The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-06
PLAYS AND PLAYFOLK.

Wilbur D. Nesbit is 20 write a new
opera for Bert c. Whitney. Raymond
Hubben viii supply the music.
Arthur Donaldson. who sang the role OF
Carl Otto in The Prince Of PHsen,' is
10 be starred in a new play by D. B. Sor-
lin this season. entitled The Norseman. %
Gertrude Coghlan. who played the lead
ing role in The Lion and the Mouse"
during the long Chicago run, viii appear
al the New National during the return
engagement.
The New National Theater is 10 have
at least twenty weeks Of straight dra-
matte productions during the present sea
son. says this weeks issue OF Greenroom
Glimpses, the theateT's weekly paper
Arnold Daily has been induced by Percy
G. williams 10 play one week st the
Orpheum, Brooklyn. before he opens his
season at the Berkeley LyceUm. He VIII
use Bernard Shaw's How He Lied To
Her Husband"
Mabel Browneu has secured her re-
lease from a vaudeville contract with
Samuel H. Walach & Co. TO accept the
pest Of understudy to Margaret Ellington
in The Thief" under the management OF
Daniel Frohman.
1t is likely that the promoters OF "Ad-
vanced Vaudeville" Will send out a big
travelling company made up OF we'll
known acts. headed by vesta Victoria.
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no regular vaudeville theater.
A company Of one hundred players will
appear in the support Of Henrietta eros
man when The Christian Pilgrim" IS
produced in Philadelphia the week Of Oc-
tOber Il. An orchestra Of forty pieces
is another feature Of the performance.
Maude Adams is coming TO Washington
again in Peter Pan" this attraction
having been announced by the manage
ment of the New National for an en-
gagement prior TO the holidays Peter
Pan" was first produced at the National
In the support of Lillian Russell in
''Wildhre" will be Royal Putnam. Hugo
Toland. Herbert COrtheli. Morgan Wal
lace, owen Westford, Charles Arthur.
Gilbert Douglas. Harry G. Stafford. VIII
Archie, Frank Andrews, Genevieve Cliff,
Rosalie De Yaux, and Annie Buckley.
Blanche Walsh is reported to have met
with great success en- tour IN Clyde
Fitch's latest play. The Straight Road"
In spite Of the adverse criticism when
this play was first produced in New York,
the engagements On the road have been
favorably patronized.
Just what the title o. Mrs Leslie Car
ter's new play will be is a question now
uppermost in the minds Of playgoers in
terested in the career Of this actress
away from the management of David
| Belasco. As yet, not the faintest light
breaks through this mysterious cloud.
Miss Chrystal Herne will be the guest
Of honor at several Informal dinners dur
ing her. forthcoming engagement at the
New National In Charles Klein's latest
play, The Stepsister." It viii be re-
membered that Miss Herne spent I'VE
weeks in Washington this summer with
the Edwin Arden Company at the Belasco.
II was reported ldSI week tNdL Ilellle
f. Dixey is 10 star under Shubert man
agement in a new play entitled THE
Heart Of a Fool" Walter n Laurence
claims the right to Mr.. Dixeys services
| pending the litigation between them in
relation to contracts Lee Shubert has
/ informed Mr.. Laurence that he will make
no arrangements with Dixey without
/ consulting Mr.. Laurence.
Fascinating Flora" the Burnside-Her-
/ bert-Kerker musical comedy which ran
so successfully for five months at the
I New York Casino, has just completed a
three weeks engagement at the Majestic
/ Theater, Boston, scoring one Of the most
+ important hits that has been made in
| that citySin a musical play In the past
/ decade. Arrangements have already been
! completed for a return engagement there
/ in the spring. when the show will spend
4 two months at the Majestic,