New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
Buster DAYS IN
LONDON'S THEATRES
Daughter of J. K. Jerome
to Appear as a Typical
American Girl.
THE FORTUNE HUNTER
TO BE STAGED SOON
1.-THE Dear Fool" Written and
Played by II. V. ESmond. 10
Be Seen in New York.

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London. Dec. 13.-London expects a
good many prcmieres this month. on
Tuesday Jerome X. Jerome's four-act
farce "Robina in Search Of Husband
will he produced at the Vaudeville The
atrc. The heroine, a typical, hish-spir-
tied. rcsourceful American girl, is to
he piayed by the authors daughter,
Rowena Jerome. Il will be preceded by
George Bernard Shaw's comedy Great
Catherine" which is quite amusing ana
is doing fairly well now.
on Wednesday Hale Hamilton pro-
duces The Fortune Hunters at the
Queens. he himself appearing in the
cast. together with Miss Myrtle Tan
nehilI CAlrs. Hale Hamilton. Forrest
Robinson. George Trail and +. W.
Royce.
ON Thursday next The Girl IN the
Taxi" will be replaced at the Lyric by
THE Girl Who Didn't Play founded
on The Laughing Husband which
closed last night al the New. The title
comes from the song Grace La Rue
made so popular here. "You Made Me
Love You: / Didn't Want to DO It,
and she is going to play the lead
BY the way. Miss La Rue says she
intends to sue Alfred Butt, managing
director Of the Palace Theatre, and is
now advertising in The Times" and
other papers FOR witnesses OF "a peculiar
incident In which she participated al
the Palace Theatre.
In the World Of Pantomime.
\ good many pan,omimes are prom
ised Alice in Wonderland IS To be
revived at the Comedy. as well as
Peter Pan" al the Duke OF YOrks and
The Sleeping Beauty" at Drury Lane.
The Lyceum pantomime this winter
is to be The Babes in the Wood.
Several theatres are TO have matinee
runs. mostly OF children's plays. such
as In Already" at the Children's Thea
tire and The shepherdess Without a
Heart" at the Globe.
Special matinees, including David
Garrick." with Sir Charles Wyndham
and Mary Moore: George PASSIONS In
and out, with Edmund Gwcnn. and
Tom Jones" at the Court Theatre, are
now advertised. After Joseph and
His Brethren closes its run at His
Majesty's Sir Herbert Tree will revive
The Darling of the Gods
Arthur Bourchicr and his wife, Violet
VanbruGh are soon 10 appear IN new
one act play, Collision" by Temple
ThurstOn.
4 new play by Henry V. Esmond,
The Dear Fool" produced last week In
Edinburgh. has met with much success
he and his wife. Eva Moore. playing
tho principal parts 1t IL announced
that he Is going to take The Dear
Fool" and Eliza Comes to Stay Ia
America in "A few weeks.
"Poor Little Rich Girl Soon.
Frank Vernon will produce the
American play, "A Poor Little Rich
, Girl" soon after Christmas. at the New
Theatre An excellent company has
been recruited by Mr.. Vernon. among
others engaged being Messrs. Lionel
Attwin. Malcolm Cherry. Ernest Hen
drie Herbert Funston, George Mallett,
Fewlass Llewellyn, Edward Silward,
Lennon Warde and Misses Evelyn
Weeden. Helen Haye and Florence
Lloyd, with Stephanie Bell in the title
part.
Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss
will revive "Charley's Aunt at the
Prince Of Wales's, and about the mid
die OF February will appear there In
George NJ. Cohan's play Broadway
Jones"
The Strand Theatre at last has a
I success in Mr.. W." an Anglo Chinese
play which Is to appear in New York
early in ihe new year
New offerings are also promised in
musical comedy and revues. In the
nrst days of January the Empire will
present Il revue in which scenes by
j. G. Wodehouse and Sewell Collins
and some music by Melville Gideon will
figure. The Coliseum revue will be
along the lines OF "Milestones," the
scenes being laid in 1855 and 1923. The
London Hippodrome revue. of course,
includes Ethel Levey and Shirley Kel-
logg.
Granville Bankers Programme.
Granville Barker and Lillah Nc
Carthy are presenting "A repertoire at
the ST. James's. including The Doc
tors Dilemma THE Wild Duck"
THE Witch" The Death Of Tinta-
giles" and The Silver Box"
George Edwardes is preparing new
revue for January, the cast including
Clifton Crawford, Lew Hcarn, Bonita
and other Americans.