Evening star., 1915-09-12

| in New York. 1t ran just one week
and will not go on tour.
Sophye Barnard and Lou Anger with
| their company of thirty-five people. cele-
brated the premier of Safety First at
| Atlantic City last week. 1t is a big
vaudeville revue
Marie Tempest opened her season in
| New York last Monday night. appear,
| Ing in '"The Duke of Killicrankie" and
one-act play by Barrie entitled
"Rosalind."
Through the enterprise of George
| Grossmith and Edward Laurillard;
London is soon to see THE Dummy:
| For the part of the boy detective they
| have engaged Lauri de Frece.
Julie Herne, daughter Of the late James
A. Herne, will head the cast presenting
! Charles Summers drama. 'The Natural
Law" which opened last week in New
York.
Admirers of Victor Herbert will be
pleased to know that he will direct the
orchestra tomorrow night In his musi-
cal comedy THE Only Girl at the
Belasco Theater.
'Under the Red Robe" is by the same
author as "A Gentleman of France.
| in which Kyrle Bellew starred some
years ago.
"our Children" had its first perform
ance on any stage at New Haven last
week. Louis K Anspac cher Is the author
of the comedy. 1t opens in New York to-
| morrow night.
Amelia Bingham was recently taken i'll
! in Chicago and could not reach Los An
geles in time to take her part in THE
New Henrietta Laura Hope Crews was
secured. and, 1t Is said. went through the
part after one days study.
Elsie Janis opened her season in
| Miss Information" a new musical
| comedy by Paul Dickey and Charles
| W. Goddard, at Rochester last Monday
| night. The piece gives Miss Janis
| half dozen character studies.
Several of the regular members of
the Poll Company had VACATIONS last
week, as the cast for Jerry" was
small, but they will all be on hand this
week in Excuse Me-" which requires
big company.
| The widest enthusiasm has greeted
Margaret Anglin in her production of
Greek plays in the University OF Cali
| fornia amphitheater. The newspapers
extravagantly praised Miss Anglins
acting.
| cousin Lucy" three-act farce COM
| edy by the late Charles Klein, was
| given its first production last week at
Atlantic City, with Julian Eltinge as
the star. Many new robes were Sc
| cured for the piece.
| "Our Betters." the new play by W.
Somerset Maugham, written under con-
| tract with the late Charles Frohman.
| is now completed. and 1t is announced
the Frohman management will produce
| it some time this fall.
Richard Watson Tully is planning to
have his own theater in New York next
year. In the meantime he has formed
a corporation to produce his plays.
| "Omar, the Tentmaker," and "The Bird
| of Paradise" in England.
| Cyril Maude. the English actor, ar
rived in New York Thursday from Lon
DON Mr.. Maude, who has been spend
| ing his vacation in England and Scot
land comes to resume his engagement
| in "Grumpy." He opens in New York
tomorrow night.
The break between Billie Burke and
| the Frohman Company. on account OF
her appearance in "the movies" Is
complete Announcements say the ac-
tress will appear under her husbands
management the coming season. in
new play.
Florence Martin, who will play Peg"
at the Belasco next week, introduced
this character to Boston during the
long run Of the comedy there % last win, win
have played a long metropolitan en-
gagement in it,
has scored a coup by securing for
Grand Army week in WASHINGTON
David Belasco's big success. The
Grand Army Man" This is the first
has ever released for stock. and it is
announced that only Polls will be al
lowed to play it. 1t should make
great hit with the G. A.. r. veterans,
as well as the general public
Ned wayburn's Town Topics" will
have it's first presentation at the Cen
tury Theater, New York city, Thursday
entertainment "a musical fun n-show."
1t has twenty scenes. thirty musical
numbers. nearly 100 in beauty
! chorus" thirty boys, 200 supernumera-
res and over score and half or
principals.
Manager Robbins of keith's has be-
gun special preparations for the en-
tertainment of the g. A. X. veterans
| the week beginning September u.
puccini's opera, Madam Butterfly"
| this season will be given by the Boston
Grand Opera Company. as it has never
been given before. Its leading roles
ties corresponding to the characters of
the story-Riccardo Martin, American
tenor, as Lieut.. Pinkerton; Thomas
Chalmers, American baritone, as the
United States consul; Elizabeth Camp
bell American mezzo-soprano. as Kate
Pinkerton. and Miura Zukkury. the
Japanese lyric soprano. who was edu-
Gated at the Conservatory of Music in
Nagasaki and had operate training in
italy and Russia, as Madam Butterfly.
The Boston Grand Opera Company
will be combined with the Pavlowa
/ Imperial Ballet Russo for a season in
Boston and a tour of other cities
David Bispham. the American BARI
tone, supported by Nine. Marie Narelle,
soprano; Miss Kathleen Conan, pianist:
Miss Idelle Patterson mezzo-soprano:
Henri Barron. tenor. and Graham Har-
ris, violinist, will offer this season, be-
ginning in October, miscellaneous
concert called 1.-The Rehearsal" and the
! oAe-ac play, adelaide" in which Mr.
Bispham will appear as Beethoven, the
composer The latter depicts a romantic
episode in the great composers life
| with the Countess Julia Guicciardi, to
whom his Moonlight Sonata" was
dedicated.