Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Woodland" is to be produced in Pal


Richard earle has written new piece
called The Alamo Girl
Genevieve Cliff will be the leading
woman in The House of a Thousand Can
dies
Wallace Eddinger will be in the COM
pany supporting Robert Edeson in Glass
mates
Mrs. Richard Mansfield denies that her
husbands condition is serious. She says
he is suffering with rheumatism, but has
nothing else the matter with him.
A romantic musical play called Lolita,
or the Irish Cavalier" Is to be produced
shortly with Richard F. Carroll, Lillian
Swain and William Bonelli in the cast.
Frank Worthing now in London as
Grace Georges leading man, may star in
comedy by Capt. Marshall, author Of
"A Royal Family
Henry Kolker has been engaged to play
Phaon in Percy Mackaye's "Sapho and
Phaon,' which is to be produced with
Bertha kalich as the star.
Miss Phebe Strakosch a niece of Ade-
lima Patti, has been engaged by Henry
W. Savage as one of his half dozen prima
donnas to sing in Puccnis Itallanized
version of Madame Butterfly
Henry Edward Warner, we'll known as a
newspaper man in Baltimore. and founder
OF the American Humorists' Club has been
engaged as general press representative for
the Shuberts.
Maude Adams is to make a short re-
vival of Quality Street" and then is to
appear in a poetic play from the French,
entitled The Jester" in which she will
portray for part of the action hunch-
Harrison Grey Fiske has secured from
Roberto Bracco, the Italian drainatist
one-act play that Zacconi has acted with
great success in Italy. Signor Bracco
has arranged to write play for Mrs.
Fiske.
Edward Knoblauck. the author Of The
Shulamite," is at work on a play that
will be one of Madame Kalich's future
offerings. Mr.. Fiske has accepted for
production this coming season a play of
American life by Rupert Hughes
The Talk of New York. is the title of
George NJ. Cohan's latest play. Victor
Moore of kid Burns" renown will be
the star. 1t will have lots of songs and
girls. 1t will be produced the first week
In september, and starts long run
at the Colonial Theater in Chicago soon
afterward.
Apropos Of the dramatization of The
Crosman is to produce this season, some
one has estimated that since Bunyan
wrote his immortal classic 1t has been read
by 1,25O,OOO,000 persons. The same au
thority estimates that 5000, 900 people read
The Pilgrims Progress" every year.
Tim Murphy's season begins late this
month in Wheeling, w. Va, and win ex-
tend to the Pacific coast. where he will
play an extended run in San Francisco in
several of his popular comedies and re-
turn over the northern route and through
York. Dorothy Sherrod is to be his lead
Ing lady Two of the plays he will pre-
sent are "A Corner in Coffee" and Fred
erick Paulding's Two Men and Girl"
James D. Barton, who for five years has
presided over the dest1nies of THE Ninety
and Nine" will this season. at the earnest
request Of klaw & Erlanger and Stair &
Havlin. the principal booking agents, send
on tour in this fascinating play two COM
Sanies. At the head of one will be Miss
bayonne Whipple, who has played the
leading role for five years. In the princi-
pal role of the other production will be
seen Miss Eileen O'Mailey, who has scored
a personal success in several recent Broad
way offerings.
Late in August two big productions will
leave New York to begin a tour of the
United States under the management OF
the Rork Company. They are Coming
The first is by George v. Hobart and A.
Baldwin Sloane. and the second by Adams,
Hough and Howard. Coming fhro' the
Rye" will remain in the east until the end
of November, when 1t begins a tour of the
south and west. going as far as San Fran.
route, taking In some towns in British Co.
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