The Washington herald., 1907-06-30

nard Shaw play, Maternity" which Is
more daring than Mrs. Warren's Pro-
fession.'
Laura Burt and Henry Stanford will
pass over Dorothy Vernon of Haddon
Hair TO worthy successors and open in
new play in September.
The Port of Missing Men is being
dramatized by Edward Rose. and will get
an early New York opening A select
cast will be thrown together"
Arrangements have been completed with
James K. Hackett whereby Ernest Ship
man will control the sole performing
rights TO Alfred Sutro's greatest success,
The Walls Of Jericho
Roselle Knott. whose tour averages
forty weeks each season. and who IA ye,
touring. opens in Alice Sit-by-th Fire"
and Cousin Kate, and presents a new
play in December.
Herbert Kelley and Ef1e Shannon viii
appear In Bernard Shaws Tainted
Money" ("Widowers' Houses'D and two
new plays, one Of which is the English
success. Peters Mother" now running
In London.
II is very likely that a dramatization OF
"Sllas Lapham" will reach the stage next
season through the medium Of Lebler a
Co The book IS by William Dean How
ellis, and Paul Hester is credited with hay
ing made the Stage version
Es,elle Wentworth. prima donna Of the
Aborn opera Company. appeared last
week under the same management at the
Orpheum Theater. Brooklyn. where she
duplicated her Washington success as
Santuzza IN Mascaguis grand opera mas
/ terpieCe. "CavalleTia RustiCana"
Washington music lovers who remember
the work OF Edith Bradford as Alan-a-
Dale in Robin Hood" and Katisha IN
THE Mlkado." will be pleased to learn
/ that this gifted C0ntraliO retOins the
| AboTn opera Company here this week 70
/ sing the eXacting role Of Mile. Pom Pom.
James X. Hackett sailed for Europe on
Tuesday % confer with Alfred Sutro and
Louis X. Parker over their new plays
which he intends to produce next season.
His tour VIII begin in Milwaukee on No
vember In John Glayde's Honor His
other play, Mr.. George will not have a
hearing until the spring Of l90S.
Wine. Woman. and Song" having
achieved such phenomenal SUCCESS along
the circuit Of popular-priced theaters, will
/ be rewritten and presented by a splendid
/ cast OF notable singers next season. play
/ ing only the fTst-cl8ss theaters. This IS
/ one Of the few times that a burlesque has
/ been found Of sufficient merit 90 warrant
/ production at high prices
/ Little Frank Kaufman. for several sea
| sons the mascot 81 the New National
: Theater and who is known TO every pa
| tron Of that playhouse returned 20 his
duties as programme and water boy last
/ week after an absence Of eight weeks
| with typhoid fever Body as he is
/ better known about the theater had a
busy time receiving congratulations over
/ his recovery.
| Carl Hagenbeck has opened a novel
wild animal exhibition near Hamburg. II
/ II a park Of twenty-six acres. so arranged
that the various beasts appear in natural
| surroundings, Instead Of cages. the ami
mails are confined IN spaces bounded by
cleverly concealed bitches. which It is i'm
/ possible fer them TO cross There are 600
animals in the incloSIre. valued M 500. %
/ 000. They include thirty-fve Hons, seven
| tigers. twenty-fOur elephants. six leo
pards, six bears, four rhinoceroses, and
two hippopotaml.
THE Green Bird" a half sister to THE
| White Hen" Is the next Of the series OF
musical comedies TO be produced by the
/ Shuberts. The piece is by Messrs.
Stevens and Bennett. of Boston, and was
originally produced by the cadets Of that
| city The Majestic Theater, Boston, is to
be the summer home Of the musical play.
After an engagement Of six weeks. II will
/ come to the Casino TO replace "Fascinat-
| ing Flora" Rehearsals Of the chorus.
| under the musical direction Of De witt
/ Goldman, Will begin in Boston Tomorrow
! Among the principals are Ada Lewis.
Elsa Ryan, Eleanor Kent Fred Lennox,
and William Sloane.
For the ninth week Of his summer sea-
son at the Belasco Theater beginning
Monday, July 8. Edwin Arden VIII offer
Haddon Chambers great drama. Captain
Swift" II was in this play that Mr. Ar
den scored one of his greatest successes
| In Washington several years ago. and
since his return to the Belasco Theater
the box office has been deluged with re-
quests for another presentation Of this
celebrated play Mr.. Arden appears as
the adventurer and former hghwayman.
Capt. Swift, who comes to London after
an exciting career in Australia, and is
slowly but surely enveloped in a series of
circumstances that disclose his real iden-
tity. Just when Il appears that he must
surely be caught, he escapes.
Louis James Is not idling away his time
at Monmouth Beach, where he has a
beautiful cottage on the ocean front, fol-
he is spending many hours a day in pre-
pairing the plans for a sumptuous revival
of The Comedy Of Errors" in which he
will essay the dual role Of the Two
| Dromios. II will probably be the first
time on record that an individual star
has played the two characters II was
in this play that the late Stuart Robson
| and W. II. Crane became famous The
! production will be staged by Frederic
| Pauding, and there will be incidental
| music by Verdi, Tobani. and Nicholai
! Mr. James will continue THE Merry
Wives of Windsor" in which he was So
successful the past season. Wallace Nun.
TO will have charge Of the management
A pretentlous revival Of Balfe's immor-
tai romantic opera, THE Bohemian Girl. &"
is announced by the management of the
Aborn Opera Company for the next offer
ing at the New National Tbeater 1t was
originally planned to offer this compost
ton the present week but the possibility
Of securing Alice Nelsen's own prOduc-
| tinn If -.Thn Enrtnnn Taller, nnnnnh tho