Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-28

"Brollope pa Ulfasa," an historical
Swedish play. was recently produced in
a Chicago theater.
Eastern theaters are showing an in
clination to initiate the French GUS
tom by abolishing music between the
acts. Maude Adams is the latest con-
vert to the idea.
Shakespearean revivals have proved
a financial success on Halsted street
Chicago. Romeo and Juliet" was re-
Gently played at the Academy, and
THE Merchant of Venice" soon will be
given by the same stock company.
Miss Marguerite Clarke, the latest
Shubert star, is appearing in a new
four-act fantastical comedy by Owen
Davis, THE Wishing Ring"
Miss Jessie Millward has been en-
gagged as leading woman for Arnold
DAILY. who is to appear in Know Thy
SELF by Paul Hervieu.
Michael Morton, adapter of MY
Wife" from the French. is collabor-
ating with Leonard Merrick in drama
tizing several of the latter's stories
of the stage.
Eddie Foy is nursing the ambition to
be his own manager. That the Shu-
berts consider this his best joke is
proved by the fact that they announce
his aspiration in recent issue of their
news bulletin.
F, There are but six characters in Err
nest Poole's new play for John Mason.
The locale is the Rocky mountain dis
trict.
THE Lottery is the name of a new
play from the pen of Rida Johnson,
author of Brown of Harvard" In
which Jameson Lee Finney has the
leading role. 1t is a newspaper play,
but less terrific and purposeful than
Joseph Medill Patterson's Fourth Es-
tate"
The far western tour of Sothern and
Marlowe in shakespearean repertoire
is now said to be assured.
The impossible manuscript of an as
piring author was once returned by
Forbes Robertson with the following
crisp and remorseful comment: My
dear sir: have read your play. Oh,
my dear sir!"
The lure of huge masses of men to
the human spirit is the theme of Clyde
Fitch's "The city" which was left un-
finished by his death and which, COM
pleted by another hand, the Shuberts
are producing.
Gottlob and Marx soon will take over
the Garrlck theater, San Francisco, of
which Joe Gottlob will be house man
ager and Selby Oppenheimer business
manager The latter will be pleasant
ly recalled as the advance representa-
tive of the Princess company during
its recent local visit.
The report is current that Olga Meth
ersole will be seen as leading woman
in some of Sir Herbert Trees forth
coming productions in America.
Charles Frohman is prominently
mentioned as likely to receive an hon
orary degree from Harvard university
in recognition of his Joan of Are"
productions with Maude Adams in the
title role, for the benefit of the Har-
ward stadium.
Margaret Anglin will visit London
in THE Awakening of Helena Richie
Nat Goodwin has finally determined
to return to musical comedy. He will
appear in a new piece by Ivan Caryll
and c. NJ. S. Mcclellan.
The Alcazar stock company, San
Francisco, recently produced Becky
Sharp" 1t would we'll repay local
revival
AL Fields and Dave Lewis have beer
engaged by George W. Lederer as
stars for new musical play.
Charles, Klein's new play, THE Next
of Kim" is now in rehearsal for pro-
duction at Powers theater. Chicago
December 6.
Elfe Fay, Joe Welch and John T
Kelly are among the fpmakers in
1.-THE jolly Bachelors"
Frank Fogarty, the Dublin minstrel
seen here not many months ago at the
Orpheum, will appear at the end Of his
present vaudeville booking in a play
now being written for him.
Frank Moulan, the we'll known mu-
steal comedy star, is to become a Froh-
man player, having been engaged for
THE Arcadians."
Robert Mantel has been appearing
in Philadelphia in "As You Like It.
Marie Booth Russell was the Rosalind