The Washington herald., 1914-01-18

Hartley Manners. author of Peg o. NJ,
i1 has written a playlet called
Devil Montague" which will be used
oy Frank Kemble Cooper.
announcement il made that Charlotte
walker VIII be seen next season in q
aramatlzation of Jack London's novel
Inc valley of the Moon"
Mabel and Edith Taliaferro have
achieved a success very much out Of the
ordinary at the Criterion Theater in New
YORK In Young WISDOM" the comedy
py Rachel Crothers. which had its pre-
miere at the Columbia Theater, this city,
| earlier In the season.
| Photographic records of the waltz
song In Adele have been made in six
| y-hre tongues ranging from English to
Tagalog.
! Sothern and Marlowe have been break
ing house records galore in the South
west. This really looks as IL the old saw
mat Shakespeare was a financial frost
mas been relegated to the storehouse
Speaking OF temperaments-Emm
Irentini had an attack of the artistic"
~hlle In Columbus and refused to appear
IN The FREELY. claiming she was en-
Titled to vacation over the HOLIDAYS. A
large audience was dismissed and a sub
stantial amount returned to the public
Frank Craven. well known as an actor.
has written play called Too MANY
Cooks. which William A. Brady has &C.
cepted for early production.
william A. Brady Is at work upon a big
American melodrama called New York"
containing some sixteen massive scenes
and employing 300 persons. The play was
written by Thompson Buchanan, and will
be produced a few weeks hence.
Oliver Morosco has selected Springfield.
New Haven. and Hartford for the pre-
liminary presentations of his production
of Jack Lait's new drama, Help want
ed. which is scheduled for a Broadway
engagement. beginning the first week in
February.
Mime. Eames Is keeping her VOW to sing
nowadays only for charity For that nur
pose she Will reappear at a concert in !
New York at the end of the month with
her husoand' MT de GoSorzs. beside her. /
The new Cort Theater in Boston will :
be opened this month.
Today has passed its Tooth perfor,r-
ance in New York.
Granville Barker hopes to establish n |
permanent repertory theater in London.
Norman Hackett has been engaged to
Atlanta. III
William A. Brady is soon to produce a
olaylet by Walter Hacket called Don't
Weaken"
George Bernard Shaw's play. "The
Phiianderer." has been given its nrst
American performance in New York.
The English musical comedy, The Girl
IN tne Rim Is proving one of the sue
,esses Of the season in New York.
lie Matin, one OF the most influential
newspapers Of Paris, is advocating the
establishment OF state moving picture
heater.
Maude Adams is supported by a COM
'any OF fifty players In the new four
let comedy The Legend Of Leonard"
~ J. NJ. Barrie.
r.
oixey will revive "Adonis,'' and that
Ameiie Summerville, now appearing with
Joseph Santley in when Dreams Come
rue, will be engaged for an important
art. Miss Summerville was the merry
maid in the original "Adonis"
PRODUCTION.
The extended run in New York of
anon Hannay's comedy. Gen. John
tegan. has been. according to George
:. Tyler, its producer. gratifying evil
ence that there are left few laughs
or fun that has nothing to do with the
Sothels"
On Sunday evening, January "a. Forbes
robertson will make his last appearance
4 New York in mixed bilT' that COM
rises fragments Of THE Passing of the
'hird-Floor Back Caesar and Cleo-l
atra' and Hamlet and which will
Eliminate in a ''valedictory address, by
he actor himself. A similar ceremony
! vaguely contemplated for his final
ppearance in Boston two weeks later.