The Washington herald., 1909-04-25
NOTES OF THE STAGE.


John c. Rice will revive his old act,
The Honeymoon. which ne has not
played in several years
"Graustark'' VIII play its initial engage
ment in Washington at the Academy OF |
Music, week commencing May 10 /
Frances Ring has been engaged as
leading woman for the Delmar Garden
Stock Company, St Louis, this summer.
Burt Green includes Tschaikowsky's
octave march in his contribution to the
FranklIn-Creen act At Chase's next week.
Marie Cahm will make her home in
Boston hereafter. and intends 10 appear
first in that city In her new plays IN the
future.
Negotiations are in progress looking 70
the appearance Of Marie Dressler in The
Girl and the Boy" the new musical
comedy.
Jeanette Lowrie has replaced Violet
Dale as Lente. in The Girl from Rec
tors" Miss Dale has Joined the Chicago
company
Kathryn Osterman viii appear next
season IN a new play. entitled a Woman
of To-day" by Arthur ". STAGE and Roy
K MoultOn-
''The Servant in the House" trans
lated into Swedish By Hilda Englund.
was produced at the svenska Theater,
Stockholm. on April a.
Agnes Bangs Morgan is the author OF
the new two-part play which z. r. Soth-
ern and Julia Marlowe viii act during
their engagement as co-stars.
Macmillan Foster. author Of the new
play. The Whirlpool" says that every
charcter in the piece IS taken from real
life. and that none is fictitious.
Mrs H. @ De Mile is rejoicing over
the success OF the dramatization Of 'Bev-
erly Of GraUstark. She Is representing
George Barr McCUtcheon. the novelist.
Nora Bayes IS the first name to be an
nounced for the new Ziegfeld revue. The
FolIes OF 1s0e" II Is probable that the
second engagement was Jack NorwOrth.
After a successful season in Canada. IN
''The House OF Bondage. Florence Rob
erts Is on her way back to the States.
and viii reach Minnesota about Nay /.
Kate Douglas Wiggln is at work on a
play. % De called ''Rebecca." founded
on her novels "RehecCa OF SUnnybrook
sa-Te Cff.rrr,Fr.ro- 80 E2-g,a--,
Louis James viii make a big produc-
ton Of The School for Scandal aext
season. Mr.. James playing Sir Peter
Teazle. and Aphie James Lady Teazle
The Queen OF the Moulin Rouge.
whose premier win he long remembered
in local theauicaIs. has reached its 2ooth
performance at the Circle Theater. New
York
"Corrie who?" the novel by Msximil-
ian Foster that has won popular favor.
is TO be dramatized by the author. and
VIII be produced next winter by Wagon
halls & Kemper.
The Balance" a new play by Ford l.
Sh0tweIl. young writer, will be produced
lin Syracuse this spring. The theme Is
one Of everyday life and the east con
tains six people.
John Corbln. literary director or the
New Theater. has been asked 70 act as
dramatic judge in the contest for the
gOvernoT-geuerars trophy in Ottawa,
Canada, next month
Francis Wilson will give several mat
inee performances OF his comedy. The
Bachelors Baby in Baltimore, with the
intention OF using the piece for his star
ring tour next season
Irene Franklin was given the title.
The Queen Of American Vaudeville -
in a voting contest in New York. in which
she received many thousand more votes
than her nearest competitor.
Herbert Hall winslow. the author Of
Bert COote's comedy al Chase's next
week. also wrote Natural Gas" the
first Of the musical comedy kind, later
Popularized by Charles Hoyt-
Margaret Anglin is in Paris, where she
recently gave a copyright performance Of
with brilliant company. which included
lie Bargy. GuiTy, and Nine. Rejane.
TIE Messrs. shubert announce that
they have engaged Cecil Lean and Flor
ence Holbrook for a new musical pro-
duction TO be presented this summer.
They viii be featured IN the presentation.
THE Harvest Moon" a play written
by Augustus Thomas from oae-act
sketch recently presented at Lambs
Club gambol. VIII be produced early next
fall with George Nash in the leading role
The corner stone Of the Nsw Comedy
Thester. New York City. was laid on
Friday last While the seating capacity
OF the new house IS smsll-less than 20
the theater viii be modern in every re-
spect.
Laura Guerite has returned from abroad
to begin rehearsals for the new play. IN
which she will have the leading part.
Miss Guerite viii be remembered as a
stunning attraction in The Gay White
Way"
Joseph Herbert. author Of the clever
book" of The Beauty Spot" is engaged
in writing sketch to be performed at
the next Lambs Club gambol. the one
for which Mr. David Belasco viii act as
stage manager.
April 1S was the birthday Of George c.
Tyler. managing director OF Liebler &
Co. Mr.. Tyler. who Is on an automobile
tour Of Europe, was IN Madrid on that
I day. and received numerous cablegrams
/ Of congrstuletion-
An interesting announcement last week
was to the effect that Clyde Fitch viii
write q play for David Belasco 10 pro-
| duce. The linking together OF these
! Two nnu-erfnI names ailerrrs we'll for the