Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19


Thief" insists on finding short title
for each play be writes, preferring one
of six letters of less.
Florence Roberts will open her season
in "The Transformation" a new play
by Rupert Hughes. Later she will APP
pear in THE Movers" by Martha Nor
ton.
Charles Waldron is one of the Lieb-
lers' new stars. He will star in play
by Hall Caine.
Viola Allen never served a stage APP
premiership. she began her dramatic
career by playing leading parts in her
fathers company and became star
while hardly more than girl.
"Thc School for Scandal" was revived
by the stock company at the Chestnut
street theater, Philadelphia, recently.
James O'Neill's home is named Cha
teau de Monte Cristo. and is in New
London, on Long Island sound. While
not so overwhelmingly wealthy as his
old friend Edmund Dantes, Mr.. O'Neill
is known as a shrewd business man and
is one of the richest of American act
ors. His present role i'm THE White
Sister" that of the Monsignore, is his
seventh ecclesiastical part.
Henry B. Harris read 129 plays in one
recent year. 1t is a record he expects
to surpass by New Years day. Unlike
Charles Frohman, whose preference for
English plays is a matter OF common
knowledge i'm theatrical circles, Mr.
Harris declares he will never purchase
another foreign drama. In a recent
interview he defines himself as a busi-
ness man, but confesses TO some artist
ic ambitions.
The New York vaudeville theaters are
beginning to bill the titles of their mo-
tion picture acts on the program-a
slight but significant hint of the in
creasing popularity of this form Of en-
tertainment.
A Broadway rumor declares David
Belasco is favorably considering a play
by Upton Sinclair, the Socialist-novel-
ist.
Boston has not exiled Shakespeare, Mt
any rate. The Castle Square company
recently gave "The Tanning of the
Shrew" and shortly before Hamlet"
Every member of the American Act
resses' association, recently organized
in New York, promises to give quarter
lv a costume, either new or slightly
player who is struggling for foothold
on the stage but whose poverty pre-
vents her from dressing a s required. A
committee OF the organization sees TO
the distribution.
Emmett Corrigan and Arthur Lewis
will be members of Grace Elliston's
company.
Johnny and Emma Ray are still
starring in King Casey" with new
music and scenery.
Maxine Elliott says she wants a new
play so badly that she will read every
manuscript submitted to her.
The shuberts will open their new
theater in fremont street, Boston,
early in January.
Arthur ]. Eddy, author OF "Ganton
and Company" has written new
drama, THE Man Higher Up
Billie Burke will appear next month
in the Lyceum theatem, New York, in
Mrs. Dot" a comedy by Somerset
Vaughan
Gustave Amberg win produce in Ber-
lin and Vienna Eugene Walters paid
IN 4 ullt LIE I1dHltSt N"y '''N -
Wolf"
Marie Doro will give twenty per-
formanccs with William Gillette next
season in "Clarice."
The ground work of the new opera
bouffe OF Sir W. S Gilbert and Sir
Edward German is the formers earlier
work. The Wicked World"
Leona Watson. the Adelina in one Of
the eastern Climax" companies, viii
star next season in an opera by Joseph
Carl Breil, entitled "The Song of the
Sour and founded on the pretty lyric
which was feature of the plays pro-
duction here.