New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-08
London Managers Are 10
ing Back with Six
American Plays.
CHILDREN TO ACT
DADDY LONG-LEGS"
"A Celebrated Case" Selected
for FrOhman-Belasco ALI
Star Revival.

Not only has the London Gaiety Com
pany been called upon to fulfil con-
tract to present "To-night's the Night
in London on April 20, but Grossmith
and Laurillard have arranged to pre-
sent there four New York successes
and two American plays that have not
been produced.
All this means that the engagement
at the Shubert Theatre is in its clos
ing weeks. The Shuberts announce,
however, that the production will be
brought back next fall, and, after
few weeks in this city, be sent on
tour.
Grossmith and Laurllard, who are
now presenting peg O. My Heart
and "Potash & Perlmutter' in Lon
don, have acquired the rights for
"On Trial. Under Cover, ne
Dummy" THE Song of Songs" Pot
ash and Perlmutter in Society" and
a new musical comedy by Frank Tours
and Jerome Kern.
Charles Frohman and David Belasco
last night settled on the play and
some Of the stars for their sll-Amer-
lean. all-star joint production. The
play selected Is the famous "a Cele-
brated Case" Mr. Belasco is devoting
his time to necessary changes in the
manuscript.
Three important parts are yet 70 pc
filed. The first star secured was OTIS
Skinner. The next was y. {. Goodwin.
Others are Helen Ware, Florence Reed,
Elita Proctor Otis, Minna Gale Haines,
Beverley Sitgreaves and Frederic de
Belleville.
Ruth Chatterton, in addition TO her
dailv performances of Judy Abbott, in
DADDY Long Legs" will for the next
few weeks assume the duties or dl-
rector of a special presentation to be
given by children of the stage Tor the
benefit of their school, the Rehearsal
Club Professional School, the afternoon
of Friday, April 9, at the Gaiety
Theatre.
Mrs. Willard D. Straight and Miss
Jean Greer, daughter Of Bishop Greer,
head the committee which Is coop
Grating with Miss Chatterton to raise
funds to extend the activities OF the
Rehearsal Club, both in charging thee
work of the school for child actors and
in providing larger quarters for the
club of the girls OF the theatricai pro
fession. Miss Chatterton has chosen
Boots" Wooster, one Of the child
actresses in her present company, to
play her part of Judy.
Brieux and suffrage are to go hand
in hand at the Theatre Francois, pc
ginning next Monday, when the only
political play ever written by tne
French dramatist, "L'Engrenage,' Will
be produced here. It IS said that the
politics treated by BrieuX are as true
of America to-day as they we're OF
France when he wrote the play.
One Of the subjects is the suffrage
question, and number OF women Will
discuss it during the second act Some
of those who will make their nrst
stage appearance at the Theatre Fran
Gals are Miss Alice Carpenter, Mrs:
Frederick Nathan, Mrs. Raymond
Brown. Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Mrs.
Norman de X. Whitehouse, Mrs.
Learned Hand and Mrs. John Rogers,
ir. Mrs. Inez Mllholland-Boisseyaln
will also appear.
Donald Brian, always remembered as
the Prince in THE Merry Widow" Is
the newest recruit to the all-absorb-
ING motion picture. After his season
in THE Girl from Utah" he will spend
his summer vacation at the studios OF
the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com
panv In California. His contract IS
similar TO that of all Lasky stars and
all his photo-dramatic work Tor
period Of years will be under that
management.
Daniel Frohman leaves the city for
Chicago to-day to organize the annual
Actors Fund Benefit there on March
10 Among those who have already
volunteered to appear are David War
field. Cyril Maude, Otis Skinner, Will
lam II. Crane, Macklyn Arbuckle, Ju-
liam Eltinge, Marie Tempest, Amelia
Bingham and Thomas Ross. In add
ton 10 the performance there Will be
q ball at the Congress Annex and
Hotel. The next event for the fund IN
this city is the Players Club Ball, at
the Hotel Aston. on April 3. The Bos-
ton benefit will take place on April 10.
Frances Pritchard, the eighteen
vear-old dancer, who has made a name
for herself in The Peasant Girl" and
has contributed so much 20 the sue
cess of that production at the 44th
Street Theatre, has received since the
opening. last Tuesday, eleven dozen
roses. fifteen bouquets OF orchids and
a varied assortment Of other dollhouse
rarites.
She has also received from the Shu-
berts long term contract John
Charles Thomas, the young BARITONE.
who also came in with THE Peasant
Girl" has a similar contract
That particular Hibernian beauty Of
the Watch Your Step" chorus who an
swers to the name OF Mabel Callahan
il planning a feature that is sure to
make St. Patrick's Day notable over
its predecessors. She and eleven
other girls are training in Central
Park for a long march as a human
shamrock that will be unlike any other
shamrock ever before seen. Miss Cal
lahan conceived the idea, so she is the
captain. The privates are Rose Leslie,
Marie Dana, Ethel Sykes. Gladys Sykes,
Peggy Trevor. Marie Walsh, Marcelle
Earle, Jessamine Holbrook, Billie Nor
ton, Alleyene Pickard and Olive Brit.
Frances Starr will play her fiftieth
performance tonight at the Belasco
Theatre of the little novice in Edward
Knoblauch's "Marie-Odile.'
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