Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
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born upon just such "A plantation as is
the locale of the play.
Geoffery G. Stein, whose work is we'll
known in Washington. is making hit
as Salvador, the jealous aud rejected
lover in Maria Rosa with Dorothy
Donnelly in the title role. Mr.. Stein
played and created the role of the pri-
yate secretary in THE Man of the
Hour
Doris k"ane has no less than three
leading men in her Romance" company
IL. Nye Chart, who has been leading man
I.tor William t'aNersham: Leslie Faber.
leading last season with "Milestones,
and Frank Dekum. who last season was
Mrs. Langtry's leading man.
Gordon in The Pretty Miss Smith,. a
musical comedy. of which he and Elmer
Harris have written the book and lyrics
If the production is successful, the mana
ger VIII star Miss Gordon III the piece
w. A. Brady is to continue his re.
vivals of Gilbert x Sullivan's operas
! adding two more to the repertoire of his
company DeWolf Hopper. Alice Brady
and Arthur .hdridge will be in the com.
pany.
y
have been engaged by Oliver Morosco foi
his New York production of Hell
Wanted next month, with Charles Rich
man and I.oris Meredith heading tn.
company.
G. NJ. :. Mcclellan. whose work has
been seen in The Pink Lady, The
Little cafe" and other well known pro-
ductions, has completed a one-act play
for the Princess Theater, New York. II
is called Tie Fountain.
w A. Brady is working on a new melo-
drama called New York on the order
of THE Whip with a star cast and
over 300 people in the production. The
authors are Thompson Buchanan and a
well known novelist
The New York critics praise highly two
comedies produced there last week. One
is kitty Mckay by Catherine CHS
holm Cutting. Il Scotch play, with Molly
Mcintyre of ''Bunty' fame in the lead
ing role, and the other Eliza Comes to
Stay. by H. V. Esmond. who also plays
the leading role. assisted by Eva Moore
in the title part
The Things That Count" which was
turned out to fulfill all the require
ments of those who do not approve of
stage exhibitions of things that shock.
or have had enough of them is said to
be strong, Interesting drama, in
which laughter and tears alternate so
closely as TO be almost coincdent, and
yet there is no villainy or scheming
to any ones injury. no evil of any
kind.
One of the song hits of ''Forty-f five
Minutes From Broadway" at Polls
Theater last week was an interpolated
number entitled THE Rube College
BpV y written nv Donald NJ Mel n
and James a. White. jr., of the Play
ers' Club of Washington. The song
was introduced last week by Ruby
Raymond.
Dave Marion was with Weber < Fields
before he started into burlesque twelve
years ago. He has toured extensively in
England and is recognized as one of the
brightest of buresque stars in that coun-
try as well as here. He is actor. pro-
Queer and manager and an untirinS
worker
The famous Flonzaley Quartet. that for
four seasons has been deishting Wash
ngton audiences with exceptional cham
Der music programs. has been engaged
by T. Arthur Smith fog two concerts at
the New Masonic Auditorium. The first
is scheduled for the afternoon of Jan
uary II and the other the early part of
March. a number of novelties will be
presented this season to command the in
terest of chamber music admirers
The Ma tinee Dansante.' first given
vogue at the r. F. Keith Theater here.
is being adopted all over the great CIR
cult. There is one now atop the Alham
bra Theater. New York with a superb
orchestra, luxurious smoking and dress
ing rooms, and a STAFF of fifty college
men for dancing partners, chaperons.
matrons and free instruction in all the
new dances by expert teachers. 1t is
called the Paradise de Danse.'
Maria Rosa in which Dorothy
Donnelly is starring. is the third of the
dramas of Angel Guimera to be trans
lated from the Catalan dialect into
English and produced in this country
The first was Marta of the Lowlands :
in which Bertha Kalich starred This
was followed by lei Gran Galeoto." in
which William Faversham appeared
and called THE World and His Wife
The high Spanish tortoise shell comb
which Dorothy Donnelly wears in Maria
Rosa is a Christmas present to her from
the famous Catalan author. Angel Gui-
mera. Persons versed in such matters
say that the comb is fully 400 Years old
and is of undoubted Moorish workman