strongest dramas of recent years,
THE Man of the Hour. Neither is he
a novice In the art of libretto-writing,
for he was one Of the authors of Nancy
Brown and has written several pieces
for Nat Wills. The company of fun
makers is headed by Thomas Wise. who
scored in 1.-The Little Cherub' last season,
and Truly Shattuck. lately with George
M. Cohan and Anna Held.
Two musical comedies will open the
New York season next week. They are
The Little Cherub," at the Criterion, and
The Time, the Place and the Girl" at
Wallack's.
Robert Mantell is to appear in London
neXtNSeason.
1.-THE Talk of New York is the title of
George M. Cohan's latest play. Victor
Moore, of Kid Burns renown, will be the
star. 1t will be q musical show with lots
of songs, lots of girls and lots OF fun.
It will be produced the first week In Sep
TENDER and start on a run at the Colonial
Theatre in Chicago soon afterwards.
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