New-York tribune., 1912-08-12
SH|jBERTS TO DIRECT
FIFTY PRODUCTIONS
Make Partial Announcement of
Plans for Beginning of
Coming Season.
ALLIED MANAGERS ACTIVE
viii Offer Foreign and American
Pieces by Well known Au-
thors in Conjunction with
Brady, Ames and Waller.

Brady. Ames and waller.
Inc ShubcrtS announce that their plans
..r tie Forthcoming season include the
erection of more than City dramatic and
r,rs'cal compen'os. The list Goes not in
Inc .hr orcdnizations TO 10 booked in
.,.bc.t theatres tnroue bout ~" country
.., .s~cc-iy controlled my sWcj mana
"a slcb SIS Low Fields. William ~.
riets. Henry ". SAVAGE. Winthrop
.t, ..,o Authors Producing Co~panv.
t.,-r Waller. Frod o. Whitney. Harry
Fr.zec. CoorS0 Lcdcrer, Walker White
side. William FavevSbom. John Cort.
oliver Norosco and others.
enc or q. most important Of tine new
lsra.~ rroductions is George Bernard
Shav's comedy Fanny First r1ay."
uhi,b is to De presented here 10y Mr.
G-a7r.r. Bankers company i'm association
with Or. NuSsway Theatre. London.
Wtotnop Amcs has made an arrange
pc7t whereby 'Famys First Play" viii
= tbc lpiGel offering OF tho season 4 The
Littla Theatre. opening on SeptcUber 10.
Gran, He Barker himself will come 70
Aasciica a little later in the season. ard
.tl present q scllre 81 plays including
,arse .G lis most noted pieces. Tine
verse; inheritance Waste" and "Pru-
nalla. or ln Dutch Garden" Hc will
,lrc r~,}ahly present Shaws Major
Barbara.
It is practically certain that Marguerite
Clark VIII play the role OF "PrUnella'
clay Of the RothschiIds.
Tive Golden Lane is the name Under
which the Shu6Nts VIII present carl
Eosslci's coWady-caHed i'm the original
The Five FrauGfurters at one of their
Broadway thcatres The play treats ~
he rise 10 power and affuence OF the
Eothscnii6 family.
The Master Of the House" which is to
open at the $sth Street Theatre on Thurs
day August %, is by Edgar James, who
Acknowledges his Indebtedness TO a Ger
man original The piece has been staged
BY Julius Steger who played the lead
Ing role when IL was done in Chicago last
season. The cast includes Malcolm Viii
llams Florence Reed. Grace Reals, Ralph
Morgan. Mary Servoss. Eva Randolph,
Helen Reimer Pedro de Cordoba. Law
renee Eyre, Benjamin Graham and Ella
Rock
TWO American plays by prominent writ
ers which tho Shuberts will produce dur
mg the early part of the coming season
are . drama ty Miss Constance Skinner.
iormerly dramatic editor OF The Chicago
American" and a farce by Edgar Frank
I'm and Matthew White, jr.. dramatic
editor Of "MunSey Msga zine The name
Of the drama by Miss Skinner is Birth
right" and the farce is called The
r.ncH." The sluDerts will also produce
Lucille ia Verne's dramatization Of VIII
\ Harbens novel. Ann Boyd
or tho many German works of of-which
Inc ShuDerts own the American rights
he following are scheduled for early
presentation: Love and Hate. a play
by Louis LeAar. cousin Of the com
poser; Die Kinder" the satiric hit by
Hermann Behr. known TO American audi
cnces as the author Of The Concert and
other successes: The Hawk" q thief
play: The Dirigible Airship" and "A
thousand Kronen." both farces
. ttf bAIta VI dAtct iibiiA NV i iFilA " h'FFii
for production during the early part OF
the season is an American version OF
Les Petites." a play by Lucien Nepoty.
which created q nsation'in Paris at the
Theatre Antoine. one French comedy.
entitled "Aime des Femmes.' is also to
he presented
The first musical opening OF the season
under the Shubert management apart
from The Passing Show Of 1872" already
in operation at the Winter Garden will
be The Merry Countess" All the origi-
nal music by Johann Strauss has been
retained. This ptece begins an indefinite
engagement At the Casino Theatre on
Tuesday evening, August -.
San Bernard is soon u begin rehear-
tsls o. his new vehicle The music Of the
piece is by Franz I,ehar, composer OF
The Merry Widow and the American
book Is the Joint work Of Paul Potter and
Edgar Smith. Another pretenuous effort
will ~ the Reinhardt production Of OF
fenbachs operetta Belle Helene.
'Iiebe Augustine" which is now running
in London under the name Of Princess
Caprice" will also be presented. The
music Of the operetta is by Leo Fall.
To Offer American Productions.
Among the strictly American produc-
tons will be The Girl and the Miner
which s by Rida johnson Young, with
iyrics by Paul West and music by Jerome
Kern, a new musical comedy. the BOOK OF
which is now being written by George
,3ronso7 Howard. and Gertrude Hoffman,
n a new revue. The company assisting
Miss HoTmann will Include Sam Mann
George Bickel and James Morton.
Among the foreign musical works that
sill be presented during the season are
The Perfume Shop" by Cosrao Gordon
lAnnox. with music by Leslis Stuart
composer Of "Florodora" and "Eavana :
kean" a musical version or Ihe hoyai
Boz Cousin Bobby" Madame flirt,
The MHlionaire's Bride" THE Astrolo-
ger ard a new German musical piece
Untitled Samples.
4 musical production which deserves
Tecial mention will be the American
HtseRtation OF the French comedy re-
sue. Sherlock Holmes and Arsene Lu-
pA,' in which the famous English detec-
live and the equally famous French crook
are Dittei against each other Win "hat
are said TO be singularly humorous re-
,ulis
The most stupendous Of all the various
chgbert spectacular and musical produc-
IONS will be the new HippOdrome enter
alhment Under Many Flags, when
Aso Includes the new ballet entite"
Flowers Of All Nations" The opening IL
F0IlfiVcly enf f.r evening. Au-