The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

VIZ have its premier in Chicago.
The Beauty Spot" is TO be done in
Paris at the Olympia. Ethel Levy head
ing the cast.
Adele Ritehie. Louise Cunning. and Mrs.
Leslie Carter are among the bathers al
Atlantic City.
The capital stock Of the shubert The
atrical Company has been Increased from
$4,000 10 Sl.Ooooo0
Silver dollars were given as souvenirs
by The Golden Girl" which recently
ended its great Chicago run.
Margaret AngIin has secured the Amer
lean rights 70 Ia Recoutre." the work
Of Pierre Berton. the author Of ''Zaza-"
Hilda Spong. who has been out OF the
Legitimate" for nearly a whole season.
viii return In a new play IN the autumn
Miriam Nesbit has been engaged for one
OF the leading parts IN The Travelling
Salesman when il begins its fan tour.
IN view OF the impression made by
Georgia Game IN The Motor Girl" this
talented young woman viii be starred IN
that piece.
Fernandu Eliscu IS now under cor
tract with Henry B. Harris. and Will
enact the part OF Annie Jenries n. The
Third Degree"
The Merry Widow" Is smashing more
records This time It is san Francisco
which Is hard hit by the fascinating
Viennese opera
nsh farce, is 10 be revived wiki Dallas
Wexford in his original and delicious role
OF the cockney.
Hamilton Revene has been engaged by
George H Brennan FOR the London cast
o. The Coast OF Chance" He viii play
the principal male role
The shuberts have arranged system
whereby the chorus girls attached 20
their various productions may have a
series Of summer vacations
Mile Dazzle has achieved quite a TIL
umph n her pantouine. "LAmour de
TArtist," which She IS giving at the
Fifth Avenue Theater. New York.
Ezra Kendall Is summering on his farm
in Ohio. revising The Vinegar Buyer"
in which he viii again star next season
under The direction Of Liebler & Co
Otis SINNERS new play viii be called
Your Humble Servant" II IS by Booth
Harrington and Harry Lean Wilson. and
VIII be first produced IN Indianapolis
". J. Ferguson is the latest acquisl-
tion TO the cast David Belasco IS engag-
ing for rs Marriage a Fauurez- Others
in the same cast viii be Frank Worthing
and William Morris.
Harry Blaney VIII play the part OF FLIP
next season in Little Memo" Joseph
Cawthorn and Harry Kelly return 10 the
roles OF DR. PHI and the dancing mis-
sionary. respectively.
Work was started this week on a new
.ShUbert theater on property adjoining the
.Shubert Building. Thirty-nintb street and
Broadway. New York L IS 20 be called
the Nazimova Art Theater.
Nat Goodwin revived a GHded Foor'
al the dramatic theater IN the Delmar
Gardens. St Louis. last week At the
musical theater IN the same gardens De
Wolf Hopper appears in Wang
John Mason in The witching Hour
VIII be the first Shubert attraction to
open this season. the premiere taking
place in Atlantic City July p Mr
Mason jumps from there 10 Seattle.
Josephine Sabel. according 10 cable dis
patches. is making a hit IN Vienna IN
American vaudeville. and proposes 10
build Up a further continental reputa-
ton before returning 20 her native land
Although Sam Bernard has rejected
The King OF CadOnia' as unsuted for
his line OF work. the Shuberts VIII give
the English piece an early production.
featuring a weIl-known German come
dian
The production OF a Gentleman from
Mississippi" on the roof OF The Aerial
Gardens. New York, last Tuesday night
makes the first time a dramatic perform
a theater.
Raymond Hitchcock will open n Roch-
ester on August IS IN new music
play by George II. Cohan, as vet IN
named. A powerful supporting company
is already engaged 10 support the pop
ular star
Rebecca OF sunnybrook Farm" prom
ises 10 be one Of the sweetest and sim
plest plays Of the season. Its atmos-
phere is idylic. Joseph Brooks Is select
ing the cast with unusual care and de-
liberation.
Maclyn ArbuclIe is searching Europe
and America for an elephant for his new
play. The Circus Man" He needs one
that viii work alone and IS not so large
that its bulk viii dwarf the scenery OF
ArbuCkle himself.
Wilton Lackaye has revived The Pit"
at the Suburban Garden. St Louis. Dur
ing his stay there he will produce three
new plays. one OF which. "Old Lamps
for New" has been dramatized by oscar
Leonard. Of St. Louis.
The Wagenhals & Kemper Co. VIII re-
open the Astor Theater IN New York on
August ? with Paid in Ful' for a limited
run. This will be the fifth New York en-
gagement OF the Eugene Walter play IN
addition. 10 its Broadway run OF two
years.
May de SOuza Of Chicago. who has
risen from the ranks of the chorus to be
a favorite OF the theatergcers OF London
and Paris, has been engaged for the
leading role IN a new musical comedy
which Victor Herbert and Harry 3. Smith
will write for her.