The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-17
THEATRICAL NEWS AND STAGE CHATOF WEEK

his own. The Metropolitan Opera House
Is donated, rent free. for the enuIe
We !, law the Couried Metropolitan Opera
Company. and this gives the project
splendid start
Richard MANSFIELD season at the
New Amsterdam Theater has been
marked by a constant succession OF
literally enormous attendance. The i'm
ncnse auditorium of this playhouse has
been crowded 10 it's utmost capacity
and the monetary results must nave
77retr,- nearly. if not quite, broken all
records of Klaw q Erianger's beau
tfful temple of stage art The Mans
% Uhe "skidOO' numEeri' ana SWo
nights later the new PiNley ana LuuSII.S
r,IleirlI comedy THE Grand MOSul,
which has already been seen IN Il NUM-
her of the other large cities, VIII nave
It's nrst Interpretation in New YORK
Negotiations which were pending be
tween Mrs. Leslie Carter and Mr.. WI
liam Harris looking 90 tour OF the ac-
tress i'm 'Zaza," have come to an end
and the star is planning 10 appear
under her own management.
Mr. Harris said. while ne had negoti1-
tions with Mrs. Carter. after # became
rb,. uanaeemcnt of Mr.. Charles Diuihg-
nam. no contract has been signed. At
the last moment he said he and Mrs
carter could not agree on two clauses in
the contract.
Nobod, is particularly surprised In
deed. when il was said that Mr.. Harris
contemplated managing Mrs. Carter
people rather wondered that man OF
his age didn't know enough not to mon
key with the buzz-saw-
I'm fact. the ore pertinent question ON
broadway these days u.s. Does Mrs.
Leslie Carter Payne regard marriage as
"a fafIurc2'' when. following her mar
r.qre last summer. David Bclasco broke
or with Mrs Garter, and she quickly
nut herself under the managerial wing
of Charles Dillingham;, FRIENDS VINO
sought to console BcIascU over his loss
were quickly checked with a Tut tuO'
Now 30 begins to look as though bel"Sco
knew whereof hc spoke
First came the injunction granted MI
Ton Royle. the author Of Cleo" in
which Dillingham; was to have presented
Mrs. Carter restraining them from
using the play after Mrs. Garter had
readsusted il 20 keep herself in the mid
Then revival of "Zaza' was sug-
gcsted. Dillingham; was a Barids, and
arrangements were well under way
when Mrs Carter called them of.
tour in Camille" was proposed. Dill
bingham consented but again Mrs. Car
fcr-Pavne experienced a change OF mind.
Then to cap the climax, and at time
when ne had already spent $4,000 as
result Of his experiment with the TRACE
diauuc. Dillingham; was served in aUiJ
brought against him by his star for
few thousand dollars damages
After all he has gone through, the SUIT
strikes Dillingham; as joke.
And BelascO just smiles
Meanwhile Dillingham; has decided 10
present cleo" with Nance O'Ncil I'm
the name part. Royle is. Of course,
"dee-Iiehtcd." The production viii be
made out OF town within the next few
weeks. and the drama may be seen in
New York before the conclusion Of this
season. II not, it, will have an early
1al production here
The company supporting Nance O'Neil
will include W. L- Abingdon, w. l..
CoUrtlCiEh. ". J. Ferguson, Mckee
Rankin, William Hazeltne, Neil Moran,
Frank Dekum, II. j. De Narney, Ida
Waterman, Mabel Morrison, Ann Arch
err Leila Repton, Helen Graham, and
Airs. Lizzie hudson Collier The play
will be produced under the stage Glrcc-
ton of r. q. Latham
Miss O'NciTs only previous attempt
TO capture Broadway was rather disas-
trous, but the general impression was
that that was ner misfortune rather
than her fault She is wei known in
the West and created something like
furore i'm Boston the only time she
played there. Sine had planned an Al
askan tour this summer, but IL IS 10
Doe presumed that under the clrcum-
stances that VIII be abandoned
This was the eighth and concluding
week OF the highly successful week en-
Eagement Of Sothen and Marlowe in
the Lyric Theater. where they have
presented seven plays in all. three of
which. Jean dare THE Sunken
Bell" and John the Baptist" were new
10 their rcpcrtory. The others were
Shakesrcare's Twelfth Night" Romeo
and Juliet" 1.-THE Merchant OF Venice
and Hamlet" Sothern and Miss NIarlowe
sail for Europe on the Amerika on
March 81 the company leaving three
days later They VIII open in the
Waldorf Thcatcr, London. on April Is
the engagement being limited to
period of six weeks.
The one thing that they failed to
produce. which New York expected was
'lhc Daughter of Jorlo" by a. Aununzi0.
There seems 10 nave been no formal an
nOUnccmeut If q change of plans. but
somehow THE Daughter of J0riO"
failed 90 matCrialize. 10 is perhaps as
well, for It's a mighty unpleasant play
ON Monday night Ethel Barrymore is
10 change her bin and appear I'm the
second OF the repertory of plays which