Evening star., 1911-08-27

There will be four companies on tour
| this season with The Gamblers.
c. Aubrey smith. an English actor. is
TO be leading man with Billie Burke.
William b. Mack will impersonate
Gen. Grant in The Littlest Rebel.
| Edmund Breese is to appear in New
| York the middle of next month in "A Man
| of Honor
Florence Nash will he leading lady
with Thomas Ross in An Every Day
Man
Aubrey Boucicaut is in the company
! supporting John r. kc.lerd in roper
toire in New York.
Edgar Atchison Ely is to he starred
in "Billy's Tombstones.' which sydney
| Drew formerly used.
Sarah Bernhardt may produce Ros-
| tand's new play. Faust. at her own
/ Paris theater next year.
Halle Erminie Riyes' story. Satan
| Sanderson.'' is to be dramatized. with
Norman Hackett as the star
Thomas Il, Shea mas added new
| play called a Man and His Wife to
his already extensive repertoire.
Edwin Arden will be leading man
with Nine. Simone in Rostand's Lady
Of Dreams.
Fred stone has returned from a
cation spent in the polar regions shoot
ing bears.
Emelie Melville has decided to remain
with the Columbia Players during tneir
coming Baltimore season.
| Grace George will begin her season in
comedy by Cicely Hamilton called Just
/ to Get Ma rried.
| Daniel Frohman viii make his pro-
| duction of Thy NeighbOrs Wife at
the Lyceum Theater. New York, Sep
| tember g.
The estate of Marion Crawford. the
novelist. is estimated at about siS.onn.
| Of which The White Sister consti-
tutes nearly one-half.
Every Woman" will begin its second
season in New York Labor day, but
its engagement in that city will be
/ limited one.
| William Norris will play the leading
| comedy role in the song PLAY, When
Sweet Sixteen. by Victor Herbert and
George Y. Hobart.
Donald Brian appeared last week in
| Atlantic City in The Siren Julia
Sanderson Frank Moulan and Will
| West were in the cast.
! Mrs. Fiske has concluded her long sea-
son Of sixty-seven weeks and will take
rest before opening in Langdon Mltchells
comedy, The New Marriage.
Charles Baker. member of the Camera
Club has Just completed series OF sit
tings in character, of the leading mem
bers of the Columbia Players.
Phillip Arth officiated in the box office
of the Columbia Theater last week our
ing the absence of the regular ticket
agent, Edward Fowler
/ Nance ONeil is to begin a stock star
| ring engagement in San Francisco. she
| will revive her old successes and may try
/ out a new play.
For the first time since she went upon
| the stage Louise Drew is this season TO
| be in the company Of her father, John
| Drew.
| A special train has been chartered by
Managers Metzerott and Burger TO trans
port the Columbia Players and their
equipment to Baltimore at the conclusion
of the present season at the Columbia.
THE Moral Code" Arthur Hammer
STEMS production, which received its pre-
mier in Rochester Monday night. will
open the regula~ season of the Columbia
Theater in thi6 city September H.
N
used in the production of The COWBOY
| and the Thief were bought in the west
| and have seen actual service on several
| of the big ranches.
''The Arab" Edgar Selwyns new play,
will have its first production for the sea-
son i'm Buffalo this week. Ihe author
will play the leading role and Edna BAKER
| will have the principal feminine part
"The Little Millionaire is the title of
| George NJ. Cohan's new muslcai play.
| George NJ and his father and mother VIII
have important roles in the cast. THE
/ Little Millionaire will have its premiere
at Hartford. Conn, September lS
/ A. II. Van Buren, and Nina Melvil-e.
who have been taking fencing lessons
of a local master. have arranged TO have
the instructor visit Baltimore three times
week during the stay of the Columbia
Players in that city.
John NJ Kline. the only Washington
member of the Columbia Players will
retain his home in this city during the
| Baltimore engagement and return TO
| Washington every night at the conclusion
of the performance.
| Harry Clay Blaney comes to the
| Academy early next month in Across the
! Pacific" Mr. Blaney will be seen as
Willie Live. his old character. supported
| by kittie Wolf. the Rough Riders Band
and a strong company
David Belasco will star Frances Starr
in play by Edward J. Locke the autnor
| of THE Climax" This play is called
The Case of Becky and all the infor-
nation which is given out is that the role
| is entirely dissimilar from Miss Starr
| former parts.
The play in which Billie Burke is TO
star 1.-The Runaway has for its theme
| the marriage of man of fifty to girl
| of eighteen, and its similarity to the
| Astor-Force case is said to be marked.
The similarity is accidental however. as
the play, which is from foreign source,
| was written over a year ago.