The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

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Lillian Russell next season is % have
new comedy by Edmund Day called
The WIDOWS Might" Henry ". Saw
age has a musical play called The
Flower shop coming 10 New York in
August, and Miss Russell is due 20 open
al the Liberty Thelter september s.
We rave heard a GOOD deal about
THE Sins OF Society this year. but IN
the fell Laura Nelson Hall-not Dorothy
DonneUy-wiH take the leading part
Simple SeptImus in Play Form
George Arilss is 20 star in a play by
William J. Locke ~septimus~ IS the
play and Philip Lttel has adapted It
from Locke's novel. Simple Septimus-"
Harrison Grey Fiske also announces that
he has a new play for Mr.. ArI.ss written
by Ramsay Morris.
Another FIske production VII be The
Bridge a new play by Rupert Hughes,
in which Guy Bates Post, last seen here
in Paid In Fun" Is 20 star. Mrs. Fiske.
too. VII have new play. but that VIII
come late IN the season
Marie Dressler has signed with Lew
fields. and the new Fields production.
which IS 20 be- shown on the first Non
day In September. win have a cast head
ed with the two named above. and in
cluding Alice DOvey as well
George Evans takes early 90 the road
next season with his minstreIs. and the
show viii contain a new afterplece called
The Firemen's Picnic" Raymond
Hitchcock viii appear in a new musical
play by George " Cohan. opening IN
Rochester August .. Edna Wallace Hop
per Is going 20 star IN The Horrigan
Girl" by George n Conan
Frank Keenan, Is 10 bring % light the
hrst effort of the Chicago newspaper
man. William Anthony MCGUIRE Mabel
Taliaferro whom Frederic Thompson
wanted 20 BIN under the mysterious title
Nell is 10 have q new play next year
by Booth Harrington and Harry Leon
Wilson called Love Comes 20 All" The
play Is Southern IN scene. and the Incl
dental music. X appears. viii be worth
while. Harry Rowe Shelly viii be re-
spOusible for the orchestral acconpani-
ment- The play opens about The middle
u October IN Washington.
Frederic Perry and Grace ETzins are
10 Join dramatic hands IN An American
Henry KOlzer. TOO. is % step into almost
stellar honors when he Is featured next
season by the Shuberts I'm the earliest
Eugene Walter play. Sergeant James"
The Dollar Princess" Is 70 be pro
duced by Charles Fr0hman az the Knick-
erbOcker Theater. New York. simUltan-
eousIy with its London production az
Days Theeter Vaiu ValL last seen
here with Kitty Grey" VIII head the
New York company. Nr. Frohman also
has a play by Thompson Buchanan
which he VIII produce in London after he
has tried out A Woman's Way there
Edmond Rostand's "Chantecierr IS an
other great play which Charles FrOh-
man viii bring rs in the fall. TIE Diff
Guilty in this play lies IN the fact that all
the characters are animals
Leona Watson not long ago was q
chorus girl in The Tourists Now she
is playing the great singing part IN The
Climax" and she has fve-year con
tract with Joe Weber When the run
OF The Climax" is finished she VIII ap-
pear IN an opera Joseph Carr BrieI Is
writing for her called The Song OF the
Soul"
Mcintyre & Heath are 20 open on Az
gusJ so in a new three-act musical comedy
scores Of which are 10 be written by
William Jerome and Jean Schwartz
Frank Worthing goes over 20 Belasco
and opens AT the Belasco Theater IN the
fall IN The Open Door" Lena Ash
wells sensational play by James Bernard
Fagan-''The Earth"-wiu also make q
star OF Edmund Breese. but this play
VIII not come 10 Us until The winter.
Elsie Ferguson. who has risen 50 high
within the last twelve OF fifteen months.
Is 10 have the leading role IN Claiming
Ponock's new play. such a Little
Queen which has It's premier perform
ance IN September.
Robert Edeson Is 70 star next season
In " Somerset A1aUgham's play. The
Noble Spaniard- Gertrude Coghlan
and Werner Charges viii support him.
There IS a play by John Corbin. called
Husband" IN which Annie Russell viii
De supported by her husband. Oswald
Yor1e. next season
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott
come again 10 this country for a tour.
The Passing Of the Third Floor Back. 30
by Jerome X Jerome, VIII be their prin-
cipal offering. Henristta Crosman hopes
TO revive The School for Scandal" and
enact the role OF Charles Surface.
Arthur Byron IS 10 have the principal
role next season IN Martha NIcrton's
adaptation OF Leopold Kampfs "On
the Eve"
New PinerO Play.
Ethel Barrymore Is 10 have a new
PLAY. written by Arthur Wing Pinero.
as yet unnamed Paul Armstrong. too.
has a new play named For q Woman, %
and Henry Miller and Frank Mckee.
have promised II for the fan But the
great Henry Miller production next fan
viii be The Family" By Robert H.
Davis. although anything definite in the
way OF an announcement Of theater or
time has not yet been forthcoming.
The Dollar Marx" by George Broad
hurst. which has so aroused the en-
thusiasm Of Los Angeles. VIII be seen IN
the East early in the fall
II. 3. Warner IS 20 be elevated 70
stardom when Liebler & Co. present him
next fan IN the sequel 10 The Squaw
Man" The new Edwin Milton Royle
play IS called In the Blood
The Love Cure" another Viennese
opera. IS the one best bet with Henry
W. Savage. and he viii produce IL FIST
az Atlantic City.
George Nash. who has been all year
with William Collier. IS 10 have the lead
ing role next season IN Charles Froh-
mans production OF Augustus Thomas
new play. The Harvest Noon"
The Shuberts have a new London
musical success called The Belle OF
Brittany which they viii produce next
fan with William Raymond In a prom
inent part They VIII also produce a
new musical comedy by John Philip
Sousa. called The Glass Blowers. o.
The Persian Princess, direct from Lon
don, IS another OF their contemplated
musical comedy productions. while Lew