Evening star., 1923-01-21


.amera. Which, comparatively speak
ing, puts Hollywood in the shade.
In the Spotlight.
"T'HE JILTS." by Philip Barry, will
be placed in rehearsal this week
10y Richard G. Herndon
The New York opening OF Take
Chance" announced for tomorrow night
has been postponed indefinitely.
Ethel Barrymore ended her engage
ment In Romeo and Juliet" last night.
Miss Barrymores next play, THE
aearsal last week.
The Sporting Thing To Do" by
thompson Buchanon, had it's first per-
formance in Easton, Pa, last Tuesday
night Emily Stevens headed the cast
The first play to be announced by
William Faversham, who proposes to
York. will be comedy by Moncllton
Hoffe.
A second company of THE Fool
Sldd leu ieHedTSdiS laSt week IN New
York and will be seen in Boston. The
Selwyns plan to send seven companies
''h tour IN the play eventually.
Dorothy Francis. formerly member
of the Chicago Opera Company. will
have the title role in Rita Coventry"
Whch has been placed in rehearsal by
Brock Pemberton. The play is a drama
uzation of Julian Streets story.
Edgar Selwyn's new comedy will be
hnown as Anything Might Happen"
Instead of Getting Unmarried" Roland
Young and Estelle Winwood will head
the cast.
Julia Dean has joined the cast Of
The Wasp a new play by Thomas f.
Eallon. author Of The Last Warning"
The piece has hitherto been known as
Tho Moose.
The cast of "The widfower." Arthur
Hammerstein's new musical production,
VIII include Edith Day, Charles Judels
Dlin Howland, James Doyle, Esther
Howard and Evelyn CavanaEh. 1t will
pen IN Baltimore one week from to-
morrow night and in New York a week
later.
Anne Nichols, author OF "Abie's
irish Rose, was a visitor in Wash
m1s,' ,nston durins the past week 1t is
N private life is Mrs. Henry Duffy.
allied on her auburn haired husband
while she was in town.
Leo Hoyt, who plays the irate Jew
tsh father, in "Abie's Irish Rose"
which continues to pack 'em in at
he President, says that it's all wrong
2bout his being opposed to Irish girls
Except in the first two acts of the
->nne Nichols play, he's heartily in
iavor Of them: so much SO, in fact,
that he married one.
Despite other announcements. Sam
II. Harris declares that it will be-
Jeanne Eagels who will eventually
act in Rain in London.
Lee Shubert and Mary Kirkpatrick
presented Mary the Sd by Rachel
Crothers, in Sta amford, Conn, last
Friday night.
Eenore Uric reached her 475th
performance as "Kiki" last Wednes-
day night in New York and the piece
continues Is big drawing card as
ever.
George N. Cohan continues going
strong as a playwright. He has writ
;en another musical comedy called
The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly," and it
will be seen for tho first time in
america early next spring At the
fremont Theater, Boston.
Through the courtesy OF Brock
t'cmberton, Margaret Wycherly of
fhor," now playing in New York, will
head the cast OF The Staircase" by
!.acelles Abercrombie. one OF the
four cne-act plays which the Inter
Heater Arts Company will present at
he Little Thcater next week.
On the stage OF the Palace Theater,
%ew York, last Monday Julia Arthur
'tsrted rehearsals OF the closet scene
rom Hamlet which is planned by
L. F. Albee as vaudcville's contribu-
ton to the present nationwide re-
vivs1 OF the Shakesperean classics.
Brooklyn is to have a new $500
400 Z. r. A1bee theater named after
he president of the 3. f. Keith
,audeville circuit 1t will be at De
<alb avenue, Prince. Gold and Fleet
streets, and will open late this year.
The new producing firm of Geneen
& McIsaac. whose first play, Steam
roller Brender," featuring Alphonz
Either and Ruth Shepley, will open in
WilkeS-Barre tomorrow night, has
under way an American comedy called
old Man Smith," by Adelaide Leitz-
bach. who wrote The Night CALI and
Success" The piece will be directed
by Ira Hard and will feature Tom
Wise and Juliette Day.
Richard Boleslavsky. stage manager
and organizer OF the work shop Of the
Moscow Art Theater, will conduct a
school OF dramatic expression In New
York. One of tho performances at
,he Moscow workship was Dickens
The Cricket on. the Hearth" which
t is reported Mr.. Stanislavsky will
produce in New York In English
TSeerbohrn Tree and George Alexander
once went from London to Moscow TO
see tho Dickens show.
II the fates are kind to Franz Marie
Texas. the Gayety star this week,
they will bring her pet to the Hippo
drome, in New York, where tanning
wild horses is one Of the less exciting
features of the varied programs. Miss
Texas Is rounding out her third year
since she left her home in western
Texas, on a ranch, four years ago.
Laughing Lena" will be the name
Of the musical comedy in which Fan
nie Brice will be starred by Florenz
Ziegfeld. Gene Buck and Ring Lard
ner are the authors.
Thumbs Down" by Myron c..
Fagin. was presented for the first
time last week in Wilmington. The
cast includes Sue MacNamany, Frank
Sheridan. Edwin Mordaunt and Fred
erick Tiden.
"The Blimp." by Commander Conrad
westervelt of tho United States Navy,
will have its initial showing next Fri
day night at Stamford, Conn, by John
Henry Mears, with Herbert Corthell
heading the cast.
Hugh walpole. the English novel.
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