New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-04
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Alone at Last" Lehar's
Latest, at Shubert
Next Week.

Next week.
Alone at Last" by Franz Lehsr,
composer Of The Merry Widow" will
be given its premiere at the Shubert
/ Theatre on October IL. Vienna and
Rome were one in declaring the new
/ opera at least the equal Of the famous
Widow; In fact 1t Is the only thing
/ that those two cities have agreed about
/ for quite while.
"Endlich Allen" was the title In the
I original Viennese. A. NJ. wilmer and
Robert Bodanzky were responsible for
the book, but Edgar Smith and Joseph
Herbert are alleged 70 have done vari-
Gus things TO it in the general interests
Of Art The new WORK is in three acts
and FIVE scenes, and has been staged by
Benrimo. The locale is Interlaken.
Among the principals will be Jose
Collins, Marguerite Namara, John
Charles Thomas, Roy Atwell snd Harry
Conor.
The announcement Of a new tenant
for the Shubert makes no mention of
/ the future Of The Road 10 Happiness"
now playing at that theatre.
/ The debut of "The Unchastened
/ Woman slated for October II at the
Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, has been
moved forward to the 9Th.
A committee from the New York
Stock Exchange will attend the first
performance of Ciccollni, the billion
dollar tenor, at the Palace this after
noon. Ciccolini. il is said, was informed
that he could buy seat on the ex-
figure was too high.
"Our Children" according to the lat
} est information, is not dead, but sleep
{ ing. The play ended its engagement at
the Maxine Elliott on Saturday, but will
resume next week if another theatre
can be found Several changes are
being made in the cast.
4 Mari. Doro will appear IN & film YER
sion of Diplomacy"
The title Of Herman sheHauer's play,
announced as "The Modern Shylock,"
/ has been changed 20 "The Bargain"
I
Wednesday evening.
Following the announcement that the
Winter Garden will be dark until Sat
urday, Sahary-Djeli yesterday became
greatly concerned for the safety Of her
trained prayer rugs. stating that the
little things are helpless if attacked in
the dark
Ned Wayburn will add two more
scenes 20 Town Topics" tonight, and
/ says that by this expedient he hopes to
end the performances fifteen minutes
earlier. The additions are a new dance
by Adelaide and Hughes and a scene
showing the launching Of a Dread
nought
"Behold Thy Wife" has been selected
as the name Of William Harlowe
Briggs's play, TO be produced by Henry
W Savage. II is dedicated TO the Ali
mony Club.
George Broadhurst's new play, what
Money Can't Buy" will reopen the
Forty-eighth Street Theatre October -.
The title is regarded as one of the
most daring of recent years.
Rumors from Lebanon, Penn. have it
that n play called "Ill-Starred Babbie'
Is about TO have its tryout in that spot
and will soon come into New York.
In the course of to-day's matinee at
the Hippodrome a baby elephant will
be christened by members OF the
"Chin- Chin" COMPANY, and will receive
the name Chin-Chin. Montgomery and
Stone and fifty girls from the Globe
will be on the stage. A sturdy stage
hand will break a bottle of champagne
over the elephants head and both the
wine and the stage hand will then run.
Blanche Ring, IN "The Yankee Girl"
I'm which she starred several seasons
ago. will be the next release Of the
Morosco film interests.
Clara Blandick, of "33 Washington
Square" has invented suffrage chin
strap" the understanding being that il
i 10 be worn tightly BY the antis.
Both Lasky and William Fox are
about 10 bring picturizations Of Gar,
men" into New York, and the rival
PRESS agents are having their typewrit-
ers oiled and adjusted.
Donald Mcdonald and Bert Gilbert
are the first players engaged for "A
Pare idea" which will signallZe Z. A
Wells entrance into the field OF pro-
ducing