Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-17


Eddie Foy will appear for the first time
in The Orchid" at Northampton, Mass
on Thursday.
Amelia Bingham will have a New York
hearing in THE Lilac Room" when Joe
Weber leaves his theater to take Dream
City" on the road. This will happen the
first week in April.
An event at the Lyric the first week In
April will be the appearance of Lew Fields
and his all-star company in About
Town" Clay Clements follows Nine. Ka-
lch at this theater
Charles Frohman has secured the English
rights to a play in which Sarah Bernhard
has scored a big success, entitled Les
the use of Maude Adams when She gets
through with Peter Pan"
1t Is rumored that Nine, Rejane will re-
Paris and Mons. Tarride will succeed her.
1t is said she will return to the Vaude-
Vile theater. where Mons Porel, her d.
vorced husband. is so successful.
Martin Harvey, the English actor, is
about TO produce new play, The Rich
Youth" from the German Of Karl Rossler.
He will add this to his repertoire, retaining
still The Breed of the Treshams.' The
Only Way" The Cigaret Makers Ro-
nance" Hamlet" and The Corsican
Joe Weber and his company in Dream
City" and THE Magic Knight" will leave
Weber's theater on Saturday, March q
principal cities east Of Chicago, 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.
"Salome" will not be seen in America
again this season, according 70 the present
plans of Mr.. Conreid The suppression Of
the opera cost the impresario $4,000 cash
outlay, without considering the prospective
profts. 1t was thought Mr.. Conreid would
make some effort to recOup on his tour
announced that "Salome' will not be given
en- tour
Viola Allen is now presenting a repertoire
of plays, including her present seasons
production of "Cymbellne," Twelfth
Night" and Love in Livery" The latter
is a sparkling three-act comedy from the
French of Marivaux, by NJ. l.. Girault and
Harriet Ford, who are also the authors Of
Countess Jeanne" a tragic one-act episode
of the French revolution, which precedes
the comedy.
Arnold DAILY has begun rehearsals of
THE Boys of Company b. the new COM
edy by Mrs Rida johnson Young. The
for the first time and will be under the i'm
mediate direction of Daniel Frohman, The
company engaged thus far includes: Fran
ces Ring, Florence Nash, Jennie Eustace,
Howard Estabrook, Roy Fairchild and Rob
ert McWade.
Miss FRITZ Scheff is seriously i'll and has
not been able to oppear in Mile. MOdiste'
for over two weeks. Her physicians claim
that her illness Is caused by unhealthy con-
diuons existing in her private car; During
recent engagements in Milwaukee and
Cleveland Miss Scheff's role was sung by
Edna Fassett and the young singer Is cred
tied with scoring a most emphatic triumph
in her trying task
Lillian Russell is to present for the first
time next week new farce comedy by
George II. Broadhurst, in which the lead
ing character is that of widow who owns
a racing stable. She Will alternate II with
The Butterfly" So prosperous has been
months receipts from 1.-The Butterfly" were
sufficient to recOup the losses incurred in
"Barabars Millions"
vaudeville evidently means business, In
one day, 1t is reported 40 contracts were
signed for acts next year. They cover an
stated that the average weekly salary Of
these acts IL $500 The fight will be an in
teresting one and will rebound to the bene-
NJ of the admirer of vaudeville, Compet-
ton always means perfection.
Clara Bloodgood is the latest F'rohman
star 10 90 over TO the camp Of the indePend-
on May l. on which date that historic play
house passes over to the Shuberts. She
will be seen in THE Truth" and her former
success, The Girl With the Green Eyes,
both by Clyde Fitch. In the meantime Mrs.
BlOOdgOOd will make flying trip to Lon
don TO look over a new Sardou play for
future use,
Apropos Of the production of Bernard
Shaw's play, "Widowers Houses the fol-
lowing by Arthur Walkley Of the London
shirks challenge A friend challenged
him to write about Don Juan, and he pro-
QuCeQ man ana Superman. AnOlnef lIltuu
challenged him 20 write about death, and
he produced The Doctors Dilemma. Has
he no friend who will challenge him 10
produce a wordless play? 1t would be a
wholesome discipline for him and might
be a Joy for US"
Edgar Selwyn, we'll known as leading
man for Maude Adams and Ethel Barry
more, has written a new play in which
George Beban is TO be starred next season
While the comedy Is slightly on the order
OF THE Music Master" It's characters anC
situations are quite different, and in Il Mr.
Beban Will have an opportunity for The
display Of his talent for the delineation OF
Gallo character. Mr.. Beban has played
French character parts in "Fantana' and
Nancy Brown and Is at present mem
Der Of Lew Fields company In "Abou
Town.
One Of George Bernard shaw,s early
plays, originally brought out at the lnde
pendent theater in London, "WidOwers
Homes" will be produced In New York b!
the Shuberts shortly. IL viii be the mrs
American performance Of the piece, which
deals sharply with the slums problem o
the British capital The performance VII
. be confined % four matinees for the pres
emit and the cast will be a strong one
Herbert Kelley will appear as Cokane
William Hawtrey a. sartnrins Ef1e shan