The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
THEATRICAL BRIEFS.

| William Faversham in The Hawk
will be seen at the Belasco Theater fol
the week beginning Monday evening. De
cember "a
Edgar Smith has been commissioned tt
revise THE Blue Paradise" the Vienness
operetta now at the Casino Theater. New
York. for English consumption. Ills task
will be that of elimina ting the German
atmosphere.
Through th'ir Berlin representative
the Messrs. Shubert received information
last week to the effect that a new opera
Iof Franz Lehars called The Star-gazer
will be produced in Berlin for the first
time on New Years Eve.
George MacFariane has twice becn
signed for Keith's here and each time
lured back into the & realm. Manager
Robbins says that for next week they
have the popular Ginger thrown and
hog-t tied with no further hope of a get
away again from Washington vaude-
villists.
Sarah Bernhardt has booked passage
Tor America on the steamship Lafayette,
sailing from Bordeaux on Christmas Day.
She will arrive in New York about Jam
rary ). SO her manager. W. F. Connor.
has been advised by ,cable Nine Bern
hardt will play for the first time on her
American tour the balcony seem from
Romeo and Juliet" and the trial scene
from the Merchant of Venice"
Mrs. Fiske will act the character of
Mrs. Dreary I'm a dramatization Of
"Barnabetta." Helen Reimensnyder Mar
tins Pennsylvania Dutch novel The play
will be called "Erstwhile Susan" after
the part taken by Mrs FIske.
Ada Meade. of the New York Winter
Garden Company. is a great-granddaugh-
ter Of the United States Marshal who ar
rested Aaron Burr after the duel with
Hamilton.
According to all reports. the Lasky pro-
ducton of The Immigrant" in which
Valeska Surratt Is to star, will be some
thing absolutely different from anything
In which she has heretofore appeared. She
left Hollywood last Tuesday to resume
her vaudeville engagements over the
Orpheum circuit
Klaw & Erlanger have sold the British
rights to Around the Nap"
Lyn Harding will have the chief role
IN The Devils Garden" dramatization
by Edith Ellis Of W. E. Maxwelrs novel
of the same name.
Mrs. Alexander Salvini has been en-
gagged for the support of James X.
Hackett and Viola Allen in their Shake
spearean productions.
1den Payne is going to produce THE
Hillarys" which was begun by Stanley
and finished by Harold Brig
house. author OF .Hobson's Choice
Kate Douglas Wiggin has made a YER
sion Of her book, Mrs. Carey's Chick
ems" which will be acted in January at
Los Angeles.
On her present tour of Keith vaude-
vile Violet Dale Is giving her Impressions
OF Pavlowa. Richard Carle, Marie Dress
, !er, May Vokes. Frances Starr. Frank
Tiney. Albert Chevalier, Eddie Foy, LII
Ian Shaw. Trixie Friganza, Mrs Leslie
carter. and Nazimova, the latter coming
to keith's Just a week ahead Of her
mimic.
Frank Pollock has replaced Stewart |
Baird In the cast OF s"Tonights the |
Wight" Baird will have part in "SibyI,"
he new Frohman piece.
klaw & Erlanger received a cable dis |
patch from their Vienna CORRESPONDENT
yesterday stating that Long Live Love"
,cored a notable success at its premiere |
n the Johann Strauss Theater. Long /
Live Love" c'Es Lebe die Lebe'D is the /
atest work Of Emmerich KaIman, the
composer. The book is by Leo Stein and |
3ela Jenbach. Klaw & Erlanger control |
he English-speaking rights Of the piece. |
Kiaw & Erianger may star Leon Enrol
lext season.
Mixzi Hajos is being called in from her
raveis to take up rehearsals Of a new
hungarian operetta, which at this time
las the title OF "The King of the
,rooks."
Maurice and Walton and Maurice and
'arkoa will be in the cast Of a new musi-
al play-salled Fully That il
Leo Dtrichstein. in THE Great Lover"
Milling the Longacre Theater. New
.ork. to its capacity at every PERFORM
nee OF this delightful comedy.
The 55oth performance OF "chin- Chin"
as given November o.
ALONE at Last" win remain the entire