Evening star., 1923-02-11
In the Spotlight

F., ton i'm Bermuda. where she will add
| the finishing touches to another pIav
which has been accepted by the Shu-
berts.
Arch Selwyn sailed from New York
yesterday for London to be present
at the opening of Partners Again
! and he will arrange for the produc-
ton OF The Emperor Jones" with
Charles Gflpin in the leading role
preparations for the London appear
ance of Jane Cowl in .Smilin'
Through" also will be made Mr.
Selwyn will also journey to Paris and
VIII make another attempt to per
! suade the Giutrys to come TO America
Mrs. Clarence j. Harris. wife OF the
treasurer Of the President Theater
and will known in Washington thea
tricaT circles. died suddenly during
the past week, after protracted i'll
ness
Z. Wigney PercyvaI one Of the
principal players in The Bunch and
Judy. is a dramatist as we'll as ar
Hodges he wrote Sunday" in which
Ethel Barrymore appeared Grumpy
in which Cyril Maude starred, and
The Little Lady in Blue" in which
Frances Starr played.
The palm for versatility in "The
Bunch and Judy Company" goes 10
Maurice Chapman, who has been
Texas cowpuncher, member of the
st. Louis Municipal Opera Company.
a choir soloist, a concert singer,
dier and broncho buster.
Having played all over the cour
try in the last five years. The Bird
or Paradise is now destined for an
engagement in Paris. Richard Wal
ton Tully. its author and sponsor
has arranged for its production Al
the Mogardor Theater next June.
A custom which acquired con.id-
cradle vogue in Europe after the
death OF Franz Schubert was widelv
revived in New York. il is said. dur.
ing the long run of Blossom Time
in the idea of Schubert musical even
ings. when the family or group o.
music lovers gather around the piano
sing and play the lovely melodies %
one of the greatest song composers
who ever lived.
Z. Phillips Oppenheim the novelist
saw George Arliss during his visit 1"
this country and now he threatens tC
write a play for him. If william
Archer. he argues, could turn from
dramatic criticism to dramatic con
struction and at the age OF sixty
four produce such a drama as The
Green Goddess" why cannot he ac-
complish the act of transformation o.
reformation, or whatever il is. at the
comparatively youthful age Of fifty
six? At all events, Oppenheim has
forsworn for the time being writing
two novels a year until he has pre-
pared scenario for .ArlisS' inspeC-
ton. This will be ready for ArIiss
when he reaches London next Sep
tember.
Though Clemence Dane. whose will
Shakespeare" Winthrop Ames is pre-
senting in New York. probably has
written the most discussed drama
about the poet. hers is not the frSl
to deal with Shakespeare. Franz
Harris, the English author and critic
wrote William Shakespeare" which
was all but produced by Beerbohm
Tree. and Bernard Shaw did The
Dark Lady of the Sonnets," while
Elwyn l.. Barron. one-time critic for
the ChicagJ Inter-Ocean. created
When Bess Was Queen" which was
acted by Nine. Rhea a Elizabeth and
no less a person than w. 6. Hart, the
movie king. 8 Shakespeare
Ruth Urban. who perhaps is best
remembered for her work in .The
Charm School" has been engaged as
prlma donna for Raymond Hitchcock :
production of "Hitchy Koo 1928
David Beiasco has extended the en-
gagement of David Warfield. in The
Merchant of Venice" in New York.
until March 10.
Frank Keenan,, who is rehearsinI
N peter watson. will be presented
in the play by Sam II. Harris at the
Harris Theater, Chicago. Sunday
night. February %. Marie Nordstron
is in the cast.