The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

participated in the recent short tour OF
the Vaudeville Comedy Club, with which
George Cohan, Nat Wills, William Col
iier' and other famous thespians ap-
peared.
Charles Middleton is the author of "A
Texas Wooing' at Chase's next week.
Mile. Simone d'Beryl, the French beau
ty, in Chase's programme next week.
will be in America for no more than
twenty weeks.
Arnold and Ethel Grazer, at Cbase'x
next week, are westerners, and their
act has made such hit that Henry w.
Savage and the Shuberts are negotiating
for their translation into one Of the
forthcoming revues.
Mile. Mella Mars, a famous Viennese
music hall singer, will make her first
American appearance in New York in
September. She is now at the London
Hippodrome, where she is said to have
scored the most brilliant triumph since
Yvette Guilbert's first introduction to
the English public. One advantage that
she possesses over Guilbert is that she
sings in English.
Coyent Garden will probably be the
scene of Martha Harveys big London pro-
duction of Sophocles' "Oepidus Rex next
January. Harvey is considering two
English versions of the immortal tragedy
and rehearsals will begin as soon as he
has reached final decision.
Charles ]. Ross, until now a musical
comedy and vaudeville star, has OBJ
tanned the production right of a serious
drama in which he will star next season.
1t is entitled Mrs. Avery" and gives
Ross an Austrian role.
Margaret Dale has been engaged to
play the role of Mrs Travers in Louis
N. Parker's 'Disraeli," starring George
Arlfss. With Elsie Leslie this will give
Arliss two leading women when he pre-
sents his characterization of the eminent
English statesman at Wallack's Theater
in New York in September.
1t is stated that the famous La Scala
Opera House at Milan has an annual
deficit of $4,000. and that the Vienna
Imperial Opera annually loses $500 co.,
these deficits being made up by govern
ment subsidies.
Forbes Robertson, resting in the coun-
try, is arranging an American tour, COM
mencing in October, which will carry
him for trip of 36Oe miles over the
South and West.
George Bronson Howard's new play,
."An Enemy to Society,"" will be pro-
duced the coming season by Joseph
Brooks.
For the support of Margaret Anglin,
who will shortly open her New York
season in the CHEEKY comedy, Green
Stockings" Liebler & Co. have engaged
H. Reeves-Smith to be her leading man.
Other engagements for Green Stock
ings" are Mrs Ruth Holt Boucicault and
Miss Crosby Little.
Marguerite Clark has signed a three
years contract to appear under the
management of William A. Brady. Miss
Clark will open the season in her origi-
nal role of Zole in Baby Nine" and
later will star in Owen Davis new play,
when All the World Was Young
Miss Clark has already starred in a
Davis play, '"The Wishing Ring"
Liebler & Co. have accepted for early
production new play of modern life.
entitled The Indispensable Man" This
is the joint work of Frederick Palmer
and Julian Street, the first collaboration
Of the sort entered into by this pair of
writer's. Mr.. Palmer has figured promi-
nently as war correspondent and author
of several best Sellers" among which
THE Big Fellow is the most notable. :
Mr. Streets magazine work has been
widely read. His one-act play, "The Lady
Across the Hail. was produced some
years ago.