The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-05
WORLDWIDE THEATRE CRUISE
kfRLE BELLEW TO TtkE a.
600 NILE TRIP.

van Have rwa gemPanles anft Theatre
ON Beard snip and WIN stop NJ settle
meats wherc These Are English
Speaking Goloules ef some sike.
kyrls Peller announced yesterday
that he Is completing Arran gements With
Charles FrohnAn and a London naviaa-
ton syndica,~ for another tour OF the
world Having been born at sea and spent
half his life there Mr. Bellows keenas'
enjoyment il sboard ship. He has de-
ciCied to comblne business with pleasur.
in has next three seasons by Chsrtering
a vessel of 30S tons for his globe tour
n. will III tina vessel with thaatr. and
carry on board two theatrical companies.
on. for dramatic repertoire Of twenty
standard PLAYS and the other for light
musical comedies,
Mr. Bsllew PROPOSES Ia visit not only
~ eryw herr he PLAYED with Mrs James
Brown Potter hut Ia stop AZ any plac.
here there u an English settlement NJ
-'I tfirlent sI1" fo be r"munrratlNe Ia a
theatre company MANY Of thrs. ports
have never b.s'h vlsit@d by any prof.~
sioual company. Directly after MIR Bel
l.v finishes his lar-~ ell tour 81 -Raff'.s-
n"1t June hs will begin forming the
companies. ~h;Ch sill be very largely
American IN August Is he will sail
from London His first stop will hs
Gibraltar and from there h. will follow
~" ruast line II Africa CLOSELY. casting
anchor az all IN" chef settlement. he
tween there and Cap- Town.
We ~,ll stay i'm each port just As long
~ business s.-arns 'o warrant said Mr.
r"ll.w in explaining the proposed trip.
" Zen We reach a large English settle
mont like British South Africa Ne will
leave the ship for month or two and tour
inland
After tso uionths in South Africa 'hr
sail IN tn. east coat II Africa and NADIA
gascar Thence they S'll folio" n"
coast Of Arabia. India. Indo hIna the
straits settlenents. III. Fast Indies.
Australia. Tssnania, he Philippines
hina and Japan. and 60 from ipkohCma
To San Francisco hy ~av Of the South
Sea Islands
L Mess one Ras taken = trlp through
the East he csbhot appreciate the "a ger
Ness ~ the Europeans IN those parts 10 80"
a good dramatic production, explained
Mr.. Bellew They will com. a CpIpl. -
hundred miles 10 See a production and paw
as high a. Ave siineas seat 10 "a bil
Of Shakespeare adequately presented
NV first tour nf the world took -om.
thr-. years. and yet We never failed 10
find an audience and usually a large and
profitable one wen IN the most oui nf tn"
way places. No the trip u not GUi.e -
ventIIresome A. 10 may sound.
The tour as Olappe,i out by Mr.. B-lI"w
will take two and one-hah years ami will
cover some i7.V0 miles Tn" players for
both IN. COMPANIES will be- prov ided by
Charles Frohnan. who will also prepare
IN. productions Tn. dramatic roper
,olr. will consist very largely Of the plays
that Mr. Bellew presented during his CO.
starring tour with Mir. James Brown
Potter II Includes all m" romantic
Shakespearlau dramas and -'hlrloit"
Corday -Yvonns' and Others of Mr.
B.llews own writing. Among ihos. that
n. will add arv -Raff,e- IN which he IL
now appearing at the City Theatre and
The Thief III which he was successful
several seasons ago.
Tn. vessel silI be provided by Lon
don -yndFaiS that has beech urging Nr
Rell.w 80 rnak- another world tour for
-ornc time The m-mh--- VII! he part
n.ra II Mr. BeJlev and Mr frohman ia
IN. enterprise They hay" agreed p"
give IN. vessel and Keep ~ supplied with
fuel for two year. and "a half 10 as
.i-, IN d.frayinS IN" expenses of tn" tour.
however they haV" stipulated that IN"
vessel carry Cargoe- and extra passengers
bet wa.n ports. The companies will CON
sist 81 only ff,y peopl. the musical
company comprising thirty and the dra-
matte twenty and m. navigation syn
dictate will provide accommodations for
100 Messengers beside, m" crew
MIR Bellev "a a youth was a miri-hir.-
man on the royal cruiser Dr-adnaugt'
and nearly every summer for The Last
Ten yaars has bruised through the East
in his own Yacht NoOu-tOn.