New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-28
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
"The Pirates of Penzance'
Postponed for An
other Week.

Postponed tor An
other Week.
De Wolf Hopper's production Of
"The Pirates Of Penzance" at the .
Forty-eighth Street Theatre has been /.
postponed until Monday, June T. Tho .
sorcerer" and Trial by Jury" will con
tinue through next week.
The enterprises OF the late Charles +
Frohman are 20 be conducted Just as .
If he were on one Of his annua. trips .
abroad. This was always MS wish, and .
Daniel Frohman. the representative OF .
the estate, has decided TO carry 1t out. .
All Hayman will remain in charge OF
the business and all Mr. Frohman's .
stars will remain. In addition, Edward /
Sheldon. Augustus Thomas. Porter .
Emerson Browne, Catherine Chisholm .
Cushing, Eleanor Gates, Sir Arthur /
Wing Pinero. Sir James Barrie, ". .
Somerset Vaughan. Hubert Henry
Davies and Iladdon Chambers are all
at work on plays contracted for by
Mr. Frohman, which will be delivered /
according to the original agreement.
Signor Tltta Rufo has received such |
an enormous offer from the Opera
House at Buenos Ayres, Brazil. chat
the Messrs. Shubert have cancelled the I
concert tour which they had made tor
him in Boston. Philadelphia, New
Haven and at the Hippodrome IN New
York. Instead, they have arranged Tor
Mr.. Ruffo 70 give two matinee concerts
at the Manhattan Opera House, on
Tuesday afternoon, June /, and Thurs .
day afternoon, June 3, thereby enabling
the BARITONE to sail direct for Brazil on
Friday. June 4. Mr.. Rutfo's programme
for the concerts will be announced
later.
Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson closed
! his farewell American tour AZ the
Academy of Music, Northampton, Mass,
the only municipal theatre in the Eng
lish speaking world on last Monday
night, in Hamlet after giving an
overflow performance Of Passing OF
the Third Foor Back" in the afternoon.
/ This is the longest tour Forbes Robert
son has ever played in America, eN-
tending for thirty-fve weeks and COW
ering some thlrty-iive thousand miles.
! Rehearsais are now under way az
New Haven for the Yale Dramatic As
sociation's commencement play, which
is to be Tennyson's "Harold.' The per
Torrance, as in former years, Will be
given on the campus, on Saturday
/ evening. June 10, at $3.50. The parts
have not yet been assigned. The stage
director is f. VI. Wooley. who has been
coach OF the association for several
wears, and who was largely responsible
for the success Of the four one-act
plays presented during the holidays.
/ Owing 10 the fact that an unusually
/ large reunion attendance Is expected
this spring, the association has decided
to honor all applications for seats re-
ceived By mail at any early date. A!
such correspondence should be ad-
I dressed TO the Yale Dramatic Assocla-
ton, Yale Station, New Haven, Conn.
The engagement of Lou-Tellegen in
Taking Chances" will come to an end
at the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre on
Saturday night, and in all probability
new farce, Find the Woman with
Ralph Herr in the chief role, will be
produced at this house during the
coming week. THE Only Girl' will
close at the Lyric Theatre on Saturday
evening, June 5, and on the same night
The Peasant Girl" will close at the
Forty-fourth Street Theatre, to be fol- /
lowed by Lew Fields in the new revue, T.
Hands Up" with Eaurice and Walton.
Rehesrsals for the new musical com
edv, "The Girl Who Smiles" to be .
given by the Times Producing Cor .
poration, will begin July |, under. the .
direction Of Ben Teal. Among those .
engaged are Miss Natalie Alt, Miss .
Grace Leigh, Fred Walton, the famous .
English comedian, and George Baldwin.
Owing to the big demand for seats .
for the performances Of Granville /
Barker's productions Of "Iphigenia in /
Tauris" and The Trojan Women" at
the stadium Of the College of the City
Of New York, more than 500 extra seats
have been added 10 the capacity. The /
seats have been placed around the
Greek orchestra.
A private performance Of THE Pass
ing Show of 1915" will be given at the
Winter Garden tonight, preparatory
10 the opening, on Saturday,