New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-21
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Any House" us No More
blue Envelope" Next
at the COrt.

ANY House." the double Davis
drama, closed its doors at the Cort The
atre on Saturday night. The house
will be dark for two weeks, and on
March will be the scene Of the pre-
miere of "The Blue Envelope" farce
with which Richard Lambert is en-
deayoring to transpose himself from
publicity purveyor TO producer. The
authors are Frank Hatch and Robert
T.. Romans, and the cast will be headed
by Walter Jones, FRANKLIN Ardell and
Josie Sadler.
Maude Adams will remain at the En-
pire Theatre until March IS, playing
only in "The Little Minister" and will
then tour with the play until June.
The summer months will be devoted
to preparing a new Barrie play for fall
presentation in New York. The new
play, according to reports, Is a senti-
mental comedy, the subject Of which
is worldwide"
Although the Dolly Sisters are now
spending their mornings on the New
Amsterdam Roof and their afternoons
and evenings at the Palace, their forth
coming appearance in real drama has
not been forgotten. Rehearsals of THE
Stolen Honeymoon" will begin next
month, and the Misses Dolly will APP
pear in the title role-the principal
parts, that is. Not only is there not
song nor dance in the play, but there
is no part in it for Harry Fox.
The opening of THE Road to Manda-
lay" at the Park Theatre, will take
place on February 20, instead Of the
26th.
The Washington Square Players will
give three benefit performances at the
Bandbox Theatre this week. On
Wednesday evening the proceeds will
20 TO destitute Russian women and chill
dren, on Thursday TO the Society for
the Relief OF Half Orphans and Desti-
tute Children, and on Friday TO the
Ssonywold Sanitarium, Auxiliary No.
10.
Mizzi Hajos, "Pom-Pom," is en-
deavoring to obtain legal permission
to change her first name to "Mitzi" and
to drop the Hajos. The change, she as
serts, will accomplish the double pur-
pose Of instructing the public in the
pronunciation of her first name and
saving half the time now spent in
signing checks.
The complete cast Of Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Trees production of Henry
VIII" includes Sir Herbert, as Cardinal
Wolsey; Edith Wynne Matthison. as
Katharine; Lyn Harding, as the king;
Charles Dalton, as Buckingham; Wil-
lette Kershaw, as Anne Boleyn; Lionel
Braham, as the lord chamberlain, and
Claude Beerbohm, as Cardinal Cam
reius. The production will be made at
the New Amsterdam Theatre on March
ii.
"Arsene Lupin" will be repeated at
the Theatre Francois tonight, and tho
FIRST performance OF lie Ceur Dis
pose" will take place tomorrow.
Edna Baker, at present leading
woman in at Pays TO Advertise, has
been re-engaged by Cohen and Harris
for the leading role in one OF next sea-
sons productions.
alone at Last" will continue At the
Shubert Theatre for about month
and will then make way for the BROOKS
revival Of THE Great Pursuit" Two
companies of "Alone at Last" will be
sent on tour, with Marguerite Namara
at the head Of one and John Charles
Thomas in the other.
THE Masked Model" which had been
considered Broadway possibility,
closed with considerable suddennsss IN
Baltimore on Saturday night.