The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-07
THEATRE NOTES
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 McIntyre and Heath are on their Jay to the Pacific Coast with In Hayti.' by John J. McNally and Jerome Schwartz.
 Klaw & Erlanger have engaged Miss Maude Raymond, William Ed munds, John Dunsmore and Harry Cowan to support Max Rogers in Aaron Hoffman's play, "The Young Turk which will be presented in New York City in February. The company will number more than 100.
 .'The Round Up," Klaw & Erlang- er'c play of the Arizona desert, IS making its first trip to the south. The tour is sensational. It has been decided definitely to send the produc- ton into Texas, although the cost Of tour tour has been increased mater islly owing to transportation charges. After the Texas time the play goes to the Pacific Coast.
 "Littls Nemo," Klaw & Erlanger's great musical comedy, is playing the holiday season at the Auditorium in Chicago. The route then carried 1t Southward until Mardi Gras time, when it will be the attraction at the Tulane Theatre, New Orleans, for two
 
 Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta and oth- CT cities where the usual attraction plays only one or two nights. Little Nemo'' has had very profitable sea- son in the Middle West.
 ssThe BarrieI,'' Eugene W. Pres hrey's dramatization of Rex Beach's novel, with Theodore Roberts in the role of John Gale, will be the next attraction at Klaw & Erlanger's New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, following .sThe Silver Star" which opens its road tour at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, January 10th. The Barrier has been a success on the road and will probably make a strong appeal to New York audiences, as the plot is interesting and strongly dramatic and the cast an excellent one.
 Klaw & Erlanger's production of The Circus Man." with Maclyn Ar huck1e in the title role, has ended It's run at the Boston Theatre and IS playing the. New England cities prior to going into Philadelphia in Febru- ary For a Christmas present Imo- gene, the only elephant soubrette in captivity, received a set of boots. Each had to be fitted to foot. The four cost $100. They were made by a Boston harness maker of sole leather. copper rivetted, lined with sheep's wool and about two feet in height They are worn not to pro- fect Imogene's .stootsies" from the rough street pavings, but as pre-. ventaffve ofacoids. ''The Circus Man" made .a hit in Boston
 Klaw & Erlanger will present Ade- line Genee at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, for two weeks only, in '.'The Silver Star opening January 10th. This will be her only New England engagement. Bickel and Watson, Emma Janvier, Nellie Mccoy and Barney Bernard go on tour with the production. The only change is that Ann Tasker will take the place of Gene Ormonde. The heavy scenic euuipment used in the run at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, will be carried. This, with the size of the company, will require extra trains for every movement made dur ing the season. A. B. Walkley, the powerful London critic, pays this compliment to Miss. Genee:
 Mile. Genee is in America London without Mile. Genee will be a mere huddle of pedestrians, be- nighted place where tiptoeing is known only by hearsay. If and when. Genee danarts she will have to leave Eondon her white satin, shoes to be deposited in the British Museum.
 
 Edith Taliaferro has been selected by Klaw & Brlanger and Joseph Brooks for the roles of "Rebecca" in the play "Rebecca of SunnybroOk Farm" opening in Boston at the Tre- mont Theatre. Miss Taliaferro has been playing the role of Polly in Polly of the Circus She has been on the stage since childhood, appear ing in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch and with Ezra Kendall and other stars. The 'Rebecca" play is one of the sensational successes of the season It is dramatization of the "Rebecca" books by their author, Kate Douglas Wiggin,. and Charlotte Thompson- "Rebecca'' has been played only in New England cities, but week stands have been made out of cities in which big attractions The play itself is an unusual one. As Rebecca says, It's just good to be alive.a This is the keynote of the whole production. Optimism and. sunshine pervade the whole play. Mrs. Wiggin has made some wonderful character studies of the Maine State folk
 Mfr. Theodore Roberts, who is play ing the role of John Gale in "The Barrier" which Klaw & Erlanger will bring to their New Amsterdam Thea
 
 this to say of his early experiences:
 My father wanted me to be a sailor. My mother didn't want me to be an actor Mother sent me to an elocution teacher when I was about sixteen, telling me that she did rot want me to think it meant her approval of the stage, and telling the teacher not to suggest the stage to me-
 T met James o'Neill. He let me read a few things to; him from ShakeS peare and 'Richelieu'-I knew them a,f-and then told my mother I ought to go on the stage. He'll be at the top in a year or two,' he told mother, and you ought to let him go-' He was wrong in his prediction, but mother gave her consent.
 After I had been pumping around -.5se country for few years I got tired of the life and went to my father-he never had approved-and told him I'd try the sea just to please him.
 Two years was enough to con- vince me that I didn't want any more of it. I didn't know enough of the business end to make expenses so I