Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03


opera is In three acts, the scenes showing
a public square in Alexandria. a terrace
roof of the kings palace and the inte-
rior of the kings private pyramid.
Playhouse Paragraphs
Elsie Janis is to play return engage
ment in Chicago.
Grace La Rue will be member of The
Follies of 1905 company. .---
Owen Davis will write a play for the
Shuberts which will not be a melodrams.
Henry Kolker will be leading man with
Margaret AnSlin in her Australian tour.
Fannie Ward has made a hit in London
in new version of The Marriage OF
William Ashe."
Henrietta Crosman is winning golden
critical opinions for her portrayal OF Peg
gy in THE Country Girl
Frank Worthing, who has lately had a
serious time with illness. is again, pla ymg
his leading role with Grace George.
THE County Chairman THE Sultan
of Sulu'' and THE Shotgun" are to be
produced i'm London.
Billie Burke will star in Love Watches"
in this country next season. and tine fol-
lowing year will present the play in Lon
don.
David Warield Is to close his season
May , with a performance of "A Grand
Army Man. He will then sail for Eus
rope. - 'e =
THE Merry Widow celebrated its
22Jth consecutive performance AT the
New Amsterdam Theater, New York. last
Thursday night.
Charles Frohman has secured theAmer-
ica.l rights to The Dollar Princess and
may engage May de Sousa TO play the
leading role. ~
George Arliss is to star next season In a
play from the Hungarian cafledsH"The
Devil. 1t is a comedy OF modern life,
with the scenes laid in Budapesrh. -
mortal to Edwin Booth a statue'of the
tragedian as Hamlet, to be placed in Q
public park in New York.
Marie Doro closed her tour in The
Morals of Marcus last Saturday night
at Buffalo and will shortly sail tor LON
don, where she will appear during the
summer. 3;
A play dealing with modern society ia
general and political graft in particular,
called Undesirable Citizens" will be pro-
duced next season. The author is Lee
Arthur. -
produced in New York the coming sea-
son. THE Prisoner" and 1.-THE Bell OF
Liberty" which is an adaptation from a
German play of the same name.
Samuel Claggett intends to send out~two
companies to play The --rince Chap"
next season. Cyril Scott may give a few
performances of the piece in conjunction
with THE Royal Mounted"
Charles Dillingham; has sold the Aus
tralian rights Of Miss FRITZ Scheff's pres
ent opera Mile. Modesto" by Victor
Herbert and Henry Blossom, to j. c. Will
hanson.
Way Down East has not made .
success in London. The English do not
understand the peculiar humor and char
acterizations of the play, and IL simply
puzzles them what ii is all about. The
snowstorm made hit. however.
Bertha Galland, who has been in retire
ment for two seasons on account OF i'll
ness, will probably be seen again next
fall as a star. She is having George
Eliot's The Spanish Gypsy" adapted I'M
der the title of "Fideima.'
The sale of Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne's
household effects. he'd last week. amount
ed to S39. S31. The largest prices were
paid for jewelry and some antique furni-
ture.
THE Morals of Marcus has been trans
lated into Esperanto and will be played
in that language at series of six matt
nees in May. by Marie Doro and an espe-
cial,y selected company, at one of Charles
Frohman's London theaters.
The title of Mrs. Marie Bailey Schra-
ders one-act play. described in last Sum
days Star. is '''The Bandbox." 1t will be
produced about the middle of the month
at New York.
Mrs. Rollie Borden-Low. who is to sing
at the Choral Society's Grieg memorial
concert next Tuesday. received her mu-
Munich.
Frank Mills, leading man with Olga
at Syracuse. N. Y. April IL. and taken to
a hospital.
Alfred Hudson, ST., comedian at the Be-
lasco. holds the record for the longest
theatrical engagement. having appeared
for a dozen successive seasons in the
company of Sol Smith Russell.
Robin Hood" will be given early in the
summer at the New National. There
have been many requests for De Koven's
romantic masterpiece. Edith Bradford
will appear as Alan-a-Dale.
Miss Cora B. Shreve will add several
new feature numbers to her second edi-
ton of "Leonora," to be given at the
New National Theater Friday afternoon,
May q. The children are now rehears-
ing.
Charles Meyer. who will appear here in
the role of Kibosh. the wizard. in THE
Wizard of the Nile" was formerly a
me mber of the Yankee Tourist" COM
pany. Mr. Meyer succeeded Frank Mou.
Ian in the title role of king Dodo.''
Clarence Jacobson. treasurer of the New
National Theater. returned to Washing
ton Friday afternoon after q i've days
absence as acting business manager. of
the Washington base ball club during the
illness of Mr.. Fowler.
Mildred Hunter Arden. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Arden, as married to
Lieut.. George w. Beavers, LISA. at the