Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

have speciality in the chlldrens spring
/ Hawke. at Belasco Theater, Monday
! evening. June 3.
/ Edward Haas Robins. the leading man
of the Columbia Players, was the guest OF
Executive Officer L. r. Leahy aboard the
T, Dolphin Thursday. Mr.. Robins hopes &c
have William Sampson and Brandon
Hurst, fellow Lambs, breakfast with him
Tuesday morning. They are all enthusi-
astic Lambs.
Baron Trenck," the comic opera which
has been running at the Casino, New
! York, will not be sent on tour till the
| fall. Meantime F. c. Whitney will de-
/ vote his time to the new Willard Spensel
comic opera, "A Wild Goose. Mr. Spen-
ser will be recalled as the composer oil
| Miss Bob White" and other light operas
Rumor has it that Weber and Fields
will remain together as a team. and tina,
at the beginning of next season they will
/, have theater in New York for the pre-
sentation of their we'll known brand OF
entertainment. 1t is not unlikely the
jubilee will tour the larger cities In the
autumn playing the Shubert theaters.
Crete Wiesenthal. who created the role
of ''Sumurun' in the wordless play OF
the same name. is to appear soon in a
mimo-opera, which is being written for
her by DR.. Richard Strauss. This will
not come, however. until Fraulein Wiesen-
thai has finished her engagement at the
Winter Garden, New York.
Jointly, and under their respective man.
agements. the Shuberts and William A.
Brady will have over eighty companies
in New York and on tour before the end
of November. Among their enterprises
will be the bringing over of spectacles
and melodramas from the Drury Lane
Theater, London.
"A woman may not always admit it,
but she loves a play which makes her
cry says Madge Titheradge in "A But
so much in the papers about the tired
business man. What about the tired
HOUSEWIFE Give her a play with a
genuine cry in it and she'll go home re-
freshed.''
In the original production of THE
Hypocrites.' which Charles Frohman
made in 1907, John Glendenning created
the role Of Mr.. Wilmore, ST., whose son
wronged Rachel Neve. In the Butter
field production of the piece this week
John. Glendenning's daughter. Jessie. will
play the role of Rachel Neve, originally
played by Doris keane.
Charles Fisher, the "Blinky' Lockwood
of The Fortune Hunter has PLAYED .-.e
part 1913 times. He also played Joel Gates
in James Hearne's "Shore Acres Tor
1910 times. and Judge Rigby in The
made his debut on the stage in Philadel-
phia in 1854, when. at the age of one. he
was wheeled on in a baby Garage. The
play was farce In which the elder John
Drew. Frank Drew. Mrs. Bowers and
Stuart Robson had minor roles.
The Butterfield Players new leading
man. Franklin Richie, was born in
Richie, Pa. small town named after
his father. MIR. Richie has had seven
For the last twelve years he has been
playing leading roles, two years of which
were spent in London. England. in S:r
Beerbohm Trees company.
Richard Ordynski. assistant stage di-
rector for Max Reinhardt. has returned
to Berlin. taking with him an invitation
to Herr Reinhardt to stage a Shakes
pearean drama in America. The invita-
ton was extended by Mr.. Lee Shubert
1T is a great pity" said Prof. Ordynski
that America has not yet seen Rein
hardt production of Shakespeare. You
cannot judge him from 'Sumurun.' though
'Sumurun is one of the most perfect
things in its way that he has ever done. .
In 1874 George Mclean. now the oldest
ranking member Of the Lambs Club gave
dinner party at Delmonico's to four
mem DerS OF WalIdCk 1neater Company
On that night they determined to form a
club to be known as THE Lambs on the
model of an organization in London OF
which Harry Montague, one of the guests
was member. From that acorn grew
the sturdy Lambs of today with a
membership of 600 professional, 300 non
professional 100 army and navy, 80 non
resident members and fifty life members.
Among actors its roster is the Who S
Who Of the dramatic profession All
the playwrights OF distinction are mem
bers. as well as the leading business men
of the theatrical world.