Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

worthy instances of vaudeville successes
later elaborated into longer plays
Dorothea Sadlier is supporting Felice
Morris and Edmund Reardon in In 1899
It is announced that a majority of the
plays booked for production by the Pol
Players circuit this spring and summer
will be given their initial stock presenta-
ton here, and many of them come direct
to Washington from pronounced Broad
way successes.
Edward Renton, general manager of the
Poll Players, has been in Washington all
week making extensive alterations in the
stage of Chases Theater, having with
him a large crew Of expert painters,
scenic artists and carpenters.
James Thatcher who will be resident
manager. brings to his Washington work
many years OF theatrical experience. He
is Kentuckian by birth.
BY special arrangement with David Be
lasco Managers Metzerott and Berger
have secured the big New York success,
1.-THE Lily" as the play in which they
will present the Columbia Players the
week Of April Is.
Amelia Mayborn. who makes her first
appearance with the Columbia Players
tomorrow night, was last seen In this
city in the support Of Elsie Ferguson in
dolly MADISON.
Mitchell Cirker, the scenic artist for the
Butterfield Players, is due in Washington
in a few days and will Immediately start
work on 1.-THE Brown of Harvard pro
duction for the opening week Of April To-
Mr.. Cirker comes from Percy Williams
Crescent Theater. Brooklyn.
Jessie Glendenning, the ingenue of the
Butterfield Players, is one of the early
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city. She has leased an apartment until
the fall in preparation for long season.
Frederick Forester also arrived in the
city the past week.
William s. Clark. formerly the manager
Of the Gayety Theater in this city, and
proprietor of the Jersey Lilies COM
pany, is now the manager of THE Mid
night Maidens." Mr.. Clark has been re-
newing acquaintance here this week.
The Emperor Of Germany is said to
have visited the theater where '"rhe Girl
in the Taxi" under the name OF Like
Father, Like Son." was playing when
tho piece was produced in Berlin last
season. Anthony Mars, the author. is
said to be one Of the emperors favorite
playwrights. 1.-The Girl in the Taxi" is
acknowledged as Mars best work. and
contains more side-spiitting complications
than half dozen OF his other efforts
combined.
A children's theater is to be established
on the roof Of the Century Theater IN
New York by the Aebler Company: Such
plays as "Alice In Wonderland and
administration Of fairy stories will be i'm
portant parts of the productions.
Thornton D. Urquhart has been engaged
as leading tenor with Mile. Trenttni in
Naughty Marietta" Mr.. Urquhart who
has been q church singer, will be leading
man also in the new comic opera which
Victor Herbert and Otto Hauerbach are
writing for Mile. Trentini.
The Marchioness of Dufferin, who, as
Flora Davis, was reigning belle of New
York in the early nineties. has announced
that she will go on the stage now that
her husbands family's fortunes are al
a low ebb. She rather favors the music
halls for the high salaries that they pay.
The charm Of THE Red Widow" is
found in the spontaneity of its wit sand
the crisp humor of its book and lyrics
| is enhanced by the melodious charm of
the music.
It is said to be an alluring entertain
ment, affording ample scope for Raymond
Hitchcock to revel in fun and drollery.
| Upward Of a hundred people are in the
| company, including his clever wife. Flora
Zabelle.
The Russian passport system does not
prevent Raymond Hitchcock from enter
| ing Russia nightly with a well known
nihilist, who leads the comedian a merry
| dance when he once gets in. He has a
lively three hours time in trying to
| convince the secret police that he is an
| inoffensive American citizen, and his
| only crime is. spending money In order
to have good time