The Washington herald., 1911-05-28
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

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One of the chorus girls at the columbia
this week. Phyllis Dayhoff, has devel-
that she viii probably be seen in moro
prominent part later on
Cecil Lean and Florence Holbrook are
back to the vaudeville stage in a sktt
called "Just as They Are" The couple
have been on tour all season In bright
Eyes," to which they viii return In the
fall.
Sir Herbert Tree revived, at His Maj
esty's Theater. in London. Julius
Caesar" on May ., on such a sumptuous
scale that 1t Is said nothing has ever
equaled the production either on the Eng
lish or American stage. The engage
ment IL only for q fortnight. Mr.. Tree
appeared as Mark Anthony.
This II the final week Of Mrs. Fiskes
engagement In Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh at
the Lyceum Theater. The play through
out its run has drawn large, fashionable,
and delighted audiences, and were it not
for Mrs. Fiske's California engagements 1t
would be continued indefinitely.
Some ten or twelve years ago Harrison
Grey Fiske and Charles Klein Che was an
infant dramatist them wrote a play CALI
ed THE District Attorney in which
Wilton Lackaye had the leading part.
Now comes the announcement that AL H.
Woods has bought the rights to Otto
Hauerbach's play with the same name.
Mr.. Hauerbach is the author Of Doctor
De Luxe" THE Fascinating Widow"
and Nine. Sherry"
Leo Dietrtchstein's amusing farce BE
fore and After will probably follow
"Stronheart' at the Columbia
Christie Macdonald in The Spring
Maid" is nearing her 2O0th performance
at the Liberty Theater in this beautiful.
Viennese operetta, only three more weeks
remaining OF the present season. II the
management did not consider it neces-
sary to allow Miss Macdonald a brief
rest from the exacting demands Of the
prima donna role. this popular star might
continue through the summer. ''The
Spring Maid has established itself as an
all-year success In New York. After six
weeks abroad Miss Macdonald will re-
turn and resume her engagement at the
Liberty with the same great company
that has made the opera the talk Of the
season.
Lew Fields continues his engagement in
The Hen Pecks" at the Broadway Thea
ter with unabated success, and the only
prospect Of the run being interrupted
through the summer is that Mr. Fields
himself may feel the necessity Of having
a short vacation. There has not been
an important change in the company
since the opening, and public interest in
ia yrnnC lar nj atrla
ductions is Just as keen as during the
first week. The supporting company in
cludes Gertrude Quinlan. Blossom Seeley.
Ethel johnson, Viva Ogden, Nan Bren-
nan. Hazel Allen, Maize King. Bert
Leslie, Vernon Castle. Stephen Maley. Jo-
seph Kane. Joseph Keno. Laurance
Wheat, and Frank Whitman.
Frederick Forester, one Of the popular
players Of the Columbia forces, was
heard to explain to a young lady last week
that he was not serious when he whistled
mo Wedding Bells for Me" in "A Wo-
mans Way"
twenty-five companies arrived in New
York last Monday, including THE Mid
night Sons" "Will o. the wisp," Grace
Van Studdiford, James T. Powers, The
Piper company. and the Newell Stock
Company.
. George NJ. Cohan has possessed him
self of 23-foot racing motorboat, in
which he will cruise the water-bound
shores Of Atlantic City, where he has
leased a cottage for the summer. Mr.
Cohan's boat, which he has christened
the So Long, Mary, is equipped with a
engine. guaranteed to push
the water wagon" along at a 24-mile-an-
hour clip.
Bulwer Lytton's play, Money" re.
Gently revived in London. is to be seen
here next season. according to the an
nouncement made by William A. Brady.
Boss George B. Cox, Of Cincinnati, will
eventually take up his residence in New
York to look after his extensive theatri-
cal interests. He has retired from poll
tics.
A dramatization is to be made of
George Barr McCutcheon's THE Flyers
1t will be converted into a three-act
comedy and Frederic Thompson owns
the rights.
Some of the opening attractions at the
New York theaters next season will be:
Belasco Theater-''The Concert"
New Amsterdam-Julian Eltinge.
Wallack's-George Arliss.
Empire-John Drew in a new play.
Liberty-Christie Macdonald.
Theater Republic-"The Woman"
The Playhouse-Grace George.
Harris Theater-Rose Stahl.
Century-"The Garden Of Allah"
Globe-"The Girl Of My Dreams"
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