The Washington herald., 1910-11-27

New Theater to be one Of the most i'm
portant modern productions OF its sea-
son. Every character will be an Indian.
The authoress is Mary Hunter Austin,
and the name OF the play The Arrow
Maker"
Olga Nethersole has returned to New
York, bringing with her the manuscript
OF a new play IN which she viii almost
Immediately begin her season. under the
management Of Liebler & Co. The play,
she declares. Is the mbst wonderful ever
written, and she adds that when she ap-
pears in it in the title role she viii be
realizing the ambition that has been
squirting her for a lifetime.
Blanche Bates is filing the Hudson
Theater nightly, and II looks as though
''Nobody's Widow" had caught the public
fancy. AS the widow. Miss Bates spar
kies through three acts OF the comedy,
which has TO do with a woman who In a
fit Of Jealousy, shortly after her mar
rage. leaves her husband Later hus-
band and wife meet and the love-making
begins all over again. The story ends
with the heroine and hero sitting down
to a supper at o'clock in the morning.
and the wife saying, We'll, this is our
wedding breakfast. dear" Bruce McRae
husband, and a son OF Nine. Schuman
Heink is effective in a small role. AL
though the comedy is tenuous. Miss
Bates. Mr.. McRae and Adelaide Prince
save II from being wearisome.
Here Is some gossip OF Theater Alley:
At the Knickerbocker Theater next Mon
day, Fred Terry and Julia Nelson make
their first appearance here in Henry OF
Navarro drama that ran a year in
London.
Elsie Ferguson has closed her tour in
Ambition" and returned To town
Frederick Thompson's "Girlies'' has also
quit. Shows by the dozen are closing
every week. Managers tell yours truly
that this is the worst theatrical season
on record.
Thomas Jefferson is TO rest two weeks,
before resuming his tour in The Other
Fellow"
William Gillette comes TO the Empire
Theater December for an engagement
or I'VE weeks. opening in sherlock
Holmes" He will follow this by '"Too
Much Johnson" The Private Secretary"
Held by the Enemy" and Secret SerY-
ice" II will be Mr. GilIettes final APP
pearance in these plays.
The Girl in the Taxi ends its run at
NilO <a0Npf AASoATt OCN0iii5ci D. 1llc ptCLp
did not score hit THE Aviator fol-
lows.
Last week 1.-The Circus Chap" COM
edy by Robert NJ. Speery, was produced
at Waterbury, Conn, under the manage
ment Of Byron B. Chandler. The cast IN
cluded Harry Stone, Phyllis Sherwood.
and Eddie Heron.
Henry W. Savage has engaged Gwen
dolen Brooks for the role OF Baroness
Rodrock in The Great Name" in which
Henry Kolker is TO be starred.
Grace Ia Rue, the star OF Madame
Troubadour." will go 10 London when
that operetta is produced IN the English
metropolis. Her singing and her gowns
should create a sensation over there.
Sarah Bernhardt's engagement hero is
to be played at the Globe Theater, be-
ginning December 5.
Minnie Dupree is to be starred by
Messrs. Shubert in The Lady from Okla
homa." a comedy by Elizabeth Gordon.
editor OF Harper's Bazar.
Members OF The Marriage a Ia Carte
company met last week, when little
Emmy Wehlen attended her first re-
hearsal In America. Miss Wehlen is tho
principal young woman in this new
comedy by c. NJ S. Mcclellan and Ivan
/ Caryll. She comes from Vienna via Lon
/ don. and has a lot OF light hair and a
fetching accent Her brown eyes are the
biggest thing about her. She weighs al
most a hundred pounds
JEROME H. EDDY.