The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17

Hthe park next Tuesday night, while on
Thursday night there will be an anna
teur performance after the main show.
FOotIight Gossip.
Labor Day the Newark Theatre will open
for the season with "Forty-fve Minute
from Broadway" September 2. Repairs
have been made to the interior of the
house during the Skinner. Klaw & Err
LANCER the Shubert productions Will be
seen at the Newark this year.. An inter-
esting feature of the early season will be
the a~pDearance here the last week in Sep
TENDER by Henry w. Savage's English
grand opera company in Madame Butter
fly"
Waldmann's Theatre, under the man.
agement of Lee Ottolengui, for many re-
cent seasons resident manager of the New
ark Theatre. will open on Saturday even
Ing, August 81. with the Jersey Lilies.
During the summer $40, 900 worth of altera-
tions have been under way. New dressing
rooms have been fitted up, the lobby has
been redecorated and a rathskeller built in
the basement. The latter will be finished
In quartered oak, a silver gray, with mis-
sion style fittings. A private office on the
second floor has been fitted up for Man
ager Ottolengui, who takes charge Au-
gust II.
Harry Clay Blaney and Kittie Wolf will
be seen at Blaney's Theatre the week Of
August &c in Mr.. Blaney's newest play,
The Boy Detective another edition of
the adventures of willie Live Mr..
Blaney is known as a popular light come
dian. Charles E. Blaney promises that
1.-THE Boy Detective will have a scenic
and electrical production far beyond the
ordinary, and that a competent cast Of
ri xrAr- -An -,..l NJ -
Miss Wolf.
Local interest In the introduction of
Klaw & E~rlanger's Advanced Vaudeville
at the Shubert Theatre was aroused by
the official announcement. made earlier
this week. that the inaugural perform
ance would be given September 2. Much
activity is noticeable about the theatre
already. as it is being completely re-
decorated. and the stage is being reftted
to mount and present a class of vaude-
Vile offerings not usually seen in local
houses devoted to this form of amusement.
While the theatre will be governed by the
same general business staff that has been
In charge there. the mechanical department
will be conducted by stage managers, cleo
tricians and workmen who have been en-
gagged in New York and London music
halls and vaudeville theatres, and who
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bills such as Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
contemplate offering. While the inaugural
program is not to be announced until next
week. 1t is stated that at least two of the
feats will be important European novel;
ties that will arrive in New York during
the coming fortnight.
The Columbia Theatre will open for the
season Monday afternoon, August 20, with
the new Hal Reid meiodrama, THE Ger
man Emigrants,' in which the Waldron
brothers, German comedians, are being
featured. The production will be under
the personal supervision of Aubrey Nit
tenthal, who has given to the play one Of
the most elaborate scenic equipments ever
sent out at popular prices. Two trolley
cars, running on practical tracks, constl-
tute one of the important adjuncts to the
play. A hea+ed ~bake-oven, into which the
heroes of the drama are thrust by the
villain; the interior Of an old boat house
on the East River, and a view of the
famous Five Points, New York city,
are others of the important scenes. The
company is large. The Waldron Brothers
play the title roles.
Charleworth Meakin. a baritone well
known on Broadway and last seen in New
York in 1.-THE Belle of Mayfair" has been
engaged by Henry W. Savage for the role
of ST. Brioche in Franz Lehar Euro
pean success, The Merry Widow" Mr..
Meakin studied music in London under AL
berto Randegger and in Paris under Will
lam Haslam.
Philip Smalley, who plays the role of
Captain Anstruther In "A Yankee Tourist, .
Is a son of the well-knovn London cor
respondent and grandson of Wendell Phil
lips. Mr.. Smalley is a graduate of Oxford
University and later graduated from the
Harvard Law School In this country. He
practised law at the New York bar for a
time. but finally yielded to the lure of the
footlights. Mr.. Smalley learned the art
of makeup from Sir Henry Irving
when a boy. In addition he studied paint
ing under Alma Tadema, acquired the
German tongue with James Russell Lowell
while the latter was minister to England,
devoted seven years to the study of music,
and was a friend Of Prince George, heir
apparent to the throne of England.
Henrietta Crosman, whom Henry B.
Harris. in conjunction with Maurice Camp
bell. will present N 1.-THE Christian Pill
grim" will open her season at Philadel-
phia on Monday. October z.
owing to the demand for William C. de
Milo y tolleBP pldyt 5NiOiA5HcoAN ~
managers throughout the country. Henry
B.. Harris will send out a second COM
pany with Ralph Stuart as star. Mr..
Stuart will cover the Pacific coast terri
tory.
When Rose Stahl begins her road tour
in James Forbes's comedy, "The Chorus
Lady" on September 2. she will have
In her support identically the SANG cast
as supported her in the play during both
the New York and Chicago engage
ments.
For the Interpretation of the two prin'
clpal characters in THE Lion and thu
Mouse which Henry b. Harris will sent
or tour September 2 with four companies
are: Company "A" with Edmund Breest
and Gertrude Coghlan; Company b,
Oliver Doud Byron and Flora juliet Bow
ley; Company c. Paul Everton an'
Helene Wintner; Company ID" waiter
Edwards and Edith Barker
Since the first appearance OF Tine Clahs
man, two years ago, several attempt
have been made to pirate the play II
alleged. Inferior produot4sns called 'Th
Clansman' are said to have appeared iron
time TO time and there have also peel
presentations of the piece bearing dineren
titles which have contained alleged thett
from scenes and situations m the famou
play. George H. Brennan. manager OF IN
l~criginal production, says he viii prosecut
the offenders hereafter in the erimns
courts instead OF before civil tribunals