Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
Playhouse Paragraphs.

Playhouse Paragraphs,
George AIDES college Widow" is peina
pirated under the title The Prex's Daushs'
! ter"
Elsie Janis is playing return engaas,j
ment in New York IN The Vanderbilt
Cup"
Evelyn Vaughn has replaced Florencs,
Rockwell in the cast of the Mills OF thSi
! Gods"
Maeterlinck's new play. The Blue Birds
is to be produced in English in this country
next season.
Rose stahl, the star in The Chorus!
Lady" has written a play which she hasl
entitled The Answer"
Arthur Boucher, the English actor -
to visit this country next season In play
called Mr.. Sheridan"
Robert Bdeson is to close his third yeas;
in 'Strongheart' about the middle OF May
and will start for Europe Immediately afs
ter.
Margaret Wycherly will begin short
tour In Shubert houses with THE PTimS,
rose Patch" a drama written by her hus4
band Bayard WELLER.
Louisvine's new theater, which has been,
on Monday evening with performance Of,
"Happyland." by DeWoh Hopper.
Mrs. Carriers frequently deferred return
| to the stage took place on Monday night at
| Norfolk where she appeared in her old
| role in ''Du Barry
Jessie Bonstelle has secured Ethel Barry
| more's play, Sunday" and will star in it
| for a brief season before going into sums
| mer stock company.
draw from the cast of the Ambitious Mrs.
Alcott" because of Illness and hers place
is to be taken by Dorothy Dorr.
1t is understood that Mabelle Gilman 10
considering an offer from Richard Carrie to
create the title role in The Hurdy Gurdy
Girl" which is to have summer run In
Boston
The twenty-f hundredth performance
of Ben Hur' took place in New YORK
Wednesday night, and WAS celebrated By
the distribution of souvenir copies Of the
novel
DeWolf Hopper will return to the Beg
lasco Theater during the latter part of April
for a weeks engagement, during which
time he will present big revival of the
popular comic opera Wang.
Charles A. Stevenson, who was leading
man for several seasons with Mrs. Lesu5
Carter. and who late-y resigned from that
position, has been chosen in the same car
pacity to support Olga Nethersole.
Blanche Stoddard, who has been playing
with Nazimova in THE Dolls House" andi
'Hedda Gabler," is to be leading woman
with William Morris In the Lincoln Square,
Stock Company in New York.
James X. Hackett has just obtained tho
option of the American dramatic rights OF
a new play by Mr.. Pierre Wolf. entitled
lie Russeau.' which was produced last
month i'll the Vaudeville Theater, Paris.
Mr. Lawrance D'orsay. who closed hist
tour in The Assembly BALI in Philadel>
phia last Saturday night, has been Ill al
his apartments at the Hotel Navarro, New
York, hut expects to sail for London thia
week.
Mr.. James Shesgren. a member OF Henry
w. Savages staff. and Mrs. -.elen Wain4
wright formerly member OF Mrs. Fiske'4
company were married last Wednesday In
New York by Rev. Thomas j. Ducey.
Vera Michelena, who has created the rola
Of the female Mephistopaelea, wicked
spirit in The Snow Man," is the young
California woman who stepped out of the
convent into the name part of "Prlncesd
Chic" succeeding Mar guerite Sylvia.
Charles Klens new play is to be prog
duced by Charles Dillingham;, under tht
title OF 'rhe step-ChiId" Some of the plays
ers already engaged for the production are
Misses Chrystal Herne, Grace Filkins,
Messrs. William Sampson and John Finley
Ramsay Morris new play. The Girl IN
White" had its first production In Roches1
ter this week, with Pauline Frederick In the
leading role. The scenes laid in New
York and on the Riviera. Ii has BEEN
staged by James X. Hackett.
Edmund Breeze, who plays John Burkett
Ryder in 1.-The Lion and the Mouse. has
appeared I'm the part more than COO times
and so imbued has he become with the
character that when he walks along BroAds
way he is hailed by his friends as John
Burkett."
Frank Conner last seen in New York with
Kyrle Bellew In 'Brigadier Gerard" has
been engaged by Liebler & Company to
the Cabbage Patch" when that play Is pro-
month.
bill has been introduced in the Texas
all theatrical companies and circuses that
perform in that state produce all that they
advertise. Public sentiment is said to be
SO strongly in favor of the bill that its
passage is assured
The New National Theater's weekly pubs
ucation "Greenroom Gltmpses," is to be
published until the end of the current sea-
son to twelve pages, and will start the sea-
son of l9O7-0S with increase In circulaa
zion of over 1900 copies.
Welcomed at first with perfunctory In.