The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
Small Talk of the Stage

Burton Holmes will begin his trav-
elogue season in this city at the Column
bia Theater November 2.
The agreeable and weIl-Iiked person
ality OF Tim Murphy Is TO be exploited by
the Leibler company in a restoration to
the stage OF the Rev. James Hannay's
comedy called Gen. John Regan." The
play has been seen as yet only in New
York City, where II had a brief run last
season, with Arnold DAILY in the chief
part
Canada has so little interest in play
going Just now that even so English q
play as ''Disraeli'' and 50 English a star
as George Arliss played a week in the
best one night stands OF Ontario to a
loss.
The Proper Person is not the title
Of the play which Basil Macdonald Hast
ings has written for Nine. NAZimova. al
though the title was given consideration.
II has been dropped because II suggests
farce. The title to be used is That
Sort
Otto Hauerbach, author OF High
Jinks." which will be the attraction at
the Belssco next week. has six produc-
tions on the road this season. They
are Nine Sherry" Bright Eyes" 'Dr.
lie Luck" Three Twins The Runa-
way Bride" and his seventh will be
"Susi," which will shortly be put on
in New York.
Manager Thatcher has issued a circu-
lar giving the views Of prominent clergy
men and rabbis on The House Next
Door" which is the Poll offering this
week.
Al Strassman. general press represen-
tative for A. H. Woods, was in the city
during the past week doing the hurry-up
OF Prey 10 the Columbia tomorrow
night.
May Irwin was recently qualifying as
surety in New York City. and listed
realty there worth S750.OoO, appraised
value. She explained that she would
sell it for S1,OOO,ooo.
The right TO sing the British war song,
It's a Long Way to Tipperary," on the
stage Is beirS contested by Fred A
Stone and Miss Blanche Ring. though It
Is old enough to have outilved all copy
right restrictions.
Edgar Allen woolf has announced he
Shakespeare. Castle Romance" is the
first one. taken from The Tanning OF
the Shrew," and Henry z. Dixey and
Marie Norstrom are to present II to
vaudeville lovers. Others are to fol-
low.
Ethel Barrymore will return to the
stage under Charles Frohman's man.
agement early in December, appearing
in q new play called The Shadow" by
Dario Niccodemi and Michael Morton,
the authors of The Prodigal Husband"
The Shadow was to have been pro-
duced next month in Paris by Nine.
Rejane. but the war has stopped all
productions OF plays in France. 1T is
In three acts and the central character
is said to differ widely from anything
which Miss Barrymore has attempted
hitherto.
THE Unseen Empire" the play which
prophesied the present European war.
has just been published by HArpers. This
Is the drama which was to have been
produced by Klaw & Erlanger this sea-
SON. but which they thought better to
withhold.
Julian Eltinge has resumed his season
in The Crinoline Girl" which is prov
ing more popular than ever this season
The piece was seen here just prior to the
New York opening.
Potash and Perlmutter" has opened
an engagement in Chicago and Is du-
plicating its New York success. The re- !
ceipts the week before last at the Olym-
pic Theater, where the piece is playing,
were a little less than $4,000
The Highway OF Life" Louis n. Park /
er's dramatization of Charles Dickens |
David Copperheld," In planned as an |
October production by Liebler & Co., at |
wallack's, New York.
Edgar Allen woolf has written a new !
sketch called THE Locks Of Panama" /
and Valerie Bergere will use It for her |
vaudeville season.
Ina Claire, deprived Of suitable en-
'loyment in London by the war, viii re- !