The sun., 1919-09-07
THEATRES ALIVE
WITH REHEARSALS



!
! Morris Gest was able by starting
early In the morning to have his COM
pany ready by night for revival OF
"Chu Chin Chow" which, after a few
! representations in the Century Theatre,
was discontinued. THE Challenge" went
on az announced In the Selwyn Theatre.
although with union stage hands and
not as had been announced, with a
special crew drilled for the occasion It
was rumorsd that Adolf Klauber, who IL
AFFILIATED with the Selwyns, would open
hir farce "Nightie Night" in the Prin-
cess Theatre last night. This piece has
| never been seen, as its first performance
| was stopped on the night the strike
broke. Mr.. Klauber will, however, post.
pcno the production until Monday or
4 Tuesday.
! Charles Emerson Cook announces
mark Swans farce "a Regular Teller"
| in the Cort Theatre on Tuesday, with
its original cast OF Equity members"
/ This play was announced early In Au-
gust, but never came to hearing.
! Ernest Glendenning Is to have the lead
ing role. The Equity benefit in the
Ianox Theatre has been postponed until
I the same date. In addition to the four
one act plays originally announced Feg-
gy Wood. Constance and Faire Binney
and other we'll known actors have been
added to the programme.
George White and Ann Pennington
| opened again in scandals OF 1917
the Liberty Theatre, after two weeks
/ of desuetude. John Cort will give "Rolj
Boly Eyes with Eddie LEONARD at tn
Cort Theatre on September 16. and will
produce another musical play. Just ;
Minute" by the authors of Listen Les
ter" at the Knlckerbocker Theatre on
the preceding evening. A. H. WOODS
! will tomorrow morning begin the re-
| hearsals of thirty companies to be seen
here and on the road. These were sus-
pended during the strike.
| The Shuberts will have most OF their
city theatres open by next weeks end.
John D.swilliams will present up From
Nowhere" at the Comedy on Monday.
and other Shubert theatres to open or
that evening VIII be the Aston, with
East Is West; the Casino, with Lew
Fields in "A Lonely Romeo; the Shu-
bert, with the Gallo Operetta Company
| in "The Mikado" the Forty-eighth
Street, with Those Who Walk in Dark.
ness" the Winter Garden and the Max
inc Elliott, with 1.-THE Five Million" On
| Wednesday Civilian Clothes" will be
acted for the first time at the Morosco
Theatre. Walter Hast will produce the
deferred Scandal at the Thirty-ninth
| Street on Thursday and the season win
open at the Shubert Riviera on Satur-
day with "39 East.
Out of town theatres aiso began 10
come to life last night. THE Passing
Show Of 1918" reopened at the Garrick
in Chicago and Take 1t From Me" at
the Studebaker. In Boston "Oh My
Dear reopened at the Wilbur and
ID
Other openings for out of town were en-
nounced for next week.
Thomas started Peace.
The settlement of the strike was
brought about through the initiative OF
playwrights committee headed by
Augustus Thomas They got the man.
ayers and the striking actors into con-
ference Friday afternoon that lasted UNI
| til O'Clock yesterday morning. Present
| were William A. Brady, Arthur Hop
kins, Sam II. Harris. Henry w. Savage,
David Belasco, A. H. Woods and John
| L. Golden for the managers; Francis
Wilson, president, and Frank Gilmore.
secretary with Marie Dressler, Ethel
barrymore and Lillian Russell for the
Equity; Joseph N. Weber OF the must
clans and Charles C. Shay for the stage
hands, and Paul N. Turner. w. b. Ru-
bin and Justus Sheffield attorneys for
the Equity, with Bainbridge Colby and
william Kline as attorneys for the man.
ayers. Mr. Thomas presided and was
accompanied by Eugene Buck from the
| playrights.
According to the reports of this meet
ing, which was held In private, the
only thing which obscured the settle
ment in any way was the demand for
| 80 he he RhOn
and the restoration of the strikers TO
their places. All concerned, however,
agreed that the meeting was conducted
| in the most conciliatory manner and that
| everyone participating exhibited the
| keenest eagerness to come to terms. AT
three in the morning after the managers
| had held a conference of their own, Mr
Thomas announced that the strike was
over and that the main grounds Of the
| s. ,rt hid been reached.
These, 1t may be stated. grant every
thing lLr which the Actors Equity has
cnr~S. The managers claim victory
on the ground that they have maintained
ltae open shop and the Actors Fidelity
League say that tho terms would never
have been granted without their inter-
| ference. What the profession itself
thinks of the settlement may be CLEANED
! from the fac1 that the Equity has
/ ACQUIRED more lfldn OVV iHciHpciS
( the last few days
| The nearest thing to a thespian cele-
bration was in front Of the cafe of the
| Algonquin Hotel. Marie Dressler and
Ethel Barrymore were sitting at a table
| in one of the open front windows dispos-
ing OF pigeon potpie and olives in honor
of the peace. Pigeon, they said, was
the nearest they could get to dove. Ed
wynne In green hat and automobile was
standing and skipping outside. Ed was
skipping, not the automobile.
ST don't seek publicity, boys" said
wynne In admitting that he had won the
strike, but you spell my last name with
| an e.
IT am supremely happy" beamed
M'rie, who is considerable of a beamer
in addition to being a Hippodrome stran-
gler.
TITS all over-there's' nothing more
to it," husked Ethel in the voice that
has earned a salary for many an inn
personator.