Evening star., 1916-05-07

Trial" has written a play dealing with
| child labor
George Arliss ended long and. It
is said, a prosperous sea- son in Pa
| ganini' last week.
David Belasco has postponed the
| production of Willard Mack's play,
| Leo Detrichstein has been ordered
to rest by his physician. He is suffer-
| ing with his eyes.
Fanny Brice, who was missed from
| the "Follies" this year. has been re-
engaged for that organization for next
| season.
1.-THE Dickey Bird" which Mary Shaw
is playing. Is the work of the author of
| "Poligamy.'
Belle Baker has laid aside her Irving
Berlin songs and is singing character
| ditties written for her exclusively.
Fiske O'Hara is to have a new play
| next season by Anna Nichols. called
| The O'Neil." Augustus Pitou, jr, will
| direct the tour.
Willard Mack has written a play for
| Marjorie Rambeau. his wife. called
Down Hill. which Will De produced
| in New York next fall.
Edith Wynne Matthison is to give
Shakespearean readings at a number of
| colleges. beginning at Wellesley, with
| Princeton and Nassar following.
| Next season De Wolf Hopper will
| be in vaudeville with monologue
based on his motion picture expert
| ence. entitled ''Mishaps in the Movies"
| Frank Mcintyre has a new comedy
| in which he will star next season. He
has been appearing in vaudeville In
| The Hat Salesman
"The Boomerang" is to be produced
! in London about the middle of the
| month. Fay Compton and Nina Bouci-
cault will be in the cast.
Norman Trevor in collaboration with
Capt. Smart of the British army. has
| written a play called The Brake"
which will be produced next season.
| Sam Hardy. whose last appearance
| in this city was in The Princess Pat"
| has been engaged for one of the prin-
| cipal roles in the new Ziegfeld Follies
1t is said now that Lew Fields. in
stead of reviving The Girl Behind
the Counter" as first announced is to
be seen in a new musical play called
| step 1nlS way
IA Pair of Queens" farce by Otto
| Hauerbach. Seymour Brown and Harry
Lewis, produced in Toronto by H. H.
| Frazee recently, is to have spring and
| summer run in Chicago.
! A play by Carl e. Freybe and Hiram
| K Moderwell, called The Devils In
| fall with a cast including William
Mack and Eilee Van Biene.
The new Chinese play by Mrs. Amy
| Abbott. which David Belasco is to
| produce next season. is named Bin
| Tang" The author has written sew
| eral books on Japanese and Chinese
| life.
| Mrs. Cushing, the dramatist of Pol
| lyana," has completed another play
called Colleen which will have its
| first production by L. ID. Prices stock
| company in Richmond. with Patricia
| Collinse in the leading role.
Ann Murdosk has made a hit in her
Smith, author Of Mrs Bumstead
Leigh" She plays the part of waif
who has been adopted by a famous
| Sculptor.
The death is announced of Stephen
| Fiske, known an author. dramatist,
war correspondent and journalist. He
introduced hOuJcShd TO tHe aHcllCdH
public and was one of the sponsors of
Mary Anderson.
Bernard Thornton. recently of at
Pays to Advertise" has been engaged
to create a role in Charles Carver's
new play. The First Law" which
will be tried out this week in stock
in New Haven
Potash and Perlmutter in Society,""
which was at the Lyric Theater, New
York city, all last season. will go on
tour with the original company, in
cluding Barney Bernard, early in Au-
gust.
The Royal Hawaiians are featured at
the Cosmos Theater for next week in
an ofrering Of the quaint melodies of
their native land. They are a band
of sweet singers, well as of musi-
| clans, who use their native instruments
and the guitar native fashion
| The first rehearsal of Percy MacKayes
''Caliban" was held last week in New
! York under the direction of Richard
| Ordynski. Edith Wynne Matthison.
| Howard Kyle, Gareth Hughes and
Lionel Braham are cast for the prin-
| cipal roles.
| A Japanese musical play. with story
and music by Mary Lee Wortheimer, ID
to be produced in New York about the
middle of June 1t is called The Ro-
| nance OF Eta. inc author Is tne
dauhter of William Henry Lee, a cous-
| in of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
| "The Dawn" a play by George d.
| Parker. was produced last week at
New Haven by A. H. Woods. In the
| cast are Kathlene Mcdonnell, who in
| private life is the wife of the author,
and Robert Edeson. who plays the role
| of southern gentleman.
| A vaudeville all-star stock company
is to be organized in New York for
| the production of sketches Among
those mentioned for the company are
George Fawcett. Olive Wyndham.
Amelia Bingham, George Parsons and
Jane Grey. The head of the organiza-
tion is May Tully.
William Morris. who is presenting the
| tabloid version of MRS Temples Tele-
| gram" in vaudeville, was leading man
| for Mrs. Fiske when she was Minnie
Maddern in Caprice" the season of
| 1867. In his career. which dates from
1875. he has played a range from Ham
let" to THE Chimes of Normandy"
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Leslie Holt, who
present the Juvenile musical comedy,
| THE End of the Rainbow" at the Be
lasco Theater. Thursday, May e5, are
| the authors OF the dances, the book and
| af he ri