The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20

/ at the head Of the George Fawcett stock
company in Baltimore on February 4,
The tour of Charlotte Walker and Vim
! cent SerranO in ION Parole" will come to
an end at Newark this week It has been
fairly successful
New York got all it wanted of The
Mimic and the Maid" in a single per-
/ Torrance. 1t was the shortest run any
musical comedy has had in the metropolis
/ in years.
"The Rose of the Alhambra," after
| careful editing and plenty Of It. will be
taken 10 New York for a run that is wise
| ly announced 10 be indefinite as 10 length.
It opens there on February l.
Camille D'ArvilIe begins a New York
engagement shortly. but 1t has not been
decided whether she VIII open in the piece
/ in which she was seen here, The Belle
/ Of London Town." or ''A1exicana.
The 500th performance of 1.-THE Lion
and the Mouse" in New York will be cele-
brated by Manager Harris with a BAN
Quet to the company at Delmonico-s.
Charles Klein. the author. will be the
guest Of honor.
Frank Daniels has closed his tour on
the road and HE'D himself to New York,
il IS claimed, for the sole purpose Of be-
ginning rehe2rsals for his new opera. ana
distinctly not because business wasn't all
it should have been.
The hunger Of the country for really
good opera well sung is shown by the
great success Henry W. Savage's produc-
ton OF Madam Butterfly is having on
the road In the small city Of Springfield.
Ohio, recently, the single performance OF
Madam Butterfly brought in over 5000
James O'Neill. whose style Of acting
finds more favor in the West than in the
East, appeared In San Francisco recently
for the first time in couple Of years
and was given a tremendous ovation. He
played the role of John the Baptist in the
Biblical drama, The Voice Of the
Mighty"
FRITZ Schen is making months tour
of the South, and is doing it in a private
car SO as to be independent Of the hotels
in the One-night stands From the South
Miss Scheh viii strike up into the North
west and Canada. ending her tour at Mon
treal on March p. Then she viii hurry
across the pond TO iii a London engage
ment.
The managers Of Annie Russell say they
have made contracts for new PLAYS for
their clever little star with Claiming Poi
lock, Jean Richepin. Madeline Lucette
Ryley jerome X Jerome. CLYDE Fitch.
and Jacob GoTdin. They are going to pro-
vide Miss Russell with a repertoire that
will keep her going the rest Of her natural
life, apparently.
If the prOspectuses are to be relied on.
St Louis is to have a hummer in the
way Of a summer stock company the
coming muggy season. The managers Of
the enterprise claim they viii have Odette
Tyler, Virginia Harmed. Lena Ashweu.
Marguerite Clark. and Amelia Bingham
on their list, each playing a repertoire OF
her most successful plays.
Margaret Ellington CMrs Daniel Froh-
nam, now playing the leading role with
John Drew in His House in Order" will
be placed at the head Of her own COM
pany next season. She is to appear in the
autumn at the Lyceum Theater, New
York, in new play. Later on she will
be seen in drama by pinero. when that
playwright is now writing for her.
Roselle Knott is TO head a company
that viii present "AIice-Sit-by-the-F /
through the Northwest and Canada. while 1
Mary Shaw will play it in New England |
and the East, in cities where Ethel Bar
rymore has not been seen in It. Miss
Barrymore closes her season in the PLAY
on February & and Miss Shaw oDenS in /
1t the following Monday night the 9Th
Lillian Russell is hitting EN- hard down /
South, where she is now on tour for the 1
hrst time in many years. appearing in her I
new comedy. The Butterfly" Il is said 1
many Of those who are focking to see her
do so under the impression that she Is 4
playing In Puccinis opera. a not unnat- 1
ural mistake When Iillian's seat sale
opened IN Richmond the wOuld-be ticket /
buyers got in line at 10 o'clock In the 1
morning.
It was o'clock Friday afternoon when
GiacomO Puccini the Italian composer
landed in New York, but he turned I'D In
a box at the Metropolitan Opera House
shortly after S all right to witness the
of his opera. ''Manon
Lescaut" While in America Puccini will
also witness performances OF his other
operas. LA Boheme," "Tosca and
Madam Butterfly" The COMPOSER is
heavier and less poetic looking than
might be judged from his pictures.
The expense to WagenhaIs & Kemper
for stage props" must count up pretty
penny. for in The Straight Road"
especially in the third act the furniture
is banged around the stage, Miss Walsh
smashes a looking glass at every per
formance, the fight between the lovers
causes a lamp to be broken every night.
and window shade is ripped to smith
Greens. Now this all sounds insignificant
SO far as the cost is concerned for a
single performance, but when the tricL,
IS done seven times a week it adds a sum
to the expense account. However. We
must have realism at any cost.-Dramatic
News.
American Horse, an Iroquois chief from
who went over to England
with a party of his Indians for exhibi-
ion purposes last year, has recently re-
urned to the Reserve with a Dutch wife.d
The lady is Of good family and position.
She saw the chief at The Hague and fell
n love with him. The Iroquois of Caugh-
lawaga are further advanced in the arts |
# civilization than most American In /
iians. and some OF them are fine types
If manly physical beauty. In a recent in
erview, Robert Edeson, who is PLAYING