Evening star., 1919-12-14
In the Spotlight.

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Ben Hur" is to open it's twenty
hrst season in February.
F.. ziegfeld and Walter +. Kings
ley have written a play on the life
of a show girl.
F. F. Mackay, dean Of the American
stage, is to give a series Of Shake
spearean readings.
Irene Fenwick has been engaged to
play the leading part in Curiosity"
to be produced this month.
Amelia Bingham has been engaged
by Oliver MoroSco for a play which
he is to produce shortly in New York
A play called Mary Broome," by
the English dramatist. Allan Monk
house, will be produced soon in New
York
new drama which Walter Hast is
to produce. Mr.. Cherry is now play
ing in Scandal
William Ingersoll and Henry L.
Dixey have been engaged for the cast
of The Way to Heaven" the new Chi
nese romantic drama.
mans new play, will be presented for
the first time Christmas week. 1t will
be taken to Chicago before being pre-
sented on Broadway.
May Irwin will return to the stage
under the direction of George c. Ty-
Ter, to take the place of Laura Hope
Crews in "On the Hiring Line"
Elsie Ferguson is going to return
fD X uto IA III,
Of the year. under the management
of the Charles Frohman Company.
Lola Fisher and Emmet Corrigan
will be joint stars under the direction
of George c. Tyler in a comedy by
Glare Hummer called Roxy" The play
was presented last week in Chicago.
Frank Bacon, Cyril Keightly. Fay
BANTER Harry Mestayer and Thomas
f. Shea will be among the players in
High Lowbrow," playlet by S. Jay
Kaufman. at the Friars' Frolic this
month.
Laura Arnold will have the prima
donna role in MY Golden Girl" a
musical play by Victor Herbert and
Frederic Arnold Hummer. which is to
have it's initial presentation Christ
mas day.
Lewis j. Selznick will offer Buck
ing the Tiger" in Atlantic City.
Christmas day, with Faria Marinoff,
Regina Wallace. Forest Winant, Will
liam E. Meehan and Ben Hendricks in
the cast.
Inspired by the success of his The
Magic Melody" Sigmund Romberg is
composing the final numbers for his
next production. Three Kisses.
which will start rehearsals during the
holidays.
Henry Stanford. who was leading
man for the late Sir Henry Irving
during his last tour of America, has
prominent roles in the Sothern and
Marlowe productions of Hamlet
Twelfth Night" and The Tanning of
the Shrew"
1t is said that when all the returns
are in for the performances throcgh-
out the country on Actors memoria
day the grand total of s2.0OO,O0O Will
be realized. Nearly s75o.0oo already
has been checked up.
i musical version of "Brewster's
Millions" called Zip, Goes a Million.
was produced last week in New YORK
by Ray Comstock and Morris Gest
Bessie Mccoy Davis and Bernard
d.
The prize offered by Oliver Morosco
for the best play written by Har-
ward student was won by Rachel Bar
ton Butler with coredy called
"Mama's Affairs" The play will be
produced shortly with Efie Shannon
In the leading role.
"Welcome Stranger" Aaron Hoff-
Ann Andrews. last seen in up
From Nowhere" has been engaged to
support William Collier as leading
woman in The Hottentot," new
by Victor Mapes. The piece
probably will reach New York the
middle of next month.
Burton Holmes will close his sea-
son here next week with Vanished
Russia" as his topic. promising a par
interesting study of that
splendid. pictorial Russia which has
passed never to return. COM
pairing it with glimpses of the Rus
,ia of today. torn with internal revo-
ution.
Mrs Wilson-Greene announces a
second series of the Philharmonic
course to be given at Polls Theater
the afternoon and evening of jan
uary 90. with Nine. CALI Curci, the
great coloratura soprano. Season
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