Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

Little Damozel." May Buckley. who play
| ed the part here, will head a company to
| present the play in the west
When William Collier makes his ap-
pearance next month in Hanged II l
! WILL" in the Comedy Theater. New York.
| the Shuberts will rename the house Col
| lier's Comedy Theater for him.
Alice Lloyd. England's leading music
| hall comedienne, and the McNaughtons,
| the celebrated London eccentric CO.
medians. are booked for Washington In
| November.
Irene Franklin of The Summer Wild
overs" was practically born on the stage,
At the age of six she played little Eva In
Uncle Toms Cabin and later was seen
as Josephine in one of the first Juvenile
| 'Pinafore" companies.
keeping Up Appearances" by Butler
Davenport, was produced In New YORK
last week with a cast including j. Harry
Benrimo, Amelia Gardner. Zelda Sears,
Mabel Moore, Pamela Gaythorne and a.
HyltOn Allen.
1.-The Prosecutor" a drama by Franklin
Starlight. which was produced last spring
in Boston, is to be revived. with William
Courtleigh and Eva Mcdonald in the lead
ing roles. 1t is dramatization OF W. H.
Osborne's novel, THE Red Mouse"
The most recent of Richard Strauss
operas THE Rose Cavalier Is an
nounced for production this season at
the Court Theater in Dresden 1T was
amid these same surroundings that mis-
"Salome" and Electra were first heard.
Henry Kolker, recently of the New
Theater Company. has been engaged by
Henry w Savage and will appear In The
Great Name a comedy adapted from the
German of Victor Leon and Leo Field, by
James C. Harvey.
Mrs Ffske will produce Mrs Bump
sted-Leigh," by Harry James Smith. au-
thor of the novel, Enchanted Ground:
In connection with the latter play she Will
offer j. NJ. Synge's one-act play. The
Shadow of the Glen
Robert Mantell has added to his roper
tory Justin Huntley McCarthy's romantic
drama. The O'Flynn." and Will give II
night. Sir Beerbohm Tree has been pre-
senting the play in London.
William A. Brady will shortly begin
rehearsals of a new play by. Hayden
Talbot, called In Gods Country The
scenes are laid in Arizona, and Brady
plans production with a hundred COW
boys and Indians. Pawnee BilFwill stage
the big acts.
Charlotte Walker is now rehearsing
the leading feminine role In Eugene Wal
ter's play Boots and Saddles" Miss
Walker accepted the part after the re-
tirement of Ida Conquest. The play is
to be produced by Walter, Lew Fields
and Felix Isman.
Forbes Robertson made his debut in
London in 1874, appearing in Mary Stu
art He made his first visit to America
in 1885. with Mary Anderson, returning
with her to the London Lyceum in The
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the dresses and appointments.
When 1.-THE Speckled Bank is produced
this month in Boston it will probably
bers of the cast is to be a cobra seven
feet in length. This is said to be the first
time that any American play has intro
duced the handling of huge snake on
the stage.
With Frank Worthng as her new lead
ing man, Mrs. Leslie Carter has begun re-
hearsals of 1.-The Women" play by
Rupert Hughes. Mrs Carter will begin
her season under the management OF
John Cort, in Cleveland, Ohio. November
:. and will appear in New York fort
night later.
When All Has Been Said" is the name
suggested by Howard Milward and ac-
cepted by Messrs Liebler & Co., for
play by Bayard WELLER. The original
title was William, hut the managers Of
fered 800 for a better one. More than
5000 letters were received in answer to
their advertisement. Miss Emily Stevens
will play the leading part.
Rudolph Besier, whose name is familiar
to American theatergoers through his
inn1itable comedy of "Don,' is said to be
working upon a dramatization of one Of
II. G.. Wells stories, "kipps." Mr.. Bes-
ier's most recent contribution to stage
literature is a translation Of Pierre Ber-
toms La Recontre," which, under the
title of THE Crisis Miss Evelyn Willard
recently produced in London.