New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-26
HEATRICAl NOTES.

BY cable to Henry ". Savage Arthur
Collins, director OF the Drury Lane The
atre London, has announced the engage
ment OF H. B. Irving TO create the role
Of Nobody in the English production OF
the late Walter Brownies modern moral
lty play, "Eyerywoman," which will have
It's first performance on September II.
Patricia Collinge, who created the part
If Youth and Henry Wenman. who orig
mated STUFF in the Savage production
here. will also be members OF the London
company. Kate Rork has been assigned
to the character Of Truth, which in this
country was portrayed by Sarah Cowell
lie Moync
The Shuberts announce that they have
engaged Florence Reed for the leading
feminine rolo In THE Master OF the
House." the new comedy drama by Edgar
James. which Is TO open at the Thirty.
ninth Street Theatre on August %.
The chorus and ballet rehearsals for
The Merry Countess" which Is to open
It's New York engagement at the Casino
on August 10. began yesterday. Tn"
music OF THE Merry Countess Is by
Johann Strauss. A specially augmented
orchestra will render the score under the
direction OF Oscar Radin.
After staging the Passing Show OF
1912" at the Winter Garden Ned Way
burn left town yesterday for Chicago 20
produce a new musical comedy for Cecil
Lean and Florence Holbrook. He will
anA yst1l "A
week at the Winter Garden for the pur-
nose OF assembling chorus girls for the
various Shubert productions.
+. Z!egfeld, jr., yesterday engaged Bert
4 Williams. the comedian. for appear
ancc in The Fo!lies 81 1912" The Fol
lies" are to be given at the Ziegreld
Moulin Rouge following the run OF "A
Winsome Widow"
loo Weber and Lew Fields Wednesday
entered into an agreement 10 continue tho
firm name as theatrical producers. and 10
establish and maintain Weber & Fields
Music Hall in New York, with an all-star
company. The new music hall Is being
built by the shuborts in 4ith street Just
weat OF Broadway
Martin Beck. managing director OF the
Crpheum circuit. who went abroad to ar
range the details OF Nine. Sarah Bern
hardts coming American tour and to visit
his foreign representatives. viii leave
London to- morrow for New York.
Douglas 7 Wood has been re-engag"d
by Nagcnhals g. Kemper for THE Grey
hound" With which the Aston Theatre
will open early In August. Later In the
scason Mr.. Wood will appear in new
play under the same management.
Dorothy Tilley Is the first Philippine
girl TO Join American musical comedy
Yesterday she called at the offices OF
Charles Frohman aud made successful
application to join the chorus OF THE
Girl from Montmartre."
Sallie Fisher signed a long term contract
Yesterday TO appear under the manage
ment OF A. n. Woods. Her last New
York appearance was with George NJ
Conan In "Forty-fve Minutes from
Broadway" and prior to that she ap-
peared for brief period In Modest
Suzanne"
Arrangements were made yesterday be-
tween the Messrs Scherck. proprietors
and managers OF Palisades Amusement
Park. and William Harris, manager and
treasurer and Mrs. Anna V. Morrison,
secretary, respectively, OF the Stage Chill
drens Christmas Festival Fund, whereby
hundreds OF stage Riddles will be enter
tanned Monday afternoon as the guests OF
Palisades Amusement Park.
The Howard Kyle Players will make
their second production this season by
giving the first English rendition or
Lessings poetic drama, Nathan the
Wise" at a special performance on the
campus at the New York University. at
s o'clock this evening. Mr.. Kyle will take
the role OF Nathan. and supporting him
will be Escamillio Fernandez. Robert II.
Hamilton. Charles Fleming. Frederick
Powell. Clifford Devereux. Miss Grace
Fisher Ethel Huyler Gray and Louise
Muldener
The National Association OF Theatrical
Producing Managers met yesterday in It's
offices I'm the Times Building. to consider
the most recent demands OF the stage
hands the official name Of whose union
is the international Alliance Of Theatrical
Stage Employees Of the United States and
Canada. These demands are considered
20 drastic and impossible Of fulhlment by
the producing managers that there was
fu,I attendance OF the association at yes
,erdav.s meeting, I'm addition to which
several producing firms not members OF
the body appeared through their repre-
to take part In the discussion.