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SEPTEMBER 9, 1910^ Xtie DillboaF«l 77 begiiuilns Angvst 22. Wlacbell Smith's newest comedr, Boblqr BDult, wltli Wallace BddUncer featared In tbe tlOe role. Tlili ploy, tt. wlU be lememlMied, flnt tan as a aerial atorr la a well-known weekly poblleatloa, and acBleMd no little popularity and conalderalde vecne tot Ut aatliar, Geortc BandolDli Obeatar. Mr. Etarria wlll _pment at...ttaa Ubettj Xha- atre, beKinnInc Motu^ CTaaInc, AosAlt. 29. Edgar Setwrn'm pla7>>9na>Ooaatqr.; BqTi • «on- cdjr of coDtemparair 111** ' Rutb St. Denla, wbose Inteipretatlaa of Rlnda duicea wai: me of tbe big aoecetafol featurei o( the paat aeason, will again be aeen onder tiia direction of Mr. Harris. Mlaa St. Denla, In ad- dition to the dances shown bjr her last Tear, has added to ber already Intazeating nperioln ser- eral new terpslehorean noraltlea. One ot them Is an Egyptian dance, the period ot which laid In the first eentnry of the Christian era. She has also erolred a Japanese danee based on an hbtorleaivtneldaif tn Um <iariy Uaton of the Obrysanaemam ; ktagdom, Hlas Bt Denis wUI be leen MUljr la tba aeafoo Iq a lerlea ot matinee performances-, at the Hndaon Tbeatre, and win afterward go on tour, Tlsltlng the prin- cipal dtles of tbe united States. Kdmnnd Breese will be starred by Mr. Harris in a new play, wbleh. It Is expected, will be seen In Naw Xork aronnd the hoUdays. Mr. Barrta hat arranged to pment rraak J. Uelnaie, well-femembeted by his creation ot the sJOTlal drninner,: 'Bob Blaks, la Jamea FoTbea'" comedy : snceeas; The TraTdtng Balea- man. li> a new play entitled Snobs. TBe pro- dactlon will not be tnade until eprlns. as wr. Mclntyre haa contracted to appear In The rftar- ellng Salesman op to tbat time. Dnriag the coming season, Mr, Harris will make a prodncttoa of Percy Uaekaia'a The scaiecrow, With Ednr Selwya as « itar. The Seaieennr ts'a tngaqr of the Indlaona, soggeat- ed by Hawtbonw*a lurallsed Iiecenda in Moases from an^OU acuae. V . ^ ; Two CiDinpanlea of nmcs Itorbes' comedy soe- eess. The TrsTellng Salesman, will be sent on tour, IB which the same eaata aa bare aopeared In tlMse compsnlea heretofore, are retained. The same la tme ot Ohartes Klein's famons play. The Third Degree, which will also be lap- reaented by two eompenlea. The £lon and the Moose, which enjoys the distinction of hsTinic made more money than any other drama erer produced, will begin Ita slzth season onder Hr. Harrla' management early In September, and be represented by two tmaiBC companlea. Besides these actlTlUes, Mr. Harris will as- anme the management of new theatres In Pror- Idenee. Schenectady, Albany, Scranton . and Wtlkea-Barte, aU of which are to be ready far occopaney by lannaiy 1. . Beginning with this eomlns aeaaen. Mr. Har- ris wni direct the p<dicy and book attracUoaa far Jaekaon'a Tkeatre, Bridgeport, Cods. / The jpiodaetlooB adiednled by Hr. DavU Be- laseo for the eomins season will be t^raeter- laed most consplcnonsly, pexhapa. by their Tery wide dlmslty of theme. In no prevlons seasoo has this always moat eooaelentlona artistle man- ager, eaaayed saeh a Tarlety of snbjeeta tor presentation npoo the atagea ot his two icspee- tlTC playhouses, the new Belasco Theatre In West roriy-foorth street, and the treahly drlB- teaed BepnUle in Weat I<orty-second atrect. Heretofore, aa a rale, ooe hnge snecen has oc- cupied the boarda ot theae theatres for the en- tile aeason. but now Mr. Btilssco annooncea that no matter how great the public demand may be for any play he prodncea la the future, it will be allowed but a limited engagement, and tUen removed to allow for the presentation of an- other. This policy haa resulted in Hr. Belaa- co'a beinc able to promise his public such a dramatic oienu aa It had never before hoped for, either from thla or any-other theatrical table— a aena mnalag the gamut tram the .moat ae- ■tiaaa jivn to the Ugfataat comedy, with a .daah bt ShakMpeara and at least one inteasely mod- era and tlBMly "pOUtieal"^ play. The first new play Mr. Belasco will produce will be The Concert, a play in three acta. Tbe Concert la adapted from the German ot Herman Bahr by I<eo Dltrlchsteln, who performed the ssme serrlce for Mr. Belasco's last season's comedy ancceaa. la Matrimony a Fallaral and which la Ita original tongup, under the title ot Das Concert, enjoys a tremendoos Togne st the ueaeat writing in Berlin. Vienna and other Oerman capltau. Thia drama will serre to In- trodnca at teaat one young actress ot mucu ptomlae, HIsa Jsnet Beecher. Hiss Beecher will |dsy the nOe ot a young American wife of a Hungarian piano Tirtuoso, Gabor Arany by name, the latter being enacted 1^ Jlr. Dltrlch- steln hlmselt. Oabor Arany aaSWa from, aa many other almllarly' gltteu ■ mea anSer, haTO soBered. and will always toffer (Mm. an ag- granted case of mogalomanla. Hia wife,, good, sensible, bright and derer a<vt that ahe la, real- laea, howerer, that her husband can not la the least help snffering from this complaint. For what can the poor man doT lbs argoes. Women, did and young, beantlful and otherwise, msrried, singled and dlTorced, almply throw tbemselvea at bla feet, to say nothing of bU head, "with thoee divinely flowing locks." The aetlCHi or the play eentert around thUi bright tad eterer and alwaya loving and faithful wita'a maternal ears foe her errant hnaband, uid the denoue- ment has to do with eonlngal lore triumphant over all theae tranaltory paaslogs. The Concert will occupy the Belaaeo Theatre tcr a limited engagement, at the expiration .of the retam tor four weeks ot n» LUy, pro- duced last December and booked for ■ long road tour during the oomiag aeason. In eommoa with hIa luTariable cuatom, Mr. Belasco. will send the original company on tour, including Mlaa Nance O'NelU, Mr. Charlea Cartwrlght and tbe many other brilliant playera that:go to the con- aUtnUas of the David Itelaico^ m "For Blanche Bates liiWe 'la a aevr: comedy ot whleb Avery Hopwood Is the author.' and aa It haa been eapedally written for ■ the star and original creator of . The Olrl ot the Golden West snd Madame Butterfly, two Belaico mastetplae- ea, which, by the way. have fonnd their way Into grand opera; repertoire, and aa the man who wrote it Is none other than the author of Seven Days, the public la Justified In expecting that Mr. Belasco la not. the least , overstatins It when he aaya tliat Mlaa Bates haa here aocn • vehlde as she haa aever before had. tor tlM showing oS ot her talenta^aa a comedienne ot the highest order. : The Madilne la the name ot tbe political play Mr- Belaaeo will produce, from the pen of WU- tlam DeMlla. (Whether It la mnck-rakiag In Its motU. dsponeat aalth not.) In it Mr. Belaaeo dedaiea, homver. ho wOI try to prcaent to theatrical andJencea the heart ot thbigs as they really sre in the domain of politics and ptdlt- Ical economy. All ot wUdi acts aa a gennlse Sllup to the Imaglaatloa of the Jaded theatre-- goer, who has seea play after play that haa abortively attempted to do thia very thlar only to go down Into that Ignomlnioua bourne whtace no political play has ever tetnmed, after a fe«> weeka' straggle for life at tlie best. May^we hope that Mr. Belasco can lafnsa some of: his own characteristic "go" into thla latereatfarg Jmt thoa tar not aoeceaafally treated phaaa ot American social conditions. ' ThO'Oaaa. eC Boeky. bv Edward.Xocka...praB»- isea to be another ol the Interesting prodncthniB Jfr. Belaaeo will make, Intereatlng not only be- cause all thla manager's praduetloDs are aeeea- aarily so, bat because It will prove whether or not. the author oC that phenomenally aaceeaaful little playlet, /ne Climax, can "come hack" to Broadway with anything which will la any way threaten a'conflagranon ot th; Beat Blver. A play la also promised by an eaUiely new author, one whose aame might Jnat as wtil be Jane Doe tor all that the identity ot Its owner la . concerned. Mlsa Alice Bradley—and even greater mystery centers Itself aboot the aame of the youag lady's play, not yet announced, and the theme thereof not yet divulged by the secretive Belasco. Ditto for everythlns else save the good old English name of Alice Brad- ley. We can not dlspoae of Mr. Belasco's next number on the program quite so eaally. how- erer. It being nothing more or Icaa than a play by David Briaseo hlmselt fbr David WarOaU, which play, acme and nature nakaown savo to the ptlnclpala concerned. :wni divide: WatBeld'a genlua with the bnw-promlaaa - Merthaat of Venice, work ot which ia^ntir iw«gr conplated J^ncea Starr goes oo toor jte t&s thbd year ot The Easiest Way: Xte :UtK .-wllfc Nance O'Nell and Charleo tJartwrlgbt, wOI aiaka a tour ot aU the large dtlea at tho eoontiy at the expIraUan of the tear weeks* mtnm engage- ment at the Belasco Hwatre. la Uattlmaay a FallareT will also tonr the pnvlneea. and !B>» Girl of the Golden Weal; which, by the way. will celebrate ita premiere on the evoalng of December 6 aa grand opera at tho Metnvall- taa, will oace more go on a' toas tear with a apedally aelected 'company. i One of the meat Important ' pr odncttona thai Joaeph M. weber will present tor tho coming season wUl be aa Sngllah versloa hy George T. Hobart, of Alma. Where Do Ton UveT In which he will atar Kitty Gordon. He has also teeuied the aervlces of Charleo Blgelow for the principal male part. They axe to he supported by a very capable cast, including Daisy James. Kdonard Dnrande, Armaud Kallas, Ula Smythe. Charlotte Iieslay. Edw. Wllaoa. Georgia Har- vey. Henrr Nelson. IL F. Nagle and Danid Baker. The production, which wU have aa orchestra ot thirty-one pieces, opena In Boebea- ter. September 19, and from there cornea to Weber's Theatre. New XOifc, on September 28. for a run.: Another Impoctaat fsatora ot Hr. plaas'win '- boi.m OiBiax CO! Weber'a which win he seat _^ star vrhose' Ideatlty he wtD not dlsrhiaa at the present date, wm alao caao nnder Us nun- agement about January 1. Altogether Hr. Web- er anticipates a. busy season. MISS JAENETTE LEE, ■ ? > -. .-J Who la flying Into popnlarity with her elab- orate pn>i>. aeroplane. The seaaon'a Uggaat aingle. 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