The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

English-speaking stage. viii make his
first appearance in this city as a star az
the Belasc0 Theater next week. He vii
be seen in the original Fiske production
OF Molnar's '"The Devil which comes 10
the Belasco direct from the sensational
-un OF six months al the Belasco Theater.
New York. During that SIX months. TAX
ing advantage Of the lack OF copyright
between Hungary and the United States.
many spurious versions Of MOlnars play
were put ont in an effort 10 reap the re-
suits OF Mr. Arliss' tremendous personal
triumph in his title role Six dinerent
Devils were tried IN New YORK City
without success. while Bfr- Arliss re-
nained the dramatic sensation Of the
season.
Harrison Grey Fiske. the well-knOwn
independent manager who has fought the
theatrical trust successfully since its In
ceptiOn, has again scored a notable VIC
tory with Mr. Arliss. despite the eTtraor-
dinary efforts OF his enemies.
Mr.. Arliss' leading lady is Anne Suther-
land Others IN the company are Mrs.
George Arliss. Marion Ruchert. Hamilton
Revelle, former leading man for Olga
Nethersole; Herbert Budd, and J. Palmer
Collins.
George N. Cohan has written another
musical success entitled Fifty Miles
from Boston" n which Miss Edna Wal
lace Hopper will appear at the Columbia
Theater Monday. March =, and through
out the week
Fifty Miles from Boston" has a typical
New England theme and setting. and Is
said TO be fun o. Cohan fun. music, and
witty lines. The cast sent out with Miss
Hopper has been received with enthu-
sissm. for L comprises a roster OF well
known artists. Miss Hopper herself needs
no Introduction, for she has been con
stantly before the public in Successes
ike The Heart OF Maryland Flora
dora, and The Silver Slipper" TIE
COhau lyrics include Ny Small Town
Gal" 'Harrigan." ''Ain't II Awful2''
Waltz with Ne" aeJack and JIu-" and
''The Boys Who Fought the Flames"
Miss HoDper's role Is that OF the demure
little village postmistress. who comes IN
for all the village gossip. and who has
tremendously interesting love affair
with the Harvard boy.
Messrs- Cohsn and Harris win bring 10
the New National Theater M Victor
Moore In George NJ Cohsn's musical play,
The Talk OF New York for one week
commencing Monday. Farch q.
NJ Conan wrote this musical comedy
especially Tor Mr.. Moore. who. prior 20
7 acquiring stellar honors in II. had made
q name for himself IN Mr. Cohan's For
I ty-five Minutes from Broadway"
I There are four acts IN The Talk cf
I New York" and no less than twenty song
numbers, al OF which are from the pro-
/ life pen OF the Yankee Doodle" com
I poser. author, sctor. and playwright
I Probably the best OF these are Follow
7 Your Uncle Dudley" Put a Little Bet
/ Down for he" Mr.. Burns. OF New Ro-
I chelie' When We are M-A-DouhIe r.
led. Burning Up the Boulevard %
1 Busy Little Broadway" When a Eel
/ lows On the Level With a Girls That's
/ on the Square, "ClsrenOnt." Under
/ Any Old Flag at All Drink With Me-
Z Gee. Amt I Glad I'm Home Again" ="
+ and lastly, what IS predicted 70 be The
song hit of the season, That's Some
i Love"
In the supporting company are found
I the names Of Stanley II. Forde. SaiEIe
+ Harris. Osborne Searle. Mildred Elaine.
\ Joe Smith Maria, Emma LIttlefeld. To-
I rena atwood. John ConrOy, Lulu Wells.
Sadie Livermore, Arthur V Gibson. =. e
I Francis. Lee Fyers. A. J. Thornton. Al
I McGarry. and Joe Simons- Mr. Moore
\ viii also have the assistance Of an al
I tractiye singing and dancing chorus 10
+ the number Of sixty and a scenic environ
nent which is 20 said 70 be most e,ab-
/ crate and effective
/ Chaso's next week VIII appeal 20 the
/ appreciation OF lovers Of both artistic
I and amusing attractions. as the bill viii
contain Edwin Stevens. the weIi-known
/ comedian. starred recently in the Henry
( W Savage authorized version OF The
I Devil" With the effective assistance of
/ Miss Tina Marshall and a cIever. com
pany, Ar Stevens VIII present An
7 Evening with Dickens" in which seIec-
! tions and scenes from the most popular
/ works 0f the great author are given by
/ Mr.. Stevens and his company with COS
tunes modelled after the famous Craik-
shank etchiuES. The Supplementary lead
/ inE novelty VIII be the eccentric and emo
Jional impresariO. SignOr Gennaro. with
7 his Venetian GondOliers' Band Apart
/ from the rather sensational and amusing
/ antics OF Gennaro. the italian and lis
I Asd-atA are aEG4Aa AAAd-ll44llEIL Lau@ll.f
I and give a series OF selections show q
I their talent. American popular airs r4-
/ reive wonderfully effective inte-prs-7-
/ ton a. their hands Another big feature
VIII be the comedians. Howard and
/ North in their latest comedy hft BE K
/ in Wellington. the sequel OF the ear 4r
| success, Those Were the Happy DAYS
/ Dr. John c. B0wker. the noted explorer
and writer. viii be included in the pro-
/ gramme. giving Albion in Africa" his
newest travelogle. the route running
+ from the Cape 10 Cairo. touching many
places which viii be visited by ex-PreSi-
I dent Roosevelt. II he goes 10 Africa
/ Other amusing and novel numbers en-
brace Belle Hathaway's Funny FAMILY
/ OF Monkeys" Joe La Fleur. the high
7 ladder gymnaSt. and Stirring Davs IN
Virginia" by the American vitazraph.
/ The advance sale OF reserved seats ooens
tomorrow.
At Cripple Creek" one OF the best
plays Hal Reid ever wrote and which has
Z long been a favorite with the lovers OF
melodrama- VIII open for a weeks e.
gagement at the Academy on Monday.
March q. As cleaned by the title. the
piece Is laid IN the Rockies al the time
OF the gold discoveries in THAI section. fn
which there were so many real happen
ldngs that make splendid material for the
playwright to-day. The scenic effects are
novel and realistic and the company pre-
senting the play especially capable.
Mrs. Wilson-Greene announces the first
appearance here in concert OF Miss Ger
sidine Farrar. prima donna or The Metro
politsn Opera Company, New York. AZ
the Columbia Theater on "Wednesday