The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-19
The Stage in New
York

NEW YORK. March Ie.-"The Blue
Envelope" a farce. by Frank Hatch
and Robert f. Romans. opened at the
the cort Theater on March 10. The cast
includes Walter Jones. George Probert,
Carrie Reynolds, Josie Sadler, George
w. Howard. Edwin Forsberg. Beth
FRANKLIN, Eltel Valentine, Ralph
Marin, and others.
The Washington Square Players pre-
scented their fourth and last program
q the season at the Bspdbox rheator.
four one-act plays. Children" by iuy
Bolton and Tom Cation: ''The Age OF
Reason" by Cecil Dorian; 1.-The MaEi-
cal City," by Zoe Atkins, and The
sketch of unknown French authorship
James X. Hackett and Viola Allen
reviewed The Merry Wives of Wind
sor a. the Criterion Theater on March
music for the production and will con-
Duct the orchestra. The scenery is by
Joseph Urban.
Pursuit, new version OF c. Haddon
Shambers play, "rhe Idler.' at tho
Shuhert Theater on March 90
Alone at Last" now at the Shubert,
VIII &c on tour.
Edgar Seiwyn, who recently returned
fIcm Havana. announces that the Arm
OF Selwyn & Co. is making more ex-
tensive plans than ever before, and
that already hve plays are being ar
ranged Tor production next season. or
the list, two are farces one by Mar
garet Mayo and one by Avery Hop
wood; two are comedies, one by Edgar
Selwyn and the other by an author al
m H.
Roi Copper Meseue and Irwin Cobb.
The Shuberts announce three new
productions for the near future. The
nrst Will be an operetta, entitled MY
Soldier Boy" rehealsals of which have
begun under the direction Of Benrimo
begin today. The score OF the piece Il
by Emmerich Kalman and Digmund
RomberB; the book by Victor Leon, who
wrote the book OF THE Merry Widow
The American adaptation has beer
made by Rldh johnson Young. The
cast will Include Margaret Romaine
Arthur Albro. Lawrence Leonard. Scott
Welsh, Gerry McGarry,. Harold Vlzerd
Brandon. and Fay Evelyn. It viii Ne
| presented out OF town In two wtcki
| and then come to one OF the Shubrri
theaters in the city.
Following this production the Shu
oerts will bring out two spring musical
shows.
Jules Bols. the Frenich playwright
! and novelist, has arrived in thi,
country TO arrange for a visit I,
! America next fall of the Coincide Fran,
/ Caise company.
II negotiations are successful the or
gGnization will probably begin Its season
In October, producing In the French
Language number OF French classics
and plays OF modern date. In addition
| to New York, the company will appeal
| In Washington. Boston. and PhIladel
phla. and possibly In some of tn,
larger Western cities. 1t will be TN,
first time that tho company has beer
seen OUTSIDE OF France.
The season will be financed by Ottt
II, Kahn and other well-known men.
William A. Brady who has not MAD,
a stage production since Husband AM
! Wife" a drama seen at the Forty
eighth Street Theater early in the sea
son. will shortly renew his activities
i'ron returning from trip through tn
! South and Middle West recently, n
announced that he has six new produc
t'onE scheduled for this spring AmonJ
them viii be THE Man Who Cam
Hack" by Jules Eckert Goodman
Little Comrade." by Burton r. Steven
son: Counting the Cost" by Gsorg
Rroadhurst; and a play by Owen Davis
as yet unnamed.