Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
In the Spotlight

Jane Corcoran is to appear in Com
mencement Days"
An early production to be made by the
Shuberts is The Hawk from the Ger
man.
| Sam Bernard's play has had it's name
changed again, this time from the wiz
ard' to the king of Diamonds
Dorothy Richardson, a New York news
paper woman. formerly of the New York
Herald, has joined David Belasco's bust
ness staff
Josephine Cohan, who has been abroad
with her husband Fred Niblo is return
ing to join her father, mother and brother
for the season just beginning.
Mile. Dazzle will postpone her European
tour and make an American tour of lead
ing cities for season of thirty-four
weeks She has been highly successful in
her pantomime play. AN Artists Love"
William Gillette is to make farewell
tour in d repertoire of his own plays, en-
bracing The Private Secretary. Secret
Service" Held by the E,nemey'' and
Sherlock Holiness
The play in which Lew Fields is to star
is called "Old Dutch In his supporting
company will be Alice Dewey. Ada Lewis
John +. Henshaw and Clara Palmer. The
piece is by Edgar Smith and the music
by George V. Hobart and Victor Herbert.
Francis Wilson will star this season in
his own play. The Bachelors Baby"
which has had its trial production in Bal
timore. His company will include his
daughter Adelaide Wilson: Edgar l.. Dav-
export F. Soldene Powell Edna Burns
and Lillian Lawrence.
Charles J. Goodfellow manager Of Luna
Park. received handsome gold watch
fob engraved with his monogram last
week, on the anniversary of his Dirt hday.
as token of esteem from friends on the
park staff.
G. J. Harris. treasurer of the Belasco
Theater. returned 10 town last week from
his vacation to assist in the prepara-
tons for the opening Of the coming sea-
son.
Arthur +. Benson, press representative
of Luna Park and Belasco Theater as a
motor boat owner has been elected a
member of the Corinthian Yacht club.
Benson is also a member of the Potomac
Boat Club where he houses d handsome
canoe.
l.. Stoddard Taylor. manager of the
Belasco Thearer will return to the city
this week from his summer home,
Meadow Mist, in Massachus sets, to pre-
pare the Playhouse Beautiful" for its
early opening.
THE Vampire Dance is the latest
thing in dances to excite New Workers.
Alice Els and Bert French are doing the
dance at Keith & Proctor's.
Nine Kalich will appear in two new
plays the coming season by Maeterlinck
and Hauptmann. She also has a new
play by an American author.
Constance Fletcher. the English drama
fist, has arrived in the United States to
be on hand for the production of two
plays from her pen, which are shortly to
be tried.
George N. Cohans new music play has
been rechristened The Man From Broad
way. 1t is III rehearsal and will open i'm
August with Raymond Hitchcock, Flora
Gabelle, l.ora Lieb, Stanley Ford Scott
Welsh and Francis Gordon in the big
cast
Frank Daniels is TO star in The Belle
of Brittany. The play has been a sue
cess in London The libretto is by Iced
ham Bantock and T. J. Barrow. the Tyr |
Howard Talbot. composer of "A Chinese
Honeymoon.
Charles Cherry, the English actor, will |
begin his season early in August in The /
Bachelor" which was first produced at |
the Maxine Elliott Theater last spring |
CLYDE Fitch, who wrote the comedy, is |
under contract to deliver another play /
for the same actor.
j. f. Dodson is compiling a history of
theatrical art.
Harry Lauder will come to this country
for season of thirty or forty weeks
Juliet I.ange has been engaged for the
prima donna role of 10" the musical
comedy by .. Henry and Franklin p. Ad-