Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-12
Dou'n-Stage
By D. R. Noble
For THE PALIsADIAN:
HippOdrOnre


Charles Dillingham; has accomp-
lished another great feat for the
great playhouse. He has captured
the Incompatible
Anna Pavlowa-
as the star of ballet extraordinary,
which will be one of the brilliant
features of the new production
scheduled to open the Hippodrome
on September A.
This announcement conveys a bit
of information of unusual import
ance to the American stage and the
theatergoers of this entire country,
for it means that New York is to
compete with Paris, Petrograd and
Milan in the staging of original and
pretentious ballet advertisement. It
means also that Pavlowa, considered
by many the greatest dancer in all
the world, is to enjoy permanent
season in New York to work out her
own idea and ideal. The production
for this feature will be created by the
inimitable Leon Bakst, who is coming
the mise-en-scene of the ballet. Then,
too, we are informed that Tschaikow-
sky music will be used, score that
was written for Pavlowa, and that
she will be supported by M. Alex
andre Volinine and the pick of the
ballet soloists Of European grand
opera houses. To these Mr.. Dilling-
ham will add over 400 Hippodrome
ballet girls for an ensemble which
promises to surpass anything ever
attempted in this lire.
The rehearsals are personally con-
Quoted by Mile. Pavlowa, assisted by
her ballet master, M. Swan Cuisine,
who was formerly of the ballet at the
Paris Grand Opera House. In addi-
ton to the principal male dancer, M.
Alexandra Volinine, fist dancer of
the Russian Imperial Theater, there
will be Mile. Stefa Plaskovictyka, the
premiere classical dancer, and Mile.
Stasia Kuhn, the first character
dancer. The creation of new ballet
in this country on the magnificent
scale planned by Mr. Dillingham; and
staged under the personal direction
of the Incompatible Pavlowa prom
Uses to provide feature extraord-
mary at the worlds biggest play
house. Its premiere will be awaited
with keen anticipation and delight.
"A Real Belgian Soldier
New York theatergoers will have
an opportunity to applaud real Bel
gian soldier on the stage when Miss
Ann Murdoch
appears at the Lyceum Theater next
Monday evening, August ID, in
please Help Emily
The victim is no other than the
parsonage of Mr..
Jules RaucOurt-
who was discovered" by Gustav Won
Seyffertitz at cafe the other even
ing. One of the important char
acters in the play is a, f1irtatious
Frenchman whom no one but a real
French actor could possibly play just
right. The stage director was try
ing his best to think of a man to fill
the part when suddenly something
the young man at the next table said
in French to his companion attract
ed attention. Listening few min
utes Mr.. Won Seyffertitz learned that
the young man was member of the
Porte St. Martin Theater Company in
Paris, that he had been fighting in
the Belgian army and that he was
here on furlough to recover from a
severe illness brought on by the suf-
ferings and hardships he had under
gone in the service for his country.
An exchange of cards followed and
before the two men left the rest
aurant Mr.. Raucourt had been added
to Miss Murdock's company. The
role he is to play suits him precisely
and he will continue member of the
cast until his furlough expires.
William A. Brady
Has just made known his program
for the season.
Mary Nash
In the leading role in "The Man
Who Came Back" will reopen the
Playhouse the week of August Fl.
Grace George
Will start her repertoire season in
the same theater about October 15,
she will give a list of her intended
productions little later on, but the
policy inaugurated by her last season
at the Playhouse will be continued
upon almost the same lines. The
Forty-eighth Street Theater will open
Monday, August 81, with
james L. Powers
in Somebody's Luggage" by Mark
Swan, which will be followed by a
new play by George Broadhurst en-
titled erich Man, Poor Man."
Montague Glass and Julia Eckert
Goodman have collaborated upon
play founded on one of Mr.. Glass
short stories.
Mr.. Brady has from Owen Davis a
new American drama called "The
Bargain Counter" in which Miss
Alice Brady
will have the chief part. He also will
announce soon the name of a pro-
duction which will be specially mode
for Miss
-Madge Kennedy
in which the young actress who has
played with success during the last
two seasons in Twin Beds" and
"Fair and Warmer" will become a
star in the full sense of the word.
New plays are: one by Jerome X.
Jerome. "The Devils Work Shop" by