The Washington herald., 1915-07-11
IN THE WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVE
THEATRICAL BRIEFS.

Kathleen Clifford, a singing and dane
ing comedienne devoted to the imperson-
| alton of dapper boys. will be starred by
A. II. Woods In play called The Heart
Of Boy" the author OF which Is none
other than Zelda Sears actress The
production will have its first performance
in Asbury Park July %. The cast will
include Miss Sears. George Sidney. Fraser
Coulter Edwin Wilson. Mabel Carru-
theirs. Alethes Luce. Lillian Brennard.
Catherine Calhoun and Earle Mitchell.
Milton Rosmer, who. with Irene Rocks.
shared the honors OF the engagement Of
the Manchester Players at the Fine Arts
Theater. Chicago, three years ago. is now
starring at the Criterion Theater. Lon
don. in a repertory. His first play was
Stanley Houghton's The Hilarys" Other
plays on his schedule are Houghtons
Partners" Harold Brishouse's The
Road TO Raebury" and John Masefeld's
Nan"
Marie Pavey is making her vaudeville
premiere at Keith's this week. She made
A, hit as Joe in the production of Mrs
OIcott's Little Women" Her introduc-
ton is via a musical monologue.
Lydia Locke and her husband Orville
Harold. the noted tenor. are planning
to appear next season in a new opera oy
Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom.
Arnold Bennett followed his Mile
stones" success with The Great Adven-
ture," while knoblauch wrote Marie
Odile" as a successor. The Poll PLAYERS
hope to present THE Great Adventure
in the fan. but II will probably be several
years before David Belasco releases
Frances Starr's current success for stock.
When "Trilby' tours the land next
season Lyn Harding. the English actor.
will be the hypnotist of the story. instead
of Wilton Lackaye.
Stephen Phillips play, "Armageddon,
which Martin Harvey is producing in
London. is in prologue. four tableaux
and an epilogue- The dialogue is written
partly in prose and partly in Verse.
Otis Skinner next fall will have a new
play by Henry Arthur Jones' apropos OF
the Shakespearean tercentenary. In It
Shakespeare returns to earth. with Mr..
Skinner impersonating the reincarnation.
Harry Lauder has several new
songs which will be heard in Amer
lea in the autumn. the most popular
of which are Bonnie Maggie Tam
son." 81 Love My jean and My
Bonnie. Bonnie Jean" Mr.. Lauder ex-
tour landing in New York November
Is. under his old manager. William
Morris.
The Poll management in Baltimore
tried to induce Manager Cone to lend
Russell Fillmore to the neighbor city
as the Cat in The Blue Bird" but
Mr.. Cone said that Fillmore was
needed in Washington to play the
sdnnap Gapd in
which will be next weeks bill.
"Peck's Bad Boy" is still being
acted. That George NJ Cohan played
the title part when a child is of the
modern history of the play. Sam
Bernard had the part when he. too,
was a boy.
Frank Mcintyre. Michigan's popular
at his home in Ann Arbor. He Is to
be starred next season by H. H. Fra
zee in a comedy whose tentative title
is Brother Masons."
The announcement comes from
Paris that. at the annual meeting Of
the society of dramatic authors. tho
Austro-German members were ex-
pelled. Originally the proposal to ex-
clude all Austro-German members had
been viewed with some hesitation,
but in consequence of the Lusitania
crime 1t was carried unanimously.
This means. of course. the renounc-
ing of considerable profits by the So
ciety. No work of an Austrian or
in France.
Emanuel Reicher, founder of The
Modern Stage and noted German ac-
tor. announces a season of six new
plays next year. beginning in Octo-
ber. The first play to be produced
will be When the Young Wine
Blooms" by Bjornson. Herr Recher
will engage a theater for the entire
season in New York and play a lin
tied tour at the conclusion Of his New
York engagement.
Good Intention. But is the name
Of a new farce-comedy by Eden
Greville and Kate Woolsey. II will
oe produced in New York during the
coming season.
Gareth Hughes. Welsh actor. who
made a deep impression upon Ameri-
,an playgoers in Chance" the prize
play Of Wales, and later in the role
8 to be a member of the Irish Thea
er company in New York next sea-
ION.
As a result of the Zeppelin raids on
he suburbs all theaters may be closed
n London. 1t is announced by the au-
horities. London has been dark at
light for some time.
Justin Huntly Mccarthy has written
play called Sir Roger de Coverley."
Kick In is called Shell Out" in
london.
D. W. Griffith's next big movie Is to
,e called The Mother and the Law"
ie has been quoted as saying that II
will be on a vastsr scale than even
The Birth of q Nation"
The New York run of "Chin-chin'
will not be halted for the rest of the
ummer. 1t is said there has been no
et-up in the attendance. although the
has been playing since
october.
Potash and Perlmutter" has been
cted more than 500 times In London.
All the action in "Milestones'' takes
lace in one room. but the scene has
o be changed completely for each act.
or the acts are supposed to be twenty
We years apart and in that length of
line the fashion In furniture and hang
ngs as well as in costumes undergoes
complete change for each cycle.
"The Mating Pot" which has bean