Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
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Playhouse Paragraphs.
Two companies playing in The College
Widow" Will be on tour Ibis season.
| Edith Wyrne Mathison. the English act
rcss. will llohably play with Henry Miller
! in The Great Divide" when Miss Margaret
Aaslin goes on her starr ng tour OF Austria
! LA. Miss Mathison began her stage career
in England in the chorus of The SCHOOL
girl" with Minnie Palmer. and rose 10y her
/ ability She made her hit in this country
by her excellent work in "Everyman' in
the title role
! Tim Murphy appeared in New Orleans ir
new play entitled Two Men and a Girl
Maxine Elliott produced a new play called
| Under the Greenwood Tree in London
| Henry Arthur Jones new play. The Cal.
ileaE's Victory" is 10 be produced in New
York at the end of the month.
Selena Fetter who in private life is Mrs
f. NJ. Royle, is playing a part in her hus-
bands work, The Struggle Everlasting"
Janet Palmer. sister OF Clara Palmer, who
y
the Roger Brothers. Will this year be seer
in The Gingerbread Man"
Three companies are to be organized tc
play The Thief the play in which Mar.
garet Ellington has made a hit. The com.
pany will probably remain in New York.
Creston Clarke opened his tour in Ottawa
in his new play, The Power That Gov.
erns. written for him by his wife. AIDE
laide Prince. The scene of the play is laid
in California and the role gives Mr.. Clarke
some strong opportunities. Atkins Law.
renee is member of the company.
May 4 5a sser of as Van stud
Nightingale in Woodland
Dallas Wexford. in Cartons farce. Pub
lie opinion. has the role of a bumptiOus
and laundering junior solicitor The play
ran nearly 2JO nights at Wyndhams Thea
ter, Boston
ALA Nazimova will in few weeks, be
seen in The .laster Builder" by Ibsen.
Later in the season she will present two
new American plays, The Maidstone" and
The Comet"
Ezra I--,daIl will produce within few
weeks his new play by George AIDE. tenta-
lively called, The Land of Dollars The
enced by a rich old good fellow" in dis
posing of his wealth. The description
sounds like The Bad Samaritan"
The shuberts announce that Frank Gil
more has been engaged leading
with Mary Mannerng for this season
in GLORIOUS Betsy Gilmore will play
Jerome Bonaparte," which played
last season by Robert Warwick now play
ing Vronsky in Anna karenina,' with
Virginia Harmed.
former member of Sarah Bcrnhardt's
company is this season one of the addi-
tons to Mrs. Fiske's supporting force. This
newcomer is Laura Donalde, born in Paris
of French English parents, and pupil OF
Paul Mounet of the conservatoire and
Madame Emile Broisat of the Coincide
Franchise. She made her stage debut with
Madame Bernhardt's company and acted In
1t for two seasons, leaving when
hardt made her last American tour, to play
leading roles in various Paris productions.
Lulu CHASER began her season last week
in her new play, Lola from Berlin
Marie Dressler may play in London in a
musical version of THE Education of Mr..
Pipp."
Charlotte Nilsen began her second season
in Raclel Crothers' play. The Three OF
U.s. in Newark last week.
Mrs. Leslie Carter has as yet made no an
nouncement of her new play with which
she will open her season. MIR. Frank VIII
season.
1t as said that Julia Marlowe viii not un-
dertake any new parts tins season and will
postpone for the present the production Of
''St. Theresa" i'll which Bernhard acted
and which Miss Marlowe bought for Amer
lea. She viii not begin her stage work un-
til the beginning of the new year, which
will give her d short season.
Gustave Salvini. son of the famous ira
gedian. Tomaso Salvini. and brother of the
late Alexander Salvini. who has not as yet
a thorough command of English. wishes
to appear in this country IT the head of MS
own company, playing in Italian
The new melodrama. Under Suspicion
by Ramsey Morris. author OF The Ninety
and Nine" had its first production In New
York last week. 1t tells OF a man falsely
accused. who seeks to live down the opDio-
brium of prison sentence.
Lionel Barrymore has just returned from
Paris, where he spent over year studying
art
Wagenhals & kemper are to try a new
play by Eugene Walters entitled PAD IN
Full"
The House of a Thousand Candles" in
which E NJ Holland is starring, hal an
suspicious opening in Springfield, ONO, re-
Gently.
Helen Mar, who has made a success
abroad as a good story teller. VIII appear
in this country in one of the Hackett plays.
Augusta Evans wilson's famous novel.
"St Elmo" which was written over fnity
years ago. will be dramatized and pro-
duced.
1t is sail that Beau Brummell" viii not
be leased TO the stock companies tins sea
son 1t was while appearing IN this play
Mr. Mansfield married Beatrice Cam ron,