Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02


William Norris has the rights to new
play by George Barr McCutcheon, called
The Flyers"
Mrs. Edna Wallace Hopper on the con-
clusion of her vaudeville engagements will
be stock star
A new opera called THE Alaskan" with
characters from that region, is to be pro-
duced next season.
Joseph Coyne is to make his appearance
In ''Toddles," an adaptation from the
French by Clyde Fitch.
William Courtenay has taken in THE
Builders the leading role, which was orig
inally written for him.
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott
will have a short tour next season in this
country in a new play.
OR Wakes Patient" is the title of the
new play in which Margaret Ellington is to
be starred next season.
Robert ODER and June Mathis are to have
the leading roles in the western production
of "Brewster's Millions
Thomas Wise will star next season, under
the management of Broadhurst and Currie,
in The Lady from lanes
Elsie Janis is to be starred in new musi-
cal comedy next season under the manage
ment of Charles B. Dillingham;.
Sidney Booth, who appeared in the orig
inal production of The Man on the Box"
will appear next season in new play.
An entertainment manager proposes to
take "Uncle Toms Cabin" to London, with
bloodhounds and modern improvements.
Sarah Truax is to star under the manage
ment of John Gort in The Spiders Web"
which is said to be sensational in theme.
A new play has been written around Kit
Carson, called "At the Rainbows End"
The authors are Franklin F'yles and Ralph
Stuart
Arthur Byron, who has been playing in
The Lion and the Mouse" will have an
important role in new production next
season.
George AIDE is writing a new play which
is to be presented by the members of
club belonging to his alma mater Purdue
University.
Louis James is going to produce "The
Comedy of Errors and will attempt the
MICS himself.
Among the plays revived by the stock
companies is The Blue and the Gray"
The fancy for civil war plays seems to be
coming in again.
James ~. ftackell Will open the season
with John Glaydes Honor and afterward
will appear in a new play by Louis N.
Parker called Mr. George"
Richard Golden appeared in New Haven
with a new play. The Poor Devil" this
week, and was we'll received. The play is
on The Old Homestead" order.
THE Marriage of William Ashe" may be
produced in London, in which case Fanny
Ward will play the part of Lady Kitty and
Reeves Smith will play the title role.
Miss Flora Bernheimer. pupil of Mrs
Henry Hunt Mckee of Washington College
of Music, has been engaged to sing Ben
Bolt in ''Trilby" at the Columbia Theater
next week.
1t is given out that the music publishers
have sold more than million copies Of the
song hits In The Prince of Pisen' since
Henry w. Savage produced this musical
comedy success.
Dustin Farnum is having a play written
for him by Augustus Thomas. in which he
will appear next season. He will be sue
ceeded in the title role of THE Virgnian"
by w. s. Hart.
National festivals in America are general
ly reflected early on the stage. Miss Poca-
hontas, who was a good Indian even be-
fore she was dead, is the heroine of new
Cincinnati effort.
Robert Haines Is to succeed Charles Rich
mond in the role of Kearney, the govern
ment agent from Washington. in THE
Rose of the Rancho when that play Is
put on in the fall.
That bricks are impossible without straw
is shown in the fact that a western play
THE Builders has been written that does
not contain any weapons. miners, Indians,
cowboys or bad Mexicans.
One Of the prolific dramatists of the coun-
try claims to have written twelve new
plays which will be produced during the
year. And yet we are lamenting over the
dearth of native talent productions.
Joe Weber has done we'll in the mangling
business. His mangling of English as a
German comedian has made him the owner
of theater on Broadway, the West Ender
Theater in Harlem, and lots of other prop
erty over the big town
1.-The Friars'' have grown in one year to
be the largest and most influential organi-
zation of real press agents ever attempted.
All members now on the road are expected
to reach New York for the first annual
pilgrimage" during the last week in June.
Contracts have been signed which will
prevent the appearance Of Mr.. Raymond
Hitchcock In a Broadway Theater at the
close of his western tour In June as
planned. His first New York appearance
in "A Yankee Tourist" in the Astor Theater
will be delayed until the middle of August
George NJ. Cohan and the company that
will be with him on the New Amsterdam
Roof New York, this summer will give
preliminary performances of the new pro-
duction at Atlantic City this week, begin
ming Wednesday evening. Nearly eighty
persons are in the company. Twelve new
song numbers by Cohan will be introduced.
Robert Grau received a cable message
last week from the management of the
Palace Theater, London, Offering Rebina
Arta, late OF the Manhattan Opera House,
a six weeks season at the Palace, begin
ming June TO- Mile. Arta notified Grau that
she would not be able to accept the offer
before next spring. because of her arrange
ments already made for an American tour
In vaudeville.
The Hard-W orking Ant.
From Harpers.
1t is perhaps worth noting that the WORKER
castles are never seen at play. If records
have been made by other observers Of such
light behavior on their part the a,thor has
not noted them. The truth seems to he that