New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Oliver MOroSco, the California manager,
who produced In New York one Of the hits
OF the year. THE Bird OF Paradise" and
who sends The Truth Wagon here on
March I, will next season have an interest
in two theatres in this city.
The arst performance of The Grey
hound" at the Astor Theatre has been post
poned from February &c to Thursday even
ing. February %. The postponement has
been made TO allow moro time for mechan-
icaI and scenic rehearsals
George N. Cohan, who about two months
ago acquired a ten-year lease Of the Chi
cago Grand Opera House from the John
Hamlin estate. will open the theatre under
his management on Sunday night, March g.
under the name Of the George NJ. Cohan
Grand Opera House, with a second COM
pany in Augustin McHughs play. Officer
666, I'm which Douglas Fairbanks and
John Miltern will take the leading parts
The local manager for the playhouse will
be Harry Ridings, who is at present with
David Belasco.
William Hammerstein has arranged with
A. II. Woods for the production Of several
onc-act plays at the Victoria Theatre. The
first of these will be melodramatic play
let entitled "The Gamblers OF the West"
which will require twenty-five people and
six horses, and will be seen at Hammer
STEMS Victoria Theatre during the week OF
March 1.
Among the theatrical people who have
volunteered 10 aid the benefit for the Beth
El Society OF Personal Service now being
arranged to take place at the George NJ
Cohan Theatre on Sunday night, March 3,
are the following players: Hazel Dawn,
Alice Dovey and Frank Lawlor. Of THE
Pink Lady" company; Bessie Mccoy, of
"The Follies of 1911 company; Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon Enrol, Annie Kent, Messrs.
Brown and Bleyer and George NJ Cohan.
Fraulein Konstantin. the Beautiful Slave
IN "Sumurun." will leave the cast of the
play at the end of the American engage
ment I'm order to return to the Deutsches
Theatre in Berlin and undertake several
new parts, among them that of Light in
blue Bird" the leading role in one of Eu-
gene scribe's plays and the lead in new
plsy of G. B. Shaw's. the name Of which is
not yet announced.
Arthur Collins, managing director Of the
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, occu-
MED a box at the Herald Square Theatre on
TUESDAY night Mr.. Collins Is planning TO
nroduce .'Everywoman" In London during
the coming season. The principal members
of the American cast may go to London for
the English production.
Bessie Clayton, the unusually interesting
dancer of the Weberfields company, has
offered to cure, with certain dancing exer-
cIses. Truly Shattuck, who Is lying with
naralyzed limbs at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Norworth. The invalid is willing
TO try the cure.
The sale of seats for Mrs. Fiske's engage
ment at the Empire Theatre in Lady Pa
tr;cia" will open tomorrow morning Mrs.
Fiske's opening performance Will take place
on Monday night next
Florence Walton. a young American girl,
danced with Maurice last night in the
cabaret scene OF over the River" at the
Globe Theatre. Miss Walton. who has just
from Berlin. where she has been
the leading dancer at the Metropole Thea
ire. did the fandango in the Ziegfeld Fol-
lies of 1910. Since then she has studied
abroad and has appeared In Paris. Berlin,
Vienna, Munich and the other large Conti-
mental cities with dances OF her own in
yention.