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this week. It 10 q departure. a. Il 10
in four acts, and will be sung In Eng

this week. It 10 . departure. a. Il 10
in four acts, and will be sung in Eng
lish.
Leo shubert and John Craig present.
ed for the first time on any stage. IN
Stamford, Conn, last week, "an ao-
venture" written by Z. III. Sothern, en-
titled, stranger Than Fiction" The
for q run.
G. B. shaw's play. mrs warrsn's
Profession" which was the eau cause r-o, OF
acted in this country. ten years ago.
will be revived in New York next
month by Mary Shaw.
w. Somerset Maugham's latest
comedy. Our Betters." will be pre-
sented at the Hudson Theater. New
York. Monday. March II. following the
shirley Kaye at that theater.
Until the famous French company
brought the Partisan pantomine. Pier
rot, the Prodigal," to New York last
September no production of the sort
had achieved success in this country in
many years
The spectacle "Caliban." which made
quite an impression last season. is to
be revived. Gareth Hughes Will head
the cast as Ariel and Howard kle viii
propaply play frospero.
pals First" by Lee Wilson Dodd.
from the novel by Francis Perry FL
lott was produced last week in New
York. with William Courtenay and
Thomas Wise as the pals.
The 2o0th performance of Klaw &
Erlanger's popular musical comedy
production, Miss Springtime, was
celebrated last week at the New Am
sterdam Theater, New York.
Gertrude Hoffman has returned TO
vaudeville and prepared a revue.
which will be shown for the first time
in New York tomorrow night.
Anna Propp, ingenue. at the Gayety
Theater this week, was one of the
original "bricktops" with Gertrude
Hayes.
AL Shean. the brother OF Minnie
Palmer, staged and wrote Home
Again" for the four Marx brothers.
There are five interpretations in the two
scenes of the skit.
Today's performances at the Gayety
| Theater will be given at and At 3
pm. and also at midnight, the latter
show being added for the accommoda- =
| tion of inaugural visitors.
| For the accommodation Of inaugural
| visitors. the management OF Polfs
Theater has arranged for a special per-
| formance of Romance" tonight, be-
| ginning at S:15 pm.
Thompson Buchanon has condensed
| Sardou's famous "Divorcons" into a
| one-act play. and Alexander Carlisle
will appear in it under the title OF
Let us Divorce starting this week
in New York.
The Gayety Theater has arranged =
special performance to begin promptly
at midnight The attraction is Barney
| Gerrard's "Follies of the Day." present.
ing a musical melange.
| S. H. Poll, proprietor of Polls Tho
ater, is a visitor to Washington for the
inaugural period. He is accompanied
by his wife and will be Joined here to-
day by a party Of New Haven friends
and will no doubt inspect the theater
which bears his name.
Julia Sanderson. who is appearing
in the musical comedy. "Sybil," in Chi
cago, will retire from the cast at the
end of the Chicago engagement on
| account of Illness It was announced
by the Charles Frohman Company.
Frank keenan, Will continue re-
hearsals for The Fawn." an America n
melodrama by Joseph Noel, which
were discontinued on account OF III
duction in. three weeks, and Will be
taken to New York late in April.
Elsie Herndon Kearns, who was Q
member of the New Theater. New York
and later playing leading roles with
the Ben Greet Company for many ssa-
sons. IL preparing a revival OF "Every-
Imam" for Lenton Offering. -.
1 The rare combination Of witty lines
promising situations, . good story and
a company of clever comedians are
promised at the Belasco Theater for
the week beginning Monday. March rs
when Oliver Morosco will present his
unique musical farce. $50 Long, Lefty.
here for the first time.
Flora Zabelle has assumed the role
In Have a Heart" made vacant by
Louise Dresser's sudden withdrawal
from the cast. Miss Dresser fell and
broke her wrist during the performances
last Tuesday night and ie now in New
York hospital She will not return
to the cast until tho broken wrist has
+, completely healed.
volga Hayworth. a Washington girl
| with the Anna Held company. merits
special mention for the rapidity with
which she has climbed the theatrical
ladder. Her first engagement was with
| the Poll players. and she later Joined
| different repertoire companies on the
road. Miss Hayworth has been given
a good part in the Held organization
and as a result a bright future is pre-
dicted for her.