The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

! HllCd CpOnE IS 10 star IN a play called
Kit adapted from vaudeville sketch
I Of the same mama.
It is said that within another year
( David Warfeld viii be seen as ShylOck
in The Merchant Of Venice"
I Laura Nelson Han has retired from the
cast Of Girls to be succeeded by Bes-
sic Toner. who has given a good account
! Of herself
Louise Drew. daughter Of John Drew.
has been engaged 10 play with Billie
I Burke in Love Watches" Miss Drew
! last season played at the Hudson Thea
ter with Ethel Barrymore IN Her Sis
/ ter"
Frances starr is due TO return from her
] vacation in the course OF week and
/ then viii listen TO the reading Of a new
/ play intended for her use. Blanche Bates
/ is also expected in town for the same
/ purpose
/ William Seymour. who continues as ths
/ general stage director OF all Charles
/ Fr0aman's dramatic attractions viii re-
/ hearss for him Love Watches Jack
! Straw Diana OF DObson- s. and The
{ NoIuSc- This season he has ten stage
I managers under his supervision
/ Frank Sheridan. who plays the part of
/ Captain Williams IN paid in Full az
! the Astor TEeater. has been engaged by
/ Joseph Brooks for the role OF Donovan.
/ the trainer. in "Wudfre." the Broad
I hursJ-Hobart racing comedy IN which
/ Lillian Russell viii open at the Liberty
I Tleater Labor Day
I ". J. Bryan and Tim Murphy have
( similar campaign slogans The candidate
| says that the campaign issue IS The
Man and the Dollar The actor says
/ that the universal issue is Cupid and
I the Dollar" which is the name OF his
I new comedy which he will produce .Au-
I gust .
When Richard earle resumes his en-
] easement u -'AIary's Lamb. on Monday
/ next. at the New York TEeater. the
# chorus VIII be enlarged and the princI-
/ pals will be new Julia Ralph VIII sue
/ cee6 Eli-a Proctor Otis. and the others
/ IN the cast VIII be Cecilia RhoGs- Rita
I StauWood. Nellie Brewster, De Witt Mott
/ and SYLVAN LaugIois.
/ Henry ReaterdahI. the marine artist. %
/ design the scenes and costumes for The
great naval play. Ia Time OF Peace. DO
; which NI-- Armstrong has written for
I KIaw & E-Ianser- The play will 60 l-to
I rehearsal as soon as EIaw tc E-lauger
I have ~Ber-Hur'' and The RoUnd-Lp''
fairly started on the road
/ When Charles Frohnaa brings 20
America n Coquelin and Nine. Ie Ba-gy
I IN RosJand's newest play. "Chanticlalr. -
{ extreme Interest VIII be taken ia the per
I forua-ces. principally because they VIII
I he the farewell American appearances OF
: the great CoqueIin. always 20 be remem-
oe-ed for his wonderful Scarpia and his
more wonderful Cyrauo- But Nine le
Bargy- the -esou-c5f1I, dazzling Is Bar
81. as easily capable one evening Of a
fascinating, playful. naive Tr.xie in NY
E Wife. on the next OF a worldly.
sclemilg, depraved Flora in The Honor
Of the Family VIII amply repay every
DlayEOe-'s attention.
The attraction Al the New Academv fo-
the week commencing Monday. August
4. VIII be the latest Charles z BIarey
. production. From Sing Sing 20 Liberty. ''
a sensational meIodrama in four acts and
six scenes, by Harry Clay BIauey The
. production VIII be massive and thk ue-
& cEanicsI effects new and novel. The prIn-
/ cipal feature Of this great play VIII be
/ the appearance Of Jack Doris. the scien-
I tic 5aiI-breaker, who has been ENGAGED
TO create the leading part of the Play. In
the second act he VII show his feat Of
breaking out OF his cell at Sing Sing. in
/ which Ee has been locked with real hand
I cuffs and iron bars This IS no stage ef-
I feet. but realistic. and after each per
l tornaICe the audience IS invited on the
stage 70 inspect the paraqhe-nalia used
II this scene
Lillian Russell IS back from London
and Paris for the reEearsals Of wild
[ FIRE" the racing comedy with which
EIaw & ErIager viii open their season
I at the Liberty Theater. New York City.
Miss Russell says she went 10 Paris be-
cause Gov Hughes would not let her bet
on the New York tracks She intended
70 buy gowns abroad. but after looking
over the models OF the Pz-isian dress
makers she declared that American mo-
distes now make better and prettier
I clothes than are made abroad Miss Rus
sell says the hats worn abroad are not as
large as those in vogue in New York
/ Sheath gowns are not 10 be seen in Paris
or London, but tight skirts are coming
/ into style "Wilddre' opens at Asbury
/ Park September 4 for a preliminary can
ter Frank Sheridan has been engaged
for the role OF Donovan. the trainer
Donald GaUaher viii play the title role
in a Mountain Boy" the new American
drama by Pauline Phelps and Marion
Short. which KIaw & E-Ianger viii pro
dUce in Chicago this fall Master Gala
her has played ten parts IN his brief
stage career Of six years. He made his
/ stage debut with Sol smith Russell in a
I Poor Relation Later he Joined Annie
Russell as Prince Charles Ferdinand in
a Royal Family" After that he played
successfully with Annie O'Neu IN Sweet
Z and Twenty and in The Wilderness
I and The Twin Sisters" He PLAYED lead
| ing man with Nillie James in The Little
3 Princess" Clyde Fitch wrote a special
I part for him in Her Own Way" and
I later save him another Tommy Mems. in
The Girl Who Has Everything with
] Eleanor Robson He has played roles in
'Salony Jane and Nurse Marjorie
Amelia Bingham in Cleveland
Amelia Bingham is now in Cleveland
located at the Euclid Garden. where
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