Evening star., 1927-09-25

Jeane Eagels will open her tour in
Her Cardboard Lover" October 10 in
Pittsburgh and then work West to the
Pacific Coast.
Rehearsals of 1.-The Mulberry Bush"
started last week in New York under
the direction of Clifford Brooke. James
Rennie and Claudette Colbert will be
featured.
William B. Friedlander announces
that rehearsals of IF a Body" mys-
terry play by Edward Knoblock and
George Rosener, author of speak.
easy" will start this week.
"Jimmie's Women" a comedy by
Myron c. Fagan. will be produced in
New York by B. F. Witbeck next
Wednesday night. The cast will in
clude Minna Gombel, Beatrice Terry,
Charles Able Henry Mortimer, Roy
Gordon and Gavin Gordon.
The cast of Lynn Starling's new
play, "Twice in the Same Place." will
include besides Chrystal Herne. Regi-
nald Owen, Marian Warning Manley.
Guido Nadzo, Frances Goodrich, Sam
Wren and Charles w. Adams.
Robert Milton has received the
manuscripts of S. N. Behrman's drama
tization of Serena Blandish" and
Fulton Oursler's play, "All the Kings
Horses" both of which productions
are on his schedule for this season.
Berton Churchill, who is now parad.
ing as President Willis Markham in
"Revelry," is likely to appear in the
Jed Harris production of "Coquette, 4"
starring Helen Hayes, which reaches
New York later in the season. There
is also a possibility that Charles Wal
dron may be assigned to the role.
Jane Wood, the English actress, ar.
rived in New York last week to take
part in THE Zoo, . the society comedy
to be produced by Charles Dillingham;.
Winchell Smith and Michael Arlen are
the authors and the opening is set for
this city one week from tomorrow
night.
o. p. Heggie will play with Pauline
Lord in 'Surmise," which George c.
Tyler is to produce. Later he will ap-
pear in ''The New SIM which Glenn
Hunter is to do at special matinee per-
formances.
Barry Conner's play 1.-THE Rat and
the Kettle" will be sponsored by A.
Fl. Woods. Under the title Of 1.-THE
Desperate" the piece will open in New
York October 10, with Leon Gordon in
the leading role.
Rehearsals for THE Merry Wives
of Windsor" in which Mrs. Fiske,
Otis Skinner and Henrietta Crosman
are to be seen this season, will begin
tomorrow in New York. The produc-
ton will begin a tour October "a, with
the New York engagement set for the
Spring. The production will be di-
rected by Harrison Grey Fiske.
George MacFarlane, now acting in
"Revelry," plans to continue produc-
ing activities. In a month he will be-
gin rehearsals of a play called THE
Overnight House." the work of Ed
ward Anthony and r. J. Ruth.
Angelo Musco, Italian actor, who is
coming to this country for repertory
season next month, will test a play in
New York written by the Italian poet,
Luigi Capauna. 1t is called The
High Priest"
Ranking as one of the longest plays
written by an American author and
accepted for production is Eugene
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the New York Theater Guild has just
purchased. The play is written in
nine acts, which will take five hours
to play. 1t is described as serious
modern play with about 10 or II char
acters and the scenes are laid in
America.
amateur Ann" a comedy of un-
announced authorship. will probably
be produced in Atlantic City on Oc-
tober 3 by the Theater Comedies, Inc,
and is scheduled to reach New York
two weeks later. Gertrude Bryan and
Alan Brooks will head the cast.
Just before the rise of the curtain
at the premiere performance of Hid.
den" at the Erlanger Theater. Buffalo.
last Monday night, Mayor Schwab
stepped before the curtain and gave
David Belasco a key to the city. All
the Buffalo papers praised the play
highly.
"Denbigh," by Theresa Helburn. in
which Alice Brady is to play the lead
ing part, has been placed in rehearsal
and will be produced early next month.
Arrangements were completed last
week for York and King to appear in
Gene Bucks new musical comedy,