The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-23
.STARSSTRANDED
BY WORLD WAR
Many Unable to Obtain Ac-
commodations on the
Steamers.
MANAGERS ARE WORRIED
Productions and Rehearsals Postponed
Pending Return of Principals
to Their Companies.

While managers and producers arr
tearing their hair and importuning Uncle
Sam 70 get busy on transatlantic trans
portation problems, Europe, war rem
and almost isolated, holds a number Of
stars and near stars who have more OF
less important engagements for re-
hearsals, openings, etc. in this country
This condition already has resulted in
several postponements, and a number OF
eleventh-hour shifts In casts.
A number Of theatrical and musical
people have managed TO obtain accom-
modations on the few ships which have
made their way across the Atlantic since
the war scare tied up trafic, but there
are many who have yet to be heard
from.
Charles Frohman has announced the
postponement of the openings Of The
Song Of Songs" The Heart of Q THE"
and Diplomacy" because Edward Shell
don, author OF the first; William Gillette.
one Of the stars in Diplomacy" and
Martha Hedman, leading lady in The
Heart Of a Thief" are in London. Miss
Hedman has since sailed on the Megantic
for Montreal. which port she is due to
reach tomorrow. Mrs. Thomas Whifren.
who is to have the principal role in The
Beautiful Adventure" and Earnest Law
ford. Of the Same cast. are held up in
London. Seven members of the "Sari'
company turned up missing when Saw
age commenced reharsals at the Gar
Den Theater, all having gone to Austria
and Germany for their vactions. They
still are incommunicado. as far as is
known.
Dawn Misses RehearSaIs.
Hazel Dawn. who is to have a leading
part in The Debutante" finally managed
to get accommodations from London, but
she missed a number OF rehearsals
William A. Brady is cabling wildly in
an effort to locate Lenore Harris, who
is under contract to play the villainess
in Life" Harry Won Tilzer cannot To-
cate either Ethel Valentine, who is to
lead the New York company in To-day"
or Marguerite St. John, a member of
the Chicago company.
And so it goes. In the meantime man.
ayers are calling on plans for a great
many productions because of the uncer-
tainty as to the effect upon this couh-
try OF the great war abroad, and ad.
mirers Of various foreign authors, poets,
and plsywrights are shuddering at the
prospect Of these litterateurs joing their
countrymen in the ranks.
Says Charles w. Collins in whimsical
vein, writing in the Chicago Post:
MActcrIink In France.
These average writing men must take
their chances in the clash of nations like
the average farmer or the average grocer:
but the thought OF a genius like Maurice
Maeterlinck being called upon to defend
Belgium against the invader is appalling
So far as we know, the Belgian sage, now
4 resident Of France, is safe in his old
Norman castle Of ST. WandriIle. mysti-
cahy meditating upon the grotesque and
bloody spectacle Of Europe trying TO de-
stroy itself, but in the present cataclysm,
when anything may happen, it is pos
sible that he, too, might pick up a rife
and march to the firing line
The war may interfere with two Ameri-
can plays intended for the London stage
Peg O. Ny Heart" and Seven Keys to
Baldpate" are booked for presentation
during September. but as it looks theatre
calls are dead in the British metropolis
1t may be many months before a verdict
can be rendered upon either play. The
sufferers are Charles Hawtrey and ].
Hartley Manners.