New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-27
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
COhan & Harris Suddenly
Bring Another Play
Into New York.

In less time tnan IL taxes 10 tell IL,
George NJ. Cohan and Sam Harris yes
terday decided that Frederick Billiards.
new play, Young America" ought to
be given its New York premiere with
out further delay. Consequently the
play will be seen tomorrow night at
the Astor Theatre.
More than the usual interest is at
tached to the new production. In the
first place, Mr.. Ballard is the Harvard
student who captured the Craig prize
few years ago with Believe Me,
Xanthippe," later seen on Broadway
with John Barrymore in the leading
role. And, secondly. oae OF the princi-
pal actors in Young America" is a dog
Originally, in fact, the play was called
"Me and My Dog"
In the cast are Percy Heton, the
Juvenile actor who distinguished him
self in "The Return OF Peter Grimm"
nd "The Miracle Mani" Peggy Wood,
Forrest Robinson, Charles Dow Clarke,
Otto Kruger and many others. To say
nothing of the dog.
Roi Cooper Megrue and "Under Fire"
have been officially indorsed. The in
dorsement comes from Lieutenant p.
ID. Curry. of the Fifth Service Battal-
ion of the Oxfordshire and Bucking-
hamshire Light infantry, who attended
the performance at the Hudson Thea
tire few nights ago and assured the
author that his war scenes are more
like war than is the thing itself.
Lieutenant Curry speaks with author
ity, having been wounded at the bat
tie of Ypres.
According to the current version of
the story, Lieutenant Curry showed
singularly keen judgment. He inquired
for the author at the box Office and
found him ther..
Louis Calvert, the English actor, who
was one OF the directors of the New
Theatre, has arrived in this country to
begin rehearsals of THE Bargain"
which A. II. Woods will present in New
York in September. In the supporting
cast will be Dorothy Donnelly, Jose
phine Victor, Forrest Winant, Eugene
O'Brien and John Flood.
Dark less than a week, the Cohan
Theatre starts another season to-
night with Julian Eltinge and cousin
Lucy"
John W. Cope will be Cousin Egbert,
Louise Closer Hale will be Mrs. Fife
and Leonore Harris will be Klondike
Kate when William A. Brady produces
"Ruggles of Red Gap" at one of the
Shubert theatres next month. AS al
ready announced, Ralph Herr and
Laurence D'Orsay will play Ruggles
and the Honorable George, respective
ly. Rehearsals were begun yesterday.
Edward Abeles an. "The Last
Laugh" made the New York Giants for
get their troubles at the Thirty-ninth
Theatre last night-a feat that is reck-
oned as no mean achievement these
days.
An insistent rumor has it that An
toinette Walker, now contemplating a
dash into the films, will renew her
allegiance to David Belasco in January.
With the opening of cousin Lucy"
and "The Missing Link" Melville Ellis
will have four productions on Broadway
for which he has designed the cos
tunes, the others being Hands Upi"
and the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. De-
signing the apparel for the last named,
he states, required only six minutes.
Rehearsals of Town Topics" kept
the cast out in the open air yesterday.
An Italian benefit concert -empted
the Century Theatre, and Ned Way
burns troupe took to the roof.
Marie Cahill, according to Broadway
gossip, has finished with films and is
willing TO entertain vaudeville offers
of five thousand dollars and up.
Maurice and Florence Walton simply
cannot lose that Apache Dance. To
meet the popular clamor. the Partisan
classic will be revived and substituted
for the Mazurka Polonaise before
Hands Up" caves the Forty-fourth
Street Theatre.
Being already an author and an act
or, Paul Dickey is preparing 10 take
the third step and become a manager.
The co-author of The Last Laugh"
has taken over Inez Plummer's con-
tract with the Shuberts, and Miss Plum
mer will be starred.
A designing shopkeeper-he designs
costumes-wants the girls Of the
Chin Chin" company 70 wear his ere
atoms 70 and from the Globe Theatre.
Inasmuch as .ach of the girls viii
receive complete outfit without
char0a thev are said to be Wayerlng