The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-28


recently IN Syracuse. This change of name
was made because of the misronceptlon
of the character Of the play. which is a
drama Of modern English. life. likely to
be occasioned by the religious reference in
the old title.
Denman Thompson's fnal tour in The
old Homestead begins Monday at the
Academy of Music, New York. On the
same night Virginia Harmed. in Anna
Karenina,' moves from the Herald Square
Theatre to the Majestic and Lew Fields,
in 1.-THE Girl Behind the Counter" moves
into the Herald Square.
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland and Beulah
Marie Dix, authors of THE Road to Yes
terday," have written a new play, young
Fernald," and Ida Conquest has purchased
the American rights. Il was put together
with Miss Conquest in mind for the lead
ing role. Miss Conquest is now appearing
In 'The SPELL with David Kessler.
young Fernald" is a comedy with a Sc
rious love interest, in which the leading
role is that of a young woman stenog-
rapher and private secretary to a liter
airy man.
The S5Oth performance of 'Neptune's
Daughter" and Pioneer Days was given
II H. Ii I1ADROhtOAAC AAiAR N1Ghs lit bAB
spectacle was produced November %, 1906,
and has been given twelve times every
week since then, with the exception of
the summer interregnum. As the mer-
maids pass-through fourteen feet of water
twice in each direction at each perfor-
nance, it has been estimated that they
have Travelled a submarine distance under
water of 1900 feet, or nearly four miles,
IL their aquatic journey had been contin-
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not one of the mermaids has missed a sin
gle performance.
Marie Tempest is now rehearsing in
London a new play by Alfred Sutro, which
Charles Frohman will produce at the Conf
edy Theatre, in the course of a week or
two. Miss Tempest is at present appear
ing In a revival of 1.-The Truth"
It is reported that Sarah Bernhardt win
make a production of Faust" this season,
In which she will play Mephistopheles. She
will probably make a tour of the world in
the spring, including Australia In her itin-
erary.
A new play by Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Is to be brought out in London on October
h, by Ellis Jeffreys. 1t bears the odd title
Of 1.-The Sugar Bowl"
Tt is said that Edith Wynne Mathison
will take Margaret Anglin's place in 1.-The
Great Divide when the latter starts on
Der Australian tour.
Edwin Milton Royle's play, The Strug-
gle Everlasting" in which Henry b.
Harris presented Florence Roberts, at
the Hackett Theatre, Thursday, had its
origin in a one-act play given under the
- AZ - IT. MI
over a year ago. In this respect it re-
sembles Mr.. Royle's great success, 1.-THE
| Suuaw Man. which was produced under
similar circumstances and later developed
into its present form.
Walter Clark Bellows has been engaged
by Hunter. Bradford & Reid to produce
THE Secret Orchard the play by Chan
ming Pollock which they intend to present
about the middle of October. The cast
engaged includes Vincent Serrano, Ade-
laide Prince. Walter Hale. Olive May, e,
r. Mawson. Henrietta Vaders, +. New
ton Iinde. Josephine Victor. Arthur Hoyt
and John e. Ince, sr. Rehearsals have
been called for next Monday.
Henry Plneus, the anager CT the Madi-
son Square Garden summer roof shows.
has leased the Passaic Theatre in Pas
sale. and Will make q vaudeville house oil
1t. The opening bill Is headed by "Phila-
delphia jack O'Brien in a IN ,%nologue. Tho
house opens on Monday.
Blanche Walsh, in Wagenhalsi& KEN
per's production of the Clyde Fitch drama,
9TH Straight Road" is announced for
an early appearance in this city. sup
ported by her entire original company
from the Astor Theatse, New York.
Gus Ellen. the English cockney and COS
Ter comedian. who is now appearing at the
New York Theatre, has presented to
American audiences character types that
are entirely new to the stage Of thi
country. Americans have seen the ideal
lied coster before the footlights. the pearl
%buttoned. white-chokered little British
chap. unique and ~grotesque, but inter-
estlng. 1t was this overdrawn picture OF
the coster that Chevalier presented to the
people on this side Of the Atlantic. But
it remained for Mr.. Ellen to bring the real
coster and portray him as he actually
exists in London Mr.. Ellen lived amonR
the costers In his childhood and early
youth.