The Washington herald., 1907-01-13
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Our venerable Irish friend. 1.-The Kerry
Cow is still in circulation in the re-
moter circuits Of the West.
Several plays have been added 10 Rich
ard Maasfeld's repertoire since his ap-
Ipearanco in Chicago IN Peer Gynt" He
was seen in Julius Caesar" during his
weeks stay in Cincinnati recently
Daring the past three weeks the New
National Theater has been going in for
professional matinees" E. S Willard
last week entertained a number Of prom
inent stage people TO witness his per-
Torrance Of Colonel Newcome'
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott
will shortly be seen in Washington IN
their splendid production Of Caesar and
Cleopatra" The play has created some
thing OF a sensation in New York and
other cities. where it has thus far been
presented.
Another play from the Spanish Of Gui-
mera was produced at Seattle recently
with Florence Roberts as the s-ar. 1t is
called Maria Rosa" and the iiracters
are nearly all Of the laboring class Miss
Roberts is said 10 do some genuinely emo
uonal work In the piece.
Charles Dillingham; has phllanthop-
ically undertaken to restore Arnold
Daily to the high estate OF the legitimate.
after his brief experience and expiation
OF his sins against former managers IN
vaudeville DAILY Is TO appear I'm n play
called The Boys of Company r." and
Will be supported by Isabelle Urqahart
The worst ever" about summarizes the
verdict Of the New York critics on The
Mimic and the Maid" the so-called must
cal comedy by Allan Lowe and A Bald
win Sloane. presented al the hoodOoed
Bijou Theater Friday night Nothing so
devoid Of humcr. plot. or action has been
seen on Broadway in many day" says
one paper.
The new Mary Anderson Theater at
Louisville is 20 be dedicated by Lena
AshweH the English actress. There was
much ado IN some quarters in Philadel-
phia recently, because FRITZ Sched.
German. was invited % dedicate the new
Edwin Forrest The7tc- there instead OF
one OF the American actresses in town
that week.
Pittsburg is to know the Joy on Tues
day night Of witnessing the premiere OF
new opera by 4 local composer. Arthur
Nevins. The opera is called "Poia." and
it is based on an Indian theme. The OBJ
lection 10 the name has been filed that II
sounds altogether too much Ike the way
n well-known Pennsylvania statesman
ipronCunces pie.
With the mixed air Of an intellectual
giant discussing a simpleton and a slave
owner talking OF his runaway chatteL
Richard earle writes 70 the New York
Morning Telegraph about Emma Janvier
and her retirement from his company.
The letter is In about as bad taste as any
a newly-arrived theatrical person ever
wrote, and that Is saying pretty near the
limit. Carrie winds UP BIZ Issuing notice
( to all managers that any one who gives
Miss Janvier employment VIII become in
volved IN legal difficulties with HIM he
claims 10 have "a contract with her that
/ has couple OF years to run.
/ Daniel Frohman's east Of The
/ Spoilers" TO be given for the first time on
January Is. in Baltimore. includes Ralph
Stuart as Glenister. Campbell Goll1n as
! MacNamara, George OsbourHe as Dextry.
Evelyn Vaughan as Helen Chester. Har-
riet Worthington rs Cherry Malotte,
/ Desmond Kelly as the Duchess. and
Nessrs- Arthur Hoops, Edmund Elton, c.
2. Hawkins. r F. Sullivan. Del de Louis.
Emma Marshall, and Others. The east
numbers thirty characters, and the play
/ has been arranged in four acts and five
/ scenes. The dramatization OF the novel
/ has been prepared By Rex Beach. the
author. and James Macarthur, of Har-
per's.
The Flower Girl" in which Louise
Cunning and Louis Harrison are starring.
is soon to be added to the long list of mu-
/ steal things that were. The piece was
originally produced in London and New
/ York under the title ''Veronique." and.
falling to make much % a hit. went on
[ the road under another designation. II
/ IS said the business of the company has
/ been affected OF late by the incident at
ST Louis, when one OF the chorus girls
stepped to the fcotIghts during per-
| Torrance and denounced Louis Harrison
+ for his brutal treatment OF her and
others. Much was said about this Incl
dent by the newspapers. and Miss Gun
ming took the side Of the chorus girls.
It is row disclosed that before he fed
to Africa, Richard Harding Davis COM
pleted and turned over TO Henry ". Saw
age the book OF the new comic opera
which Is TO bring Raymond Hitchcock
back from The GaIlnper' form of the
atrical thing to his first love of the oper-
attic kind. The opera is based on the
same story as The GalloDer" 1t IS to
be called '"The Yankee Tourist which
viii recall TO the public mind Hitchcock's
former success and serve TO close the gap
in his musical career made b. his not
oversUccessful incursi0n into the field OF
straight comedy. Wallace Irwin has
written the lyrics and Alfred 3. Robyn /
has composed the score. The production /
viii be made in Chicago on February s.
Mansfield i'm Comic Opera.
About twenty-five years ago Richard |
Mansfield was IN London trying his luck
as painter, so poor that he IS quoted as
saying that he dined ION the smells that
foated from the public houses" Gilbert