The New York Clipper (February 1917)

12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER February 28, 1917 LONDON PARIS 9iM BERLIN SYDNEY LONDON AT A GLANCE London, England, Feb. 17. Marie Brayroan, Arthur and Lawrence Anarto, Ernest Selig, Maudie Francis, Claude Boulby, Blanche Pearl, Billy Wal- ters, Belle Mora, Charles Armond, the Dainty Danes and Fred Carr and company are back in the halls, owing to the closing last week of "Little Red Riding Hood" at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Florrie Gallimore, having recovered from a severe attack of bronchitis, expects to resume work next Monday at the Hippo- drome, Falkirk. Ventom Swift's "Babes in the Wood" Co. plays a return date next week at the Empire, Wakefield, and will be at the New Theatre, Crewe, Feb. 26. Ted Young playing Dame with Bishop's panto. "Dick Whittington" is in his fourth year with that show. The tour ends March 3. Marie Loftus, who is in Liverpool next week, follows with a week in Glasgow and then goes to Edinburgh. Two more weeks of pantomine for Bruce Green, and then back to the halls, opening at the Empire, Holborn. Joy Wattle will be at the Empire, Brixton, next week, with the Palace, Walthamstow, to follow. The Royal Tokiwa Family close next Monday their stay at the Alhambra, Paris. Encouraging reports come from South Africa regarding Roelgin's ParrotB. Bob Anderson and his Polo Pony win be at the Victoria Palace next week. The Magic Crucible will be shown by Mysto week after next at Barosley. Tommy Cliffe closes March 3 with Nel- son's "Cinderella" company. Arthur Haynes will be at the Empire, Birmingham, week of Feb. 26. Fame and Fortune close with Hart's "Cinderella" company March 3. Ficz and Gerald will play the Metropole, Manchester, week after next. Wullie Durkin played the Hippodrome, St. Helen's, this week. John Harfs "Robinson Crusoe" Co. Closes in a fortnight. "Little Caprice" plays the Hippodrome, Mexboro, next week. De Lacey's "Jack and the Beanstalk" Co. closes March 10. Dottridge's "Robinson Crusoe" Co. closes tonight. The Ronnies have been playing Leeds this week. The Lady Shoeblacks were in Glasgow this week. Daly and Healy open on the Moss Tour next Monday. J. P. Ling was this week at the Tivoli, Dublin. Beatie and Babs were this week at the Victoria Palace. The Sisters Hula Play Liverpool next week. "The Bing Girls," the GroBsmith-Lauril- lard revue, is to be seen next Monday night at the Alhambra. In the cast will be a host of well known players including Violet Loraine, Wilkie Bard, Joseph Coyne, Lewis Sydney, Bertie Adains, Lorna and Toots Pounds, Alma Jones, Ethel Davies, Lilian Davies, Reginald Compton, Laddie Cliff, Jules Givre, Cecil Belcher, Sodrenne Storri, the dancer, and the Imperial Rus- sian Ballet. The cast of "The Catch of the Season," to be revived at the Prince's by Seymour Hicks, will include Isobel Elsom, Alice O'Brien, Mary Rorke, Modesta Daly, Mol- lie Lowell, Enid Sass, Johnny Danvers and Mr. Hicks. Enid Bell, Sybil de Bray, Ada Blanche, Hannah Jones, Spenser Trevor, Philip Anthony, Bruce Winston, E. M. Robson and Cecil Ward are in the cast of "The Spring Song" at the Aldwych. PhylliB Dare, Unity Moore, Amy Au- garde, Daisy Hancox, Mabel Fanstone and Robert Hale have been engaged by Ernest Rolls for his new production at the Em- pire next week. "Cheering Him Up" is the title of Joe Elvin's new comedy sketch, which he will present for the first time next Monday night, opening on the Gulliver Circuit. "Peg o' My Heart" reaches its 1,000th performance next Saturday night. It closes soon thereafter, and will be followed by "The Man Who Went Abroad." Allan Aynesworth, Eric Lewis, Ernest Hendrie and A. G. Poulton will support Ethel in the "The Double Event" at the Queen's. Sir Herbert Tree will present "The Great Lover" as soon as he can secure a suitable West End theatre. A Yiddish version of "The Bing Boys Are Here" is to be given at the London Opera House on March 5. There was a benefit for the wounded soldiers at the Aldwych yesterday after- noon. "Seeing Life" is drawing full houses to the Oxford with nine performances a week. Phyllis Dare will make her revue debut in the forthcoming Empire production. T. W. Barrett recently celebrated the seventieth anniversary of his birth. A green room has been established in the Theatre Royal, Portsmouth. There is only one more week of the Stoll regime at the Empire. Joe Brogan closes March 10 with Firth's "Red Riding Hood" company. Syd Sydney plays a return engagement at the Palace on March 5. The Two Welfares were this week at the Queen's, Brierley Hill. Karl Hooper will send out a third edi- tion of "Step This way." Genevieve Ward is writing her reminis- ences of the stage. Gillen plays the Hippodrome, Leeds, week of Feb. 26. Walter Graham opens April 2 on the Gulliver Tour. The first performance of the London Repertory Theatre will be given next Mon- day at the Court, when "Ruts," the prize play, will be presented. In the cast will be Nina Boucicault, Hilda Trevelyan, Miss Sydney Fairbrother, Reginald Dance, Roy Byford and E. H. Brooke. The Hippodrome, Altrincham, which was recently damaged by fire, is in the hands of the builders and is scheduled to re-open its doors on March 5, with Hodges and Windemere'8 "Potash and Perlmutter" Company. The recent file of the will of the late Charles Morton Stewart McClellan (Hugh Morton) discloses the fact that he left an estate in this country amounting to £22,- 166, all of which is left to his widow. E. G. Oram has relinquished his posi- tion of orchestra leader at the Golder's Green Hippodrome to take charge of the orchestral work of "The Big Show" on the Moss' Empires Circuit. Bruce Green closes his "Aladdin" com- pany next Saturday night and opens Feb. 26 at the Empire, Holborn. Mr. Green has been re-examined by the medical board and finally declared exempt. By an arrangement between Robert Courtenidge and Arthur Collins, "Young England," which was forced, out of Daly's, will go to Drury Lane at the close of "Fuss in Boots." Doris Keane, who has been ill since be- fore Christmas, is recuperating at Bourne- mouth and will not be allowed to return to the cast of "Romance" for another week. Frank Eden has moved his agency from the Elephant and Castle and has joined forces with Horsfield and Woodward, so far as their agency business is concerned. The Bairnsfatherland Trench scene, which was a feature of the London Hippo- drome revue, "Flying Colours," will be seen at the Palladium on March 5. Messrs Horsfield and Woodward are presently producing "The Three Guards- men," which will be given twice nightly in the halls. Clements' "Cinderella" Company, having closed W. L. Rowland, is back in the halls r<nd is now playing the Gulliver Circuit. Ada Frank is to play the role of Ruby Mills, the bus conductors, in "Woman Power," the "all-woman" drama. Maude Phillips presents "The Revues" next week at the Spa, Bridlington, with the Circus, Hull, to follows. After many weeks of illness Went worth Croke, manager of the Royal," Nottingham, has returned to his post. The Bine Girls, the Futurist lady freak- wheel cyclists, now call themselves the Biff Girls. Bernard Dillon has joined the Middlesex regiment. Mr. Dillon is the husband of Marie Lloyd. Frank Rex has almost completely re- covered from his recent attack of pneu- monia. The O'Mara Opera Co. reports excellent business from the Opera House, Cork. "Cinderella" closes next Monday night at the London Opera House. HALF TTME FOR PARIS HOUSES Paris, Ft., Feb. 24.—The absolute dos- ing of the theatres four days a week, to- gether with the suspension of public trans- portation facilities after 10 p. m., haa caused great surprise. For the first time since the great battle of the Marne, the Parisian public finds its amusements cur- tailed. "RUTS" GIVEN BY REPERTORY London, Eng., Feb. 2L—The first per- formance of the London Repertory The- atre, Monday night at the Court, disclosed the prize play "Ruts" by H. T. Wall. Nina Boucicault, Hilda Trevelyan, Miss Sydney Fairbrother, Reginald Dance and others were prominent in the cast. SYDNEY JAMES IS POPULAR Sydney, Aus., Feb. 24.—Sydney James, the English ventriloquist and entertainer, came to this country for Hugh D. Mcin- tosh to stay for three months. Two years have passed and Mr. James is still here and a popular idol. BANDMAN TOURING INDIA Colombo, Ind., Feb. 22.—Maurice E. Bandman's company is meeting with suc- cess all through India, playing "Charley's Aunt," "The Rotters" and other plays. Tie Bombay and Delhi engagements were par- ticularly good. "THE BING GIRLS" PRODUCED London, ' Eng., Feb. 22.—"The Bing Girls'" production at the Alhambra, Mon- day night, proved to be another revue hit for Grossmith and Laurillard. Joseph Coyne, Wilkie Bard and Violet Loraine scored heavily in leading roles. WE MAY SEE "YOUNG ENGLAND" London, Eng., Feb. 24.—Owing to the success of "Young England" in this city, Robert Courtneidge is contemplating tak- ing it with him to New York next season with the view of presenting it in that city. "INTOLERANCE" FOR LONDON London, Eng., Feb. 26.—Arthur Collins has completed arrangements with D. W. Griffith whereby the feature film' "Intoler- ance" will be seen in London at the Drury Lane Theatre, beginning April 7. NO MUSIC ON THE RIVIERA Paris, France, Feb. 16.—All orchestras in the hotels and restaurants of the Riviera have been prohibited from playing, according to a Nice dispatch to the Havas Agency. ALL MUNICH THEATRES CLOSED MtmncH, Bavaria (via London), Feb. 17.—Owing to the lack of coal the mili- tary authorities in this city have decided to close an theatres, meeting and concert balls and kinema houses. GENEE MAKES RE-APPEARANCE London, Eng., Feb. 22.—The re-appear- ance of Adeline Genee, the dancer, at the Coliseum, here, Monday, was one of the notable events of the season. Mile. Genee was given an ovation. BURNED HOUSE TO RE-OPEN London, Eng., Feb. 26.—Work on the rebuilding of the Hippodrome at Altrin- cham is progressing rapidly and the honse wfll be reopened next Monday with "Pot- ash and Perlmutter." BARRiE COMING TO AMERICA London, Eng., Feb. 28.—Sir James M. Barrie has arranged to visit America this Spring with the sole purpose of seeing Mande Adams in "A Kiss for Cinderella." AUSTRALIA LIKES "PINK LADY" Sydney, An*., Feb. 23.—"The Pink Lady," which, has just been produced at Her Majesty's-Theatre, here, has scored a most emphatic success.