The Washington herald., 1911-06-22
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

The stock company at the Belasco The
ater. the Vagabonds, has changed
the bill for next week. It was found
necessary to postpone the production Of
'If 1 were-King' till a later date and
substitute THE Merchant of Venice"
In its stead. The illness OF Fuller Mel
lIsh had much to do with this decision,
for in the Justin Mccarthy play he was
cast for a very important role, that of
Louis XI. In 1.-THE Merchant of Venice"
he will be called upon to enact a role
that he will not have TO study, for with
Sir Henry Irving he played Old Gobbo
a great number of times. Others of the
company are well acquainted with the
play, especially Lionel Belmore, who was
Sir Henry Irvings stage manager the
last fifteen years Of his life. In the
Forthcoming rendition of the play
Charles Hopkins will appear as Shylock.
Lionel Belmore as Gratiano, Percy
Standing as Bassanio, Sheldon Lewis as
Antonio, Osborne Searle as Launcelot
Gobbo, Fuller Mellish as Old Gobbo, Vir-
ginia Pearson as Portia, Mrs. Hopkins
as Nerissa, and Florence Huntington
as Jessica.
Frances Nelson viii again step into
prominence next week with the Columbia
Players in the star role of Kellett Cham
bers' delightful society comedy, AN
American Widow" It is a comedy In
three acts, that, with Grace Filkins in the
part Miss Nelson win play, received It's
New York premier at the Hudson The
ater September 6. 1909, with successful
runs in that and other prominent cities
of the country Despite its success else
where, through one of those inexplicable
incidents OF the present booking system
It has never been seen in Washington,
and the coming production on the Column
bia stage viii mark its first local produc-
ton. As II to accentuate the interest
these facts will arouse, the play is one
that calls for exquisite wardrobes, and
1t is no secret that the feminine con-
tingent of the Columbia company plan
to make the gowns dreams Of beauty that
cannot fail 10 arouse the envy OF their
sisters on the other side Of the foot
lights.
The recent uprising in Alaska, where,
duplicating the Incidents of the famous
Boston Tea Party" the natives dumped
thousands Of tons Of coal into the sea, as
an evidence Of their disapproval Of the
governments policy respecting the open
ing up of the rich coal deposits OF that
Territory, Will be an important feature Of
the B. B. Dobbs' motion picture travel
record Of Alaska, the Land Of Up There, ;"
to be presented at the Columbia Theater
Sunday evening. The pictures are excep-
tiona;ly clear and good. and represent the
conscientious efforts Of more than two
years on the part of an expert motion
picture photographer. who, with excep-
tional advantages at his disposal, has
succeeded in obtaining collection Of
films that bring home to the people the
story Of Alaskan life as nothing else has
ever before been able to do. The subject
wiz be treated IN an exhaustive manner.
showing the Alaska Of to-day. its ma
tives, polar bear. walrus. reindeer. sledge
dogs. and other living things In the land
up there. TO say nothing Of the full story
of q gold mine from the original pros
pecting to the stamping Of the precious
metal into the gilttering coins turned
out from the United States nints.
A feature Of next weeks show at the
Cosnnoa win bo a big singing and dane