The Washington herald., 1914-06-07
Small Talk of the Stage.

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Next season John Mason will hav
the leading role in a new Owen Davi
meiodrama. which will probably b,
called The Wall Between" 1t will b,
one of the early attractions Of the new
season
Grace George sails for her European
vacation on board the new Cunarde
Aquitania June 10. Miss George will re
main aboard through June and July.
Henry Miller's quintescence of pur,
modern comedy. The Rainbow" vii
be produced by the Columbia Players a
an early date.
That Orville Harold. THE Honey
voiced Tenor" as one New York critic
called him. is a member Of the Aborr
organization. and will be heard here this
week Is good news indeed Mr. Harold
Joined the Aborns after a long legal bat.
tie between the Messrs. Aborn an6
Oscar Hammerstein. the latter claimins
all rights to the tenor's services for a
given period.
Edwin Arden has retired from the New
York cast OF Today" and will not be a
member Of the company when the play
goes on tour next season. His place will
be taken by Edmund Breese. There will
be several companies touring the coun-
try in this successful shocker. and Ar
thur Byron will be at the head of the
one that appears in Chicago.
Victor Herbert. who recently under
went an operation for appendicitis in
London, is convalescing at Brighton.
England.
Chamber Music" is the title Of a Ger
man comedy imported by Klaw & Err
LANCER for production in the autumn.
Step Lively" is the title of a new
farce. by Robert Baker and John Emer-
son. who wrote The Conspiracy"
Marie Tempest will make a farewell
American tour next season, appearing in
several PLAYS. OF more moment is the
statement that Mrs. Patrick Campbell is
to come to US in George Bernard Shaw's
''Pygmalion.'
A. n. Van Buren, and Dorothy Bernard
expect to he in the audience at the CO.
lumbia Theater Monday night to witness
Columbia Players. week from Monday
evening they will themselves appear as
members Of that popular organization.
The Poll Theater management an
nounces that it has received more in
auiries about The Blindness of Virtue"
than have been inspired by the advance
notices of any other two plays selected
for the Poll Players
The electrical scoreboard today at
Keith's is only put in for the one bill.
but will continue II there is a demand
for il.
York. Mime. Moselle" hurried away to
Boston. hoping to find playgoers there in
a more hospitable state Of mind. Ralph
Herr has succeeded Jefferson de Angels
In the leading comic role.
Cecil Cunningham, prima donna of
The Pink Lady" eschews comic for
grand opera. and is now in Paris eagerly
the role of the third flower
maiden in "Parsifar'' with the Boston
Opera Company.
Immediately upon concluding her en- /
yagement as leading woman OF the CO. |
umbia Players Saturday night. Violet
short stay before sailing for Loadon |
tune 20. Miss Heming says she Is going |
lbroai for rest and recreation and that
he has given no consideration to the cur ]
'ent report that she will again become |
he leading woman for George Arliss |
n the proposed London production Of
'Disraeli"
Earl Brown is leaving Washington with |
egrets. as he has made many friends |
ince his advent as member Of the |
Players. He will retire to his |
ountry home for a rest before the work |
{ rehearsal for the new season begins
There will be four companies next sea-
on in THE Things that Count" In GER |
ain States where the child labor laws |
re such as to positively prohibit the |
mployment of children upon the stage no |
ttempt will be made to produce this play, |
Thich, by a curious coincidence. sets |
hildhood and motherhood above all the /
assions.
The Irish Players from the Abbey Thea
,r, Dublin. began their annual season at |
he London Court Theater last week.
arah Allgood rejoins the company. in
hich all the old favorites again appear.
4 addition to the regular repertory, two
ew plays. a one-act comedy by Lady
regory. named The wrens," and a
lree-act piece, THE Supplanter," by an
ntried dramatist, ]. Bernard Mccarthy,
i'll be presented.
The try-out in Philadelphia of Eugene
'alter's "A Plain Woman" a frank foot
yhting OF what is known as the Corey
ase. has been managerially pronounced
lccessfuL Charlotte Walker CMrs Wal
RI Is to appear again in the name part
hen the play is acted next season.
The Columbia and Poll mines will cross
its today for the championship Of the /,
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