New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
NOTES OF THE STAGE
Drama and the Players IN
Various Centres.

Thomas W. Wise and company oi
character PLAYERS continue to I'LL the Cort
Theatre. Chicago, nightly with THE Sill
vcr wedding" the new comedy by Ed
ward Locke. author Of 1.-The Climax
..Tbe Case Of Becky" etc. which II. H.
Frazee produced a few weeks ago for
limited run. The popularity Of the play
has been so great in Chicago that Mr..
Trazee has decided TO continue 1t there
indefinitely and has been compelled to
produce a new farce. Are You Crook"
in ORDER to find a suitable attraction with
which 10 open his new Longacre Theatre.
New York.
Joe Weber and Frank Mckee have ar
ranged TO send on tour OF the south
next season number of the old Charles
n. Hoyt farces. adapted to the tabloid
form Of entertainment, and revised to fit
more modern conditions. Since the death
Of Nj Hoyt, Mr.. Mckee. who was his
partner. has controlled the entire Hoyt
OUTPUT For a number Of years several OF
the plays were sent on tour In their
original form. and last season "A Trip TO
Chinatown" was maue the basis OF Zi.g-
fold's A Winsomc Widow" "A Texas
steer is now being overhauled by Harry
Ashin for musical comedy purposes in
Chicago. Among the plays which the
Wober-Mckee scheme embraces are "A
Bunch OF Keys" "a Hole in the Ground
"A Tin Soldier" "A Temperance Town"
"a Contented Woman" "a Black Sheep
and ~ Stranger in New York" Tne
PLAYS will be condensed to run about one
hour and twenty minutes. and will in each
instance be embellished by new musical
numbers
The preliminary spring tour OF Zine
Feathers" the latest drama by Eugene
Walter. has been so successful since its
engagement at the Aston Theatre. New
York, that ". II. Frazee has extended the
tour until July q. The cast which has
been playing "Fine Feathers" since last
August. with Robert Edeson, Wilton
Lackdye. Max Figman, Rose Coghlan,
Lolita Robertson. Amelia Sumers and
Helen Hilton will terminate its present
season in Winnipeg, Manitoba. in the
summer 1t will continue under con-
tract to Nj Frazee another season, he
ginning i'm August. which will enable the
management 10 offer this play 10 the the
atregoers in every principal city of the
country with the original players.
one week from Monday Marcus Loew
will take possession of the Chestnut
street Ouera House in philadelphia, by
g Zimmerman
He will operate it as minor vaudeville
and moving picture theatre. Thus is an
other superfiuous theatre eliminated as
part Of the read;ustment Of the theatrical
situation accomplished by A. l.. Eranger
The transfer OF the house to Mr.. Loew
means the passing from the field of first
class theatres of one of the best known
playhouses in the United States. For
long time it was Nixon & Zimmermans
principal playhouse in that city. and it
has been tho scene OF many notable pro
auctions The elder J. Fred zimmerman
has always maintained his offices there
In Philadelphia Klaw & Erlanger 1c-
lively entered the moving picture indus
try. by presenting at the Garrick Theatre
by motion pictures Buffalo Jonesa"
pictures were first exhibited in this city
at a Lambs gambol. where they made
profound impression. The pictures SHOW
Jones lassoong wild lions. riding wild
zebu and otherwise behaving like an adj
vcnturer unused TO croquet.
Harris & Selwyn have been preparing
for the stage the first play of {. W. Bell,
entitled Her First Divorce" The play
had its initial hearing at the Empire
Theatre, Syracuse. on Friday evening,
and on Monday begins an engagement OF
indefinite length at the Blackstone Thea
tire, Chicago. Mr.. Bell. the author, is an
attorney OF Hamilton. Canada. In The
cast are Laura Hope Crews. Ruth Holt,
Julian L'Estrange and Allan Pollock.
At the Actors Fund benefit in Boston
next Friday Otis Skinner will produce
the one-act play written by Mrs. Skinner
which lately won the prize in Philadel-
phia in a competition. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Skinner will. take part. This will
be Mrs. Skinner's first appearance on the
stage ia seven years. Among other feat
ufcS Will De Inc DuTleSque VI lldiiIiel
recently presented at the Century Thea
ire 1t will be cast among the local
PLAYERS selected from the Boston thea
tres. The entertainment is being given
under the auspices of the Boston theatre
managers and Daniel Frohman.
Ralph Kellard is assembling company
for his stock season at the Empire Thea
tic, Syracuse, which is TO begin on May
.. In tho organization are Harry Red
ding, Thomas j. Evans and Bessie Dunn
Drew Morton is stage director and James
Early the business manager.
That The Countess Nadine" tho one
act play i'm which Blanche Walsh is seen
TN vaudeville, Is not a plagiarism from
either Ssrdou's Fedora" or his La
Tosca" was the decision OF Municipal
Judge Wauhope Lynn, OF this city, last
week. Thomas Hart. who as the sole
proprietor OF the Sardou dramas here,
threatened 10 have all OF Miss Walsh's
engagements cancelled on the ground or
infringement, had sued TO collect $40