The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-24
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF N. Y. THEATRES
Immediate Success Won by
Miss Olive Tell i'm illus
band and Wife"
DOINGS OF STAGE FOLK

Olive Tell. who won such immediate
success ut the performance of Husband
and Wife at the Forty-eighth Street
Theatre on Tuesday night. has played
parts quite as prominent here before.
Indeed. she acted the leading role and
was almost a star after Alexandra Car
l'sle left the cast OF "The Marriage
Game" three years ago. John Cort then
engaged Miss Tell, and her first appear
ance in this play was made ut the
Standard Theatre. She continued to act
this role for the rest OF the season, APP
pearing In more than one OF the COM
b.nation theatres In this city and Brook
Ign.
Curiously enough, 1t was Alexandra
Carlisle whom Mr.. Brady and Mr.. Hop
kins had selected for the leading part
In Charles kenyon's play. Miss Car
Isle had. however, signed n contract to
play in moving pictures. Miss Tell a
exhibiting her beauty In Cousin Lucy"
which was about all the play gave her
"A chance to show. Then she was sug-
gested in Miss Carlisle's place. The
Nlsupln VI tne cSltCllUn was promptly
shown the other night.
Miss Tell is a sister OF Alma Tell,
who is acting in "Our Children Both
sisters are graduates Of tae Empire
Theatre Dramatic School and have had
IA brief experience in stock theatres ia
the smaller cities.
The engagement OF Tullio Serahn at
the Metropolitan Opera House in case
Arturo ToscaniAi does not return must
appear inevitable. since il is announced
that Giorgio Polacco will under no cir
cumstances return to this country unless
ne Is to continue 10 conduct under the
leadership OF his former chief.
Signor polacco is also a te"mperamental
wieider of the baton a II 1t is OF course
possible that he may change his mind
about this matter. But present indi-
cations point to the fact that II Slgnor
loscanlni Is among the absent when the
season opens here 1t is likely that Signor
Polacco will also be missing.
Elisabeth Marbury has added to her
council. which so far includes Peter
Cooper Hewitt as adviser on electric
eHects Melville Ellis on costume. Elsie
de Wolfe on interior decoration. Maui
rice on onestepping and Robert Chanler
- "o'teI r. wan
ger, who will act as her general manager
ana assist in all her coming productions
Mr.. Wanger is "A graduate OF Dart
mouth College. where he was Interested
In undergraduate theatricals. He helped
TO produce plays by Maetcrlinck Lady
Gregory. Synge, Stanley Houghton and
others.
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