The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
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News of the Theaer and It's People, Gathered from Here
There, and Everywhere.

well. George Leon Moore. William Dan
forth. Eugene Bedding. NJ /. Alsop.
Wilmer Bentley. Nell Follis. and Jobyna
Howland. There viii be a chcrus OF
eighty
It has leaked out that The author OF
Miss Brown. Burglar" or The Law
breakers" as IL was originally called. IS
none other than J. Hartley Manners. The
nearest that local guessers could get 10
the authorship OF this entertaining plav
was that u was undeniably the product
Of an Englishman.
Having asked the public TO name last
weeks bill OF the Producing stock. Com
pany al the Belasco Theater. the man
agement soon found itself swamped with
titles The title Two Women and =
Man. however. was decided upon. Both
Mary Mannering and Bertha Galiand are
considering the play.
The return OF Marc KIaw from Europe
marks the beginning of the return Of
prominent theatrical people from the other
side OF the Atlantic. The tide win turn
as quickly as it did in the spring. for
every one in theaulcaIs IS busilv ana
hopefully looking forward 70 the time
when the curtain shall ring Up.
Fritz Williams and HIS wife. known on
the stage as Katherine Florence. have
been engaged by the Wagenhals & KEN
per Company. They are always 10 appear
together in The same play. They VIII be
IN Paid IA Fun that reopens the Astor
Iheater august 2, AR Williams as Joe
Brooks. Miss Florence as Emma.
'B1y's Tombstone" SYDNEY ureV.S
humorous sketch. which has been seen
IN vaudeville. has been made into a play.
which the Shuberts WIZ produce al Dalv.s
Deglnnlng august ? Mr. Drew. who VIII
be starred IN tne piece. has been sur
rounded BY a capable company. Mrs.
Drew. IT IS understood. made the dramatt-
zation.
When James 7. Powers. Of Havana. -
offered the Wright brothers ss1o53 10 fit
. around al some place convenient 10 New
York, the aforesaid jimmy 20 hold the
bag" Few persons took him seriously.
As matter Of fact, Powers is rated as
one OF the wealthIest actors Of the Amer
lean stage To date, however, he has not
qualified"
One OF the largest drop curtains ever
painted is now in the hands OF the artists
IN the Vanderbilt Galleries. New York Il
Is intended FOR the Denver Auditorium
one OF the most spacious playhouses IN
the country The curtain Is thirty-three
feet high and sixty-fve feet wide Prac-
I tic2lly the entire space Is given I'D 10 an
I allesoreaI painting.
Bert Levy organized a fresh-air mat
inee Tor the benefit or poor children. in
London, recently. at which the perform
ers were Americans. including Ro~e
StahL Fannie Ward. CIarIce Vance Wal
ter Kelly. and Joseph Coyue The per
fornlance was under The patronage OF
Ambassador and Mrs Red. the Duchess
| Of Marlborough. and Mrs Potter Palmer.
seror Alexander, who has been ballet
master Of the Empire Theater. London.
for the past fifteen years. and who IS The
unc'e OF Nile. Genee. has been engaged
/ by Klaw & Erla1ger 10 arrange The bal
4 lets for the new play which IS being
l written for Nile Genee by Harry R
I Smith. and which viii Be produced AZ the
New Amsterdam Theater. New York.
tsrly in November
Miss Blanche Ring viii continue with
/ The Midnight sons until that piece
/ takes 70 the road Her successor Is not
I known. Il is understood that Lew Fields
+ VII star Miss Ring in a new musical
/ comedy The Midnight Sons" which is
/ one OF the most phenomenal successes
/ Of recent years. is scheduled 20 give way
( 20 new revue which Mr.. Fields VIII
/ produce some time IN October.
The seventh annual midsummer full
dress rehearsal of the Green Room Cluo
win be given in the Casino al Asbury
I Park. y. J.. on the afternoon and even
/ ing OF Saturday, July a Among TIE
| artists who VIII appear are James O-NeTl
/ George Cohan. Raymond Hitchcock. Harry
I Bulger, and John z. Henshaw. The clubs
i annual clambake viii be held al Avon.
near Asbury Park. on Sunday afternoon.
July o
Philadelphia introduced a new style OF
/ patriotism on July g. AT the Chestnut
Street Theater. which shelters a perma-
nent stock company. William Ingerson
head Of the company. but not al presen,
( PLAYING. came before a curtain made o..
a large American flag and read the Decla-
iratiOn Of Independence after the second
act Then the orchestra played The Stal
( Spangled Banner, the audience arose
and the patriotic situation was tmmensely
enioyed