Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-11

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play the leading part in the 1. G. Mourer
company next season.
Ben Teal, the famous stage director, and
Charles tronman nave parted company,
IheLr contract mas expired ana wiIi noL ne
renewed. fOr years real was the general
stage director OF the tronman productions.
In a fortnight he VIII go aoloau To as.
sumo cnarse of a new production, ana wul
return To this country IN the fail.
We are told that an American woman
twitted j. NJ. Barrie recently on the thrifty
over and over again, exploding IN What
Every Woman Knows, Tor instance, me
same witucism that mas figured alreauy
in The Admirable Crichton, in My Lady
Nicotine and in sentimental Tommy.
Mr.. Barrie replied, with "a laugh, that his
nationality was to blame.
abhor waste. Did you never hear OF the
aged Saunders Carlyle, VINO always drank
off his whisky to the last drop the instant
1t was poured out for him?
why do you. drink down your liquor
in that quick, greedy way Z, a stranger said
to Saunders in a reproachfal tone.
II once had one Knocked over the old
man explained"
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott
win tour this country next season in
JtlOllS II JtIOlllt > ne IdSSlliB Ol lie
Third Floor Back'-a play which has some
similarity to The Servant in the House."
They will start with an engagement at
Sister MaXine's New York theater.
Mrs. Carter-Payne is considering seri-
ously the advislbility Of casting in her
fortunes with the Shuberts. "Kassa," the
romantic drama by John Luther Long, in
which she appeared lately, has been shelved
for the present, but may be seen on tour
in a few weeks. For the summer the ac-
#raH. mill Ia,A - = I Anrfa IN ~ ~ ~
in REVEALS of her own worcestershire
Heart of Maryland" "Zaza," "Du Barry"
and La Tosca.'
to The Easiest Way" which he will call
Another Way The play will probably
be used as a vehicle for his wife, Miss
Charlotte walker. He has just completed
a melodrama of the bulky. undisguised
kind, which will he called "The Last Mus
ter" and which viii probably be produced
late in the spring or early In the fail.
According to reports from Pittsburg
James X. Hackett has found a play re-
markably well suited to him in "A Son of
Torrance was given during the Pittsburg
engagement and marked favor greeted the
play again this season, but Will hold IT in
reserve and use 1t as his medium next fall.
Sarah Bernhardt has returned to Paris
AFTER a I'VE months tour Wnlcn llCluueu
Cairo and St. Petersburg in the itinerary,
and is now playing "L"Aiglon.' She is
contemplating a production of "Cyrano de
Bergerac," in which she will appear as
the Gascon. Nothing seems to be beyond
this amazing artist.
DO you rec,gnize the perfession?' an
old darby asked at the box office window
of the New Amsterdam theater on the night
OF Mr.. Mantells Lear"
'"Why, what branch of the profession do
you belong to- uncle?' the affiable ticket
Use on Mr.. Frank Mckee, foes, sab.
said uncle II got full charge o. cleanin'
out his offices"
He got by.
John Galsworthy's new three-act play,
Strife" which deals with the interminable
problem Of labor and capital, and which
has just been produced with marked sue
cess in London, is to be given an American
hearing next season.
Porter Emerson Browne takes the prize
in the "Playwrights' Opening Night Speech"
contest. His entry was Iiled the other
evening when his new play, "A Fool There
a star actor at the Liberty theater, New
York. Mr.. remarks were brief
and pointed and his example might he fol-
lowed with profit by other members of
his profession. His speech follows In fun:
"~Playwr!ghts should be seen and not
heard" Hear! Hear!
One OF the first announcements Of new
plays for next season comes from the
offices of Lieber g. Co. 1t seems
that Henry Blossom, the king Of the
present-day librCttists, has found his king
dom cramped and has sought new WORLDS
TO conquer. In short, Inc has written a four
act play, entitled Miss Pnilura-" It's
scenes are set In New England, but the
authors promise that II viii not be eX-
cesslyely rural removes all cause for APP
prehenslOn from that source. 1t is even
limited that the play Will take a place in
me ever-increasing number of plays OF
big themes and timely ideas. The present
indications are that Miss Chrystal Hcrne,
Whiteside's leading lady In THE Melting
Pot all season. will be featured In the
title role,
"The Battle" Cleveland Moffett's re-
maTkable play on brains, business and the
tenement question in which Wilton
LaCkaye is now starring al the Savoy
theater. New York, has been accorded the
distinct on Of being made an international
attraction. Or. Merzbach, the famous /
German impressariO, has arranged to pro-
duce the play in Berlin next season. II e. Z
his opinion that the problems Mr.. MDItctl |
deals with are OF particular interest 90
Germans today, and he also states that the
play is more like the characteristically
German play In structure and method than
most Of our American plays.
Walker Whiteside. He is only IS. He was
a star at II. His first role was that Of
Hamlet.
He scored heavily as the boy Hamlet"