Evening star., 1923-02-25

, ance Of a dramatic show, and a
weeks business and two weeks busi
| ness In more than thirty different
| cities. On account of moving about.
1 1t Is said. this company broke more
records than the New York or Chi
| cago companies.
! Julia Hurley. one of the grand old
4 character women of the American
stage. who now has the role of Mrs.
| Coburg In blossom Time" In the
1 heyday of Lester Wallack, Augustin
Daily and A. NJ. Palmer was one of
the most popular actresses on Broad
way.
Roy Cropper. who has the role of
Won Schobert in Blossom Time" is
| regarded by the Shuberts as their
| greatest tenor f1nd' during all their
! years or management. Mr.. Cropper Is
a former church singer OF Eoston.
! lie was soloist at old St Paurs for
| three years. when Comstock and Gest
secured him for "Chu, Chin, Chow"
| He had been singing with that pro-
J ductfon for two years when J. J. Shu-
bert secured him.
! Nicholas Murray Butler. president
Of Columbia University, New York
| city, has written David Belasco re-
/ garding his production Of The Mer-
| chant of Venice" which was seen here
I
| Dear Mr. Belasco: 1t would be diff
ficult for me to exaggerate my pleas
ure and satisfaction at the perform
ance Of The Merchant of Venice"
| which l saw last night. In complete
! adequacy, in sumptousness of setting
and of costume and in complete har-
mony between the spoken word and
! the visible scene the representation
easily surpassed any Shakespearean
production during my lifetime.
90 D ra 4 1slt t.,,NlN
! upon notable contribution not only
| to the work of the stage but 30 the
| education and uplifting of public
! opinion and. public feeling
Renie Riano Of the Music Box Revue
/ began her stage career at the tender
(; age of three at benefit at the Hay
market Theater in Chicago. She is
J the daughter OF Irene and Robert Ri
! ano, who had for twenty-five years an
| act in vaudeville known as the Four
| Rianos. Mrs. Riano was the first
| woman to do acrobatic dancing in
| this country wearing long skirts, and
! her act created furore when she
| first appeared. In the Music Box Re-
vue Miss Riano specializes in acrobat
! ic dancing. which required years of
| hard training.
| Irving Berlin.s Music Box Revue. is
! a leading stage beauty. She is of the
{ Spanish type and is probably the
! youngest prima donna before the
only three years Last year she was
| the prima donna of "Honeydew.'
/ Oscar Shaw and John Price Jones
! have organized an indoor golf school
! on the stages of the theaters Wis
| tied by Good Morning, Dearie," and
| thirty-four OF the company are said
! to have blistere on their hands and
that r!veted glance which arr infallible
signs OF tthe golf bug.
The performance at the President
! OF George ". Hobart's comedy with
music. "Ruddies." ought TO I've we'll
nigh perfect. If rehearsals count. The
/ play was rehearsed thoroughly more
! than month ago, when Elsie Janis
! appeared at the head Of the cast for
! a single benefit performance Tor the
! disabled war veterans OF Washington.
| Another series of rehearsals took
place just before the play opened it's
| regular engagement and on top Of
| that. il was suddenly discovered that
! Miss Lee Patrick, of The Bunch and
same performance and more rehears-
! ais followed. Then Miss Wanda Lyon
| was engaged as leading woman of the
| Players and still more irehcarsals
were necessary to familtarize her
| with the leading feminine role, which
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| one week.
| Arthur Leslie Smith. co-director
with Henry Duffy Of the President
I Players, left for Los Angeles. Calf,
! the past week 70 look over the Pacific
| coast theatrical field with a view to
| further strengthening the cast OF the
/ President Players.
| Edward Royce. whose name stands
| high on the roster as Il producer OF
musical plays, will send the second
| of his comedies, with music, to be
| presented under his own name to the
! National Theater Monday March &c.
| II is "Cinders," the title correctly In
dicating that Mr.. Royce again chose
! n development of the theme Gin
derella, which helped to make the
success of both "Saly" and Irene.
Mr.. Royce directed both these older
works 10 their record breaking New
York runs. Rudolf Frinl, the orig
! inal "tickle-tos" composer has writ
ten the, musical score of ''Cinders' and
| the book and lyrics are by Edward
! Clark.