The Washington times., 1908-04-19

% HE management of the Columbia
Theater has completed arrange
ments with James X Hackett
to play a limited engagement of
four or FIVE weeks at this theater be-
ginning May 4.
Mr. Hackett desires to test the ply
sique Of repertory, and Will revive his
successes Among them viii be THE
Prisoner Of Zenda," THE Crisis The
Secret Of Polichinele." The Walls Of
Jericho and Don Caesar de Bazan. &"
Mr. Hackett Is not TO head a stock COM
pany, as has been announced, but Is
70 guage the value Of his repertoire.
with the idea Of touring in repertoire
next year should this experiment prove
successful
popular scale Of prices will pre-
vail during this engagement.
Will.Sm Gillette's new comedy. That
Little Affair at Boyds." will have a
special production at the Belasco Thea
ter. in Washington, next month. with
Miss Cecilia LOTUS as the star. under
the management Of Winchell Smith and
william A. Page. who have secured the
play from Mr.. Gillette. The leading role
IS exceptionally well suited To Miss
Lortus' and in all probability she will
De starred i'll this play next season.
special cast, which includes Ernest
LaWford and Frederick Lewis. will be
organized to support Miss LOTUS. Guy
standing, who will head the stock com
PAM AT the Belasco Theater. in Wash
lngton, viii give up the house for one
week TO Miss LOTUS. in order that she
may appear in That Little Affair at
Boyd's.'
Marie Doro, who was seen here re-
Gently in The Morals Of Marcus" will
create the part of Miquette in the Eng
fish version of 'Miquette ct sa Mere. -
which Charles Frohman is to produce
during the spring season in London.
Miss Doro sails for London in two
weeks
The play deals with the story Of an
impUlsive, innocent, delicious Young
provincial girl, who on the spur OF the
moment runs away from her mothers
tobacco shop and becomes an actress in
Paris All this at the suggestion of an
amusing aristocrat, whose dishonorable
intentions she disarms by her absolute
Innocence.
The background of the play is Satire
OF theatrical conditions in Paris, and
there is figured forth many a type that
haunts the surroundings of a theater-
The characters OF the play are said 10
be as strongly individualized and as
skillfully painted as those Of Pinero' S
'Trelawney Of the Wells"
Vira Stowe will be the ingenue of the
summer stock company at the Belasco
4 Among those leaving New York on the
I Kronprinzessin Cecille on her .sst +rir
was Mrs Andreas DIPPED. her husband
the future administrative manager OF
the Metropolitan. being az the pier Il
see her of. Mr.. DipPel will follow his
wife to Europe in May and will return
in ample time for the next opera sea
son.
The death of James c. Quinn last weeE
was sincerely regretted by a large cir
Gle Of friends among theatrical people
AR. Quinn was for 2 number OF year!
stage manager for Richard Mansfield
and stage director for MSS Julia Mar
lowe. There were few men Of recent
years who had so profound a knowl
edge of the classic drama as lid Mr.
Quinn, and wfthaI he was a man o.
charming personality.
E. H Sothern is suffering from a Pc
culiar accident. One evening recently
during the performance of Don Quix
ote." in the melee which followed The
attempt of the knight TO rescue the gal
ley slave. Mr.. Sothern got a cracl
over the head with q staff. which left
fwFr aFG
MUM.
w Stanley James. who made many
friends in this city while with tn,
Kathryn PurneH Stock Company, re
turns to the Majestic this week IN THE
Belle of Richmond"
Richard earle. who has achieve,
prominence as the composer Of 4 dozeT
popular song hits. such as "PeculIe;
Julia, " 4 Fell in Love With Polly,
My Alamo Love- and "A Lemon In
the Garden of Love" has written al
the music for his new farcicaI play
''Mary's Lamb" He has provided thir
teen numbers, at least half of which
have already become big sellers. Thes
include ''Betsy's, the Belle of the Bath
ers," MY Madagascar Maid and q
1doliZe Ida
The EIlery Band is said 20 have
fine reed section. and this will be givel
full scope in the playing of the Adagit
from Beethoven's Sonata Patetica' to
night, when the band plays al tn
Belasco Theater for the benefit of tn,
Rough Riders National Monument fund
Inez Macauisy and Hal Davis hav,
dissolved vaudeville relations, and bot
are pursuing separate paths. Mis-
AIacauley, assisted by Clarence Oliver
is playing an Edmund Day farce called
1.-The Unexpected
Miss Adria Ainslee. who plays III
leading female role in THE Belle o
Richmond" was formerly Identified v III
the FOrepaugh stock company.
Gilbert Proctor, treasurer Of the Ma
jestic, will probably leave for the Yves
after this week Mr. Proctor was lei
money and property in Aberdeen. S
Sig. Antonelli the trumpet soloist 0
the Ellery Band, which will play at tn
Reiasco Tbeater this evening is a rFla