The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
GOSSIP OF THE PLAYERS.

Leo Ditrichstein has signed FIVE years
contract with David Belasco to devote
! himself exclusively 10 the Belasco inter
ests, Mr.. Ditrichstein Is not only an actor
but playwright and adapter as well.
His adaptation from the German Of Her
man Banrs "Das Konsert' (The Concert)
win be produced by Mr.. Belasco next sea-
son, with Mr.. Ditrichstein in the leading
role During the past season he has ap-
peared in The Lily"
William Courtleigh, late leading man
with Robert Hilliard IN "A Fool There
| Was" has returned to vaudeville in his
old but ever funny sketch. Peaches. ."
Mr.. Courtleigh who is a comedian OF
quiet but none the less effective methods,
] has appeared continually year after year
since his debut Mr. Courtleigh made his
( first hit as an actor while playing juvenile
lead in La TOsca, Fedora" and Cleo
! patra" with the late Fanny Davenport
His subsequent appearances, a long list OF
parts, have been IN most Of the big sue
cesses of the past two decades
! Wilfrid North viii doubtless continue
with the New Theater- company another
| season His splendid work with that or
I
/ being an actor not only Of convincing
methods. but OF high intellectually. The
/ selection OF Mr. North as an important
/ member OF the New Theater company is
not the first recognition which Mr.
/ NOrth's ability has won, for Mrs Fiske,
/ membership In whose company signifies
! excellence, selected him for the part OF
/ William Dobbin in Becky Sharp" and
/ the Harvard Dramatic Club requested
him to direct their first production. which
/ took place IN the winter OF 1909
Gertrude Elliott in The Dawn Of a To-
| morrow" the play IN which Miss Elliott
! recently opened at the Garrick Theater,
/ London, VIII be seen in the United States
/ this fall. She was selected By Liebler &
] Co. under whose management she is ap-
: pearing, as the successor Of Eleanor Rob-
son in The Dawn OF a Tomorrow.
Forbes Robertson, Miss Eliiott's husband.
who was on this side during the entire
past season, and her sister, Maxine FL
lott, closed their seasons here in time 20
sail for London. where they witnessed
the first London performance OF GertruGe
Elliott's new play.
: Ada Rehan's statement that she didn't
know whether she would return 10 the
stage, made in reply to newspaper men
I Philadelphia, aTouses the hope that some
day Miss Rehan will come forth from her
/ retirement-she has not played since the
spring Of 1s05-and take her place again
at the head Of the galaxy Of american
/ players. In the history OF American the
atricals the Adae Rehan-A uguStin DAILY
combination. which lasted for twenty
years, Is one Of the most glorious events
and is one Of the most fruitful in achieve
0
Rehan played more than 200 parts. and
after Mr.. Days death. continued In sew
eral Of her old successes TIL iu-health
forced her to retire. Since that time she
has divided her time between England
| and America. spending the winter in the
States and the summer at her English
home.
A national movement Is now In progress
| In Norway TO purchase the apOthecary's
/ house at Srimstad where Ibsen lived
from 1874 TO 1850 I'm this dreary little
box says Edmund Gosse. in a dismal
little town among the rocks. the greatest
| imaginative writer Of Scandinavia stuck
as Maya would have said to his plasters,
pills, and ointment boxes. Here, In this
garnet which still exists unchanged he
wrote his first tragedy Of Catilina" Mr..
Gosse recently addressed a letter 10 the
London Times in the hope OF addressing
English admirers Of Ibsen. The COM
mittee. on which is prominent the sole
surviving early friend OF Ibsen. the ven
cradle Christian Due. has desired me-"
he says, Ito bring the fact OF its foTma-
ton before the admirers Of the great poet
In this country. Such places Of literary
pilgrimage offer a legitimate attraction TO
the cultivated tourist. If it were only TO
mediate on the contrast between the OBJ
security OF the poets youth and the inter-
national celebrity Of his old age, a visit
to Grimstad would be rewardlng. 1t is
Indicated TO me that the Norwegian CON-
mittee will be grateful for any small
sums proving English approval OF what
they acknowledge must in the main be a
Norwegian enterprise"
New York newspaper woman who,
after much arranging. obtained the diff
cult entree 70 Miss Bsrrymore's dressing
room between the acts Of Mid Channel"
began her interview thus:
Now. Miss Barrymore, please tell me
all your fads."
But I haven't any" said Miss Barry
more, sweetly. II care about my family,
my friends. and my work. Nothing else
interests me very much in a personal
sense. I don't care to collect things. 1
don't care to own bric-a-brac, or rare
postage stamps, or rugs. Everything
about the stage interests me enormously. |
It always has Knowing the stage and
stage things, for the actor, is much the
same as the musician knowing his instru-
ment 4 pianist must be interested IN
pianos If he is going to rise above the |
level of the average. If YOU would call
the stage a fad, then I have one, but I |
am afraid that is too obvious a fact to
be a discovery"
II am afraid So" said the reporter sad |
ly, and she went away with dashed hopes |
for she thought that all actresses must |