The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
PLAYS AND PLAYFoLK.

and has part in THE Candy Shop"
The members Of the Professional Wom-
ems League recently honored Mrs. E. L.
Fernandez with birthday party.
Helen Redmond has been engaged to
play -'Fonia." in Joe weber's The Msr-
ry Widow and the Devil" next season.
Frances Star has gone TO Europe. but
win open the stuyvesant Theater. New
York, in September, with The Easiest
Way"
la Femme X" by Alexandra Bisson.
has enjoyed a long run at the Porte st
Martin Theater. Paris. with Mime. Jane
Hading as the star
/ H. B. Irving is to produce Justin Hunt
" McCarthy's play. "Ceasar Borgia. %
next season in London. He has already
used the play in the Provinces.
The Climax has succeeded An Eng
lishman's Home" at the Powers Theater.
Chicago. The westerners are eager for
a view OF the great Weber success.
Henry woodruff has been re-engaged 10
play the reading role Of a Prince Of
Tonight" the musical comedy IN which
he appeared during his long Chicago run.
"The Canterbury Pilgrims" Percy
Mackayes play. viii be produced at an
outdoor festival to be given in honor OF
President Taft al Gloucester, Mass
August l.
Lewis Waller has scored a great per-
sonal success In Sir A. Conan Doyles
new play, The Fires OF Fate" but the
play itself was condemned By the Lon
\ don critics.
Billy Han. son OF Laura Nelson Hall.
made his stage debut in The Three OF
U.s." last week in Cleveland. where his
, mother is playing a stock engagement at
the Colonial Theater
Eddie Leonard. who was a hit in Co
han & Harris big minstrel organization.
is now busily engaged IN the rehearsal
! Of his own minstrel company. which Will
open early in August
Mrs. Patrick Campbell will appear In
Borrowed Plumes." the play by Mrs.
George CORVALLIS West. IN London. In
July. The cast VIII include Henry Ainley
and Stella Patrick Campbell.
The Ben Greet Players gave an out
door performance or The Tempest al
Brooklyn last week in the Pratt Library
field. The performance was for the bens-
ht Of the Parks and Playground AssO-
citation
On account OF the success OF mis- re-
vivaI OF "Old Heidelberg" IN London.
/ George Alexander has announced an IN
definite postponement Of his intended
production Of The Importance Of Being
Ernest"
Richard Bennett who has Just finished
a season with Maude Adams. playing the
strong role OF John Shand IN What
Every Woman Knows" is 10 be leading
man OF a stock company in Los Angeles
for a couple Of months
J. H GfImour, one OF the sterling char
acter actors OF the stage. is 10 appear in
The Anniversary" a one-act play by
] Hermann de Vries and Mrs. o. L. Fox
I During the past winter Gilmour has been
1 conducting a school OF acting in Chicago.
/ Lew Fields was able TO secure the re-
lease Of Blanche Ring from her two
( weeks contract for the Delma- Gardens,
St Louis. and she viii not have 70 be
withdrawn temporarily from the cast Of
/ The Midnight Sons.' now running along
merrily in New York.
/ George Barr McCutcheon's Beverly
A G. Delmater and William Norris ini-
tial production. closed a spring season OF
| eight weeks at the studebaker Theater,
/ Chicago. on June u. and proved so sue
| cessful that two companies viii present
the play on tour next season.
/ An interesting announcement IS that
Julia Marlowe IS 10 appear as Hamlet, al
| ternating the part with Mr. Sothern. he
/ playing the king on the nights that Miss
Marlowe appears as Hamlet. This ar
rangement viii not begin until the open
I ing OF the regular season. when these two
noted stars VIII begin their tour
Ziegfeld's "Follies OF 1909" have broken
all records for receipts for the Jardin de
Paris roof garden theater. New York
A feature OF the show which IS said to
have made a great hit Is the finale, The
I Greatest Navy in the World" which
brings the audience 10 its feet 10 the
strains OF The Star Spangled Banner"
William Faversham has commissioned
Maurice Hermann to purchase in Europe
the jewels. armor. and draperies neces-
sary for his production OF Stephen Phil
lips "Herod-" Mr.. Hermann took with
him the costume plates drawn by Percy
Anderson, OF London. These plates were
originally made for BeerbOhm Trees pro-
ductiOn Of the play. and were loaned
to Mr.. Faversham by Mr. Tree. Mr..
FavershaEl's production OF ''Herod" win
be made at the Broadway Theater. New
York. next October.
Following the announcement that En-
gene W. Presbrey had drametized and
George Il Brennan had arranged 10
produce The Coast OF Chance" next faII.
comes word that Miss Jane Oaker viii
play Flora Glsey, the San Francisco
heiress. in the new piece. Esther and
Lucia Chamberlain wrote the novel II
was published a little over a year ago
and sprang into immediate popularity by
reason OF It's charming California setting
and It's adroit combination OF an Anglo
American romance with the tale Of a
cosmopolitan criminal who purloins an
Oriental treasure.
Alexander Frank.
The Columbia Players have in their
ranks full-iedged veteran who has seen
extensive service in the British army and
who last vyealr appearas 80 o. ,a%f-a5 81