The Washington herald., 1915-04-04

Louis Calvert has begun a tour with
THE New Shylock'' at the London Cor
onet.
Edgar Selwyn. author of Nearly Mar.
RED" The Country Boy" and Rollins
Stones.' and his wife, Margaret Mayo
author of Twin Beds and Baby
Nine" have gone to Los Angeles. where
Mr.. Sefwyn will appear in a picture OF
his own play. THE Arab
Charles Frohman has placed in re-
hearsal a new play by Justus Miles For
man, entitled ''The Hyphen." The scenes
are laid in Pennsylvania and the story
concerns the so-called war activities
Of what have been termed hyphenated
American citizens Gail Kane will head
the cast.
Everybody Satisfied" described as "a
farcical frolic set to music is a Lon
don attraction.
Charles Frohman is to present Hazel
Dawn in 'Sybi,'' new musical play
Willard Macks new play. king.
Quees and jack will be produced next
season.
c. Aubrey Smith. leading man for Mar
Saret Ellington in Sir Henry Arthur
work on a dramatization of William ].
Locke's Where Love Is
John Cort has made arrangements with
George V. Hobart for the dramatization
of the Come on Charlie stories
After fifty weeks in the leading role
in Under Cover" Lily Cahin is pre-
pairing to drop out of the cast of that
play. She will be succeeded by Violet
Hemming. who will finish TIE engage
ment at the Cort, New York, and con-
tinue in the role next season on tour.
In the cast of She's in Again" are
Ada Lewis. Mrs. Stuart Robson. Eileen
Van Biene. Ann Warrington. Mae Hop
kins, Helen Montague, Arthur Aylsworth
and George Schiller
I.ou-TeIIegen. the star of Taking
Chances. who was formerly leading
man for Sarah Bernhard. has just re-
Ceivcd a letter from her in which she
writes: so yos want to know if I
will go on playing? How can You ask?
Until the other leg is buried in my grave
l shall never cease to GO on acting n
keep up my spirits and have a ravcnous
appetite for getting back to work"
Bernhardt will, it is said. present
Jeanne Dore'' in New York in Septcm-
her.
One of the important properties in
within the Law at Polls this week
is a Maxim silencer for a revolver.
Rose CoughIan is to impersonate Nine
Dinard in Joseph Brooks revival of
''Trilby.' and George Macfarlane will be
the Laird Taylor Holmes is to be the
Gecko.
derness and her fragrantly poetic inter-
probation of the ineffable pathos of youth !
and innocence of the little novice the |
Cinderella of the Convent, in Marie !
Odile," at the Belasco Theater New |
York, continues to win the hearts of the |
atergoers and give unbounded joy to her !
enthusiastic audiences. !
Mr.. Brady has been obliged to decline |
proposition to send Sinners to San |
Francisco for an early run during the |
Panama-Pacific Exposition for the rea-
son that the demand for the play in New
York seems certain to extend throughout |
The summer period.
The White Feather" at the Comedy
Theater. New York appears TO have
solved the rather ticklish problem invOlv-
ed in the construction of a play having
The European war as it's background,
hatants.
Four members of George Arliss' COM
rany appearing with him in Louis y.
rarkers comedy. 'Disraeli," at the Ma
tional Theater this week, have at diff
fcrent times appeared at Royal Com
mand' performances at Windsor Castle.
The actors who have been thus honored
are Charles Harbury, Henry Carvill,
Arthur Eldred and Vincent Sternroyd.
Imogene Taylor will take leading role
in the Adventures of Aladdin and the
Magic Lamp" which Miss Minnie Hawke
will present Friday afternoon, April O. at =
the Belasco Theater.
Ameta, the mirror dancer from the
Berlin Wintergarten. at Keiths next
week, will offer dances styled "Parisi- ]
enne," 'Du Papilion." dc la Flamnie. - a
and "Fleur de Lys.'' 7
Joseph Santley In 'AlI Over Town" a 7
new musical comedy will be a late April q
attraction at the Belasco Theater. 1t
Preston Gibson has sold to Pierre Hun =
gate the manager of the Little Theater :
in Los Angeles, the rights to his one-act r
play 1.-The Vacuum" which was pro-
by critics in New York. when
played by Charlotte Walker, 1.-THE most
play written by any American" 1t will b
be remembered in connection with this 8
sketch that this is the only play which t
has been Produced at the Grand GuinoI t
Theater in Paris written by an American. t
Carolina White, the prima donna OF the c
Chicago Grand Opera Com I
pany, under the direction of Otto Knabe, v
has been secured for Keith vaudeville
and will be assigned to the local bill for
the week Of April 18th.
Lucille Saunders. the contralto soioist
OF the Columbia Musical Comedy Com .
pany, Is well remembered here for her b
work with the Bostonians and In a num- q
Der OF successful musical comedies. q
The rumor that there is to be a war el
tax on stage money was probably Il
started by some one who likes to wor- Il
~ burlesQue managers.-Varieu. w