The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
theatrical Briefs

Vernon Castle, who started for the
firing line in Europe two months ago
and hasn't found IL yet, will begin
series of Sunday evening dances at
the New York Hippodrome this week
with Mrs. Castle as bis partner.
The Dolly Sisters, a pretty and pop
ular team of dancers. have been en-
gagged by A. H. Woods for principal
roles in new farce with musicl called
The Stolen Honeymoon. Its author
is Lawrence Rising, author OF several
one-sct plays.
Ralph A. Remley. who Is to play
the title role in The Dummy" at
PoIfs this week. has been studying
the deaf mute sign language for two
weeks He Is required to talk on his
fingers in several scenes of the detect
i've comedy. and he is fearful lest
some student of the local deaf mute
institution should criticise his tech
nique."
"onicer. Call a Cop" a farce by
4 Charles Sumner, author of The Nat
urai Law" and Harry Segal, will be
produced by the Bainbridge Players at
the Shubert .Theater, of Minneapolis,
early in February. Mr.. Sumner and
Mr.. Segal are also the authors of
Watch My Wife, a farce that A. H.
Woods has accepted for production.
They are Chicagoans.
Mrs. Langtry's new vaudeville com
edy. Ashes" is by Frederick PEN
field, the co-author of "As in a Look
ing Glass" The scenes are laid in
London g II
Josephine Victor, playing. the heroine
Ew hafp ~,
Of Magyar blood, born in the Tokay
hills is to be honored by q theater party
of her countrymen. The Hungarian So
ciety of New York will attend in a body
one night this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey oIcott will
spend few weeks and part of last sea-
sons profits at Palm Beach, Fla, whence
they have already gone. In February
Mr. Olcott expects to appear ina new
play by George NJ. Cohan.
Robert Hiliard. besides being figure
Of public interest as a star in The Pride
Of Race at Maxine Elliott's Theater, is
in private business life director in the
Everard Breweries Corporation.
Harvey ]. o'Higgins, who. with Harriet
Ford, wrote The Dummy which is to
be, seen at Polls this week was the win
ner of the first 5000 short-story prize Of
fered by Golfers. some eight or ten
years ago.
AmeHe Riyes princess Pierre Trou-
betskoyJ is the author Of a play called
The Fear Market which will be staged
at the Booth Theater New York We'd
nesday night, the first production of
the new firm Of George Mooser and Har-
rlson Grey Fiske. This is the first ven
ture as a playwright of the author of
ha nHHtR he
The Shuberts are organizing another
''Hobson's Choice" company for the
road.
New York Is TO have a new playhouse
to be run with policy such as opened
the Princess. One-act plays will be the
feature. The location will be announced
in the future
Mrs. Patrick Campbell closes her tour
the first week in February to begin re-
hearsals in new play. as yet unnamed.
John ]. Donnelly has been engaged as
manager Of william Hodge in his new
play, Fixing Sisters"
weber and Fields, at Keith's. win give
one OF their characteristic linguistic
seanees called Mike and Meyer" Their
Keith vaudeville tour Is for twenty
weeks. one in Washington.
Hip Hip Hooray," Charles DfIing-
hams spectacle which seems to have
set the whole country a-skating ceIe-
brates its 10th anniversary at the Hip
podrome on Tuesday of this week
Jane o'Day, Willard Mack's new
play. in which Blanche Ring will star,
is in rehearsal
The shuberts have accepted a new
play by Richard w. TulIy for produc-
ton.
WIN NJ. Cressy has written a play en-
titled From Nowhere to Broadway"
Ada Lewis. now appearing as Madame
Mstroppo in Very Good Eddie" at
the Princess Thester, n. y, has Just
completed book bearing the title. 'one
Hundred Ways How Not TO Be Bore. -
IL has been accepted for publication by
the Dobbs-Merrill Company
William 3. Mack has been added to
the cast OF the new play. ANY House. >
by Owen Davis and Robert h Davis
which Sargent Aborn win give It's New
York opening early in February.
Nine. August strindberg, widow Of
the swedish dramatist, is planning to
present a group of her husbands
plays I'm New York. The season win
begin early in February with East