New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
WAKEFIELD TO STAR
in new DRAMA
Belasco Wrote Play-Miss
Frances Starr to Begin
Tour in Marie Odile.'
THE BOOMERANG
TO OPEN AUG. 10
H. F. Maltby's Comedy, The
Laughter of Fools To Be
Given Early in Season.

! David Belasco announced last night
/ his plans for the coming season. Mr..
/ Warfield is to appear in new play
4 by Mr.. Belasco, and Miss Starr will
( continue on tour in Marie 0dile." later
appearing in a new play by T. Wigney
Percival and Horace Hodges.
The Belasco Theatre season opens
Tuesday evening, August 10, with THE
Boomerang" a new American come ly
in three acts, By Winchell Smith and
Victor Mapes. The cast will include
Arthur Byrca, Wallace Eddinger, Gill
bert Douglas, William Boag, Richard
Malchien, Martha Hedman, Ruth Shep-
ley, Josephine Parks, Dorothy Megrue,
Mrs. Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh and
/ several other well-known players.
. About the middle of November Mr..
/ Warfield will appear in the new play,
the third which Mr.. Belasco has writ
ten for him. Miss Frances Starr will
begin a tour of the principal Eastern
cities in "Marie-0dile" late in Septem-
Der, and early in the spring will be
seen in the new play by 7. Wigney Per-
oval and Horace Hodges. the authors
of Grumpy" Having hitherto pre-
scented Miss Starr in emotional roles,
the announcement states, Mr.. Belasco
now will show her in comedy role OF
= distinct and girlish charm.
For early production Mr. Belasco has
secured THE Laughter of Fools" a
comedy by II. F. Maltby, which was re-
Gently presented at the Prince of Wa
Theatre in London. Mr.. Belasco's other
plans for the season include new plays
/ By George Middleton, Frank Mandel,
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow and Archibald l..
Sessions, Mrs. Frances Lightner, a
poetic play by Maurice V. SamuelS, and
"The Love Thought" a comedy by Henry
Irving Dodge.
4 Mr.. Belasco himself will contribute
another play in an adaptation OF The
I Czarina," which is scheduled for early
production. In conjunction with the
Charles Frohman Company, Mr.. Belasco
will present also a new play by George
/ Scarborough.
Owing TO the continued success Of
the "Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" on the
New Amsterdam Theatre roof, the en-
gagement, which was due TO terminate
Saturday, has been extended for three
weeks.
Selwyn e. Co. received yesterday
/ from Halifax the following letter from
John May stage manager last season
for Under Cover" at the Cort The
atre:
Gentlemen: Having been called out
BY the government and received my
appointment in the navy as lieutenant
r. y. c. V. R., | am sorry to have 20
tell you that | shall be unable TO be
with Selwyn & Co. this coming season.
and that some one else will have to re-
hearse in Under Cover
Had | not been called by telegram
| would have let you know before | left
lew York, but had to leave very hur-
riedly.
please accept my thanks for the
long and happy season at the Cort
/ Theatre in Under Cover-and if. after
the war | should want employment.
hope Selwyn & Co. will not forget me.
Please have any letters for me sent
:. the address appended.
my kindest regards to you all.
JOHN MAY,
"Lieutenant R. n. c. V. R., II. NJ. c. S.
Diana, Naval Dockyard, Halifax.
Nova Scotia"
Mr.. May was a member OF the orig
inal cast of "Under Cover" when the
play was produced in Boston. And he
acted in it during its thirty weeks
there and also during its forty-siX
weeks run at the Cort Theatre. in this
city. He was TO have gone on tour
with the play next season had he not
received his cal! TO the service