The Washington times., 1908-06-14
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| Harry Conor will be the principal
Blanche Ring in The Wall Street
Girl"
! Constance Collier, a weu-known Eng
fish actress. has been engaged as lead
| ing woman with William Gillette when
| that actor appears in Samson"
The FolIies OF 1903" opened last week
In Atlantic City and Is apparently as
I great a success as its 1907 version. AL
/ the old favorites and many additional
ones are lined up in the new piece.
/ The latter include Lee Harrison and
/ Arthur DEACON.
When Maude Adams begins her sea-
/ son in London next November she Will
! include Twelfth Night" In her roper
| toire. Her success as Viola at Harvard
/ and Yale has prompted Charles Froh-
! man 10 add the Shakespeare play TO her
! London bill.
! George NJ. Conan has at last decided
| TO invade London. Negotiations have
| been concluded for his engagement
| there next March and he VIII take the
entire company now appearing with
him in 1.-THE Yankee Prince"
Alice Lloyd viii be- enc Of the new
stars next season. She Will be added
+ to the list OF players in the Ziegfeld fold.
and viii be seen in a musical comedy
entitled 1.-The Bonnie Belle Of Scot
! land"
/ George Grossmith, IT.. one OF the cIev-
crest comedians Of the English stage,
will have the principal role IN support
Of Hattie Williams in Fluffy Rufhes'
next season.
The success Of Girls which had its
/ initic. performance In Washington, has
Sesulted IN bookings in London. Tho
/ play Will be given there next October
Another interesting announcement
J comes slsSTI- across the water that be
( fore n any moons go BY The Red Mill
/ will be o. oduced IN London with none
/ other than the fascinating FRITZ Schcn
/ as joint star with Montgomery & Stone.
| At recent Sunday performance Of
| THE Merry Widow" in St. Petersburg
/ before the grand dukes, the cheapest
seats were sold for SIS apiece.
: A theater IN Montenegro was rsided
| by a mob because the management re
! fused 10 withdraw THE Merry Widow. %
| The people claim the opera is an in
suit 10 Montenegrins, as the escapades
| Of one Of its former princes form the
basis Of the story in the opera.
Miss Lillian Seville, who sang the
role OF Olga with Henry W. Saw
| ages Chicago production Of The
/ Merry Widow" was recently awarded
5000 in her suit against the Interborough
/ Railway OF New York city. In Febru-
airy. 1907, Miss Seville was injured while
| boarding a subway train at the Four
! teenth street station.
/ Sir Richard Escombe, Max Pember-
/ tons romantic story, is to be drama
/ tized. The play will be produced next
/ season, probably at the Hacket The
/ alter, and appearing in the title role as
/ the dashing Irish baronet viii be James
/ 4. Hackett Contracts giving MIR.
| Hackett the dramatic rights OF the
/ novel both for England and America
We're signed last week before M.
/ Hackett left for Europe.
Fanny Ward has scored another sue
! cess in London. this time in the leading
role in THE Three Of U.s." the play
/ that brought Carlotta Nilsson to the
fore in this country. The London pro-
| duction took place last week.
Following their appearance in Amer
| lea this fall In The Mollusc," Joseph
Coyne and Alexandra Carlisle viii re-
/ turn to the London stage in a new
comedy now being written for them.
Louise Dresser and May Naudain VIII
have parts in THE Girls of Gotten
! berg one of the prevailing successes
OF the London stage. when ii is pro-
| duced.
Wednesday, June II, the first perform
ance of Peter Pan" At the Paris Vaude-
Vile will be given. Mr., Barrie's con-
edy is 10 be given exactly as in Lon
don. and with Pauline Chase in the title
role.
Wilton Lackaye likely will be seen
| next season in a new play by Paul
Heyse, entitled saul"
Maud Allan, an American dancer,
continues &c be the rage in London.
She recentIs- danced before the KING
and Queen Of England. She viii prob
ably come to the United States next
season
"A Stubborn Cin4eT Ella" has regis
tered such an empha &c hit in Chicago
that reports from that city declare the
musical comedy is likely to run straight
! through the sumner and winter season
| without iutermlsslOn.
Guy Bates Post is playing the chief
role in the Western company playing
paid in Full" Mr.. Post viii be remem-
bered here for his delightful perform
ance in the principal role Of The Heir
TO the Hoorah."
Arrangements are being made for the
appearance next season of Marguerite
Clark in a fantastic play, called 'The
Moon Child by Edward z. KiddeT.
Ada Rehan was among the large num-
Der OF professionals who sailed for Eu.
rope last week. She VIII spend the sum-
mer abroad
Matthew White. jT.. has completed
the comedy written around his one act