The Washington times., 1907-03-10
NEWS AND STAGE CHAT OF WEEK


anything ne has had since Van Bib
Der of pleasant memories. Neither The
Girl of the Golden West" nor the over
colorcd little sketch in which Mr.. Hill
lizard appeared last sDring added great
~ TO his reputation.
Joe Weber and his company in Dream
City" and "The Magic knight" viii
leave Weber's Theater On Saturday.
March IS. and start on an eight-week
tour OF the pylncipal cities east Of Chi
cago. returning TO the home theater the
latter part OF May. when the season
will be rounded out with "a new review
now being written by Edgar Smith and
Victor Herbert
Amelia Bingham and her company will
move into Weber's Theater for 'hree Of
the eight weeks that Dream City" and
The Magic knight will be on the road
The engagement begins the first week
Of April Miss Bingham interrupting her
tour at New Orleans TO come 10 New
York. She VIII be seen IN her new
play, The Lilac Room
William Norris has arranged with the
Shuberts for the production of Thomas
William Broadhursts Biblical drama
The Holy CITY, as a Lenten Offering
at the Lincoln Square Theater. The
drama, which is a passion play, has re-
Gently been done at the Belasco Theater
in Los Angeles. Mr.. Morris will appear
as PLATE.
"Parsifal' is TO have another prcsen-
tauon at the Metropolitan Opera House
on Good Friday, March % The first
act VIII begin at . p. m, and between
Ffrsg.F
be the usual intermission of one hour
and quarter. The same cast which
save the work On the aftcrnOn OF Febru-
airy - is announced for the evening per-
1ormance. Madame tremstad VIII sing
Kundry, and Mr. Burgstaller, FarsiiaI
Maurice Campbell, manager for Hen
rietta Crosman. sailed for Europe on
Saturday To arrange for the production
OF pilgrims Progress" next season. In
Paris ne will decide on the designs for
the armor To be used In the play, and in
Vienna and Berlin he will study cos
tunes, scenery, and properties. In Wen
ma, Mr.. Campbell will meet Richard
Strauss. with whom he has had cor
respondence on the subject OF writing
the musical score for the presentation
of Bunyans allegory. He believes that
Mr.. Strauss will do this.
Pilgrims Progress, with Miss
Crosman as Christian, will have its first
New York production at the Liberty
Thcarer about the middle uf October.
The dramatizatiOn was made by James
Macarthur. and contains seventeen
scenes, with cast calling for seventy
speaking roles. In Vienna. Mr. Camp
bell VIII engage a ballet master for the
specially arranged dances
The final details Of an arrangement 10y
which Liebler u Co, have contracted
with an English syndicate for the pro
duction OF Mrs. Wisgs of the Cabbage
Patch upon a London stage within
two months have been completed. An
unusual feature of the contract is that
the entire production and everything
apper,aining to it. is to be furnished
from this side of the water This in
clUdes not only the scenic equipment
but properties and electrical apparatus.
and even the lithograph work of every
description.
The end of the long run Of The Lion
and the Mouse" in New York is at last
in sight The play, after holding the
boards at the Lyceum Theatcr for nearly
two years, will be succeeded. at tie
close of this month. by THE Boys Of
Company s." the lew comedy with
which Arnold DAILY viii effect his re-
entry into legitimate fields. II will have
its 6Ooth performance on April 4. and
after celebrating the longest consecutive
run any play has ever had In New York.
close on April o.
This is the sixth successive month Of
The Three of Us" in the Madison
Square Theater. There is no diminution
in the popularity Of the play. which is
attracting large and appreciative audi
ences The original cast remains in
tact. 1t is a commentary on the infaI-
Ebility OF managerial perspricuty that
this play went begging along Broadway
for weeks before it could secure a hear
ing.
The Tooth performance Of The Road
TO Yesterday was celebrated in Lew
Fields Herald Square Theatcr Tues
day evening. This play mas proved to
be one of the most striking dramatic
novelties of the season. AT the con-
Clusion OF the present engagement Of
The Road 10 Yesterday the play viii
be taken to London. where it will bo
presented I'm the Waldorf Theater. The
American company will be taken abroad
intact.
The Spoilers" dramatized by Rex
Beach and James Macarthur from Rex
Beach's novel. comes to the New York
Theater for a limited engagement be-
ginning March II. The production has
been on tour for several weeks. The
cast includes Ralph Stuart, CamDbeIl
Gollan, George Osboune. Edmund 81
ton, Evelyn Vaughan. Harriet Worth
mBton and Gladys Hanson.
Ernesto NoveIli. the great Italian act
or. began his first enga cement in the
United states i'm Boston this v,eel, Sic
GRAND OPP IRA