The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

! Ed H OConnor. a Washington boy IS
/ in New York rehearsing a new vaudeville
sketch with Olivette Haines.
William Gillette goes into retreat this
week for the purpose Of studying his aew
play. which viii be produced tn January
/ From Pittsburg comes the information
that Z. II. sothern is studying Mac
/ beth" with view Of Offering 1t In the
spring
! Three OF four members Of the Amelia
/ Bingham company, who left the organi-
zation in the South, have reached New
York.
/ Leonard c. Chick. a Washington barry
/ tone. is az present connected with Joseph
/ ". Stern. q music publisher. Of New
York
Fred Wilson. formely treasurer Of the
Bijou Theater. in Washington, Is now
managing the Trccadero Theater, in Phil
adelphia.
William S. Miller a local boy. has
closed with the Wright Lorimer company
and is now with George Ober in Rip
Van Winkle.'
! Edmond Rostand was operated on for
appendicitis about week ago His con-
/ ditio4 since then has given his physicians
/ much anxiety
The mother Of James X. Haokett is
quite iII at a private hospital in New
York, but late accounts say that she IS
! out Of danger.
/ Il is said that Nine Nazimova viii
/ appear in dramatization Of Three
/ Weeks which is El!nor Glyns novel OF
/ the same name.
/ Billy CuHson. Of Washington. is meet
/ mg with some success in New York.
/ where he is conducting a booking agency
/ for the theatrical profession.
! John Mason has retired from Virginia
/ Harued's company, and prior TO the time
/ Of going out in new play he VIII fill
/ q few vaudeville engagements.
/ Frank c. Bangs, the veteran actor who
/ has returned to the stage 20 play an inn
portant role in The Secret Orchard. "
! celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday on
/ October t.
Jerome K. Jerome arrived in New York
on October A. to oversee rehearsaIs of
sylvia of the Letters" which Grace
/ George will produce al Norfolk, Va, on
November O.
+. II. S0thern has engaged Frank Stay
ton 20 write a play for his use next sea
/ son. During his New York engagement
F be VIII produce a play by Mr.. Stayton.
entitled Two Pins.
I When The Silver Girl" leaves wal
lacks Theater to make room for The
Right of Way" on November f. it IS ex-
pected that the Peple play viii be sent TO
another Broadway house
/ Miss Nina Morris. now playing the
/ leading role in The Spoilers" viii short
/ Iy retire from the cast OF that company
and in an probability resume her position
as q headllner in vaudeville.
Henry Miller has decided 10 have The
Great Divide" remain AT Daly's Theater
indefinitely. postponIne the New York
premiere Of Cecilia LOTUS and Laurance
/ u Orsay. in The Lanccrs. originally
/ set for October 2S
Mt F. H. Sothern will present ~ the
+ Beiasco Theater early I'm December his
new play. "The Fool Has Said in His
Heart. There Is No God. by Lawrence
Irving. with probable presentation OF
Hamlet" and II I Were King"
Mary Mannering opened her season fu
Glorious Betsy" al the Savoy Theater.
Atlantic city. y. J.. on October T. Frank
/ Gilmore appeared as Jerome Bonap8rte.
but iu other respects her supporting COM
psny is practically the same as last sea
son.
Billy Bowman Washington representa-
tive Of several theatrical papers. is IN
New York He is looking after his inter
ests in the music publishing business. as
well as the early production Of his new
vaudeville sketch. "A Day and Night
in the Sums
Miss Della Leon who joins the Kathryn
PurneI company az the Majestic this
week. appearing here for the first time,
has been q member of number of we'll
known Eastern stock companies for sev-
/ eral seasons past Miss Leon viii be seen
in the parts allotted To the heavy"
woman.
Ethel Levey is going to forsake the
vaudeville stage at the end Of her book
irgs, and will go TO Paris to cultivate
her voice with q view TO appearing in
grand opera. Miss Levey says it may
take a year or two before she is thor
oughly equipped for such a serious
change
Margaret Anglia. after denying that she
is the long lost daughter Of a Boston
woman, has been called upon to deny
that she is in a sanatorium and appear
ing only by proxy at Dalys Theater.
Miss Anglin is not III. and has not missed
a performance Of THE Great Divide"
since the opening this season.
Charles Frohman has secured the rights
Of the new play. La Foudre." by Henry
Bernstein, author of THE Thief" This
piece wifi have its first production next
week at the Renaissance Theater, Paris
NJ Guitry and Nine. La Bargy. who
played the principal parts I'm The Thief"
will have the leading parts.
Some Of the London critics pour out
fierce ridicule upon Sweet Kitty Bel
lairs." which. after all. is not by any
means bad specimen Of the class Of
play TO which Il belongs Perhaps if the
dissatisfied critics had seen Hpnriett9
Crosmdn as the heroine, they might have
been better pleased with the play.
Miss Elizabeth Murray, who made a
hit singing coon songs at Chase's last
week. is slated TO do the English music