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York. early in April. Amy Ricard will ais
be q member of the cast


be member of the cast.
Nine Yale Will be at the New National
Theater only Thursday afternoon. March
5, at 4:30.
The first performance of Girls a new
comedy by Clyde Fitch, will be given al
the Belasco Theater shortly.
Albert and Frank Kaufman. the pro-
gram dispensers and drivers of the New
Nationals official water wagon. have bios
somed forth in new uniforms, like those OF
midshipmen.
Eleanor Robson will be the fourth link
In the unbroken chain of women stars
playing the New National Theater in
rapid succession. Elsie Janis and Marie
Doro will finish the chain.
Owing to the big cyclone scene at the
beginning of THE Wizard of o." the
curtain at the Academy o. Music this
week will rise promptly at 8 o'clock, and
at he matinee performances at . o'clock.
Joseph Schrode. who plays the frolic-
some heifer in THE Wizard o. o." orig
mated the part and played 1t during the
run of the extravaganza at the Grand
Opera House. Chicago, and the Majestic
Theater. New York.
Charles Wilkins, who plays the Tin
Woodman in THE Wizard of o." is said
to resemble Dave Montgomery, who cre-
ated the role. He is a clever dancer and
his tinman is said to be hilariously funny.
A dramatzation Of Molly Bawn," a
novel written years ago by 1.-The Ouch
ess." was produced in Philadelphia re-
Gently and made a hit 1t is to be used
regularly next season by Beuah Poynter.
Paul Armstrong and Rex Beach, collab-
Grating. have produced a farce entitled
Going Some" which has been in rehear-
sal in New York for week and will be
produced for the first time Easter Monday
Father and the Boys" the comedy by
George AIDE in which William H. Crane
will soon appear in New York. is one of
the American plays which Charles Froh-
man selected to produce in London.
Alice FischAr's condensation of Aunt
self and the booking powers. and she will
appear In vaudeville the week of March
3. starting at the Fifth Avenue Theater,
New York.
Miss Metao Greene. who is playing
leading role in Ben Hur,' will make her
debut next fall as a prima donna In
comic opera which will be produced for
the first time in New York. Miss Greene
is lyric soprano.
Next Saturday night Digby Bells tour
in "Shore Acres" will come to an end AT
the same time Mr. Bells contract with
the Shuberts expires. A large part OF the
season this attraction has been presented
IN popular-price houses.
The Kansas City grand jury. last week
in the criminal court of that city re-
turned 145 indictments against theatrical
people for violation of the Sunday law
last Sunday. All waived for court under
small bail.
The musical entitled 1.-The Three Twins
Is shortly to be tried in Chicago. and it is
expected to be featured throughout the
summer. The plot is said to be Charles
Dickson's old play ''Incog" whipped into
musical comedy.
Mrs. Helen Cohan. mother of George
Cohan. was removed from a New York
hospital to her home last Wednesday.
covered entirely from the attack of ap-
pendicitis for which she underwent an
operation.
as drama Of telspathy, is continuing it's
success. This piece was offered to three
prominent managers IN New York and
two In Chicago. all of whom turned it
down. saying they could see nothing in
For the principal role in 1.-THE Servant
in the House." Henry Miller has engaged
Tyrone Power. This play will be pro-
ducsd early in the spring. 1t Is the work
of C. Ram Kennedy, an English author.
who arrived in America recently with his
wife, Edith Wynne Matthison.
Frederic Thompson, the originator of
Luna Park and the hippodrome is to have
a new theater OF his own in New York in
the vicinity Of Broadway and 44th street.
The new house will be finished In time for
next season and Is to be devoted exclu-
IN ThnmnSnn
Margaret Anglin began her starring
tour In Hartford last Wednesday night.
presenting THE Awakening of Helen
Delands novel of that name A large
and fashionable audience pronounced the
piece a success.
uriously on his royalties from 1.-THE Wiz
ard of o. for the past seven years. is
ABOUT to re-enter the musical coined!
field. He has completed the music for a
play which is said to be as wide a de-
parture from the conventional as was his
first success.
Eugene Walter: the young man who Is
responsible for 1.-THE Undertow," paid
in Full' and Sergeant James," will hav.
his latest play presented by the Belasco
Stock Company at Los Angeles mex
month. The title of the piece is 1.-The
WOu- us SCSuco are idlo III Lie 11uuSOH
bay district
Alfred E. Aarons and John P. Slocum
have arranged to produce musical com
edy entitled THE Gay Musician" Juliar
Edwards is the composer of the score anc
the libretto is attributed to T. Seidle. Ths
piece will be presented early in the spring
and the contracts already made indicate
a cast Of superior excellence.
Raymond Hitchcock's season in "a
Yankee Tourist" came to an abrupt halt
In Cleveland last night. The company
will be disband I'd and no effort made to
force the musical comedy on the public
with a substituted comedian at it's mead
Mr.. Hitchcock goes to New York for
trial
Charles Frohman has acquired the
American rights to the latest London
success, Diana of DobSpns.' The
transaction was accomplished in London
early last week. several other prominent
managers bidding for the piece. 1t is a
comedy and was written by Miss Cicely
Hamilton whose name never before ap-
peared on a play bill.
Fred C. Whitney will open the Shaftes-
bury Theater, London. Easter Monday
with version Of 1.-THE Manhattan
Bellies The piece will have a different
name to suit the requirements Of the
London playgoer. The task Of adaptation
has been intrusted to G.. H. Jessop, the
author Of my Lady Molly" and "Shamus
O'Rrien"