Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
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Viola Aliens Washington engagement
will be included.
Anna Held's new comedy. Miss limo
cence Abroad" will be produced in At
lan1ic City October 26.
| The new play which David Belasco is
working on for Frances Starr will be
ready for production early in January.
The Brothers Byrne are finding that
vaudeville has given a new lease of life
to their perennial Eight Bells"
| Charles Meakins who plays Prince
| Danilo in the New York production or
The Merry Widow is the husband OF
tralto of the Aborn Opera Company here
! In the company engaged to support
Nine. kalich are Frank Gilmore, Pillar
NORM. Eda Bruna, Florine Arnold, George
lie Guere, Ernest Stallard, Fred Peters,
C. ]. Williams and Thomas r. Mills.
| Joseph Brooks and A. W. Dingwall have
bought the American rights to THE Sins
of Society,"" the big London success, and
will produce 1t later In the season with
| the complete English cast and scenery.
| The Al Wilson company was caught in
| a freight wreck recently. but the only
| damage resulted from their inability TO
| reach Cumberland in time for the even
ing performance. and the contract had to
| be Cancelled.
| May vokes. principal Coincidence in "A
Knight for a Day." Is one of the famous
Vokes family of stage celebrities. Her
last appearance in Washington was in
limitations of Vesta Victoria. Harry Lau-
der and other English favorites.
Recently Jesse Lasky made four of his
premier productions in one evening, al
| though widely separated. They were
THE Devil in sketch form. "A Day at
the Country Club" Wilson Franklin and
company's MY Wife Won't Let Me- and
The Love Waltz
1.-THE Easiest Way" the latest Eugene
Walter play, which Belasco is to produce
with Charlotte Walker in the leading
part, was originally offered as a one
| act play in vaudeville under the title of
The Man From Denver" 1t failed to
please then and was taken off after
weeks trial.
Frederic Thompson has picked re-
markedly strong company for his Wire
less production. Here are just few OF
the names: Edwin Arden. Maude Granger
Robert McWade. Georgia Drew Mendum'
William B. Mack. Vera McCord, Francis
McGinn and Crosby Little.
All of the mechanical and electrical eff
fects in Frederic Thompson's production
of wireless were made at the now
famous shops at Luna Park. Coney
Island. The mechanical devices used In
Little Memo and Polly of the Circus
also came from these works.
John Othen who for the past two years
has acted as head usher and stenographer
at the Belasco. left this city last Monday
he Of odyar CT ma
| ager of Variety. weekly paper pub
lished in New York. Mr.. Othen has been
identified with the Belasco and Chase's
Theater programs.
The original Of the famous character
of Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch is
still living hale and hearty in the origi-
nal "tin-roofed house.. IN Louisville. Ky.
Mrs. Mary Bass. the old lady in question,
is nearly seventy years of age at this writ
ing. and bids fair to round out her CEN
fury mark.
When Eddie Foy gives his rendition
of Hamlet In Mr.. Hamlet of Broadway"
he plays the part straight" and cos
tunes the character in an exact dupf-
cation Of the costume worn by Mr.. E: II.
Sothern. Ben NJ. Jerome, whose music Is
a part of the production. is accompanying
the company on tour prior to it's opening
in New York. and will conduct the or
chestra during the engagement at the
BelascO.
De Wolf Hopper had a narrow escape
from serious injury last Monday night in
Syracuse, and as a result of it the per-
Torrance Of What Happened Then" was
brought to a close before the end OF the
third act. Mr.. Hopper makes an exit with
a wire attached to him and makes an en-
trance the same way. The wire broke
and he fell on his head and was rendered
unconscious. He was able to work the
next night, but has cut out the wire.
A novelty is offered in The Prima
Donna" the new play for FRITZ Scheff,
which Victor Herbert and Henry Bios
som have written, in the fact that there
will not be a pair of tights or an abbre-
waited skirt worn by any Of the sixty
girls who make up the chorus. Another
novelty is In the fact that all the girls
are tall. not one measuring less than
feet 101k inches.
The author Of agnes" which Miss
Nance O'Neil is producing in New York,
is Mrs. Sydney Drew. whose pen name
Is George Cameron. She wished to con-
ceal her identity. but the secret leaked
out. Mrs. Drew Is the wife of John
Drew's younger brother. and Is the
daughter Of Mckee Rankin being be-
fore her marriage Gladys Rankin.