The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-14

Octayia Broske, a San Francisco girl,
who had the prima donna role in "Ths
Sultan of Sulu" last season, has been en-
gagged for a prominent role in The Prince
of Pilsen" for next year.
Harriet Burt, playing Mrs. Taloot ~
The Time, the Place. and the Girl" who
fractured her knee during the Boston
engagement, has now recovered, and viii
be with the company when it opens at
Wallacks on August 5.
The performance OF Miss Charlotte
Walker in "a Dolls House" at the Belas-
co Theater Tuesday night will be a spe-
Cial complimentary benefit performance
for Clarence ]. Harris. treasurer Of the
Belasco. and his assistant, George Billings.
Mr.. Albert Chevalier. who has not APP
peared as an actor since his unfortunate
experiment at the London Comedy Thea
ter eight years ago, has been engaged By
Mr.. Arthur Collins for a comedy part in
the new Raleigh Hamilton drama at
Drury Lane.
Fanny Coleman recently celebrated her
hftieth year as an actress. and was
given a testimonial benefit at the St.
James Theater IN London. Instead OF re-
firing with a well-hlled purse, Miss Cole
man says she will continue in the profess
sion as long as she is able to study a
part.
One Of the interesting announcements
from the management OF the National
Theater is that concerning the revival
of De Wolf Hopper's great success,
Wang" Woolsen Morses excellent
music viii be heard to great advantage
by the Aborn company. July 9 is the
date Of opening.
Rehearsals OF The Stronger Sex" the.
London success in which Mauda Fealy
viii appear next season, have been called
for August %. The first performances Of.
the play in this country will be given at
Columbus. Ohio, on September e. At
ter brief tour, it is scheduled for an in
definite engagement in New York
For the second week Of her engagement
at the. Belasco Theater beginning Mon
day night, July p. Miss Charlotte Walker
viii be seen in Sydney Grundy's society
drama, a Bunch of VloIets." in which
Beerbohhm Tree and Rose Coghlan ap-
peared in this country some years ago
Miss Walker will have Miss Coghlan's Old
part, and Edward Ellis win be seen in the
role created by Beerbohm Tree.
The old Princess Theater. in London
which has undergone many vicissitudes
since the days Of Charles Kean and
George Vining. has now passed into the
control OF the syndicate. who purpose 70
revive its former popularity by a return
70 the policy OF romantic melodrama with
which it was for so long associated. Con-
an Doyle, Arthur Shirley, Lewis Waller
and others are concerned in the venture.
Before the reopening the house is to 90
remodeied and redecorated.
Cyril SCOTS first Western tour with
Edward Peple's play. The Prince Chan. 4"
viii begin in Salt Lake City on August
After three nights, he will move II San
Francisco for two weeks at the Van Ness
Theater. with week In Los Angeles 10
follow Contracts have been made ia
play the principal cities Of the Pacific
Slope through TO Seattle The return viii
be made via Denver. and a tour OF The
Southern States will begin lafe in Octo- /
Der.
One Of the early attractions at the Va
tional will be the Western comedv-drau,a
The Three Of Us" which had an entira
season run at the Madison SQUARE Thea
ter. New York. This Is the first play in
many years where dramatic Offering
with scenes laid in the West represents
a perfect Characterization of types With /
out placing the virile inhabitants Of our
Western States In a ridiculous light. The
author, Miss Rachel Crothers a West /
ern woman, knows her country. and as
4 consequence. The Three Of Us" is a
welcome addition to the hosts Of Ameri- (
can plays that have been acclaimed sue
cesses in every sense OF the word. Mr..
Walter n. Lawrence, under whose man
agement this attraction will be seen here
has made an enviable reputation for him
self by the rapidity with which he has
forged TO the very forefront of producing
managers In the space Of three years no
has produced such well-known dramatic
hits as Mrs. Temples Telegram The I
Prince Chap. The Man on the Box. "
and lastly. THE Three of Us" the bi,--
gest and most emphatic hit of them an I
Estelle Wentworth, well remembered
here for her work with the Aborn Onara /
Company in Robin Hood" '.The Sare-
made The Mikado," and "Cavalleria
returns to this city next week
for an engagement CT one week only
Miss Wentworth win be heard during the
nine performances OF Fra DIavolo" sing.
ing the exaeting role of zerlina. the bean /
tiful daughter of the innkeeper. Matted. /
The Aborns are to be congratulated Tor
not having weakened the cast for next
week by the special engagement o.. Miss
Wentworth. for. in addition to this tai
ented artist. all Of the many popular raw
orites are to be heard in the Fra Diavo- 1
10" revival. The complete cast includes
such well-Snown singers and comedians
as Harry Luckstone, Huntington Nav
Robert Lett Harold Blake. c. w. Phil 1
lips, Phil Branson, Mile Murray the
favorlte, Edith Bradford ana
Jack O'Neil, together with the same pre-
mier chorus as heretofore. It has been
some years since Auber's beautiful ro- |
mantle opera has been presented in Wash 4
inston, with as notable a cast as that
to be assembled for next week at the
popular scale of prices in vogue at the
National !