The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-07
NEW PLAYS ROUNDED
UP BY GRACE GEORGE
Will Go to London and Paris
Next Month to Increase
Collection.
CORT STARTS REHEARSAL
Musical Comedy Opens To-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rambeau
Going Into Vaudeville.

Grace George will return to the
stage here, but in order to work pub
lie enthusiasm gradually to a climax,
her resurgence will not take place until
next season. Then she will endeavor
to revive her repertory company OF a
few seasons ago, modelling 1t along the
lines of the famous stock organizations
of Augustin DAILY, A. NJ Palmer and
Lester Wallack--which seems to inspire
the ambitions of most stars, sooner or
later. With this in view she is reducing
the markets supply of NEW American
plays.
One Of these, already tried out on the
road, Is "She Would and She Did," the
work Of Mark Reed. a new author and
who, Kilbourn Gordon triumphantly an
nounces, Is another vindication Of Eng
lish ~ at Harvard. Miss George also
has The Ruined Lady" by Frances
Nordstrom, besides two other plays that
will have their quality severely tested
on a nonstop run on the road before the
new season. On May /. Miss George no.
titles Europe. she will sail for London
and Paris, making a quick trip In the
hope of spotting few plays on the wing
before the blight Of the winter frost
sets in.
New Morosco Play Coming.
The home folks will be pleased to
learn that Oliver Morosco will bring
Joseph C. Lincoln upon the stage with a
dramatization of the authors novel,
"Capn Warren's Wards" which will be
taken out Of its binding at Los Angeles
this summer. The dramatization, which
Is intended to hold Tom Wise comforta-
bly,. will be set to the footlights by Fred
eric and Fanny Hatton. but no name has
vet been selected for future contradic-
ton.
Marjorie Rambeau. 1t is announced, is
presently to do what she can for vaude-
vile. When THE Fortune Teller An
ally stacks the cards at the Republic
Theatre Miss Rambeau, under the direc-
ton OF NJ. s. Bentham, will trail her
voice through the varieties in Provi-
dence. Later she will consider New
York's case in the Keith houses. Gu
riously enough. she will use a dramatic
playlet by Willard Mack. who once
wrote her letters also as her husband.
John Cort will to-day occupy his spare
time with rehearsals for n new dramatic
production featuring Josephine Victor
the name OF which is being withheld for
the present until 1t has hardened into
something like its final form. Edith
Ellis Is to receive the floral trobutes for
the authorship. B. Iden Payne will worry
over producing 1t and some tried but
true tryout town will have a chance to
think 1t over early in May.
Preparing Musical Comedy.
For Just n Minute" the new must.
| cal comedy which Mr.. Cort let his son
Harry L. Cort. write in conjunction will
George e Stoddard and Harold Orlob-
even after they had written Listen Les.
ter"-has been stocked up as a prelim.
| mary to its presentation early in tn,
fall with a cast including Louise Groody
and Handlers and Mills, who In "Flt
| Flo demonstrated the part that Medi
cine Hat is playing in the drama these
years.
On Monday. April 81, John D. Will
| Jams will open another production will
a new comedy, Three for Diana" which
will cause Chester Bailey Fernald TO b,
heard for the first time since the Zeppe
Inns raided London. Mr.. Fernald, VIII,
! Is an American. but for a decade ha
hidden his light under the fogs OF tn
English metropolis. had his mind receiv,
the original spark that started 1t work
ing on this play from the Italian coined,
I'll Terra Marito." which every one will
recall as soon as II Is made known tina
Sabatino Lopez wrote It. Martha He'd
man will have the chief role and JOIN
Halliday will be one OF the triumvirat,
OF husbands.
| Another OF the revolving stages tina
seem necessary to make the stage e,
round is being installed in "Susal
Ienox." the dramatization OF Davit
| Graham Phillipss novel which the Shu
berts will take to Boston for an indefi
mite engagement as soon as II has hat
a few more nails hammered into it, In
spred b. this idea. Rachel Crothers 4
said to be considering a revolving thea
tire to house all the plays she turns on
so fluently.
| MusicaI Revue Tomorrow.
| Lew Fields begins rehearsals thi
morning OF a new musical revue. an,
nothing in the days news seems quite .
important except perhaps the fact tina
Julia Kelety has been added to the cas-
of Come Along" which is expected L
make the public uncontrollably impatien
for the opening OF this musical coined,
tomorrow night.
| Henry w. Savage will once more ente
the all managers tournament with
musical comedy. THE Love Boat" b,
Earl Derr Biggers-but this is not in
tended as an advertisement for "Eas. /
| West"
| Fay Banter. by the way, will return
10 the cast OF that play at the Asto
Theatre tonight. after n week of illness
The ailment which caused her absenc
was diagnosed by her physician as .
variation on the familiar influenza theme
but II was ascrlbed to a germ that wa
entirely new. in keeping with the polio.
of putting Miss Banter in a class b.
herself.
John Armstrong Chaloner chose a
the first theatre to visit after his twenty