The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-27
CURRENT THEATRICAL NOTES

"Chantecler." The new RosaIind play
has already started a craze which bids
fair to rival both "TriIby' and THE
Merry Widow"
There is a rumor that the Metropolitan
opera Company will drop Baltimore from
its list next season IN spite OF the liberal
guarantee fund which was raised b.
musical Baltimoreans.
The Messrs. ShubeTt are TO have a new
ltheater in Baltimore. They have purchased
lot in the vicinity of Fayette and Eutaw
streets, on which magnificent playhouse
will be erected. The site is in the heart
of the theatrical district. Il IS probable
that the new theater viii be called the
HasweH Theater, in honor OF Percy Has
well. one of the new Shubert stars, who
is a native Of Baltimore.
Bernard Shaw has written a play to
amuse himself at the expense Of the Lon.
don critics. The new play is entitled
'Misalliance." Shaw declares: 7 wish II
to be known that in 'Misalliance. Just as
+ in Getting Married. only more so. have
carefully cherished, repeated, and exag-
gerated every feature the critics de-
nounced. / have again come back &c
classic form. In Misalliance' there viii
be found no division into acts, no change
/ Of scene. no silly plot. not scrap Of &C
ton: nothing but Shaw and some very
good acting. I am sorry for my old col
/ leagues. the critics. But it will do them
! Getting Married"
Elsie Mannering Hackett. the daughter
Of Mary Mannering, gave a skating party
recently In prominent New York rink.
There were about twenty guests present.
! including Miss Mannering and members
of her company, as well as many children
who are friends Of Little Miss Hackett.
Nine Nazimova was compelled to sub
stitute a doll in the place OF child &C
/ tress in "A Dolls House" when she play
ed IN Baltimore recently. The Maryland
| law prohibits the appearance of children
on the stage In any theatrical perform
ance, so Nine. Nazimova had TO forego an
important feature of the play.
J Following the announcement of Eleanor
Robson's retirement from the stage and
/ her forthcoming marriage TO August Bel
mont. comes the rumor that Miss Rob-
| sons mother, Madge Carr Cook, viii also
retire. Mrs. Cook has not appeared on tbs
stage since October, when she closed her
long and successful engagement in Mrs
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" in which
she was favorably received in London and
Australia.
London playgoers are disappointed at
| the long sojourn in Australia OF oscar
Asche and Lily Brayton (Mrs. Asche).
Their engagement there has been extended
another six months. On their return TO
London they will present in that city
play made from Stanley wyman's Count
Hannibal" which IN the brutal count
seems to afford an ideal part for Mr..
Asche.
George B. Mcclellan has acquired the
English rights TO 1.-THE Chocolate Soldier"
and it will be put on in London al west
end theater in April George Bernard
Shaw wouldn't come TO New York 10 see
the musical version Of Arms and the
Man" so the mountain is going after
Mohammed, anyhow.
The proposed tax OF ten cents per head
upon dead heads in the thester is not
only practicable. but fair. The Actors
Fund should benefit in this way. and it
is to be hoped the plan will be adopted.
The inevitable has occurred, Nora
Bayes has a Chantecler hat, a gorgeous
affair made OF straw.
John Howard Payne. author Of Home,
Sweet Home was the first actor born
in America who ever played Hamlet. it
is stated He was the original boy Ham
let, having played the part at the age Of
seventeen. at the Park Thester, New
York. in May. 1909
"The Lamb" by Owen Davis. is taken
from the "Cherub Divine stories OF
sewel Ford. and is intended by W. A.
Brady as a starring vehicle for Douglas
Fairbanks. It was tried out in Phila5el-
phia by the cast of "A Gentleman from
Mississippi"