New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
NEWS OF PLAYS
and PLAYERS
Gail Kane in The Hyphen'
Some New PrOduC-
tiOns Scheduled.
By HECTOR TURNBULk

BY HECTOR TURNBULk
Gail Kane was engaged yesterday
by Charles Frohman to play the lead
ing part in Justus Miles Forman's
new war play, THE Hyphen." This is
the piece accepted last Saturday by Mr..
Frohman to be put into rehearsal by
him this week. Its plans call for a
New York production in less than a
month. Gail Kane will play the role
of Lily Buelow, the daughter OF a
Pennsylvania German American family,
which, through secret agencies, be-
comes involved in the present Euro
pean war. Miss Kane's first profes-
sional stage part was in Mr.. Frohman s
production of Decorating Clementlne."
THE Hyphen" will have its premier IN
New York at a theatre to be announced
within a few days. Mr. Frohman also
engaged Fred Latham as stage director
of THE Hyphen.'
Final arrangements have been made
at the Manhattan Opera House for. per-
haps. the biggest school party ever
held in any New York theatre. On
THURSDAY afternoon 1900 of the Julia
Richmond High School girls will attend
an extra matinee of "The Blue Bird"
dressed in the school costume of blue
and white and wearing blue sashes and
their Julia Richmond pins. Several
members of the Board of Education
have been invited TO this matinee.
A ball in behalf of the allied arts
OF the theatre is TO be given Tor the
benefit of the Actors Fund as con-
tribution to this charity BY the Play
ers' Club of this city, and will take
place at the Hotel Astor on Thursday
evening. April 3. The committee rep
resentine the players consists of John
Drew. Otis Skinner, Francis Wilson,
Daniel Frohman, Albert Sterner, j.
/ Darlington Yates and Joseph Rowland
/ Hunt. Many special and novel features
are to be introduced. A large commit
tee of patronesses is headed by Mrs
/ George J. Gould, Mrs. August Belmont
/ Mrs. James Speyer and others, and the
/ leading women Of the dramatic pro-
/ fession.
"Trilby." with its star cast, will be
presented at the Shubert Theatre on
/ Saturday night, April 3, instead OF
/ Monday, April 5, as previously an
nounced Joseph Brooks and the
/ Messrs. Shubert have edvanced the
| opening date IN order not to conflict
with other penings during Easter
week. The cast will include Phyllis
Neilsen-Terry, Wilton Lackaye, Leo
| Ditrichstein, Burr Mcintosh, Brandon
! lyman, George Macfarlane, Taylor
Holmes and Rose Coghlan.
Mayor Mitchell and Mrs Mitchell are
/ invited TO be present at the special
presentation of Daddy Long-Legs" the
afternoon of Friday. April 9, at the
/ Gaietv Theatre, TO be given for the
/ benefit of the Rehearsal Club. Bishop
/ Greer will introduce the Mayor and
/ Ernest X. Coulter, Of the Gerry So
ciety. and William McAndrews, who
are the other speakers.
The deferred production of John
Gabriel Borkman." which will be the
second Offering of The Modern Stage
founded by Herr Emmanuel Reicher
will be given at the Lyceum Theatre
| Thursday evening, April 1, and will be
repeated Saturday afternoon and even
| ing, April 3, at the same playhouse
] This performance will mark the debut
of Herr Reicher as an English-speak
! ing actor, as he will play the title role
+ in which he has already won success
{ in Germany.
The campaign being waged for the
/ production of alice in Wonderland
which opens at the Booth Theatre to-
night. has uncovered the fact that there
are a number of "Alice" societie;
7 .L
headouarters are in Chicago, where II
was founded several years ago by the
late Professor Harper Of the university
Of that city.
Arnold DAILY has selected the follow
ing cast for Bernard Shaw's comedy
You Never Can Tell" which he is tC
produce at the Garrick Theatre on Apri
3: Arnold DAILY, Edwin Arden, Stanley
Dark, Montagu Love. George Glddens
/ Charles Latte, Anne Sutherland, Doris
Mitchell and Mabel Frenyear.
For the special matinee performance
Of "As You Like It." which Margare
Anglin will give at the Standard Thea
tire on Saturday. Kenyon Musgrove, late
of the Marie Tempest company, ha:
been engaged for the role of the ban
/ ished Duke. Eric Blind, VINO was
member of Miss Anglin's Shakespear
ian company last season, will agali
plav the role of Oliver, and the part:
of Jacques and Orlando will be playe'
by Fuller Meilish and Pedro de Cor
doba.
Virginia Pearson, we'll known for he
work in several Broadway productions
has returned to her first love, and yes
terday became member of the Vita
graph forces. Miss Pearson plans 4
create several difficult parts for he,
screen appearances.
A condensed musical comedy will b'
produced at Thomas Hea!y's restauran
on Friday at 1l:45 p. IN. and ever,
night thereafter. There will be com
pany of twelve girls and cast of prln
cipals, including James F. O'Brien, from
the Alcazar Theatre. San Francisco
Adele Demette, from La Sale Theatre
Chicago; Florence Barry and Edwar'
Bisland. The production was writer
around Mr.. Healy's Broadway restau
rant and his Long Beach Casino.
This is the final week OF the per
sonal appearance of Sir Douglas Nav
son at Weber, Theatre. The explore
is 20 return TO Australia by way or Sai
Francisco. stopping over at several o