The Daily Missoulian., 1914-08-30
PLAYS AND PLAYERS

PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Walker Whitesdc win appear in
MT. WI" early in October
Katherine Grey has the leading role
in THE Rule of Three"
George Scarborough has completed
a play called What Is Love-
Katheryn osternnn has a new
Vaudeville sketch called TRUE to Ma
turc"
William Hodge has begun his east
ern tour in "Thc Road to Happiness"
\ vicnnese oIeratta. "Madcap
Theresa is soon TO be produced i'll Los
Angeles.
William A. Brady plans to dramatize
Louisa NJ. Aleott's novel, AN Old
Fashioned Girl"
Whom "Tantc'' is acted in London
this season its title will be changed To
"rhe impossible Woman
The perennial Ben Hur" "Way
Down East" aud I'm Old Kentucky"
are again to be seen this season.
ut pays to ADVERTISE" a farce by
Roi Cooper Meghrue and Walter
Hacket, will be presented in New York
on Labor day.
Marie Doro has been selected to be
John Drew's leading lady in his new
play, THE Prodigal Husband soon to
be produced in New York.
Announcement is made that Elsie
Ferguson will be seen this season in u
new play by Austin Strong called THE
Dragons Claw"
Chauncev Olcott is to be seen this
season in a new play written for him
by Rachel Crothers, called "The Heart
of Paddy Whack.'
Mollie King is to play the leading
role in support of Sam Bernard in "The
Belle of Bond Street. which will begin
it's season in Pittsburgh soon.
After ending it's New York engage
ment on September S, the "Ziegfeld
Follies" will visit some of the eastern
cities and then start on a tour of the
west.
An extended tour in Canada is in
cluded in the as weeks booking ar
ranged by Henry w, Savage for his
woman
Castle Romance in which Henry
| f. Dixey and Marie Nordstrom are to
| appear, is described as "a vaudeville
version of Shakespeare's Tanning of
the Shrew.'
John Mason will open in New York
| in owen Davis new play, "Cornered,' y
at the Liberty theater on September ID,
first playing in Long Branch and At
| lantie City.
One of the most interesting of the
recent announcements is that Charles
F'orhman is to present Otis Skinner in
a new play called "trhe Silent Voice."
The first presentation will be made in
| Washington on October S.
The first production of Martha by
the Day. is announced to take in
Syracuse on August 27. May Robson
is t. ave the leading role and will
be supported by Ramsey Wallace,
Mary Mersch and several other we'll
known players.
"Potash aud permttter" is in it's
second year mt the Cohan lhcater,
New York.
Blanche Ring is TO appear this fall
in new version of when Claudia
smiles.'
Fisk O'1Iara is to star in a play by
| Augustus Pitou called Jacks Ro-
| nance"
William Norris is TO appear in
vaudeville In n aylel called II beg
Your Pardon
Marie Tempest is To make an
American starring tour. under HE
! MAJ nG iHp GblIIprte
Hattie Williams and Richard Garlic
have decided to use x Slice of Life"
iii their vaudeville to,ir
Joseph Mcdill Patterson. author of
"rhe Fourth Estate has a new ro~
mantle play called "trhe Book of Ju-
ditl."
Franz Lehar. the composer of "'rle
Merry Widow has two new operas
Where the Lark Sings" and alone
at Night
Joseph Brooks will present Edith
Taliaferro, Molly Pearson and Mar
saret Green in Il farcical comedy
called Tipping the Winner
Arthur FarWell, the American COM
poser, has completed incidental music
for the Liebler company production OF
THE Garden Of Paradise
TOO many Cooks" has passed its
20Oth performance in New York
Frank Craven. returned from Europe,
again heads the east in his own play
David Belasco has postponed the
premier of The Vanishing Bride =
having decided that the play needs
many changes before it promises a
success.
Richard Sterling. last season leading
man in Young WISDOM has been
engaged by Cohan and Harris for an
important role in "Wanted-$3o 600"
The cast for May Robsons new
play Martha blythe DAY" will in-
clude Julie Herne, Thomas Meighan,
Coates Gwynne. Violet Howard and
Edward Brandt.
Roy AtWell, who was the comedian
in The sF'ireflN" last season, is pre-
sentins a new farcical comedy in New
York called Are You My Wife,"
Many of the big theatrical proauc-
tions. in New York have been post :
poned because of the inability of the
actors abroad to get back home in
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