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tion Of her plans to star last fall Mean
while Karl Hoschna, composer of "The
Three Twins has been engaged to sup
ply the score.
The engagement of Ralph Stuart by
Barton & Wiswell for a period OF fFe
years. beginning September next. ADDS
another strong attraction to the list OF en-
terprises handled by this firm MIR. STU
art will be presented in romantic plays
Thomas Broadhurst's latest play. 'The
Dollar Mark is to be produced in Los
Angeles by stock company. William a.
Brady is to produce the piece next sea
son and will witness its trial performance
in the west.
From Elizabeth Goodnow. who is known
a writer of short stories, Maxine FL
lott has acquired the rights of one-act
japanese sketch. Miss Elliott Will use
it as n curtain raiser next season. Her
role will be that of a japanese maiden
Joe Kane. who is now playing the op-
posite role to Max Rogers in the Rogers
brothers musical success, In Panama,
was formerly star of 1.-The Belle of New
York" THE Telephone Girl" and other
New York Casino successes.
Mary Marnering is having more than
her share of trouble this season. Her
tour in I4angdon Mtchell's Step by Step
was brought to close III Lancaster Pa,
she will not be seen in another production
until next fall.
Last week RosabeI Morrison presented
her spectacular production of Faust
in Denver for the first time. Her receipts
for the week were upward of s11 600. For
the remainder of the season Miss Nor
rison is to fill engagements in St. Paul
Minneapolis Milwaukee. Chicago, St
Louis, Cincinnati and New York.
BY cable from London last Thursday
came Charles Frohman'S announcement
that from John Galsworthy he had ac.
Cepted q new play, entitled Thrift This
piece is in the nature of sequel to Mr..
Gaiworthy's Strife" produced for the
first time in London last Wednesday.
IN selecting the cast of 1.-The Family"
the play by Robert III. Davis. now in re-
hearsal, Henry Miller has exerted no end
OF ingenuity to engage players bearing a
resemblance to one another. With one
exception the characters all represent
members of the ''Sneed family"
William A. Brady and Joseph Girls
mer have completed arrangements to star
Cyril Scott in a dramatization of the pop
ula rnovel The Brass Bowl The plot
turns on the remarkable resemblance be-
tween a young society man and profes-
sional burglar. which causes them 10 be
constantly mistaken for each other.
development of "The Chorus Man and
rehearsals of the piece have been stopped
in New York. 1t is now the intention OF
Cohan & Harris to revive The Mas
cot early next month and place Ray
mond Hitchcock in the role of Lorenzo.
THE Chorus Man may not be produced
until next season.
Gently appeared in New Haven in the
first production OF Clyde Fitch's new
play, The Bachelor The story is that
of an apparently confirmed bachelor who
falls in love with his typewriter
Catherine Countss will head stock
company to be called by her name in
Grand Rapids Mich. under the direction
pany. which will begin for the spring and
summer season on Easter day, Will in
clude Beth Franklyn and Lizzie Goode.
Twenty-one dramatic compositions, the
usual number, were on the list issued by
the bureau of copyrights last week. One
of them Is three-act play, 'Honors Are
Easy" by Kyrle Bellew.
Charles Frohman announces that his
principal production next season Will be
Henri Bernstein's Israel" the cast OF
which is now completed SO far as its
principal members are concerned. Mr..
Frohman will present Israel without
star. The three principal members of the
company Will De MISS constance CO1ller,
James 0'Neill and Holbrook Blinn, play
ing, respectively, the mother. the father
and the son, the chief characters In the
play.
Chase's will close its doors this season
Saturday night May 2! next, and the
theater will be rented for local enter
tainments until June %. when the annual
summer renovation will begin. Among
the entertainments to be give at Chase's
during the rental season are Miss Cora
B. Shreve's dancing carnival, and the
commencement exercises Of the law de-
partment of Georgetown University.
Once upon time John Drew joined a
troupe of barn stormers" headed by his
sister and her husband, Maurice Barry
more, the parents of Ethel Barrymore.
The play they presented was "Diplo-
macy and Mr.. Drew was cast for Algie
Fairfax, harebrained English youngster.
In the company, too were Mr. and Mrs.
played Baron Stein and the Countess
Zicka respectively. And now the son of
these od-time associates of his Mario
Majeroni, is supporting Mr.. Drew in
Jack Straw
Adelaide Prince. who plays Lady Wan
ley in Jack Straw" with John Drew,
was member of the Augustin DAILY stock
company when Mr.. Drew was the leading
man of that organization. Miss Prince is
the wife of Creston Clarke. a nephew of
Edwin Booth, and himself an accomplish
ed actor. MIR. Clarke is playing Manson
in one of The Servant in the House.
companies this season.
Jefferson De Angels was one of the first
American actors to take company of
players from this country for tour
through Japan China, Australia. India
and South Africa. This he did when
twenty-one years old and theatrical his
tory recalls the fact that IL was one of
the most successful tours ever undertaken
by an American actor.
Viola Gillette. prima donna Of "The
Beauty Spot" when star two years ago,
was accredited with being one of the
most beautiful women as to face and
form in the land. Within the past month
she has refused two offers TO go to Lon
big pantomimes.
Julia Marlowe's enga cement al Daly's
Theater. New York. presenting The God
dess OF Reason" has been extended an
other two weeks.
The Three Twins" will close at the
Majestic Theater, New York, this week
and go tour.
Geraldine Malone assumed the role of
Theresa, the flower girl in Havana" at
the New York Casino fast week.
The Shuberts have acquired through
10 The Belle of Brittany" now running
in London.
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