New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-19
NEWS OF PLAYS
and PLAYERS
Frohman and BelascO
Seek American Play
for Star Cast.
celebrated CASE"
TOUR ARRANGED
Edward Abeles Returns from
Vaudeville and Pictures to
New Comedy.

Charles Frohman ana DaVlu belasSo
changed their plans for annual star
revivals yesterday and decided TO pro-
duce an original play by an American
author who could write enough good
parts for players Of the standard set
by the company in "a Celebrated Case"
at the Empire.
Augustus Thomas, Edward Sheldon
and Justus Miles Forman have already
been asked to submit plays. Adequate
acting parts are requested for OTIS
Skinner, Nat C. Goodwin, Ann MUIR
dock, Helen Ware, Robert Warwick,
Frederic de Belleville, Elita Proctor
Otis, Minna Gale Haynes, Eugene
O'Brien and Beverley Sitgreaves.
Unknown authors are not barred.
Tentative arrangements have been
made to send "a Celebrated Case" TO
Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago in
June.
Edward Abeles, who has Oeen lend
ing his talents as a comedian TO vaude-
vile and motion pictures for some
time, Is rehearsing a new comedy Tor
production in a Shubert theatre. The
Last Laugh" is the name Of the piece
and it was written by Paul Dickey and
Charles Goddard, authors OF THE Mis-
leading Lady" and "The Ghost
Breaker"
The Vitagraph Company of America
has made application for insurance of
100000 on the life of Anita Stewart
because of a desire to be protected
from the loss of her services in new
serial, "The Goddess" Miss Stewart
will risk her life several times, even II
some insurance company doesn't.
MANY of the popular members of ION
Your Way" the Columbia University
show, will repeat their Hotel Aston
stunts at the Strand Roof Garden to-
morrow night. The student players VIII
be the guests of Mrs. W. X: Fanderpllt'
Miss Anne Morgan, Miss Elisabeth Mar
bury and Miss Elsie De Wolfe. !hey
will be permitted to take part IN a
dancing contest for prizes. Io-nlgnt
Miss Florence Walton will be the Of
fetal judge at the Manhattan contest
preliminary to the interborough dane
ing competition set for April ~
Flatbush Is to have a new motion
picture playhouse, with a seating ca
pacity of $500. II. Whitman Bennett,
who not so long ago was obtaining pub
licity for other theatre owners, IS one
of the projectors Of the scheme. As a
member of the firm of Picker Ben
nett he already has an interest IN the
spacious Burland Theatre IN Inc
Bronx and the venerable Eighth Ave
nue. in Manhattan. For summer use
the new theatre in Brooklyn will have
roof garden, accommodating more
than 1900. 1t is to be built at Flat
bush Avenue and Cortelyou Road.
Emanuel Reicher begins a limited
engagement tonight at the Park The
atre. in the tile role of John Gabriel
Borkman." The last performance will
be on Friday.
An unprecedented tribute has been
extended to Pauline Frederick, who
played Donna Roma for the photo spec
tacle of Hall Gaines THE Eternal
City" at the Aston. Viola Allen. who
created the role, saw the opening last
Monday and later told Daniel Frohman,
managing director of the Famous Play-
ers' Film Company, that Miss Frederick
I WAS superb anu IldN olAN 'AN'NA AN'NA
lied the power of the screen to COM
/ bine scenic and dramatic illusion.
At the Globe Theatre they're already
talking about the Booth performance
of "Chin-Chin." although the Mont
gomery and Stone organization won't
get into the fourth century until June.
It is planned TO make the occasion an
opportunity for q medley of the best
numbers the comedians have had in
the productions which Charles billing
ham has made for them. Also, it Is
announced that each member who has
rot been absent once will receive a
/ gold medal.
The Children's Educational Theatre
announces its last four performances
ct the Washington Irving High School
/ "The Little Princess" will be played on
/ the afternoons Of Wednesday and May
/ /. On the evenings Of those days the
bill will be "The Probationer,' 1.-THE
Vision of the Blind" and "The TRAY
cling Man" All seats are ten cents.