Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
COMEDIAN HUNTLBY TO TOUR
amor English Actor 20 open In New
York in Revival Of KITTY Gray"

Famous English Actor 20 open In New
York in Revival Of "I6itty Gray"
LONDON, Dec. g.-(6peeial Correspond
enee.)-That extremely funny comedian, @.
r. Huntley, who. under the management OF
Charles Frohman, wrote, produced and has
been acting IN his one musical comedy,
The HOn'ble Phil" at the Hicks theater.
VIII put up the shutters Of his present
premises on December u and sail for
America. Besianing in New York, he will
make q tour of the large cities Ia a revival
OF Kitty Grey" 1t was this play in which
Huntley Jumped into fame out Of obsourity
In London some years ago under the man
agement Of George Edwardes, and his play
ing OF the young English peer probably re-
mains today the best thing he has ever
done On your side OF the Atlantic he will
be remembered, OF course, for his perform
anee In "Phe Three Little Maids" He is
the husband OF Eva Kelly, one of the Amer
lean actresses who came to London with
the unfortunate American Beauty com
pany, and who will him to the
United States. One of the most popular
members of his "Hon'ble Phil' company
has been Julia ssnderson, who will be wan
dertng TO other pastures upon the prema-
tuTe closing OF the attraction. .
After February / next l expect to be
able to sit in a stall of the Aldwych thea
ter in London. close my ears to the toot
OF the notorious without and my nose to
the faint Of the London rog which have
brought in with me, and imagine myself
back IN New York in the good old days
when Marie Dressler used TO trip on the
stage OF Joe Weber's music hall. For thai
generously built comedienne has taken {
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do her best to break the hoodoo which has
settled about the house and holds on uk,
grim death. And like her old chief, Marie
s associatlng her name with the title Of
the house, Hereafter. for an underterm-
med period. it 10 to be known as "The
Marie Dressler Aldwych theater. She has
not revealed many Of her plans, but from
what 1 have been able TO gather from her
own hints and the talk of others, she will
attempt 20 Introduce PAROLES or burlesque
of current London attractions along the
lines OF the Weber a Fields productions of
the last eight or nine years. as part OF
her evenings entertainment For this pur-
pose Edgar Smith and Maurice Levy of the
little theater on BrodWsy, are expected
here at any moment-indeed, may be on
deck before you read this.
Marie. OF course, made a mild hit IN Lon
don som months ago when she appeared
in vaudeville at the Palace theater. She
is, in my opinion, much too extreme in her
methods TO take Immediately with an Eng
fish audience, especially the high class aud
fence that patronizes the Palace. She may
fare better when they get used 10 her and
when she has a strong company 20 act as
foils for her humor.
II she can succeed In making the AllEyeA
a success she will deserve all the shekels
that find their way to her bank account.
Charles Frohman some time ago announced
that he would not renew II. lease OF the
house he held Whsn It ran out In January,
and it was thought for a ong time that
the theater would have to 30 taken over