New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-28
news OF PLAYS
And PLAYERS
Princess Players in Last
Week, with BrieuX's
Maternity" to Follow.
BRUCE MRAE WITH
ETHEL BARRYMORE
Faversham Plans TO Do Old
Success for Films-Tellegen
Opening Delayed.


Br.eux is 20 have an,ther hearing
in New York. this time at the Princess
Theatre. where Holbrook Blinn and his
associate players end their engagement
in one-sct plays Saturday night. Rich
ard Bennett continues as the represent
alive OF the Frenchmau and MA
ternity" is the successor to Damaged
Goods" The author will return from
New Orleans TO superintend dnal re-
hearsals.
Behind the project is the Purpose
Play Society. Plans for incorporation
are under way and more than 400 ap-
p..cations for membership haze already
been received. Except for he news
paper performance on January s, no
men will be admitted during that week;
aid there are no arrangements for per
formancee NJ any time before other
than Purpose Play members.
Mr. Bennett is busy with the scicc-
ton Of his company and the details Of
the production. His part is described
as a bullying, sclf-satisfed, superficial,
provincial politician, who is the charac-
t,r on which the plot hangs.
After many years Bruce McRac is to
play again with Ethel Barrymore.
Charles Frohman has engaged him as
leading man for her new play, he
shadow" They have played together
in many pieces. including Cousin
Kate" SUNDAY" Captain links,
The Silver Boz Lady Frederick
and Her Sister
Announcement from William Fox
that Betty hansen was 70 appear IN a
film version Of The World and His
Wife" brings letter from william
Faversham which explains itself. In
part Mr.. Faversham writes:
81 wish you won please publish IN
your column that . he World and His
Wife cannot be played by anybody,
either IN regular performances or NOV
ing pictures, without the consent or
Julie Opp Faversham, who owns the
plav in partnership with Felix lsman.
II gives the public a wrong impression.
Miss Opp and ] intend doing this play
in moving pictures ourselves. We have
the sole right to It, and any attempt
20 infringe our rights viii be lmmedl-
ately met and punished by law
Out Of town performances of Secret
Strings" with Lou-Tellegen in the
principal role, have indicated changes
which II. II. Frazee believes will im-
prove the production, and announce
ment is accordingly made that the
opening at the Longacre Theatre
scheduled for tonight, has been post
poned until Wednesday.
There's a job for a stage struck in
FAINT. white, good tempered, thoroughly
healthy and eighteen months old, at
the Comedy Theatre To Norman Lor-
ing. stage manager for Marie Tempest,
falls the burden of selecting the player
for the part Of the infant child OF Joe
Henderson. the Thames River barge
man. in The Dumb and the Blind,
which is used a. curtain raiser toF
THE Marriage Of Kitty
Beginning az 8:15 p. m, only twenty
minutes OF actual appearance rs re-
uuired. The role Is not speaking
part. and Lillian Cavanagh and W.
Grahame Browne, who fondle the chlld,
promise 20 exercise extreme care. The
applicant must present written consent
from parent or guardian.
John Cort will put into rehearsal TO-
day Whats Going On a new farce
by William II. Clifford, with music by
William Lorraine and Josephine lhmsen.
Walter Lawrence, Frances Cameron
Roy Atwell, Dorothy Webb, William
Burress, Ida Van Tine, Jonathan Reefe'
Maude Beatty and Hughie Flaherty are
in the cast.
People who have found Il difficult TO
get seats for Watch Your Step" at the
New Amsterdam Theatre will envy the
young man who lent TO Elizabeth Brice
a nickel the other day. Miss Brice has
pair of seats and will gladly give
them as "A bonus and return the money
/ if the lender will make himself known.
II seems that Miss Brlce wanted 70
| telephone in a hurry, had no change,
was late for the theatre and altogether
/ made such q fuss that an accommodat-
/ ing young man advanced coin 70
make the bell ring. When she got
through finding out that her treasure
box at home was safe he was gone. II
he sees this he'll probably come back.