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Is First OF New Comedies
To Be Staged
"COhdn Revue 1917" viii
Have Premiere Christmas

New York, August 12-Managerial
plans for the new season, as announc-
ed from the various offices, indicate
much general theatrical activity this
year. The rather unexpected prosper
ity of the season of 1856 has given
the producers the courage as well as
the necessary wherewithal to carry
out any new plans they have in mind,
and in consequence the season now
about to begin bears the preliminary
promise of being one of the most
notable in recent years.
Although some of the managers
will hold back their more important
productions until after the presi-
Dental election, q number of new
plays have already been offered to the
public and many others are in pros
pect for the near future AS in other
seasons, however, it is expected that
a number of the plays the managers
say they have for production will not
be presented this year except in
emergencies, such as successive fail
ures of plays upon which the greater
hope had been placed.
A sweeping drive of new plays has
struck Broadway even thus early in
the new season. Miss Blanche Ring
reopened Maxine Elliotts theatre this
week in Willard Mack's latest COM
edy, Broadway and Buttermill1."
Max Marcins comedy, Cheating
Cheaters" has been put on at the FL
tinge, with Miss Marjorie Rambeau,
who is Mrs. Willard Mack in private
life, in the chief role. At Cohan's
theatre this week David Belasco pre-
sented Roi Cooper Megrue's play,
Seven Chances" an exceedingly
early premiere for Belasco attrac-
tion. The Thirty-ninth street theatre
has been reopened with "The Belle of
Trouville," a musical play, with Nine.
Chapine in the leading part.
Before the end of the month anoth-
er Willard Mack play, king, Queen,
Jack" will reach Broadway, followed
by Miss Irene Fenwick in "The Guilty
Man." the new drama by the late
Charles Klein and Miss Ruth Helen
Davis. Two productions of promise
are announced for next week when
the Charles Frohman Company will
introduce Miss Ann Murdoch at the
Lyceum in "Please Help Emily" and
the Messrs. Shubert will present "The
Brazilian Honeymoon" an elaborate
musical comedy, at the Forty-fourth
Street theatre.
"The Guilty Man." Cheating
Cheaters" and king, Queen, Jack"
will be presented under the direction
of A. H. Woods. Other attractions to
be presented by Mr.. Woods early in
the season will include "The SQUAD
Farm" new comedy by the Hattons,
with cast headed by Robert Ede-
son; a new farce comedy entitled
"His Bridal Night" to be presented
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stars, and new play by Louis Ans
pacher entitled "That Day." in which
Kathryn Kidder will have the leading
role.
The offerings announced by the
Charles Frohman company, in addi
tion to those already mentioned, will
include new Barrie play for Maude
Adams, entitled "a Kiss for Cinder
ella" Margaret Anglin in Caroline, ;
new comedy by w. Somerset
Maugham, and new plays for Ethe
Barrymore and Otis Skinner,
The Shuberts include in their plays
the productions of Eugene Walter,
dramatization of "The Little Shep
herd of Kingdom Come" Mark Swan,
farce, Somebody's Luggage" featur
ing James t. Powers, and new com
edy by Alfred Sutro. AS usual tn,
Shuberts will make great many mu