Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17

one will probably be seen in "Toe
Many Cooks" next season.
James T. Powers may take the plaoe
Of De Wolf Hopper in the revival OF
The Yeomen of the Guard"
comedy from the author of Marrying
Money"
E. H. sothern's repertoire now in.
cludes Hamlet" Lord Dundreary.'
IF I Were King and "Charlemagne."
Mrs. Gene Hughes Will next season
gar Allan woolf
charming figure in The Madcar
Duchess." will spend her summer va
cation in Europe.
John Philip sousa has composed q
march for the minstrel parade OF the
All-star Lambs Gambol and will him
ben Hur" ended its fifteenth tour q,
Ann Arbor last week. after a success
full season in the south and middle
west.
On account of the success Of the re-
vival of Clyde Fitch's Truth" Win
nual revival Of an American play.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will shortly close
her season and go to Europe for rest
She will appear this summer In a num-
Der of European music halls.
Arthur Bourchier. the famous English
actor manager, has bought the English
rights to Little Miss Brown the COM
edy by Philip H. Bartholomew.
The Perry Sisters, who introduce
N~1H l. l.
week, have been engaged at Nantasket
Beach for the summer.
The b. F. Keith Theater has discon-
tinued for the summer the dansantes
which have been given after every
performance except Sunday.
John Mason will star in "Drusged,' s.
by owen Davis. In his company will
be William Sampson, Robert McWade,
Amelia Gardner. John Emerson and
Katherine La Sale.
Mime. simone is shortly to produce
in London a comedy by Charles Nird.
linger. called 1.-THE Run of the Cards"
She will produce it on this side on her
next visit.
Jules Hurtig, well known as an own
er and producer in burlesque circles.
sailed for Europe yesterday. where he
has gone in search of new burlesque
material.
Otis Skinner will not appear in "Kis-
pear under the direction of Charles
Frohman next year in The Mob.s
"Kismet' will go out again with a
new star.
Gertrude Atherton has written a one
act play called The Hurricane" In
which Nance O'Neill will appear. Among
the characters are the mother. father
and grandmother of Alexander Hamil-
ton.
In Miracle Man." which George NJ
Cohan Is dramatizing from Frank l..
Packard's novel. George Nash will play
the role of Doc Madison. Gail Kane
will play the part of the heroine, Helena
Vail.
Liberty Hail. Is announced az the
third of the revivals Of great New York
successes to be made by the Columbia
Players. The preliminary work toward
placing it in rehearsal is already well
under way.
Miss Kathleen Mathew. it is said. was
sent to the United States to Offset the
unfavorable impression created in this
country by The Play Boy of the West
ern World" by Lady Gregory's Irish
Players.
The new Gambler Thsater, in New
YORK, 1s to open big photo-dramatic
play of Antony and Cleopatra" This
piece was staged and produced by
George Klefne in Rome and Egypt. It
is said to be on an even more elabo-
rate scale than Quo Vadis''
A. II. Woods has formed corpora
ton to make productions in England of
American plays. His productions on
the other side of plays, particularly of
Potash and Perlmutter" and Broad
way Jones' have been so successful as
to suggest this enterprise.
John Drew and Ethel Barrymore re-
ceived much praise on their joint APP
pearance. in Sardou's Scrap of Paper d"
last week in New York. though opin-
ion was divided on the play itself, some
pronouncing the old play as too old
fashioned in its machinery
e. NJ. Newman. the traveltalker, whose
annual appearance at the Columbia The
alter has become a welcome feature Of
the Washington season. is now in Egypt
preparing material for his next course of
travel talks. April 25 he was on board
the Seti, 80 miles south of Cairo.
Joe Turner will meet Gene wester-
gard, the Danish champion, in a finish
bout at the Gayety Theater Wednesday
night. This will be the first wrestling
match Of the season. Monday night.
May %, a wrestling carnival benefit
performance will be given for Mr..
Peck, manager of the Gayety Theater.