Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight
Bertha Kalich will return to the Yiddish
stage.
Mrs. Fiske is still playing Salvation
Nell"
Rose stahl is booked for an early re-
turn in The Chorus Lady
The Duncan Damrosch combination Will
appear at the National next month.
Blanche Bates is in the far west pre-
senting The Fighting Hope.
John Mason Is to have two new plays
next season, one by Ernest Poole ana
another by Augustus THOMAS.
Edna Wallace Hopper is reported to
have had a nervous breakdown Whlie on d
visit to London.
Ruth St. Denis is TO give series OF her
East Indian dances under the manage
ment of Henry Il. Harris.
Frank Hatch has been engaged for an
important role in The Coast OF Chances
which oDens in Rochester this week.
Daniel Sully's new play. THE Came,
was produced in a Massachusetts town
last week.
Mrs. Fred Ntblo. known upon the stage
as Josephine Cohan. has been seriously
i'll in this city. but is rapidly recovering.
Irene Dillon. in the cast Of The
Golden Widow" Is a young Australian
singer making her first appearance IN
America.
Tomorrow night at the Lyric Theater,
New York. William Faversham vii!
make his long promised production ol
: '.Herod," by stephen Phillips.
Hattie Williams is to appear on tour
in her latest success, Detective spar
kles" which has had a long run In New
York.
David Warfield opened his sixth year
in 1.-The Music Master" in Richmond re-
Gently and then started south for long
tour.
"Old Dutch" musical comedy, in
which Lew Fields will star this season,
will open it's tour in WikeSbarre, "a,
November q.
Annie Russell is now at her home In
Maine by the sea recovering from an III
ness which has kept her this season from
the stage.
The first American production Of William
]. Locke's novel Idols was given at
on the theme of racial intermarriage.
Marie Dressler and her company began
rehearsals last Tuesday in New York of
'Tilly's Nightmare, musical comedy,
by A. Baldwin Sloane and Edgar Smith.
Mabel Van Buren,. who last season
played the leading role in THE Virginian"
is now with 1.-The Squaw Man in the
same capacity.
Big Bill. the foreman of the ranch, in
THE Squaw Man. is still being played by
George w. Deyo, who has been with the
company for the past three seasons.
John B. Doris. for years one of the best
known circus men in the United States
and later owner of Doris Big Museum in
New York city, is in the city as business
representative for May Robson.
Charles Klein will have his annual in
nings. by arrangement with Henry B.
Harris. at the Powers Theater Chicago,
December g. At that time his latest play.
THE Next of Kim" will be produced.
1t is reported in New York that Nat c.
Goodwin is to return to musical comedy
about the first Of the year In work OF
which the book is by c. M. 8. Mcclellan
and the music by Ivan Caryn
j. c. Williamson, the Australian man
ager, has obtained the rights for his
country of The Lion and the Mouse"
and 1.-The Third Degree and will proba-
bly, star Katherine Grey in those plays.
A change has been made in the plans
of the New Theater. New York Mr..
Sothern and Miss Marlowe will be there
only during the opening months, as they
have to fulfill other engagements.
the cast of The Flirting Princess, which
is to have its first presentation In MIL
waukee next week. Miss Dale will be
featured in the production.
Jessie Millward has been engaged by
Messrs. Liebler & Co. as leading WON an
for Arnold DAILY. whom they will shortly
star in a play by Mr.. Paul Hervieu, en-
titled Know Thyself"
Walter Lawrence, Arthur Donaldson
and Ida Stanhope, who played together
during the long run in New York and
London of The Prince Of Pilsen." are
again appearing in the same company
with The Golden Widow"
The policy of the Columbia Theater Of
selling coupon tickets for seats in the
top gallery is proving even more popular
than ever this season. Every seat is re-
served and may be purchased one week
in advance.
When Charles E. Evans appears at the
Whitney Opera House, Chicago, the farce
to which he will lend his services will be
known as They Loved a Lassie.'' in
stead of There and Back" the original
title.
Charles Richman, who has retired from
THE Revellers'' to become leading man
with Mary Mannering, will remain in sup
port of this star but short time, pending
the selection of a new play in which he
will be featured.
Frank Sheridan is to appear in a new
play called His Name on the Door," The
author of the play, Frank Lord. had a
great deal to do with the investigation of
the insurance frauds in New York. and II
Is on this theme that the play is built.