The Washington herald., 1911-01-22
NOTES. OF THE STAGE

pieces. 1t will be the most stupendous
and elaborate offering made by Mr.. Saw
age since his production of ''Parsifal.'
The cast of thirty-one principals has been
engaged and active rehearsals are now
progressing under the stage direction OF
George Marion.
The Sothern and Marlowe engagement
here promises to prove the most popular
these two famous artists have ever
played in this city Their new production
of Macbeth" adds distinct novelty to
their appearance here.
The reserved seat sale for the perform
ance of the Mother Goose opera, 1.-The
House That Jack Built" will open Mon
day. January 30. at the Columbia The
alter. No money will be accepted for seats
on that day. for the first days sales will
be open only to those who have already
bought the coupons or exchange tickets
in advance. The box Office will be open
to the general public on and after Tues
day morning. January 81.
Maurice Drew. who plays the role OF
Merivel. the second blackmailer, in
Madame X" claims the distinction OF
having been the first actor to delineate
the character OF a dude upon the Ameri-
can stage. He was member of the old
Harrigan e. Hart company at the Fa-
nous Theater. which has long since dis
appeared which was located at 5l4 Broad
way. Drew was the eccentric come
dian. and gave an representation of a nat
ty man of fashion and sang a song en-
titled Silly Boy" which became quite
the rage in those days
Beginning Monday, January 16. Henry
b. Harris will present at the Garrick
Thcater. New York. Edmund Breese. as
the Devil, in Percy MaCKaye's fantastic
romance, THE Scarecrow.''
II. J. Carvill. who plays Capt. Red
cington in support of Edmund Breese
in Percy MacKaye's fantastic romance
The Scarecrow," made his American
debut with Mr. and Mrs. Kendall in 1894.
He was for three seasons with f. II.
Sothern. being the first Horatio to the
Hamlet of Mr.. Sothern.
THE Little DamozeI' brought its tour
to an end in Chicago Saturday night. 1t
was expected to have an indefinite run
at the Whitney Opera House, but Henry
w. Savage decided to withdraw the play.
klaw a. Erlanger have engaged the
following cast for The Pink Lady. a
musical comedy by Ivan Caryll and c.
NJ. :. Mcclellan. which will be produced
the middle Of next month: Frank Laler.
Crawford Kent. John +. Young. George
F. Mack. Harry Dopp. Newton Linde.
Joseph Carey. Riley Chamberlain. Hazel
Dawn. Alice Dewey. Alice Hegeman
Alma Francis, and Mildred Barrett.
J. n. Bascom Jackson, IL well-known
lawyer. has acquired control of the Savoy
Theater. in Baltimore. and is working OH
a plan to establish there a hish-grade
stock company. Harold Meade has
been established as leading man and
The closing of several attractions last
week has added to the ranks of the I'M
employed a large number of distinguished
players On the "Rialto' may be OBJ
served Dustin Farnum. Hilda Spons,
Chrystal Herne. Katherine kaelred. w.
s Hart Mrs. Sam Sothern. W. l..
A Abingdon. Grace Filkins. Theodore Rob
e-ts. Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Robert
Drouet George Fawcett. Emma Dunn.
and Charlotte Granville. whose names
have been picked at random.
Miss Ellen Terry will appear in Wash
ington on the afternoon of February 10.
at the New National Theater. on which
occasion she will give the celebrated
Shakespearean discourse on ''Shakespear-
can heroincs pathetic with illustrative
acting.
Edgar Sclwyn. author of 1.-The Country
Boy" sails for London on January is.
Mr.. Selwyn will remain abroad for sew
rerIlnpr2finy after tho r.
duous labor of rehearsing two companies
of THE Country Boy and producing
Henry b. Harris production of Percy
Mackayes fantastic romance. The
Scarecrow.
Lee Kohlmar. who will play promi-
nent part in support Of Rose Stahl in
Maggie Pepper" made his debut on the
stage at the Court Theater. Meningan.
Germany. in SchiIler's THE Robbers. =
He was the original German boy with
David Warfield in The Music Master
George Honey Boy" Evans has made
ten-strke in his engagement of James
J. Corbett to act as the interlocutor of
the Honey Boy Ministries this year. In
the middle portion of the programme
Corbett appears in white face and tells
his interesting story Of the Reno meet
lHS Dsi"ttn JelliieS anu JoIlUSOH HIS
talk is not a simple description of the
contest. II is the deduction Of an ex-
pert athlete who was in charge of JEFF
fries training camp for eight weeks prior
to the contest. and is a graphic story of
all those eight weeks of hard work.
Leavitt James. in The Girl in the
Train company. is the son of the late
Shakespearean actor. Louis James. Last
year he was in the company Of Elsie
Janis.
Harry Tighe. at Chase's next week. is
an alumnus of Yale and captained the
football team.
Miss Vera Michelena, who plays the
role Of Gonda in The Girl in the Train.''
coming to the National. is the daughter
Of SignOr Fernando Michelena. who was
formerly the famous tenor Of the Emma
Abbott opera company twenty-five years
ago. He is now conducting a singing
school in San Francisco, and one Of his
first pupils was his daughter Vera, whom
he taught every big grand opera role.
"Everywoman" Mammoth Play.
Having launched Excuse Me-" the new
Rupert Hughes farce. Mr.. Henry w.
Savage has returned to New York and
for at least month
he will give his undivided attention
m Tho forthcop,inp nroducfion of .sE,yery.