Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-25
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

Paul Gilmore will close his tour in At Yale at New Haven May 9. The season has been the most successful in his career. Three companies will be seen in this play next season.
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 The rumor that Weber and Fields are to join forces next season has again bobbed up, this time in Boston. No one could confirm the report yes- terday, but persons interested were equally chary about denying it.
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 H. B. Irving and his brother. Lau- renee, are to publish biography of the late Sir Henry Irving. No less than six books have been written about Sir Henry since his death and there are at least two others to fol- low-one by Austin Brercton and an- other by Joseph Hatton.
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 D. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowc, according to present palms, will ap- pear as separate stars next season, Miss Marlowe confining herself to classic plays and Mir Sothern appear ing in romantic roles. Such m arr i engagement has been under advisement for some time and it was definitely decided last week.
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 Chief Wrinn, of the police depart ment of New Haven, declined to is , sue a license for the performance Of \ Mrs Warren's Profession at I local ! theater there last week. Rather than have further dispute about the matter the New York management telegraph ed to it's representative there to can- eel the engagement.
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 Mme Emma Flames has been engag- ed to sing "The Redemption" at Ocean Grove and she will also visit Bar liar Dor during the coming month. She ] will leave for France and England in July and stay away until the fall, when she will return to take part in the opera. Mime Flames will no long CT reside in the house in Paris or in the villa at Vallombroso, so long as- sociated with her. She will appear in the opera in December Upon all mat ters connected with her recent law suit against her husband, Julian Story, she remains mute.
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 q wish 1t understood" said Edwin Foy, star of "The Orchid" company, that am not going to England to play. That is mistake that has been published. It is aid that would heAsi The Orchid company that goes oyer there next fall. I shall not. | don't like the English. would not play fol them. And I'll tell you another thing: They would not like me ] would be failure in London and know it. I'll never play outside oi this country. could not take my family with me across the water; and 1 would not leave it."
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 Robert Mantell's admirers excuse some of the jolts administered tt Shakesperian tradition by the good Scotch actor its Robert Bruce Man tell, you know) by saying that | wasn't Shakespeare but Bradyspere ht played during the season just closed At the closing performance of ''rht Merchant of Venice" for instance. Nil Mantell, who, as Shylock, was not oI in the last act, took a curtain call af ter>the end of the play dressed fol Broadway in very natty suit of 1J0' clothes. This was a blow but wors, came later, when Mrs Mantell ap peared to answer to calls for Portia il the costume of the heroine and bear ing small dog in her arms and com polling Fido to bow to the audience :II:.
 Mrs Mortimer Snow (Adelaide War rem, the well known Actress. died ol May II at Grand Rapids. Mich. Ii private life she was the wife of Nor timer Snow and her husband was act ing in Memphis when the telegram announcing her death reached him. Sh began her stage career while Il mer infant, being carried on the stage il James A. Herne's production c Hearts of Oak. AS child she showeI ability and liking for the stage wbicl continued through life. She appearei in The Sporting Life as Kitty Cava nagh. in Chattanooga in which sh played the leading feminine role O Rose Jeffries, in For Liberty and Love . in which she was Carlotta Casenova in The Christian and other plays. Sh had of recent years appeared mainl, in stock work.