The Washington herald., 1910-01-30
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

AIN AAAL IA " 1 LAOILI IL
"a slylark." Henry B. Harris first
fight into the realm OF musical comedy
will be produced on Jester Monday.
The dramatizatioD John Fox's THE
Trail OF the Lonesome Pine" has been
completed and viii be produced by VIII
liam Norris and A. G. Delamater.
The Faith Healer" by William Vaughn
Moody, wcs given at Harvard, In the
Sanders Theater. by Henry Miller, on
January "a. before the faculty and stu
dent body 1t was the first professional
representative of modern play by a
Harvard graduate given under the
auspices Of the University.
The late Ezra Kendall starred for eleven
years in "a Pair OF Kids" but he was
best-known to the present generation OF
theater-goers for his dry. unctuously
humorous monoIogues.
Mrs. Fiske has been forced by illness TO
take a brief rest from her appearances
severe cold during her Southern tour.
Maud Allan, the London dancer. appear
ed in New York. recently. but she did
not do her Vision OF Salome.' IN which
she has the forerunner OF Gertrude Hon-
man.
President Taft has donated g. gold medal
20 the Actors Fund Fair. The medal will
have on one side figure of charity,
fanked by comedy and tragedy. The re-
verse viii have in low relief the comic
and tragic masks with the words Actors
Fund. New York. 1910"
Charles Ram Kennedy IS preparing a
new play by Henry Miller Mr.. Kennedy
and his wife, Edith Wynne Mathison, will
make their home IN the United States
for the present
AndTeas DIPPED has announced that an
American opera in the original English.
with a cast OF American singers, is in
preparation at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Henry Mofatt. a super in William
Faversham's production of "Herod."
which was playing in Buffalo. received a
prize OF SO for the best description on
paper of the purport Of several scenes.
About fifty Buffalo supernumerarles com
peted
Christie Mcdonald expects to go abroad
for musical study under Jean de Reszke.
She will develop especial proficiency in
opera bouffe. but she viii not be. as she
says. the pioneer in introducing opera
boufe 10 America, as We already have
the inimitable PM Corsi, the Coquelin
of opera bouffe.
Charles Klein Is writing a social climber
play for Blanche Walsh.
The Victor Herbert and Henry NJ
blossom American comic opera mile.
Modesto" which was sung so success
fully by FRITZ Scheff. has been sold to
Milton and Sargent Aborn, who will make
- a production head by well-known
singer. for whose services they are
negotiating.
Giulia Strakosch, daughter OF the Am
erican impresario Of that name. has
made hit at Brussels as Sonia, IN The
Merry Widow"
Maxine Elliott. who is something Of an
athelete, learned how 10 steer a toboggan
down a four-mile incline when she was
playing IN Montreal, recently.
Henry B. Harris will produce Children
Of Destiny" by Sidney Rosenfeld, next
September
Blanche Ring in THE Yankee Girl"
will attempt the conquest Of Broadway.
on February 7. Considering what New
York has fallen for IN the last few
months. Miss Ring should romp home
without opposition.
Seats for the first performance Of Ros-
lands long-expected play "Chanticleer"
at the Porte Sainte Martin Theater, Paris.
are already selling at 100 francs $50, and
the date Of the opening has not even
been announced.
Leber & Co. have indefinitely post
poned their production of c. NJ. S
McCIeIlan's judith Zaraine"
The new board of Aldermen, Of the city
of New York, is now graphing with the
ticket speculatoT problem. \ resolution
has been offered under the provisions Of
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