New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
"Please Help Emily" and
Brazilian Honeymoon"
Open August Ia.

Two openings are announced FOR
three weeks from to-day, August IA.
Ann Murdock will be seen at the Ly-
ceum Theatre in please Help Emily"
and the Shuberts will present "The
Brazilian Honeymoon" at the Forty
fourth Street Theatre. The latter is
musical comedy adapted from the Ger
man of julius Brammer and Alfred
Grunwald by Edgar Smith, with lyrics
by Matthew Woodward and music ny
Robert Winterberg and Sigmund Rom
/ berg.
"a Delicate Situation" a three-act
comedy by Grant Stewart and Robert
Baker, will be produced at Long Branch
tonight by William Harris, jr. In the
company are Cyril Scott, Fay Banter,
Henry Vogel, Wallace Worsley, Ehel
Intropodi, J. Malcolm Dunn, Jane Mere
dith and others. The piece will have
an early New York production.
"Blood Will Tell" Otto Hauerbach's
first contribution to the serious DRAMA
will be produced by II. II. Frazee at AS
bury Park tonight. Heretofore MI
Hauerbach has confined his efforts 10
musical comedy. The cast includes
Henry Kolker, Paul Eveton, David Hig-
gins. Frederick Esmelton, Richard Hale,
Donald Gallagher, Theodore kehrwaid,
Henry Duffey, Will Gregory, Emehe
Polini, Miriam Doyle, Margaret Porter
and Florence Newark. Following US
/ New Jersey engagement Mr.. Frazee Will
| send the play to Chicago.
! Walter Jones, last seen in The Blue
Envelope" has been engaged by a. H.
Woods to appear In KING Queeh'
Jack"
Oreste Vesseli, the Italian bandmas,
ter. who wrote the music for ne hoau
10 Mandalay," will have a new opera
readv for production in OCTOBER ne
has named il "The Belle OF Burmah
/ Norma Swartout has written the pooh'
Whitford Kane, who last appeared IN
the role Of Willy Mossop IN hopsDn
Choice" will play the advocate IN
t;cen next season. Mr.. Kane played the
nart in England when the drama had
its first production
Al Woods will present potash an anu
perimutter in Society" in London ne
COMPANY. including Lee kohlmar' , Gus
Yorke, Franklin Hanna Ernest
,on peter Wieser. Elice Martin. 1. r;
Nowsome and Charles Leonard, VIII
sail August 29 on the st. Paul.
uorbert Brenon, director Of William
Fox's Annette Kellermann spectacle
"a Daughter Of the Gods who is now
in the producing business for himself
announces that his first production
will be "War Brides" starring NINE
| ALA Nazimova. Mr.. Brenon is assocl-
ated with Lewis Selznick and Stanley
! Mastbaum in the venture
Tuesday afternoon, August 8, Will
ba Actors Fund Day at me
STAMPEDE" which is to be held on the
. Sheepshead Bay Speedway from August
/ Z TO 70. On this day percentage OF
/ the receipts will be devoted 10 'he
Actors Fund.
"For Value Received" by Ethel
/ Clifton. which was presented at the
Alcazar Theatre. San Francisco, last last
month. with Florence Reid in the
! leading role, will be produced IN New
York next month. with Ethel Clifton
herself playing that part.
| The Clifford Devereux Players will
present Twelfth Night" on the cam
nus of New York University to-
night. "The Comedy of Errors" to-
morrow afternoon and "She Stoops TO
CONQUER" tomorrow night. The rest
of the week the Players will be seen
on the Columbia University green.
Frederic Mckay has engaged Ben
| Teal as stage director for broadway
and Buttermilk," in which Blanche
Ring comes to the Maxine Elliott Thea
tire on August Z.