The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24
Theatrical Briefs.

Ills Majesty Bunker Bean" the new
comedy by Lee w. Dodd. which Is TO be
shown at the BelasCo this week. will be
of unusual interest TO baseball fans one
of the principal characters is the great
est pitcher the world has ever known"
and. while the play has no relation to the
national game. the pitcher Is of vital inn
portance to the plot.
Edgar Allen woolf wrote The Dis
covery." in which Eleanor Gordon is APP
pearing in Keith vaudeville.
Beatrice Miller. a young English &C
tress. vino appeared in the original Eng
lish cast of "AIiIestones." will make her
Daughters" which is now in rehearsal
for presentation I'm one OF the Shubert
theaters.
Chin Chin in which Montgomery and
Stone are still appearing at the Globe
Theater. New York, is said TO have
played to an average AUDIENCE OF 1900
week. more than s1.cOo.CcO having been
paid in at the box Office for seats.
Henry W. Savage will produce Behold
Thy Wife, a new play by william Har-
lowe Briggs. in the near future. Mr..
Savage has already selected the conf
Marion.
The leading woman for John Drew will
be Laura Hope Crews. Mr.. Drew is TO
appear this season in a play by Horace
Annesley VaChell, as yet unnamed.
Eugene Walter has made a play
from John Fox's The Little Shepherd
of Kingdom Come" and A. II. Woods
will soon produce it.
When William Faversham comes TO
the Belasco he will he seen in his
latest success, The Hawk
KosIofr. dancing in "A World of
Pleasure" at the Winter Garden. is
staging a ballet. in which SALARY
DELI will be the central figure.
BY ARRANGEMENT with David BeIasco,
SeIwyn & Co. have engaged janet
Beecher for prominent part In
Avery Hopwoods new farce. The
Morning After" Miss Beecher's first
conspicuous success in New York
was made with Leo Ditrichstein in
The Concert"
William Hodge is to try London
with The Road to Happiness" which
he wrote, although he continues In the
billing" to credit IT to a nonexistent
Lawrence Whitman"
Augustus Thomas has written new
play. The Rio Grande." He named
one of his failures. laid on the Texas
border, The Ranger" 1t met
speedy finish when, in 1907, Dustin
Farnum tried it in New York
Alfred Werner. jr.. is doing an i'm
personation of Charlie Chaplin with
the werner-Amoros company to be
seen next week at Keith's.
Lucille Watson. who was conspicu-
ously popular in the original cast OF
Under Cover" is to be member OF
the cast of Robert II. McLaughlin's
new play, The Eternal Magdalene."
Gertrude Hoffman is said to con- !
template a production of Lord Byron's
Don Juan" some time in the near flu
ture, starring herself in the part OF
Haidee, the dancer.
Minnie Bud Harrison returns again |
with Ben Welch at the GaYety this
week after making tle Keith circuit dur |
ing the summer months, where she en- |
tertained with her coon representations. |
Hedwig Reicher is TO appear in the i
revival of "Rosmersholm' in New York |
this season.
Sam Sothern. while little heard Of in !
the United States, has been before the |
public of London for |
twenty years and is as well known there |!
as is his distinguished brother. e. H., |
in this country. He will soon make his |
first important appearance in Washing |
ton at the Belasco in the principal role \
of Cyril Hsrcourt's piquant comedy, "A
Pair of Silk Stockings"
Harvey ]. o'Higgins and Harriet Ford |
are the authors OF The Dummy" E!
which will be next weeks offering at |
Polls. This comedy had its first per-
Torrance on any stage in Washington
and scored a noteworthy success, both
here and in New York.
Dallas Anderson begins his engage
ment this week with Maude Adams in
What Every Woman Knows" Mr.. An
derson is cast for the role of John
Shand.
When The Dummy Is produced at
Polls next week, Peggy Cameron will
have the biggest role which has been en-
trusted to her since this clever young
ingenue became a member of the Poll
organization.
Ben WEIGH. who is appearing at the
Gayety this week with his. own show,
was last seen In Washington on the week