The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-24

Miss Kitty Gordon. tho English prima
donna, has quite won the town by her
singing.
New Shubert productions include play
! for Florence Roberts. THE Lottery"
with Jameson Lee Finney: Mrs. Dakon,"
with Jesse Bonstelle and LauTetta Tay-
| Tor; The City Clyde Fitch's last play;
! Kitty and the Canary" with Zelda
Sears. the character actress: The
/ Widows Paradise" The King OF
Cadonia" an English musical comedy,
and half dozen other plays yet un-
named.
AS William Faversham Will introduce
| 'Herod' at the Lyric Theater on Tues
day night. The Chocolate Soldier" will
be transferred TO the Herald Square The
! alter. taking the place of The Rose OF
Algeria" which goes on tour.
Marguerite Clark opened in Montreal
last week with THE Wishing Ring"
| play by Owen Davis. The principal men,
/ bers Of her company are Cecil De Mile,
/ Robert Lee Hin. Grace Goodhan, Robert
/ Tansey Frederick Gibbs. and Robert
/ Dempster
Ruth st. Denis is to give a series OF
matinee performances at the Hudson
/ Theater New York. Of her celebrated
{ East Indian dances under the manage
ment Of Henry B. Harris.
10" the first writing for the stage
undertaken by o. Henry. the popular
writer OF short stories. is to be seen in
Washington in the early spring It has
a score by A. Baldwin sloane. and is
reported TO be an enormous hit in the
| West One OF the numbers. n spirited
march, called "Tammany on Parade.
would seem TO have taken the place held
! In popular affection ever since Span
| ish war times by "ThereU Be "a Hot Time
/ In the Old Town Tonight. for II was
/ played repeatedly by the official band az
the Seattle Exposition while President
/ Taft was there 10" Is the venture OF
Mr.. Harry Askin. who has given IN re-
cent seasons THE Time, the Place and
the Girl The Girl Question" and
other entertainments bearing the Arkln-
Singer trademark He was years the
r-ght-hand man Of the late John A. Mo
Caun
John slavin and May de Souza are In
/ rehearsal with THE Air KinU." by Harry
| 3. Smith and Raymond HubbeIl As
/ ISOLATED with them IN the production
viii be Josie Hall, Ida Fitzhugh. Frank
Belcher. Scamp" Montgomery. and
/ Thomas Meighan.
Little Memo" which IS now playing
IN the Middle West, is one or the big
! solid successes Of the season on the road
! The only important change ia the big
cast has been the substitution OF Harry
| Clay Blaney for Billy Van. Joseph Cav
thorn, Harry Kelly, and Master Gabriel
| play the same role IN which they an
peared IN the big New York presentation
last year.
Rehearsals OF "Rebecca OF Sunnybrook
barm." which KIaw & Granger and
Joseph Brooks viii produce. have been
called for next Monday The role Of
Rebecca has not yet been filed. as there
are three aspirants for the part and the
management is undecided whom to Sc
! lect until the play is IN rehearsal. The
part Of Rebecca Is extremely difficult to
ill owing 70 the elusiveness of Kate
Douglas Virgins character.
Max Rogers and Maud Raymond are
|
| opens in Atlantic City November l. A
brief engagement will be played in Bcs-
ton and then the attraction viii be taken
into New York. Among the other prln-
cipals in the cast are Nanon Jacques.
Ann faster Ben Hendricks, n. Lavigne.
John w. Dunsmure, William Edmonds.
Joseph Carey. Walter Paschal. and Harry
Cowan
Fannie Ward Will open her season IN
Rochester. November 4. in Van Aliens
Wife, a play OF to-day by Forrest Hal
sey and Lee Arthur The play Is in
four acts and its scenes are laid in and
about New York City. II. Reeves-SmIth
viii be Miss Wards leading man and
stage manager. John Dean and Margaret
Fuller. who appeared with Miss Ward
last year. will also remain with her
this season. The role is the first serious
emotional work Miss Ward has ever at
tempted. Heretofore, with the excep-
ton Of n bit from the last act OF The
Marriage Of William Ashe." she has ap-
peared in comedy parts.
THE Circus Man." Klaw & ErIane-
ct and Joseph Brooks production OF
Eugene Presbrey's dramatizatlon Of Hol-
man Days novel. is booked to open in
Boston In November The play has
made a good impression on the road.
Maclyn Arbuckle. who plays the part OF
Fighting" Hime Look is happily last
with very strong supporting company.
An idea of the activities OF Mr.. Lee
Shubert may be gained from the fact
that during the past week, in addition
TO his regular duties as the executive
head OF the Shubert Theatrical Com
pany and the New Theater he attended
the opening performance OF Lulu Chaser
in Albany Saturday night; saw the FIRST
performance OF Frank Daniels in Wash
ington Monday. witnessed three dress
rehearsa.ls during the week, accompanied
Miss Mannering and her company to
Wilkesbarre Saturday, where the first
performance Of "A Mans World" was
given, and on Sunday he was the sole
spectator at dress rehearsal Of Mar
guerite Clarke in The Wishing Ring 3,
ter
Charles Frohman announces that the
next production at the Criterion Theate-
New York viii be Israel" a new plav
ny the du1hol VI Inc lhleI, and of
Samson" with Miss Constance Collier
Graham Browne. Edwin Arden. ana DaI.
las Anderson in the chief parts. Israel
will have its first New York production
next Monday evening
After leaving this city next Saturday
Lillian Russell will travel exclusively by
private car this season