New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
NEWS OF PLAYS
and PLAYERS
Charles Frohman Sees a
Boom and Plans New
Productions.
LOU TELLEGEN AT
LONGACRE DEC. %
Lydia LopokOva TO Appear at
Playhouse Castles in
the Air"

the Air"
Charles Frohman feels n business
boom in the air and has cleared for
action on q new set OF productions
for the present season. With Driven
housed at the Empire Theatre to-
night, he will make final plans for
beginning Ethel Barrymore's rehear-
sails in "The Shadow" next Monday.
This is the play Nine. Rejane planned
20 produce in Paris this fall, but post
poncd because Of the war
Coming 20 the Liberty Theatre Tues
day, December %, is Otis skinner, in
his first new part since "Kismet.'
Jules Eckert Goodman wrote the play,
"The Silent Voice" from a Gouverneur
Morris story. Subsequently Mr.. Froh-
man will produce Barries ffty-minute
play, "Rosalnd," which will be fol-
lowed by a farce called 81 Didn't
Want to Do It." Ann Murdoch is 70
have new play after her season in
"The Beautiful Adventure
Plans have already been announced
for an all-star spring production IN
conjunction with David Belasco. At
the end Of the season Diplomacy and
Tho Girl from Utah will return TO
New York for a single performance
each. The entire receipts will go TO
the Actors Fund of America.
H.. II. Frazee has decided upon Mon,
day, December 2S, for the opening OF
Lou Tellegen as Rene the Comet in
Kate Jordan's Secret Strings. so
Much for SO Much" will move to an
other theatre to make room at the
Longacre for the new production. The
cast engaged 10 support the french
actor includes Mary Nash, Hamilton
Revelle, Frederic de Belleville, Marion
Abbott, Blanche Yurka, Frank Sterling
and Emmy Oswald.
After December % Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Castle are 20 be more busy
than ever BY arrangement WIN
Charles Dillingham;, they viii so from
Watch Your Step at the new am
sterdam Theatre 70 THE Castles IN
tho Air" The dancing there on the
roof of the Forty-fourth street inca
tre formerly called the Folies Marigny,
will last from II o'clock TO 2. After
that members of the Castle Club VIII
adjourn 10 the rathskeller under the
theatre. where there Will be no CLOCKS
lean Webster, author Of DADDY
Ione-Lers." at the Gaiety Theatre, has
;uet had an experience with a chorus
girl which she hopes won't be repeat
ed. Miss Webster asserts that her
6ouble has been collecting royalties
on work done and accepting advance
navments on work which she promised
70 do. When susceptible buyers be-
can to clamor for the goods MISS
Webster discovered the use that had
been made of her name and detectives
dld the rest.
William A. Brady's Playhouse has
been selected for Lydia LopoSova ;
debut as an English-speaking actress.
Under the direction Of HARRISON grey
Fjske the former dancer viii be seen
in 4sth st. en- Wednesday,. DecemotI
% in "Just Herself" by Ethel watts
Mumford. Eleanor Gordon, Kate May
hew, Olive Temple, Aletha wa MaIters'
Franco Bendsten. Aldrich Bowker and
Gregory Keller are in the cast
For Ellen Terrys Wednesday even
ing appearance at Aeolian Hall Tor me
beneft Of the Legal Aid Society she
viii nortrav Beatrice in several scenes
from "Much Ado About Nothing
Rosalind and Celia in "As You Like
II - Mistress Page and Mistress ford
in "Coriolanus" and Portia IN "Ihe
Merchant of Venice
Al Friday nights performance she
will be seen as Viola in "Iweftn
Night" Desdemona and Emella IN
"Othello," Lady Anne in Richard II -,
Helena in "All's Well That Ends Well,
Constance in king john Cleopatra
in "Antony and Cleopatra" Cressida
in "Troilus and Cressida,' juliet ana
Lady Macbeth or Ophella.
beginning next week Hammerstein's
Victoria will offer a cabaret barber
ebon Sullv, who slaves vaudeville IN
the Putnam Building, is 70 be the star
and many Of his customers, including
Warrv Fox. Conroy and Lemaire and
Ionev Haskell, will appear. The prom
leo is held out that If the comedians
ore as funny on the stage as they are
in the actual barber shop patrons OF
Wammerstein's are in for a sidesplit-
ting week.
1ouis Mann, with nothing 70 do since
the baseball season closed, has yieldeu
10 the alluring offer of the Jesse -;
Iasky Feature Play Company and VIII
appear in the screen version OF "hie-
vating a Husband" in which he APP
neered two years ago. The play Is by
Clara Lipman, the actors wife, and
Samuel Shipman.
William Fox announces that Betty
Nensen- whom he describes as the
greatest exponent Of tragic and heayyy
character roles on the stage, IS on the
nav from her scandinavian home 10
annear in a series of his productions
Extraordinary, big feature hlms'
The Vitagraph Theatres Christmas
rrogramme will have as its feature
pictnre GLOW Cissy Made Good being
tbe adventures Of magazine writer
~ visitcd The Nitagraph Studios 10
oet interviews with all the stars.
Those who like TO look behind the
screen will probably turn out IN force
Among other moving picture news
NJ busy Sunday was the announce
mont of Lewis J. Selznick, vlce-presl,
don't and general manager OF the World
Filr CORPORATION, that he was stout
10 introduce the protit-sharlng idea
;n+o the amusement business. Mi.
Selznick's previous business experience
Loads him TO believe that his intention
will be successful.
Doll Orphans on Sale.
This afternoon at the Daddy Long