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rChurch, on Washington street. for the
benefit of the church. Mr. Lyon will
sing several operate selections and give
four dramatic readings, assisted oy
others.
Charles Z. BIaney offers to the
| patrons Of the New Academy for the
week of January - his latest play. enu-
tied Parted on Her Bridal Tour.
which is a dramatization of Laura Jean
LibDey's famous novel Miss Middle
toms Lovers
The lovers of the poetic drama and Of
| Shakespeare viii no doubt be glad TO
| hear that Miss Marlowe intends later
| in the season TO appear in a number of
| her most successful roles. The large
company Miss Marlowe has engaged
shows that she is looking ahead toward
! playing Juliet Katherine. and Viola.
| She has two leading men. for instance,
| White Whituesey. who plays the lover
/ IN Gloria" and Frederic Lewis. who
will play the roles essayed by Mr..
| sothern during the period when Mr..
sothern and Miss Marlowe were CO.
stars.
| Annie Russell and Carlotta Nilsson
are under consideration for the chief
role in paid r. Full" which was re-
Gently presented, but which win under
go some changes in the cast before be
ing taken into New York.
Charles Cherry. leading man with
/ Maxine Elliott. has recovered from a
| sprained ankle, and has resumed mis-
role I'm Under the Greenwood Tree
Mr. Cherry's absence from the cast
/ gave a very clever actor. Dallas Cairns,
an opportunity to play an excellent role
s.Tbat Little Affair at Boyd's," VIII
| liam GIlette's latest comedy, VIII not
be produced January g. according u the
original plans. The play las bes D IN
rehearsal but Gillette saw an o.por-
tunity TO better It. and it will prota2ly
be several weeks before the play is
ready.
Matt o Merrymount" a play py
Evelyn Creenleaf Sutherland ard
Beulah DIX. viii be produced shortly in
/ London by Fred Terry and Julia Nell
son.
1
greatest comedy successes in the pas'
several years will come 10 the Coium-
bia for a week beginning January Is
when Henry B. Harris viii present Rose
/ StahI In James Forbes comedy, The
| Chorus Lady" The play is In its second
year Of it's enormous success. having
remained IN New York city alone FOL
4 a period Of nine months. THE Chorus
L Lady IS ia four acts, the hrst repre-
senting the Mallory racing stables witt
I the atmosphere Of race horses, jockeys
and all that is connected with such
. Mace. The second act shows the dress
ing room Of a chorus lady making VI
for the stage The third is the bache
Tor quarters OF a man-a0Out-to-v VI
4 while the fourth act is at the boarding
house OF Patricia 6'Brien. a chorus gsrl
Pauline Chase. a delightful and dainty
American actress. who has been play
ing in London several years, is agaiE
euacting the name Fart in the Londoi
. production Of Peter Pan" The Barri'
rlay is in its fourth year at the In
glish capital.
American playwrights are coming Z
the fore in London and they are tn'
women pIaywrights, too. With tn
Sutherland Dix play in contemplation
London has placed the stamp of APPROX
al on "A Japanese Wife" Grace Girls
wold's charming little one act play, AM
long ago approved Margaret Mayoi
i adaptation Of IA GIoconda.'
Charles Dnllngham's production OF
.'The Red MIL in which Montgomer!
and stone enjoyed a spectacuIarly sue
cessful career In New York city 70
. nearly a year and in Chicago and Bos
ton more than three months each, vii
be seen at the National during tn
week Of January Is. In The Red Mil,
, ! Henry Blossom, the author. and Veto
Herbert. the composer, have, il is con
ceded most happily blended sentiment
fun and melody. and have provided tn
! artswhile stars OF THE Wizard Of OF,
r Montgomery and Stone. with a magnifi
cent vehicle.
.sThe New York Idea. which many O
: the London critics failed to ike, is TO
to be taken of in that city as heralded
All OF a sudden the London playgoin
public awoke 10 the fact that reall
clever play was in its midst and tn
: comedy Will continue with Ellis JET
; freys in the role played on this sid
. by Mrs Fiske.
Nat Goodwin is the latest star to 6
under the management Of Liebler
: Co. It is announced that he will be
., gin a contract covering number O
b years with this firm next season whe
he will be seen IN a new play.
Dorothy Donnelly. who was seen her
as the daughter of the bOardinghous
[ keeper IN THE Little Grey Lady
= playing the role of Sherley ROssmor
in "The Lion and the Mouse" on tn
- Western circuit.
] Chase's next week viii in all probable
ity be Iamentably small for the immens
crowds that viii be drawn by the an
e Inouncement of the bin of polite vaude
= Vile which will encompass May Irwin
1.-THE matchIessly popular COmedienne
l Offering new songs and revivals of oil
successes: James Neil and Edyth
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