Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
| 1.-THE Friends Of Labor" IL to be produced
| at the KaIich Theater, New York, next

at the KaIich Theatsr. New York. next
week. -.
Sweet Kitty Bellairs." by David Belasco.
win be the opening attraction In the new
London theater, under the management of
Louis Calvert.
Chauncey Olcott's play for next season
has a setting in and around Londonderry.
Ireland. and is called THE Irish Cavalier"
Theodore Burt Sayre wrote the play.
Frances Ring, orrin Johnson, Frank
Sheridan, Robert Fischer and Thomas NJ
Meighan are members of THE Man OF the
Hour company now playing an engage
ment in Chicago.
Nine Oda, leading woman of the Royal
Theater of Denmark, made her American
debut Monday evening at the Carnegie
Lyceum, New York. in the leading role In
Ibsen's Little Eyolf." - ~
Owing to the street car strike In San
Francisco Miss Henrietta Crosman and her
company are unable to appear this week.
Miss Crosman will end her season in Win
nipeg June %.
Tyrone Power and william T. Carleton
will be In the cast Of The Christian Pill
grim" the dramatized version OF Pill
grims Progress" In which Henrietta Cros-
man will star next season.
Byron Douglas has replaced Robert
Haines in the support of Grace George in
"Divorcons. Mr.. Haines has gone to
Cleveland, where he Is the leading man in
the summer stock company.
Ernest L. Waite Of the Boston American
has written sketch. entitled "A Dress
ing Room Romance" for Eva Taylor. Miss
Taylor Is to present the playlet at the Da-
wilson Theater, Milwaukee. next month.
Miss Alice Fischer MRS William Har-
COURT has been reelected president of the
Twelfth Night Club. She Is the founder
of the club, and one Of its most popular
members.
''The Serenade" will be the second offer
ing of the summer season at the New Ma
tional. George B. rockingham. the famous
Bostonian comedian. will appear in his
original role of Gomez, the tailor.
Miss Blanche Bates will spend the greater
part of her vacation during the coming
summer at her farm near Ossining n. Z.
She will be seen in Belasco's Girl of the
Golden West for the third and last sea-
son.
Jack BARRYMORE will take Arnold Days
role in Rida Johnson Youngs THE Boys of
Company b. at the end of this month. Mr.
DAILY is going to London, where new
show play is said to be in course OF writ
ing for him.
Fascinating Flora" by Joseph w. Her
bert and Gustave kerker. who were author
and composer respectively, of The Social
Whirl.''- is the forthcoming New York
Casino show. Adele Richie. Frederick
Bond and Ada Lewis VIII be in the cast
William Frederick Peters, the composer
of the score of the Mayor of Toxic has
completed the musical setting of new
musical comedy in two acts. entitled The
Resorters. The book and lyrics are by
A. G. Dalamater and the scenes are laid
at Maine coast summer resort.
William A. Brady and his wife, Grace
George, will sail for Europe early in June
for a six weeks vacation During their
stay abroad Mr.. Brady will arrange for the
London production OF "Divorcons, WITH
Miss George and Frank Worthing In the
leading roles.
James X. Hackett has acquired the
American rights to Louis N. Parker's new
play, Mr.. George" now on at the Vaude-
VILE Theater, London, with Charles Hawtrey
in the leading role. Mr.: Hackett plans to
open his season in the fall in John
Glaydes Honor.
Much interest has been aroused in Eng
land over the production there of Strong
heart" with Robert Edeson in the role OF
the Indian. The Londoners are discussing
with great thoroughness the marriage of
persons of different races, the basic idea
of the play.
Without cowboy, an Indian. miner, a !
desperado<or "gun play, THE Builders,
a comedy drama of the west. will open in |
the Aston Theater, New York, Monday
night In its cast are Miss Tully Marshall. |
Marion, Fairfax. Charles Dow and Miss |
Amelia Gardner.
Manager RapIey of the New National
Theater has arranged for special school |
chidren's matinee every Wednesday
throughout the entire summer opera sea-
son. Special reserved seats will be pro-
vided for parents and guardians. Every
Tuesday night will be souvenir night.
Conan & Harris will direct the tour of
Thomas E. Shea next season. Carter De
Haven and Flora Parker will be starred
by the same firm in George Washington,
Jr.," and other tours under the same direc-
ton will be those of Victor Moore. in THE
Talk of New York. and George Beban, In
1.-The italian
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" has
made great hit In London. The expert
ment was tried of not changing the play
in any particular, and the English audi
ences have been simply delighted. Madge
Carr Cook as Mrs. Wigs has received I'M
stinted praise. and Frederick Burton,
Louisa Closer and Grace Griswold are
sharing Mrs. Cooks honors.
Nellie McHenry. who has been in the sup
port of Louis James. has acquired a play |
of the ''M'liss' order. entitled Calamity |
Jane" in which she will probably star next |
season. Miss McHenry was the leading
woman of Three Of Kind" some years
back the farce in which Nate Salisbury
made fortune.
George C. Tyler. now motoring through |
northern Africa, has contracted by cable
with VIII T.. Hodge to create the leading
part In the new Booth Tarkington-Harry /!
Leon Wilson four-act drama. THE Man
From Home" Iiebler & Co. will give 1.-The |
Man From Home" New York production |
early the coming season.
1.-The Christian Pilgrim Is the title that |
has been selected for Henrietta Crosman's
production of THE Pilgrims Progress" in !
which she will open next October. Miss |
CrosmAn will play Christian, and Tyrone |
Power has been engaged as leading sup
port. w. T. Carleton also will have an i'm |
portant role.
James T. Powers and his wife. known on |
the stage as Miss Rachel Booth, will go to !
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