New-York tribune., 1915-03-26
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Change in Bill at the Band
BOX-"The Revolt on
Thursday.
BY HECTOR TURNBULL.


We unwillingly did "The Peasant
Girl" and all that the entertaining
operetta signifies. a grieyous wrong in
this column yesterday when we wrote
that the forthcoming Gilbert and Sulli-
van revivals would be held at the For
ty-fourth Street Theatre. The an
nouncement should have read the For
ty-eighth Street Theatre, for "The
Peasant Girl" is scheduled to remain
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre for
the balance of the season, and seems
likely to run on schedule. At least,
when we stopped in to confirm this
statement last night, we discovered that
the Washington Heights Relief Society
had purchased the entire house for that
performance.
Owing to the sudden illness of Jane
Burr, who was to have appeared as the
wife in Murdock Pemberton's comedy,
My Lady's Honor" the Washington
Square Players have been compelled to
cancel that play from their bill, for
this week. at least. There will be,
therefore. only four plays at the Band
box Theatre this evening. They are
Love of Ones Neighbor,' by Leonid
Andreyov; "Noondown," by John Reed;
1.-TWO Blind Beggars and One Less
Blind" by Philip Moeller, and The
Shepherd in the Distance" a panto-
mime in black and white, by Holland
Hudson. This bill will be given at the
Bandbox each Friday and Saturday
evening for one month.
The Gamut Club will present three
more plays Sunday, April 4, in the
clubroOns. Grace Livingston Furniss's S
Perhaps" will be given, with Arthur
Sha p, Minette Barrett and H. Cooper
Cliffe. "Self-Defence," by Anne Moore,
will be given, with Olive Oliver, Maud
Odell, Hannah Toback and Arthur For
rest. The final one-act play will be
"Courtships Yesterday, To-day and To-
morrow" by Anne Wynne, and will be
played by Anne Wynne, Phoebe Bates,
Stella Archer and Charles TrOwbridge.
Grossmith & Laurillard. managers
of the "To-night's the Night" company
at the Shubcrt Theatre, announce that
they have secured from Felix Block
Erben, of Berlin, the exclusive rights
for Great Britain 10 adapt DR.. Ludwig
Ful las original play. Jugcndfreunds," ,"
from which the farce comedy "Our
Wives" and the musical show "The
Only Girl" now playing at the Lyric
Theatre, have been adapted. Edward
Laurllard will return to England on
the Megantic, sailing next Tuesday,
taking with him the rights TO many
American successes. Among them are
"On Trial" Under Cover" "The Song
of Songs" "The Dummy" and potash
gsgement Of "To-night's the Night"
will clos, Saturday night, and the COM
pany will so to Boston, TO open Easter
Monday.
+. Ray Comstock will present "The
Revolt" a new play by Edward Locke,
at the Maxine Elliott Theatre next
Thursday night, April 1.
Here is a chance for one-act play
writers to win $1,000 Read the direc-
tions carefully before whanging the
typewriter, If you are wise, because
Lee Kugel has an eagle eye. He and
Gus McCune have signed contracts with
one whom they modestly term "the
foremost woman star on the American
stage TO manage her in vaudeville.
Owing TO the difficulty in securing
suitable play they have been en-
powered to offer 81 900 for sketch.
The conditions are that the sketch must
be modern in theme, free OF any ques
tionable taint, have heart interest,
crisp dialogue. action and punch. It
must contain the element of suspense
without being surfeited with emotion.
There must not be more than four
characters in the play.
The debonair William Courtenay met
with a rather serious accident last
night when playing in "Under Cover"
at the Cort Theatre. During the last
act of the play he is required to smash
the glass and thus set off the auto
matte burglar alarm. Last night he did
the business so thoroughly that his
hand caught on the jagged edge of the
alarm box and was severely cut. II
was thought at tirst that an artery had
been severed, but Mr.. Courtney played
the act through without a stop before
he had his hurt attended.
Charles Frohman has secured WILL
lam II. Thompson for the chief charac-
ter part in THE Hyphen." Justus Miles
Forman's new war time play.
THE New Governor" flmization Of
Edward Sheldon's play THE Niger"
with William Farnum in the title role,
has been selected to succeed The
Heart Of Maryland" at the New York
Hippodrome next Monday for the en-
suing week.