Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

ments with David Belasco for the French
rights to The Easiest Way
Grace Elliston has been engaged a:
| leading lady with Robert Edeson In ''Th,
Cave Man.
| John Barrymore and Thomas Wise will
be under the management of Charles Dill
| lingham next season.
Bessie Mccoy has made discovery OF
a dancer in messenger boy in Atlantic
City.
| Jack London has written a dramatic
sketch of Alaska. called Tine Great In
| terrogation.'
Billie Burke will begin in August re
hearsals for her new play, THE Run
| away"
| The New York court Of appeals ha:
given a final decision against the theater
| ticket spectators.
| Edith Wynne Matthson has been book
| ed for an extensive tour in THE Piper.
| under the management of Winthrop
| Ames.
There will be special Fourth Of July
matinee at the Columbia Theater Tues
day, with What Happened to Jones' as
the attraction.
James Forbes. author of The Choru:
Lady The Travelling Salesman" and
THE Commuters. expects to have a new
play ready shortly.
A. Fl. Woods has secured the road rights
to THE Girl in the Train. and will send
the piece out with c. William kolb as
principal comedian.
The next Viennese opera which may be
l. Il to-, Ill -
Girl and is said to be exceedingly tune
full.
Joseph NJ Gates has secured THE En-
chantress, by Victor Herbert. and also
Kitty Gordon to fill the title role. The
story of the opera is a romantic one.
Christie Macdonald while abroad will
hear new operetta which Werba &
Luescher have in contemplation for her
when she finishes with the Spring Maid.
Mrs. Avery new play by Gertrude
Gretchen Dale and Howard Estabrook
was produced in Atlantic City last week
and pleased the audience.
The drama OF western life by Henry
Blossom. to be produced the coming
season, is called Brought Home. 1t
has no star part.
julius Steger has been secured by A..
III. Woods for the baritone role in GYPSY
Love-" in which Marguerite Sylvia is to
star.
The Red Widow Raymond Hitch
cocks starring vehicle for 1911-12. will be
given its premier by Cohan & Harris in
Boston on or about Labor day.
Fl. Woods melodramas. has had a play
accepted by F'razee & Lederer. in which
they will star Thomas w. Ross.
Mary Mannering lately took an aero
plane trip, and it is said she has be-
come so enthusiastic over aviation that
she may buy biplane of her own.
Henry f. Dixey. Marie CahiIl and
Louise Cunning have left the cast of
"Pinafore." and their places have been
taken by Christine Nelson, Viola Gillette
and Edgar Temple.
William Gillette is evidently in demand.
II is said he is to be the director of the
New Theater. also that he is to star I'M
der Charles Frohman's management in a
new play .
Arthur Richie is the last Of the MEM
bers of the Columbia Players to avail
himself of the comforts of an apartment.
The entire company has now settled down
for an extended summer run.
The recent purchase of the two big
lots adjoining the property on the
south gives the owners of the Columbia
Theater an opportunity to enlarge the
capacity of the popular house.
James X Hackett is to star in a drama :
tization by Louis Evan Shipman of David
Graham Phillips story "A Grain of
Dust" He will open in Chicago in Sep
TENDER under his own management.
The New York Morning Telegraph says
that on the stage of a vaudeville theater
In Oklahoma is posted the following no.
tice: ACTORS must not guy the Indians.
They know as much as the rest of the
audience
William Faversham has two new plays.
one by Edward knoblauch.. author of
.. The Faun:. The other ..na is by Edward
Niger and Salvation Nell" The latter
is modern love story.
George W. Barber, one OF the auto
mobile enthusiasts of the Columbia Play
ers. recently piloted party OF his CO.
workers over the roads between here and
Frederick. Md. On the return trip they
were caught in a storm and drenched to
the skin.
Jessie Glendinning of the Columbia
Players. has received letter from her
father John Glendinning. advising her
that following the round of gayety in
London. incident to the coronation, he
will join the theatrical colony at Law
renee. where he has leased bungalow.
This is but a short distance from the
home of the Duke of Suffolk
Adeline Genee, it is said, has reconsid-
cred the determination to retire from the
stage, announced at the time of her mar
riage. and WILL according to this. return
to the United States next season. She
has a new ballet called Butterflies and
Roses"
William Hawtrey scored in his new
drama. Dear Old Billy, in Chicago.
The story is that of a browbeaten hus-
band. who escapes for a short respite
and meets with SO many trying expert
ences that he is glad to return to his
henpecked condition.
THE Whip which ran SO long at the
Drury Lane Theater. in London. is to be
presented by F. c. Whitney in New York.