New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-30
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
West End Back to Stock
War Brides Popular
WOman'S League Plays.
BY HECTOR TURNBULL.

The management OF the West End
Theatre is confident that tine craze for
motion pictures is on the wane.' There
fore, on Monday night, February 8. the
theatre will return to its old policy Of
presenting plays with stock com
pany. Arrangements have been made
for the beginning OF stock season OF
the BonStelle Stock Company, under
the direction Of Jessie Bonstellc. Miss
Bonstclle is the general di:cctress Of
the Municipal Theatre. in Northamp-
ton, Mass. and has made a success
there during the last two years. She
was also the favorite leading woman
Of the Proctor Theatre, in l25th ST..
some wears ago, and has also been
manager Of the Bonstelle stock com
panies i'm Toronto. Ontario; Buffalo
and Detroit The first play 10 be given
by the new organization at the West
End Theatre Will be Nobody Wild
ow." in which Blanche Bates appeared
AZ the Hudson Theatre. This will be
followed by other modern plays. There
will be three matinces weekly Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday.
Nazimova's success i'm "War Brides
at the Palace Theatre has won her the
organized support Of the woman SUI
tional. according 20 report. President
Brown Of the New York State Woman
Suffrage Association calls war
Brides" ne Magma Charta Of woman
Wherever NaZimova plays on the Keith
and Orpneum vaudeville circuits the
local suffrage workers viii be organ
lied into a committee to advertise her
play and interest the public. Hun
dreds Of men and women arc writing
10 Nazimova at the Palace, telling her
how strongly they have been impressed
by her work and hailing her a. q cru
sader-a Joan of Arc Of peace
The Professional Woman's League
will produce plays beginning next
month. Their first performance will
be "The Miser." by Molere, which
will be played by professionals VINO
are paid for their work. The object
Of the new enterprise is 20 establish
a permanent intellectually free the
atre' The first play will be given
at the League Auditorium, at 1899
Broadway. on February 4. D, and o.
Classic drama and modern plays VIII
be presented. at twenty-five and nifty
cents admission. If there is a demand
for more than three performances
each month the league is prepared 10
increase its schedule.
Adolf Philip ia 70 appear IN an
English role supported by an English
cast in the near future. Ills first
play will be the musical comedy Two
Lots in The BronX," which ran for
few months at his playhouse on 5Ith
ST., and which was written by himself
Charles Dillingham;, the happy pro-
Queer of "Chin-Chin" and Watch
Your Step" leaves to-day for Cali
fornia to arrange for musical COM
edy production during the Exposition.
A special matinee performance will
be given BY the Zegfeld Midnight
Frolic company on Saturday, Febru-
airy 6, at the Ziegfcld Dansc de Follies,
o. the New Amsterdam Theatre roof
The performance viii begin promptly
at five o'clock
The scenery. costumes and other
properties belonging TO Harrison Grey
Fiske are 10 be sold by the trustee,
Joseph klaw. in connection with the
bankruptcy proceeding The sale is
announced 10 take place az auction at
II Broadway, al 4 p. m, on Monday,
February :.