Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.


Marguerite Clark has received an offer
10 star In vaudeville.
William Norris will play an engage
nent in Berlin next summer.
John Drew will be seen next season
as Benedick in a revival Of Much Ado
About Nothing"
Laura Nelson Hall will play the lead
ing feminine role in Sidney Rosenfeld's
new play, Children of Destiny"
Rose Stahl is considering a new play
by James Forbes, author Of THE Chorus
Lady"
of Dustin Farnum in Cameo Kirby" is
the daughter of Eugene Blair.
Cohan & Harris will make production
next season of a play called THE City
That David Built"
Orrin Johnson has been engaged for the
leading masculine role in Sydney Rosen-
fields play, Children of Destiny
Mabel Barrison and Harry Conor are
to have prominent parts in an adapta-
ton from a German farce called ..Lulu's
Husbands
The Midnight Sons will go on tour.
aIteT playing the pest part or the year
in New York 1t will probably have a
summer run in Chicago.
Henrietta Crosman will not play
Sham after this season, as she will
have new play. She has used Sham"
with success for two seasons.
Charles Ram Kennedy. author of 1.-THE
Servant in the House. is writing an
other play. which will be produced by
Henry Miller.
Clara Louise Durham has written
play called The Right Princess The
Shuberts are reading 1t with a view to
starring Robert Dempster.
The Commuters which Henry B.
of April at Atlantic City, is by James
Forbes, author of THE Chorus Lady"
and THE Travelling Salesman"
Elsa Ryan. who retired from the cast
of The Belle of Brittany" when that
play left lew York for a road tour, is to
rejoin the company, playing her original
role Of Toinette.
William J. Hurlburt, author of THE
Fighting Hope" is writing play in
which a newspaper woman is to be the
heroine, 1t is to be called 1.-THE Lone
Hand"
Maurice Campbell is preparing to make
a production in Philadelphia of a new
play called Where There's Will" May
Buckley. Harry Davenport and Mabel
Frenyear will be members Of the COM
pany.
Henry b. Harris. the manager Of Ruth
ST. Denis, has placed $4,000 insurance on
the dancers arms, which she makes a
feature in her dances, so there will not
be total loss in case of an injury by ac-
cdent.
The production of Madame X" took
place in New York last week. The big
scene Of the play, a courtroom in which
mother is defended by the son UNI
known to her. was full of real thrills.
Dorothy Donnelly, Robert Drouet, Will
liam Elliott and Christine Blessing were
in the cast.
The theaters in Paris have nearly all
been closed by the calamity there hut
the Coincide Franchise was OPEN the
manager holding that 1t was not right
for the national theater ever to close its
doors. even though no light could be OBJ
tanned for the performance save that
from candles.
Lillian Russell is making tour of the
south In her new play. "The First
Night" under the direction Of Joseph
Brooks. Digby Bell. who is her leading
man, is sharing the honors with her.
The company will journey as far as Tex
as and Oklahoma before 1t returns to
New York.
The romantic play seems on the verge
or revival in England. Lewis Waller has
been Offering prizes for a good romantic
play and Sir Herbert Tree has lust made
successful production Of one by Justin
iuntley Mccarthy, called 1.-The O'FIynn,'
~ which the hero is a sort of Irish
dArtagnan OF the time of James ii.
Next winter Charles Frohman will bring
10 this country the company Of English
players he Is now organizing for his
repertory theater in London. The COM
pany will present plays now being writ
ten for Mr.. Frohman by J. NJ. Barrie,
Haddon Chambers, Somerset Vaughan
Johns Galworthy and Bernard Shaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry E. Dixey are being
who has been named Marie Ursula. Mrs
Dixey, known on the stage as Marie
Nordstrom. has been her husbands lead
ing woman for several seasons, and she
capacity. Mr.. Diyey closed an engage
ment I'm Mr.. Buttles" at Weber's The
alter. New York. last Saturday night.
The Witch" is to be produced at the
New Theater. New York, February Ia
when Nine. Bertha Kalich will make
her debut member of the New
Iheater company. Others who are to
nave important roles are Messrs. Ben
johnson. Guy Bates Post, Charles Bal
sar. Wilfred North, Albert Brunung
William McNay, Sol Smith. Misses Bev-
erly Sitgreaves and Elsie Kearns.
Messrs. Lee and j. j. Shubert have sent
out an announcement that in honor OF
the late Sam S. Shubert his name has
been given to a new theater in Boston
and that this theater is one of the mum.
Der of the Sam S. Shubert theaters which
Tod in VrtD Ina fff Ins
Of the United States and Canada Mr.
+. ii. Sothern and Miss Julia Marlowe
opened their Boston engagement at this
house in The Tanning of the Shrew'
Rostands new play, Chandelier" is
getting a great deal of free advertising,
such as would delight the soul of an
American business manager An air of
mystery has been thrown about the pro-
duction, out OF which issue detached
items now and again, such as the tail of
the ROSTERS costume will weigh thirty
pounds. and that the actor who has TO
don this costume is exceedingly wro,n
over the prospect
Charles Dillingham's next musical
comedy production will be The Echo,
by William lie Baron and Deems Tay-
Tor Rehearsals will begin soon. and
the play will he ready about Easter
The cast will be made up largely from
the company now playing The Candy
shop" which will close soon, after ar
enga cement of nearly year. Frank