Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-13

/ HluS4'dl COMEDY LOT raymond Hitchcock,
and VIII have its premiere next month in
| Chicago.
Clyde Fitch's latest play. The Truth
! had its first presentation in New York last
! Monday night, with Clara Bloodgood In the
principal role
"MeXicana" is to be revamped 10y experts
/ in that line. and Will shortly be seen with
! Camille DArville and X. G. Herr in the
! principal roles
Blanche Walsh. who gave The Straight
! Road for the first time in St. Louis, is now
/ in New York The piece has received much
/ adverse criticism.
Josephine Cohan and her husband. Fred
/ Niblo. who are playing I'm vaudeville. viii
make a professional tour of the world, be-
ginning in March.
Henri Batanle the French dramatlst. is
preparing new version of Faust" in
which Nine. Bernhardt is to have the role
Of Mephistopheles.
Herbert harrington has taken the place
! OF David Proctor in The Message From
Mars" Mr.. Proctor is planning to bring
out new play early next season.
Between acts Of The Music Master
David Wariied whites away the time by
reading the Greek drama, of which he is
| profound student, or playing pinochle.
There is to be revival at the latter part
of the month in New York of The Moth
and the Flame in which Herbert Kelley
and Efiie Shannon will play their original
roles.
Frank Daniels brought his tour of Ser
geant Blue" to an end in Richmond Va,
| last Saturday night Rehearsals of Omar
| with new cast started last week in New
! York.
Harry Bulger sewers relations with Henry
w. Savage the latter part of this month
| and will Immediately go into vaudeville.
! He will have the assistance Of a small COM
pany.
The members of the company playing in
| The Student King" presented the prma
| donna, Lima Abarhanell. with a 81. 600 piano
on the recent celebration of her twenty
| fifth birthday
Emma Janvier. the well-known comedi-
| enne, who left The Spring Chicken" COM
| pany in this city recently has decided to
| go into vaudeville and will write her own
| sketch.
Richard Harding Davis has been engaged
! to write the libretto of a comic opera for
Henry w. Savage. Wallace Irwin VIII
write the lyrics and Alfred Robyn will
write the score.
Reports from Genoa, Italy. say that
Eleonora Duse, the noted actress, is in q
| hospital there suffering from a severe at
tack of pneumonia, and that there is grave
foubt of her recovery.
Aaron Hoffman. the well-known orchestra
leader. Is writing a comic opera. He is
also going to compose the music and will
produce il himself, furnishing the necessary
money and otner incidental trimmings.
Miss Dorothy Hutchinson was in the city
last Sunday visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. T. Hutchinson. at 459 NJ street
southwest. Miss Hutchinson is under
studying Miss Christie Mcdonald in The
Belle of Mayfair
In return for the matinee performance
which she gave for the benefit of St. Luke's
Hospital during her engagement In Phila-
delphia "a few weeks ago, Blanche Walsh
has been made member Of the board OF
trustees of that hospital
The popularity of Brown of Harvard"
Mrs. Young's play, in which Harry Wood
ruff is starring, has been so great that the
management has been compelled to give
weekly matinees in the plays re-engage-
ment in New York.
Walter n Lawrence has engaged Miss
Jennie Lamonte for the role of Maggie in
The Three of U.s." now running at the
Madison Square Theater. until Miss Eva
Vincent, who created the part and is now
i'll, returns to the cast.
The contract existing between Ezra Ken
dali and Frank Mckee has been Cancelled,
and the actors tour is now under the di-
rection of William F. Conner and Harry
Askin. Mr.. Kendall has been meeting with
this season.
Vassar Mrs. Joseph Cawthorn) was dis
charged from a New York hospital last
Wednesday as cured of a serious case of
her husband his tour of the south in
The Free Lance
Belasco is at work on a new play and is
seldom in his familiar haunts in New
York. Having applied the last touches to
The Rose of the Rancho he will prob
ably never view the play again from the
front" as his mind does not long employ
itself with drama after it has been fairly
launched.
Benjamin Hapgood Burt, author of the
lyrics in Marrying Mary" and collaboration
with Francis Wilson in the next Klaw 81
Eranger production. Miss Dolly Waters"
has just completed a musical comedy enti-
tied ''Old Father Time" Mr.. Burt is re-
sponsible for the book, the music and the
lyrics.
cablegram from London says that
Charles Frohman has decided to place
Ethel Barrymore again before the English
public and that she will shortly appear in
1.-The Three of Us" 1t Is also stated that
Lionel and Jack Barrymore may be with
their sister. which would make THE Three
of U.s. doubly appropriate title.
Mrs Langtry says she is too proud of the
professional reputation she has made under
her present stage name to substitute for il
that of Lady de Battle, to which she is now
entitled her husband, Sir Hugo de Battle
having succeeded to the baronetcy through
the death of his father.
Miss Sibyl Klein has been engaged TO
succeed Miss Percy Haswell as leading
woman in Mr. George Fawcctt's stock COM
pany In Baltimore. and will make her first
appearance with the company February 4.
Miss Klein made a very favorable impress
sion in the role she lately played in support
of Mr. Henry De Vries In The Double
Life" in the Bjou Theater, New York.
Eddie Foy In the early spring will appear
in The Orchid musical comedy which
was presented by George Edwardes at the
Gayety Theater. London. The book was
written by James Tanner, who was re-
sponsible for The Cingalee." THE Torea-
DOR and ''The Messenger Boy" The score
is bv ionel MoncLfon ara L.. $500