Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

In IHt SUNLIGHT.
| Maine home. "
Marion Abbott is to replace HeIe,a COL
lier Garrick in The Pa,riot.''
| Holbrook Blinn is to appear again this
season with Mrs. Fiske in Salvation
| Nell" "''"
| torpers, Il novel of vaudeville life by
Andre CastaiSne
1.-The Hot Air King" with John c.
! Slavin in the leading RE. is to be given
IN Chicago at an cary date.
Everett Butterfeld has gone TO Pitts
burg, where he has been engaged for
stock work.
Lillian Russell will be seen in wash
| lngton soon in THE Widows Might"
a story of Wall street.
Lew Fields will continue The Rose OF
| Algeria for an indefinite period at the
Herald Square Theater. New York.
Mary Qnive. the sister OF Grace Van
Studdiford. is playing in one of Tho
| Climax companies.
Catherine Countiss will head a new
stock company in P.ttsburg. She will
| open in THE Road to Yesterday
Brandon lyman will play a part in his
own drama, The Passion Flower" I'm
which Nine Nazimova will impersonate
the American wife.
While their musical comedy Is being
prepared for them Mabel Hite and Mike
Donlin will have a sketch favored with
base ball. called Double Play"
The title of the piece. in which Andrew
Mack is to star under the direction Of
Lew Fields is called The Prince OF Bo-
hema.''
One of the players in "Springtime" 10
Emma Dunn. who made a hit as the
mother in Richard Mansfield's production
of Peer Gynt.
Miss Mary Mannering yesterday began
rehearsals of new play by Miss Rachel
! Crothers. entitled "Kiddie,' in which she
will be seen this season.
Bertha Galland and the company to sup
| port her in revised version of THE Re-
| turn of Eve" will begin rehearsals next
| Tuesday.
Mr. T. Tamamoto. a Japanese actor. has
| been engaged for an important role In
| 1.-The Coast of Chance" which George
| II. Brennan will produce.
James T. Powers. in Havana closed
his long run of over 800 performances at
the New York Casino last Saturday night.
and will be sent on tour
James Bernard Pagan author of THE
Earth to be produced by Henry r.
Harris, with Edmund Breese in the stel-
lar role, will arrive in New York from
London October 3D.
Porter Emerson Browne. the author OF
"A Fool There Was" has another play
which Frederick Thompson will produce.
the theme Of which is the exfravagance
| of women in dress.
Fannie Ward will open her season in
America in play by Forrest Halsey and
| Lee Arthur, entitled Van Aliens Wife"
H. Reeves Smith has been engaged az
her leading man.
sides the fourteen new productions he is
! getting under way in New York, he will
present this winter in that city Billie
! Burke and Marie Doro In new plays.
Bertha Galand is to tour again this
season In new version OF THE Return
of Eve" The company will include Rob-
ert Mackaye. Edward Emery and Ruth
Allen.
The play chosen for Marguerite Clarke
is called THE Wishing Ring and is by
| Owen Davis. 1t is three-act whim-
steal comedy of the present day. with
scenes laid in England.
Nine Blanche Marchesi. the singer. 10
to arrive in Montreal on the Magantic
October I, and will begin her season a
week later in that ", dedicatng the
new Windsor Hall.
Doro by Edmed, niece of William
Faversham. will make her debut on the
stage in her uncle's company when he
produces Stephen Phillips "Herod." Miss
Edmed. who is an English girl, will be
| given small part
The Man Who Owns Broadway by
| George NJ Cohan. with Raymond Hitch
cock as the star, goes into New York
! Theater October II. Flora Zabelle Fran
ces Gordon and Stanley Ford are also in
the cast.
George Arliss. who played the Devil
last season. has returned from Europe.
accompanied by his wife. He has been
| away since May, and comes back to play
| in ''Septimus,' a dramatiZation of w. J.
! Lockes book.
Besides The Yankee Girl" which Lew
Fields presented at the Beasco last week.
he has six other attractions in rehearsal.
| including his own production of old
DUTCH all of which will be seen at the
| Belasco this season.
1t is solemnly asserted that Joseph
Kaufman. the young actor who plays
the principal role in the ship scene in
| Via Wireless" has to have an under
study because the stage realism fire.
| quently makes him seasick.
1.-The Intruder left the Bijou Theater.
,, New York last night, and tomorrow even
ing a new play by Mr.. Cosmo Hamil.
ton. entitled 'sThe Master Key will
have its New York premiere, with Mr..
Orrin Johnson and Miss Florence Ring
| in the leading roles
The Liebler Company is to produce a
newspaper play called THE Fourth Es-
tate" and Alice Fischer is to have
prominent role therein. The play Is by
! Harriet Ford and Joseph Medil Patter-
son. author of The Little Brother OF
the Rich
| A Rochester audience appeared to like
! "The Barrier when 1t was produced
| there last week The dramatiZation of
Rex Beach S. novel was made by Eugene
| Presbrey the principal roles being taken
| by Theodore Roberts, w. s. Hart and
| Florence Rockwell.
William Faversham will present Ste
phen Phillips play, "Herod." i'm New
York for four weeks only, and after that
will contine his engagements to cities
| where he can remain from one to two