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Common Clay" is to be produced ir
Australia.
Forrest Orr has joined stock com.
pany in Denver.
The Boston authorities allowed the
use of a real baby in Mime. Butterfly
John Cope has been engaged for the
leading role with Mrs. Fiske in "Erst-
while Susan
Frederick Warde recently gave a
Shakespearean recital to the prisoners
in Sing Sing.
Early next year Irene Fenwick will
star in a play called King, Queen
Jack" by Willard Mack.
Frank Lalor has been secured as lead
ing comedian with Gaby Deslys in
stop, Look and Listen.
His Majesty Bunker Bean" has been
so successful in Chicago that it Will
stay in that city Indefinitely
The Bandmaster's Sister,. in which
Ethel Valentine Will play the leading
role. will open in Cleveland this week.
The play which John Craig will pro-
duce at the Castle Square Theater,
Boston. is called Between the Lines,
but is not war play.
Oliver Morosco is to produce a play
by Frederic and Fannie Hatton. called
Up Stairs and Down" 1t is comedy,
and Richard Bennett will co-work the
leading role.
Amelie Rives, the novelist. has writ
ten a play which will shortly be pro-
duced by Harrison Grey Fiske and
George Mooser.
Omar the Tentmaker.' with Guy
Bates Post. will make its reappearance
at the Belasco Theater the week COM
mencing Monday. January D.
Alice Dovey has been engaged for the
cast of the musical farce. Very Good.
Eddy made from Philip Bartholo-
Emma Dunn is to be featured in a
drama by Lottie NJ Meany, called Her
Price" Earle Browne and Amelia
Gardner will be in her support.
Virginia Fox Brooks, daughter of
Joseph Brooks, who appeared in the
leading role in The Great Lover" is
to have 4 new play. Miss Brooks has
studied for opera in Europe. but will
appear at present in the drama.
A new play is to be produced in Lon
don about the new year with the title,
The Sword Player" and is by William
Devereau.
Sir Herbert Tree has the rights to
THE Aristocrat, the new play by
Louis y. Parker, and he may present it
first in this country.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett. who
last month celebrated her sixty-sixth
birthday, is at work on dramatization
OF her novel. IT. Tembarom."
A revue called once Only" was pro-
duced in London recently with Charles
Hawtrey in the cast. 1t was written
by Edward Knoblauch
Grace George appeared at New Haven
last week in the first American pro-
duction of Major Barbara by George
Bernard Shaw Louis Calvert, the noted
English actor, was prominent in the
cast.
Maisie Gay of the Adelph Theater,
London. who was last seen in America in
the part of Madam Blum in THE Quaker
Girl. has arrived in New York and is
rehearsing with the Sanderson- Brian
Cawthorne company in "Sybil''
When Two Is Company resumes its
season in Brooklyn Christmas dav Ed
ward A. Paulton. its. librettist. will enter
the cast This will be Mr.. Paulton's
nrst stage appearance in a number of
years. He has taken for himself the
role originally played by Clarence Har-
vey.
The Man WHO STAYED at Home"
which played in this country under the
title of The White Feather" reached
It's 4o0th performance in London last
week.
Al X; Hall. known as the snowman
with the Maids of America Company.
stage career in Washington twelve
years ago.
with the Maids of America at the
Hawaiian instrumentalists and singers.
introducing kaki Kaki, guitarist The
Temple Quartet is also one OF the at
fractions.
Phyllis Nielsen Terry. in Keith
vaudeville, is giving. in addition to her
SC gs. the scenes i'll Friar Lawrence's
Gel and Juliet's bedchamber Support
ing her are Cecil and Edith King
Harry GiIfoil is a washinstonian
long with the Hoyt comedies Like
Nat wills. he has wide circle of
friends in Washington
The Hawk" thrilling drama of
modern life, will be presented at the
Belasco Theater. December -. by Will
liam Faversham. The piece is the wort,
OF Francis de Croisset and was origi-
naIy produced at the Ambigu Theater
Paris.
Robert Hilliard appeared last week in
Buffalo. presenting for the first time
mis- new play. dramatiZed by Michae
T. l-andfaan. from story by Wallace
Irwin. IL was first called THE Pride
OF Race. but was renamed What Re
came of Deesan Folk" The subject is
race prejudice.
MIS- Christian Hemmick went to Pos.
ton yesterday to rehearse the "I'EcoIe
en- trlnoline Ballet, which will be
gwen by Pavlowa and the Ballet Russo
Al the performance to be given by the
Boston Grand Opera Company at the
matinee on December IS.
James 4. willard, formerly anuse-
rrent director of Young's pier. Atlantic
CITY. y. J.. has taken the managemen,
OF the Arcade Dancing Auditorium and