The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Charles Frohman arrived on the Luei-
tania last week from England and the
continent.
In statement OF his plans. he said:
Il have been abroad for seven months.
and / am leaving again in November 70
look after productions I shall make in
London. Paris. Vienna. and Berlin We
will start work IN New York next Mon
day with n great number OF productions
which will be first given in this city
Chicago Boston. and Philadelphia.
The American plays that I have Sc
cured are by Augustus Thomas. Tarking-
ton and Wilson, Paul Armstrong
George Ade, William Gillette. WincheH
Smith. Paul NJ. Potter. Ramsay Morris,
Rida Johnson Young. Thomas Buchanan,
William Collier. and George Hobart.
The Empire Theater viii open Sep
tenher with John Drew in Jack Straw
FOR two weeks. after that Mr.. Drew will
appear in a new play which will be de-
cided upon in few days. Then comes
Maude Adams. In What Every Woman
Knows and special performances OF
Twelfth Night. with Miss Adams as
Viola Following Miss Adams, there
will be a brief engagement Of Sir Charles
Wyndham and Mary Moore. who IN turn
viii give way to Miss Ethel Barrymore
I'm the new play by Arthur Wing Plnero,
entitled 'AIid-ChanneL' This piece receives
ito first production at the ST. James
Theater. London, IN September Miss
Barrymore will sail for England about
September ] 20 meet Mr.. Pinero and
will not begin her season until December.
AT the Lyceum Theater 1 shall begin
August Is with 'Arsene Lupin,' a detec-
tive-thier play which ran at the Athene
Theater In Paris for seven months and
has again been revived FOR a run through
the summer. ! shall produce this play
In London the same night bring II out
In New York, and 1 hope also 70 make
n special production Of the play in
Chicago.
7 shall follow the season Of 'Arsene
Lupin' at the Lyceum Theater with
brief engagement OF Marie Tempest in
Penelope. Miss Tempest VIII play short
engagements IN the principal cities before
returning 10 London. where she viii again
appear under my management. After
Miss Tempest's engagement comes Miss
Billie Burke IN a new play. Miss Burke
Will remain at the LyCeum until she
leaves for Paris. where she is to play IN
French with a French company. The
play that she Is to appear IN will be
written by Messrs. Caillavet and De
Flerr. and It is by their invitation that
she IS 20 appear in Paris.
AT the Criterion Theater I shall begin
August 30 with The Flag Lieutenant,
and II this play meets with the success
that greeted it IN London I shall have a
special company organized for a Chicago
production.
AT the Garrick Theater Miss Hattie
Williams Will begin the season on August
3 IN new play, called Detective
Sparkes.' by Michael Morton, who is the
cO-authOr Of My Wife. and who adapted
into English Resurrection Mr.. Morton.
though an American. has been living
abroad for some years. He will arrive
here next week TO superintend the pro-
duction Of his play. During the season at
the Garrick Theater Francis Wilson will
be seen IN a play which he has written,
called The Bachelors Baby William
Collier viii appear at the same theater in
his new play. After Mr. Collier finishes
his next New York season he and his
company will leave at once for London.
where ! shall present him in his different
successes.
During the season I shall produce at
the Hudson Theater Sir Arthur Conan
DOyle's drama, The Fires Of Fate which
has just made = great success at the
Lyric Theater in London. Sir Conan
Doyle comes 70 America for the produc-
ton. AT the Gaiety Theater, New York.
I shall produce Henry Bernstein's play,
Israel with cast that will include Con-
stance Collier. Holbrook Bllnn, and Edwin
Arden. l shall follow Miss Anglin's sea-
son at the Savoy Theater with a new
play by Pierre Wolfe, the French author.
At the Knickerbocker Theater early in
September / shall produce the musical
play The Dollar Princess which VIII re-
quire over 100 people and which Is now
being played in every Continental city.
and will be produced at Daly's Theater.
London, the same night produce Il here.
Following the run of The Dollar
Princess / shall produce the musical
play which has scored so great a success
at the Shaftesbury Theater, in London.
called The Arcadians.' In London they
predict that this musical play will enjoy
as long a run there as The Merry Wild
Ow 1 also have the present London
Gaiety success. Our Miss Gibbs which
I shall produce at one of my theaters
here very late in the season, as 1 hope
20 get Miss Gertie Millar 20 come over
for her original part Of Miss Gibbs
ION October I shall present Kyrle
Bellew in Alfred Sutro's play, The
Builder Of Bridges, which was produced
in London at the St James Theater
Mr.. Bellew VIII play the part acted by
George Alexander On october I shall
present Otis Skinner IN new play in
four acts. called Your Humble Servant
Miss Marie Doro is to have a new comedy
by the authors of Love Watches which
VIII not be ready until the end Of No
Vember. Miss Doro has been playing a
very long season. and is still playing
IN The Morals or Marcus. 1 hope 10