The Washington herald., 1907-01-21
ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

The production Of a series of modern
Greek plays by an Athenian actor named
DelOukas is the very latest manifesto
ton Of dramatic cosmopolitanlSm in New
York The experiment is, Of course, be-
ing tried al that theatrical home for the
homeless. the Berkeley Lyceum.
Private letters from London show that
the success Of Edna May in her new
piece. Nelly Neil, was not at all over
stated in the cablegrams loaded with
detectives that were sent TO this country
after the first performance, The popu-
lar American soubrette was overwhelmed
with applause when she first came on
the stage. and after the performance
her home by crowd OF shouting ad-
mireTs.
Reginald de Koven has been 81 constant
and studious an attendant at the Metro
poIitan Grand Opera House in New York
this season that suspicion has been aroused
that he contemplates writing a grand
opera himself
Charles Frohman has left London for
Paris, where he plans to produce Peter
Pan" and 10 present Edna May in her
new piece when the English tire Of il.
Herbert Kelley and Fife Shannon be-
gin an engagement in a popular price
stock company in New York to-day in
The Moth and the Flame.
e. II. Sothern and Miss Julia Mar
lowe begin their eight weeks engagement
in New York tonight In suderman's
John the Baptist" All told. they ex-
pect TO present thirteen plays during the
enga cement, which Is just one short Of
their complete repertoire.
The Teddy Bear craze has at last
struck the stage with such force that
it is felt in all its branches both legiti-
mate and vaudeville. Adele Ritchie start
ed it; a musical comedy followed her lead
and the fad was of with swing. The
latest convert is Julia Sanderson, late star
OF "Fantana." The Tourists. &c
who is using a Teddy Bear" song for her
debut In vaudeville
Surprised by Lulu Glasers success in n
bailooning comedy, a noted wholesale pro
Queer Of melodramas has knocked to-
gether a thriller with balloon scene in
it that is bound to be bowling success
The locale will be in the air above the
roofs In New York There will be
neutrality-suspicious. panorama as back
drop, and the roofs and steeples and
clouds will be seen going down. while the
balloon, with the villain and the heroine
in the car, appears TO be vaulting higher
and higher. OF course, the villain at
tempts to chuck the heroine overheard.
and is prevented just In the nick Of time
by the hero. who. being a most capable
acrobat has hung onto a rope suspended
from the basket, and climbs I'D. hand
over hand, just az the moment judicious
crack on the Uranium is needed TO keep
the villain from finishing the heroine
Rex Beach. author OF THE Spoilers.
soon TO be seen in dramatic form, is an
all-round athlete and secretary Of the
Chicago Athletic Club He is especially
noted for his prowess in swimming. and
has a precipitate. tumultuous getaway. /
This he aScribes TO his peculiar early
training. He spent his boyhood In Flor
ida, as much Of the time in the water as
ont, and having a wholesome fear Of the
alligator, early developed an astonishing
facility in getting away whenever he saw
anything that resembled one approach /
ing. He had several narrow escapes 4
and his earliest race was with a gator +
when he had to drag after him a small /
companion who was too frightened to
be able to move. MI Beach does not /
state the stroke used on that occasion /
but he remembers II must have been be- /
tween 400 and 500 10 the minute
Justine Cutting. who appears as Aunt 4
Patience in Clothes" has written 1
novel, "A Motor Car Mishap." 1t was /
pioneer automobile story. and made 4
hit
Miss Emma Janvier, who it viii be re-
membered, left Richard earle and The I
Spring Chicken" company during its en-
gagement in Washington two weeks ago, I