Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-22

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Chocolate Man" to be produced in
America by Fred c. Whitney Critics
of the fair sex are solemnly requested
TO pronounce it just too sweet"
william Gillette is working on a
comedy drama intended for early New
York production.
Frank Keenan, will star for Ave years
under the management of henry Is.
Harris He will open in october in the
principal role in THE Heights ny
William Anthony Mcclure.
MADAME X" the new French play
by Alexandre Bisson, will have rs
American premiere at the Chicago
opera house.
Dion Boucicault general stage direc-
tor for Charles Frohman in England. is
now in Paris for the revival of Peter
Pan"
Charles Dillingham; has sailed for
Europe He will visit London ahd
Paris.
Ben Hur" will open it's eleventh sed-
son in October, with Richard Buhler
playing the title role.
Louis James is preparing an elaho-
rate production of Henry VIII for
next season.
Edna Wallace Hopper will star in a
now Cohan musical play The Harrl-
gan Girl"
Tixie Friganza and her company
will reach the Pacific coast in 'lhe
American Idea"
Fred NibIo had the good luck to be
in Spain during the recent disturbances
obtaining some remarkable motion pic
lures with which to illustrate his next
seasons travelogues.
"Charley's Aunt" was successfully
revived at the Columbia theater WASH
ington, ID. c.
Thurston. the magician, is to make ID
tou. of the world.
Cameo Kirby" with Dustin Farnum'
was a popular hit in Atlantic city. 1t
is coming to the coast,
The shuberts will star William Nor
ris in The King of Cadonia, a new
musical comedy.
The South American millionaire is the
most popular stage parsonage with re-
cent French play writer's, being pre-
ferred of late as a type of commercial
supremacy to the North American
Croesus.
David Belasco will produce rs Matri-
mony a Failure?" in Atlantic CITY be-
fore trying it on New York.
John NJ. Synge, Irish poet and dra-
matist. died at the age of 3S, and only
since his death have students OF the
stage come to accord him the fame
which he yainly. sought alive.
Alexandra Bisson, author of La
Femme k is at work on new spec
tacular melodrama in which NICK car
ter, the idol of .innumerable messenger
boys of dime novel tastes, is to be the
hero. ''''
Cecil Lean and Florence Holbrook are
playing in vaudeville in an act oulit
around a baseball song
Nat Wills is offering $1,000 to anyone
who will suggest a better monologHo
than his funny story about 'Fior'ehs''
Motion picture shows in italy have
come under church condemnation on
the ground that they incite to crime
pany, recently here in repertoire, VIII
sing at the Moore theater, Seattle the
week of September H.
Lillian Russell returns to New York
from her European vacation to beglh
rehearsals in Edmund Days the
Widows Might"
The Shuberts announce an early pro-
duction of THE Persian Princess,
with lyrics by Percy Greenbank music
by Sidney Jones and an incldental
score by Marie Horne. The piece mas
an English success to its credit
In the paid in Full company which
is coming soon to the Mason are Fritz
Williams, Katherine Florence, William
r. Hatch, Benjamin F. Wilson, Flor,
ence Robinson, Pauline Darling and
George Belden.
"Old Dutch" a new ith-Herbert
musical comedy, will be seen at the
Herald Square, New York, in October,
Lew Fields heading the company
Andrew Mack will enter musical
comedy under Lew Fields manage
ment.
Maude Fealy has been playing the
title role of "Merely Mary Ann in
Denver at Elitch's gardens
Harrison Grey Fiske has signed con-
tracts for the appearance in America
of Lewis Waller, the English actor
Nine. FRITZ Scheff has gone to Lex
ington. KY, to join her husband Jonh
Fox. ir They will spend two weeks In
the Blue Grass visiting relatives and
friends of the author, and Mrs Fox VIII
purchase farm in central Kentucky
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Smone Bernhardt'
granddaughter of Nine sara Bern
hardt to Edward Gross, an American
residing in London.
Holbrook Blinn has been released by
Charles Frohman from has engage
ment to appear in Israel" and has
been re-engaged for his original part in
"calvation Nell with Mrs Fiske'
Mrs. Leslie Carter has begun re-
hearsals of her new play, "Nasta
Horne" by Edward Peple, author of
'The Prince Chap" This will be the
first modern play Mrs. Carter has pro-
duced in several years. Her tour opens
September 1S in st. Paul.
Miss That's Magrane, after a success
full wear as leading woman at the Col
lege theater in Chicago, has closed
summer engagement at Providence, r.
l., and has been enjoying short In
tervaI of rest at Asbury Park before
beginning her engagement as leading
woman at the local Belasco'
When the Shuberts bring Forbes
Robertson and Gertrude Elliott to this