New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-31
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Donald Brian Finds Him
self the Centre of a Gay
Controversy.

Give Donald Brian time and he will
} become as famous character as Dred
/ Scott or RUDE Marquard. SCOTS name
| has been handed down to history in
connection with a question of iurisdc-
ton. and Marouard is achieving sim
liar renown. And now comes Mr.. Brian
/ and his feet to take his rightful place
/ beside them in the gallery of disputed
/ ownership.
The trouble started on Sunday, when
| Oliver MoroscO casually released for
publication the information that Brian
was about to desert the Charles Froh-
man Company in favor Of the Morosco
management. The change would take
place in a few weeks, it was stated,
after which 1.-THE Girl from Utah"
would have to get along as well a, 1t
could without Brian's expert terpsi-
choreal aid.
/ Augustus Thomas and other mem
bers of the Frohman corporation read
/ the news in Yesterdays papers. They
at once issued statement confirming
/ it in full. excepting one or two points
/ The only errors in the Morosco mani
! festo, they said were the statements
] that Brian would lease the cast of
"The Girl from Utah" and that he
would work for Oliver MOrosco Not
only will he continue in the cast
/ throughout the season, they stated. but
/ he will also he under the Frohman
management for several more seasons.
! At a late hour last night Mr.. Morosco
/ had not receded a step, and there was
/ some talk of compromise whereby
enc of the claimants will be awarded
/ Rrian's feet and the other will be en-
/ titled to the rest Of him. Large guam
titles of white paper were carried into
the Morosco Offices under cover of dark
ness. however. which led to a belief
along Broadway that more statements
would be forthcoming to-day.
After all. Lewis Waller is to act in
/ New York again. Gamblers ALL IN
which Mr.. Waller and Madge 1.-THE
radge are now appearing at Wyndham's
! Theatre. London, will be seen before
| Christmas. The entire English com
pany. in a praisewOrthv desire to as
sist American actors. will take chance
on submarines by coming along.
Granville Barker's company. shelly
/ ing the Greek drama for the moment.
will open the season in Washington Non
> October II. playing "Androcles and the
B Lion" and "The Man Who Married
/ Dumb Wife" The tour will extend as
far west as Kansas City.
The final section of Sir Johnston
Forbes -Robertson's triple farewell tour
| is scheduled to begin in Richmond.
! Va. on October II. Sir Johnston sails
for New York on September 20, bring
J ing his entire company and a new idea
for the staging of Hamlet" The lat
ter takes a leaf from Granville Bar
/ hers album rs providing for the use
CT curtains instead of scenery.
Although they have long dealt exclu-
sively in the drama. the Messrs. Selwyp
are rot aveTSc 10 laying in a side line
/ II thew can be WINGED that it will
contribute to the general uplift. Irwin
J Cobb's lectures are case in point, and
; Mrs. Belle Armstrong Whitney's
fashion show will be submitted as fur
Their evidence. Mrs. Whitney arrived
Yesterday from Paris, bringing gowns
so gorgeous that they blinded Tour
veteran customs inspectors on the spot.
+ The gowns will play a series OF natl
Dees at the Hudson Theatre next month.
According 10 information which
4 Cleves Kinkead, lawyer and author OF
Common Clay" is quite willing TO put
into affidavit form upon receipt of a
nurely nominal legal fee, the fountain
pen business would not be nearly so
profitable if il were not for the play
+ writing habit. Mr.. Kinkead, in the
three weeks prior to the presentation
of Common Clay" at the Republic
Theatre. wrote FIVE different epilogues
for his play before he arrived at one
that was deemed satisfactory.
"The Girl VINO Smiles" moved from
the lyric to the LOngacre last night,
and Lucille Saunders replaced Jennie
Dickerson in the role OF Nine. Bouliere.
+ Life in the Selwyn Offices these days
is lust one Twin Beds company after
another. the sequence being broken
only by an occasional Under Cover
aggregation. Four companies OF the
former and two OF the latter Will take
10 the road this season.
: Nav Irwin is going 10 supply a long
felt want by means OF short felt rag
/ At the coming matinee at the fark
! Theatre the women will be presented
with souvenir vanity boxes, TO be used
when tears follow laughter at Miss r.
! wins performance in "io. 10 Washing
tan SnuAr~-"