The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20
SPOTLIGHT NOTES FROM
 THE WORLD OF MIMICRY
Fly JAMES GRANT THURsT0N

1 Man. in the London Globe theatre to see if it will do for America. MT. Froh- man is pleased with the present season
 in America. He says:
 My only regret is that cannot be in America for the first performance of Miss Hattie Williams new comedy, "The Girl He Couldn't Leave Behind Him"
 which is to be staged early next month by William Collier This will be the first time in my career as manager that a play owned and backed by me will be staged by other than the star appearing | in 1t. I am more than pleased with the present theatrical season in America. It
 has been great fun. I have had so many successes that forget my failures" | The lure of a s35 900 contract for four teen weeks in vaudeville was too much for Mrs. Pat Campbell, who used to ! class vaudeville audiences as beer hall low brows. Mrs. Campbell opened her l fortnights engagement In New York this week at the Colonial. But even the golden promise of $3500O came near fall- | ing through on account of "Pinky Panky Poo,'' Mrs. Campbelrs French poodle. | When it came down to terms Mrs. Camp bell declared that she must travel in a | private stateroom in a Pullman car, must have maid with her and positively must have the best of accommodations for the poodle. The Pullman company ob- | jects to, dogs but this objection was over come and diamond studded crib for Plnky Panky Poo to sleep in will be in- stalled in Mrs. Campbelfs stateroom on every train. Mrs. CanApbell's first offer ing Is a Russian tragedy, in which she is supported by three others, one of them Is Percy Standing. A play written by Mrs. Campbelrs son will be produced later. Among the cities to see Mrs. Campbell are Philadelphia, Pittsburg, h. dianapolis, Cincinnati Boston. Chicago and others.
 Despite the positive report that Ameri- ca would not see Edmund Rostands new play "Chantecler," it is now believed that a duplicate of the famous barnyard drama will be produced here next season by Charles Frohman. Mir. Frohman owns the English and American rights of "Chantecler' and has announced that he will make every effort to produce the play here with long performances in New York and Chicago and with a short road engagement. According to the pres- ent plan MT. Frohman will have three "Chantecler'' companies. The New York company will go into New England; the Philadelphia company will tour the mid
 
 make tour west of Chicago. Daniel Frohman is the father of a project to build a National theatre in this city at cost of s500. coo. It would in no wise conflict with the New theatre for 1t fs MT. Frohman's idea to patronize all the arts-music, painting, drama, lit- erature, etc. The building would be sort of clearing house for actors and actresses The plan Is more or less humanitarian in as much as the founder proposes to have the institution take care of penniless stage folks and provide method of insurance.
 Alfred Latell, the animal impersonator, who has been closely associated with Eddie Foy, the comedian. will open an engagement in Paris March 1.
 While Sunday theatricals have been de- clared illegal the producers and mana gers of the vaudeville house are planning a new sort of educational programme for the Sabbath. Entertainments of religious or educational aspect are allowed. The weighty question now being solved by the courts is whether: 1T Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now contains educational elements or not.
 Blanche Ring will likely spend the balance of the season here in George ". Roberts new musical comedy, ''The Yankee Girl" The music is by Silvio Hein.
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