New-York tribune., 1915-01-04
NEWS OF PLAYS
And PLAYERS
Edith Wynne MathiSon TO
Appear in LaSky
Feature Films.
FTHEL BARRYMORE
IN THE SHADOW"
Hello, Broadway y Matinee
Day Changed William 4.
RradV an Actor.

Brady an Actor.
py usv Of saying that Edith wynne
vs,bisor IS going into the movies
s.rounccmcrt is made that the dis
.ss.epished English artist has signed a
.atrset with the Jesse !. Lasky
y..,ure Play Company by the terms
s,rbicb she viii make her debut as a
.l,.o-dramatic star IN the Lssky- BE
i'sco picturization OF "The Governors
''ISS gSr great success in the title role
e tbe morality play "Everymsn,' in
.A;eb she made her first appearance
!. ,bjs country under the direction Of
D. Greet. is we'll remembered. She
- sppeared with the Greet COM
- - In q number Of Shakespeariau
fisics and then returned 20 England,
'-Ssre she was Sir Henry lrving'S
ie,Sing woman throughout his fare
rsU engagement
Henry MilIer's production OF "The
s,Tvsnf I'm the House" by her huS-
S,nS. Charles Ram Kennedy, brought
wss Nathison back 10 tins country.
Sbs next appeared 80 the New Thea
=, and remained with Winthrop
ines when he later became an inde-
s.ndent producer. More recently she
rs been under the management Of
cbsrles Frohman in The Spy IN
sTbe Deadlock by Margaret Turn
huI. and al the Fine Arts Theatre.
Chicago.
Ethel Barrymore is preparing 20 re-
.urn once more 20 long parts. and be-
i. IL HHre NC Fnrs ts'I' d N
Shadow" under Charles Frohman's di-
reetion Her new play was originally
written in French for Nine. Rejane by
Dsrio Niccodemi. who called IT
aI,Ombrc." Ia submitting the play 10
Mr.. Frohman the author wrote Of him
self:
q an sn Italian, living in France.
studying English 10 write plays for
Michael Morton, author Of "The Vel
low Ticket" has turned the play into
English Bruce McRae, Ernest Law
ford. Edward Fielding and Grace FL
Hsion will be in Miss Barrymore's
support
A letter from New Castle, Penn,
has caused Juliet Shelby, Of the
Watch Your Step company, 10 ask
fors weeks leave Of absence without
psy. She recently replied 20 a matri-
nonisl advertisement, and doesn't
want 10 be at the New Amsterdam
Theatre when her correspondent ar
riysa The "fun OF the thing" which
vas in her mind when she answered
he sd. no longer exists.
EXPLANATION: The gentleman in the
case, who describes himself as a Ger
nan baron, says he will arrive to-
night AZ the stage door in an automo-
BILE armed with a license and accom-
panied by q clergyman, ready TO go at
once 10 a wedding supper previously
ordered az a Broadway restaurant.
Miss Shelby is afraid such a wooer
won't be able 20 take a joke. He ad-
vsriised for q lady with 100000
Just because two sisters are going 70
play at different theatres in the same
cross street. Secret Strings" at the
Long Acre, and sinners" coming TO
ihe Playhouse Wednesday, are men
toned in the same paragraph this
morning.
Mary Nash has been in 4sth ST. since
Wednesday. when she won favor as
Jesnrette Vallendere with Lou-Telle-
zen. Florence Nash hopes that the
play William A. Brady tried out on
Christmas Day az Sing Sing will give
her similar opportunity.
"Our fstes have surely been mis-
placed in some way" Mary is quoted as
saying Maybe the war has changed
the signs Of the zodiac and brought US
e. ~. l. II IL
The Lure in 39th 81. Florence was
playing in Within the Law in 42d st.
hyen when We were under contract TO
NJ. Belasco Florence was packed away
70 the Belasco Theatre in The Lily
While played the leading role in The
woman in 42d ST."
Cohsn & Harris will make Tuesday
ne midweek matinee day for Hello
Biosowsy' al the Astor Theatre, so
nat Mr. Cohan may have his Wednes-
Gays free TO look over the crop Of 1915
productions az the other houses, with
view 70 giving them satirical treat
nsnt in his own piece.
Inspired BY the success of the ire
rue style OF entertainment, Arthur
hsmmerstein has added 10 his forces
Tommy Gray, who put the comedy in
watch Your Step" Gray's new job IS
% bUrlesoue different plays now run
hrlng in New York for performance at
me Victoria. The first is "On Trlal,"
While will be called "On File" when
Produced al Hammerstein's January IL.
William A. Brady showed what he
could DO as an actor last night IN
saaiity performance at the Manhattan
Vpera House. In the second and third
acts Of Life" which was the feature
me programme, the manager ap-
psared as a reformed safe blower, usu-
ssy played by Walter ID. Greene.
,v'hers who contributed were Alice
aeilson, Lsddie Cliff, Lydia Lopokova,
Arnold DAILY and Archie Gum.
THEATRICAL NOTES.
Rath Chatterton, star Of DADDY