The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
Small Talk of the Stage.

the mysteries Of frijoIes and hot tamaIes,
two dishes that are featured in the ban
quet scene in the last act Of the comedy.
Many of the Capitals dancers haze
entered the dancing contest to be held at
Glen Echo Park on Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings. Among those from Wash
ington are Mr.. William G. Hammett and
Miss Katherine Jones, Mr.. Malcolm Hale
and Miss Gertrude Smith, Mr.. ]. HOh-
man and Miss Mary Morgal, Mr.. A. ].
Gill and Miss Gertrude Doyle, Mr. George
VI. Dorsey and Miss Jennie G. Sawyer,
Mr.. Depew T. Chauncey and Miss Ryder.
The complete company to open the
regular season of William A Brady's
playhouse. New York. in the comedy.
Sylvia Runs Away" consists of Alice
Brady. Geraldine O'Brien, Ned A. Sparks
Elmer Booth, Sidney Macy, Lowell
Sherman. Howard Pell Trenton, Albert
Moore. Charles Lothian, Charles Homer.
and Tom Mcmahon.
Al Jolson returned to New York last
week aboard the Vaterland. He will be
featured in new production. which will
open in Philadelphia October 6.
Jessie Glendinning will play the lead
ing feminine role this week in The
Senator" while Miss Bernard will have
one OF the several excellent parts to be
found in the comedy.
Marie Tempest is to return to us next
season. The Messrs. Shubert have made
an arrangement to have the gifted &C
tress play next season under their man.
agement in a comedy by George Shaw.
Repinning Au,ust IN IIoIhsool- r,,,-
who has just returned from Europe, will
open with his company OF Princess The
ater Players at the Columbia Theater
in San Francisco for a special four
weeks invitation engagement He will
play the Princess production in reper-
toire.
Clare Weldon returns to New York
next week to begin rehearsals in The
Dummy" in which she is to play Rose
Hart, the role originated by Ada Dygyer.
Klaw & Erlanger have engaged Bertha
kalich for the part of Yanetta in Eugene
Brieux's play. The Judges Robe"
which they will produce in the autumn.
Rene Detling. who until last fall was
a stranger to the stage except for ap-
pearances in concert, this season will
duction of the operetta "Sari." Miss
Detling is a daughter of D. A DetIing,
assistant city auditor of Akron, Ohio.
She received a musical training in CIeve-
land, and also took a dramatic course
with view to the stage. She sang in
a church choir in Akron and for two
years filled concert engagements in the
Middle West. Last autumn she decided
to try for the stage She was assigned
rOfnnr - In CO = T.
New York run. and was appointed un-
derstudy TO Juliska- She spent several
hours each week with a vocal teacher
and studied dramatic reading She con-
tinued the training all last season, and
has kept 1t up this summer. Her re-
ward was the prima donna role.
Robert Mantelrs season in classic PLAYS
under the direction of William A. Brady
is to open in Atlantic City early in oc-
tober. The tour thence proceeds to the /!
principal cities of Canada, New England :
and the Middle West. Mr.. Mantell will I.
not visit the Pacific Coast this season.
Early in the season Messrs. Shubert !
will produce The Lone Wolf" by Louis |
Vance. Under the same name the story |
ran In the March number OF Munsey's
Magazine. The central figure is a thief |
WhO - So ClcNcT pOllCc InleVeS !
alike unite to bring about his downfall. |
Helen Lowell, who was last seen on |
the stage in kiss Me Quick" is again |
appearing under the management of the |
shuberts, playing an important role in |
Apartment PIX"
Alice Brady, who has been playing with !
he stock company at Dayton, Ohio, re-
turrs IN New York this week IN rnaka
ready for interpreting the principal role |
IN Sylvia Runs Away" at the early |
opening Of the regular season of William
4. Brady's Playhouse.
Olga Nethersole is arranging for a fare /
we'll tour of America, opening in Sep {
.ember with a repertoire of fourteen /
plays under her own management
Mary Magdalen" and Sister Beatrice"
ire INCLUDED in the repertoire, :
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