The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
TREE CLOSES HIS
NEW YORK SEASON
Long Runs of "Common Clay"
an "Sibyl" Also Brought
to an End.
OTHER GOSSIP OF STAGE

Sir Herbert Tree Is going to stay hero
a while and act again before the camera.
hut after a return to England will come
back In the autumn for a long season
In New York. He will then revive some !
II the most noted successes of recen.
years at His Majesty's Theatre In Lon
don. including The Ncwcomes" and
David Copperficld.' In which he will
play Nicd,cbcr. and also another mart,
Sir Herbert closed his season at tho
New Amsterdam Theatre last night.
adding TO the representation of The
Merry Wives OF Windsor tho scene Of
Cardinal Wolsey's downfall from Henry
VIII,
Tho Republic Theatre closed las,
night after having been devoted all dur
ing the season TO Cleve Klnkead's ploy
mmo Clay h piece will be acted
in Chicago next season. lane Cowlw will,
remain In the leading role and Orme
Caldara VIII supplant John Mason In the
part Of the Judge.
The Liberty Theatre. at which "Sibyl'
has had a long and prosperous run. also
closed last night. The operct,a. with It's
three popular interpreters. Julia Sander
son, Donald Brian and Joseph Cav
thorn, Will be presented at the Empire
Theatre. which will begin its career at
the age OF twenty-five az the home of
f"s
william Faversham has decided no. 10
appear next season In the new comadv
written for him by Cyril Harcourt. ma
originally announced. but will act in a
new play.
oonlsIock a Gcst have accepted n
new comedy by George MIddle,on and
Guy Bolton. who supplied George Conan
WIN thc idea of Hit the Trail Holiday"
MI. bolton wrote some of the witty lines
IN Very Good Eddie" The new plny
is called "a HAPPY Thought"
Margaret Ellington is going into
vaudeVlIle IN a playlet written for her by
Ethel Clifton. who did For Nalnc no.
ee!ved' for Florence Reed.
several English actors have recently
kaled TO join the army in England
CHARLES Cherry has accumulated capi.al
enough on which to live II he is pcrma-
- mcapacitated or seriously
wounded George Ralph. the best, no
meo this city has seen in n long ,i,ro
sailed yesterday to enlist. lie PLAYED
hom'o IN the revival Of Romeo and
Julet at the Forty-fourth Street The
atre last winter. Rupert Harvey will
san 20 enlist 50 soon as the run of '..Ius-
tee is finished at the Gambler Theatre
James l.ounsburS, who has contributed
20 nluch 10 the success OF VERY Good
Edohe by his clever portrayal Of a
frenchman. Will next season re,u,n q,
the management OF 4. H. Moods No
VII act in Jack. King, Queen" nv
Willard Mack. "
felch Bond. who has so far con-
rented herself with looking like Mrs
castle in the chorus Of VERY Good
hddle' has had greater artistic Duties
a.r She mas .een singing the part for
merry ASSIGNED TO Alice Dovev. Miss
hoNey is III aud Miss Bond makes a very
attractive and sympat,stic vnu,g cow.
panlon of Ernest Truck in his measures
ana p'ipleAi;Ics. She sings sv.etly and
a.'s gracefully. She IL indeed altogether
charming as the misplaced bride.
townsend Walsh. who has lust done /,
great service TO the literature of the
stage through his Interesting life ~
DION Boucicauit, VIII be associated with
Winthrop Amcs when he resumes his ac-
wines Nj. Walsh. who is a graduate
or Harvard, worked for "a while m Jour
naism and Their became the manager Of
various important stars. He has recently
been associated with the Shuberts.
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To make democratic .he oris,ocr,tic
Russian Ballet IL the aim Of Theodore
kosloff and Nlasta Maslova. who will
heGln their season Of Ballet Russo AT
no Palace Theatre tomorrow. Bo.h
arc graduates Of the Imperial Russian
Ballet. and the twelve dancers who an
iear with them ave each a degree from
ms royal school. Koslor's dream is TO
round an American school of ballet.
since he frs: appeared with Gertrude
Hoffnann in her pioneer season OF Rus
san ballet he has opened q school OF
dancing and Is confident that in twenty
Years or 50 his institution will have
enough traditions and enough graduates
N give II real academic dignity.
Meanwhilt he wants to educate the
entire American people to IN apprecia-
ton or great intcrpretative da ncing. go
There will he a public demand here. as
IN Russia. for artists who have been
trained from heir earliest youth. lie is
n fanatic on tic suhjcc' Of ,lanciny. and
y he had his way the folk of this and
other lands would never think OF war,
nut would darce daily In sheer dellrlum
or c~cstattC emotion.
When dis ussing contracts with the
Palace general star some one remarked
10 kosioT tina: the Russ ans have shown
NM" originality in the basic ideas of
their ballet.
1T Is true" admit ~ Kosloff. 'tha,
We took tbs ballet originally from
France; thao Is we received our tech.
N'Pue from TIC French about eighty OF
ninety years ago. whe Pr zee Stolyn,n
who had been living in Paris. founded
Il ballet school on his great estate near
MOSCOW, The Prince brought sevora'
dancing teachers from France and had
all the serfs on his estate taught how
70 dance, thereby 81 ,i:ig birtr to the
Russian ballet school.
"Sinc that time the ballet has mad,
great progress all ov.i Russia. becom.
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