The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
ROHM AN PL> ANS
ARE AMMO CED
Prominent Actors and New
Plays Are to Be Presented
During Season. q

The Charles Frohman Company
organized after his death to carry on
the plans OF the famous manager. has
made known its extensive enterprts-
es for the present season.
Maude Adams. Ethel barrymores
John Drew. William Gillette, Otis
Skinner. Elsie Ferguson, Blanche
Bates, Marie Doro. Julia Sanderson.
Marie Tempest. Ann Murdoch, Fran
els Wilson, Graham Browne. Donald
Brian and Joseph Cawthorne are the
important stars In the list.
The playwrights who are to pro-
vide them with plays are J.. NJ. Bar
RE. Arthur Pinero. w. s. Vaughan.
Henry Bernstein. Rudolf Besier.
Michael Morton, Henry Arthur Jones
Alfred Sutro. E. w. Hornung, Ed
ward sheldon. Augustus Thomas.
Paul NJ. Potter, Catherine Cushing.
Eleanor Gates. Porter e. Browne,
Harry B. Smith, Jerome Kern. Rem
mold Wolf. Claiming Pollock. Edna
Ferber and George v. Hobart
To Revive Barrie Plays.
Maude Adams this season will de-
vote herself to a revival of the plays
of j. NJ Barrie, with which her pop
ularity is associated. In addition
she will produce during her engage
ment at the Empire theater. which
Barrie. Thus her repertoire will
comprise The Little Minister
Quality Street Peter Pan" and
What Every Woman Knows" She
has not been seen In years in The
Little Minister" In this city. Ethel
Barrymore who is to play her en-
gagement at the Lyceum theater, VIII
be seen in Roast Beef Medium, by
Edna Ferber. The play from Miss
Ferber's book was made by G. ".
Hobart.
John Drew will have play by Sir
Arthur Pinero, which George Alex
ander will act at the st. James the
ater in London during the first week
In September. This will be the first
appearance OF Mr.. Drew in a play by
Pinero since he acted His House In
Order" William Gillette has select
ed Sherlock Holmes" and Secret
Service" for his engagement at the
Empire theater and for the short
tour of the country he will make.
These two plays were the most pop
ular of Mr., Gillette's last farewell
tour Otis Skinner will be seen in
new play by Henry Arthur Jones
dealing with the tercententary of
Shakespeare.
Elsie Ferguson Will continue to
act for time in "Outcast'' and will
later in the season have a new play
by Hubert Henry Davies. author of
this successful drama. Another i'm
portant British playwright has a new
play ready for Miss Ferguson.
Blanche Bates has new drama by
Michael Morton, who wrote The
Yellow Ticket" and Marie Doro will
act in new drama by Rudolf Besier.
who was last represented here by
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Empire Opens September IS.
Julia Sanderson. Donald Brian and
Joseph Cawthorne will be seen for a
brief engagement at the Knicker-
booker theater in new version OF
1.-The Girl from Utah" Two plans
In conjunction with David Belasco
will be carried out. One will be the
production OF the The Girl by
George Scarborough. and the other
a revival of some old play with many
well known actors at the close of the
season. just as the two managers did
last year In the case of "a Celebrat-
ed Case"
The Empire theater will open It's
season ON September 10 with Cyril
Maude In a four weeks revival Of
Grumpy" William Gillette. John
Drew. Maude Adams and Otis Skin
ner will follow. Marie Tempest,