The billboard (Feb 1911)

12 Ttie Billboard FEBRUARY ^ 1911. The Aittusemeiit Week in New York CHANT ECLER OPENS At the Knickerbocker Theatre with Miss Maude Adams in Leading Role—Local Critics Exhaust Their Vocabu- laries in Commenting Upon the Production CAST or chanxbcxbh. ChanMdcr ... .. ..... .. P*tou >. .- ArChor Bjvon Blackbird Erncct lawfocd Paicoek WUUam Lewen Mlsbtlnnle Miss Malwlle Cbaiiman Gnat Honied OM ..... CutaT Ton SeylTertltz Screedl Mt V»'^. .. AUea Pawcett Scops ,. .. .. .. .. Edward Morrison StiTx .. .. Maortce Stewart Bnmla Mlaa UUlan Spencer Owet Edward Wllwn Ctpuneom .. G«oige Bowlands Kit* Owlet .. .. .. .. David Manalns Oaine Cock .. .. Marburgh Fabiter .. .. .. .. Allen Fawcett Woodpeckar ... .. i;".. .. .. FMd Tyler Cat .. .. .. .. i. .V Walter Stanton TnrkeT- Oatt i,-.. .. R. Peyton Carter Dnck .. .■ Wallace Jackson Gainea Chick Manrtce Stewart Cockerel Edward WUaon FInt Cockerel .. Edwatd Morrison Second Cockeid .. ... .. .. F. Owen Baxter Third Cockerel .i .. .. .. D»td Mannlns ICacple .. .. ... •• ^. .. S^ced l^ler Babbit ._a'Mah W4fM* Ten FknCT Cocks—McMa. Bavin ~ cett, SUren, Moran. WUaon, Carhart, dinger. Jactanan and Qrabam. _ 8U Toads—^Messrs. Carter. Stanton. Baxter, lackson, Morrison and Fawcett. A Guinea Pic tUm Tenaica Uaiab Ben Pheasant .. ..i jMpa . May Bla pwy Gotnea Hen .. **:-9aM.-lloro^^ - Old Ben torn Ada Boabdl White Hen Hiss Uarsaret Gordon OtMT Hen BUn May Roberts Black Hen Miss Ulllan Spencer Three Other Hens—Miss Mabelle Chapman, Hiss May Sonthem, Miss Margaret Boland. Ben Turkey — ■■ Miss Hden Kraft Babbits. Birds, Bees,. Wasps, Orasshoppeia. and Tclcea. ' New York, Jan. 25 .(Special to The Billboard). —Mot eoonali .good can he aald. Brery one oS«n mnda oTpnAe tac »» as the namMr and splendor at tha satlrlctl ban-yard drana Itsdf. Maade Adama. the Charming, the sweet, the lOTdj, were the eDlthets addressed the American actress by the Tsrions critics. Not that they sans bnt pnlse, for this wonid not be exactly in keeping with the «rltics' occopation. If there are polots ttiat need sttentlon he feels It Us dntr to point »t>«m out. However, the n n anlnil ty actress and appredaaaBjBf t most enconraglnx. Tarn HHaU liW to tba CsUawlaB CuHoat . ' ■ - ' ■ ■ ' —' Nethersole's Company Completed Meir Toik. Jan. 28 (Special to The BlUboard). ^Llsbler and Conpany hare completed tbe cast oC Ute Bedemptlon of Brelyn Vandray. the Henri Bemstelnionls N. Parker plsy. Injrtlch Olaa Netbersole win sppear shortly. Walter Edwards will be seen aa Panl Vandray, the prac- tical husband of the dreaminc Erelyn; Ftanklyn Bobms win play Philip Lazane. the poet, wboaa sympathy for the not-imderstood wife leada to a ■ore serious Intimacy; Mrs.'Sam Sootharn wm b* B a im alna SQieistre, whose adoration foe the post esoses him to neglect the erring Erelyn; JbaC HOsfocd wm hays the role of the stem Booa. slater-in-law of Evelyn, and consistent critle of that young woman's career. Joe Wal- ~ Ik a talented UtUe Jnyenile, will play LooU, t mm of Brelyn and Paul. Others in the com- IM Wallace Brklne, Cliallca HOwHl, Sba. Bnnm and Nellie Kalnimli. CORT ADDS TO CHAIN. OUtar Hoiosoo, who Is rapidly becoming an ■ ■ ttaatriesl aSalts tn the t BanttsfB CsllfoKnla, has on the Orphcnm Theatre, LOBjAagdea. "Bit Orpbemn is located In the bnalaess center of the city. It will be thor- oastaly orerhsnled and equipped Tor the accom- modation of traTeling companies playing the second-class theatres of the Northwestern The- atrical Assodstlon. of which John Coct is gen- eral nuwager. Tbe theatzv wm be i«sdy for occnpancy under tbe new conditions by ths flint of next September. This adds a Tery Important link to the chain of orer flire« hnndred theatres andac Cwt's direction. GUMBLE HOME AGAIN. Then the curtain was ralacd to Its full height, and an audit uce In New York bad lis first Tlew of Chanteder, the play that took Mons. Rostand some ten years to write, for which he is said to have received his inspira- tion by hearing a cock crow in the country on a summer morning, the play tbat was announced for production and postponed about a dozen times before Paris Anally saw it and whlcb has plQoed cariosity here for a long time. "It was a wooderfol setting—a farm yard with everything built on a gigantic scale, so that the human fowls woidd not look too large; a great wall and beyond It a towering haystack; in tbe foresToand a blackbird's cage the size of a box-stall, a great cart, a basket and woodeo shoe, a dog and a cUeken borne on the right. "And mav Ma.thM*. tka dnck and some iwas taoHav ataot w and bis voice. "It waa asTCcal nlBBtas MWa 'kt*. came on. Mlaa Adama BMUt ha** made a «Blek change from her eostnme of the ptologao to that of the play. She anteied fnm the left of the stage on top of the wall, stslHng Slowly, all- hooattad a^lnst tha nay sky of dawn. ~ a ttacoatr sooad as eoeka do^ , JTaa. SB (SpecUl to tbe Billboard). —After BMny fleazs and misgivings ss to his safely on a ten days' trip to Bermnda, every- thing Is once more jor and contentment In the Jerome H. Bemlck booaetiold In W. 4l8t street. Where Uose Gamble returned, bale sod mddy as ever. He was greeted at the steamer by his friends and relatives and other Dotabllltleit In tha theatrical field, who escorted him safely to tka J»fi H. - - - - UP AND D OWN BR OADWAY Henry B. Harris* Dolly Madison in Rehearsal—Edward Mackay Engaged for Leading Role of King Love.. Other Pertinent Gossip of Stagefolk The DaMaMra oHlM hat* moos cadKaeysBt ta tlon of Bkcnas SIS, farce. Ererywoman, Walter Browne's morality play. Is to be Henry W. Savage's next production. It Is scbeduled for production Feb. !). The house to be given over to Its premiere presentation has Qot yet been annoaaced. The stage of the new Wlntergarten, at Broad- way and Fiftieth street, which is to open In February, will soon be completed for tbe initial attraction under tbe management of the Shuheris. Tbe entertainment at this hooas will follow the continental idea of Vaxlata and Mnale Ball. Joat two weeks isoro and The Balkan Princess, with Louise Gonalng as tbe star, wIU iia.Ul ear midst. Chauncey Oleott la with as all thia and next week at the American Music Hall. Society was well pleased with the perform- ance ot Tbe Dresm Girl, which hss Its premiere at the Plaxa. Monday, Jan. 23, for tbe benefit premiere glimpse. Mootical has enthused greatly over George r Tehlete. Ola Basil, tarn ths pen of a. Farter. Bnadwar to aaasr to Its fMJU NC IN NEW Va A*f Thias'Premiere, February^ New York. Jan. 28 (Special to The Billboard). —^Feb. 9 la tha date set for the lltst perform- ance of Panl WHstach'a dramatlxatlon ot Thlas; the scene ot the premiere vrm be tbe Court gjMss ^TfcBrtw^^j^^ggaM. Mass. JSa. M. MORDKIN DISCARDS RAPIER. New York. Jan. 28 (Spedal to Tbe Billboard). —While tbe fsmoss Bnsslan Dancers, PavlowB and Mordkln were entertaining a ^w*'*^''BW^ an- dience at the Grand Opera House at Hamlltoa, Can., and dnrinc the Interpretation ot U. Ma- kail Mordkln's dance in which a fencing boat ocean, tiM blado of his sword became loaasmad from tbe bUt and as be alaahad at one ot Us advcrssrtea. the btsds flew <««t iato the andl- enesw dotatg scclOas fadniy te soa of tl IQ fhe KDdsclBf Of this dance tbe sminls aia now omitted and In their place wine cfaallces have been sahstltatsd. The dance has loat none ot itn elfe ctl i en e as on aecooat of this cbange. These famons dancers with their Buslan Im- perlsl bsUet are being highly praised by both press and public The cast of Chanteder. now teosntlog tbe Knickerbocker, Is composed of tbe follOTrlng: Maode Adams, Artfaar BjroD. Ernest liawford, William lowers, Mabelle Chapman, Gostav Von SeylTertltz, Allen raweett. Edward . Morrison, Maurice Steward, Lillian Spencer. Edward WD- Bowlsnds. DsTid Msn ' SOB, George ends. Dsvid Msnning. Bertrand TIartMKb . Red Hyler, Walter SUnton, R. Pey- iM^aHcr. Wallace Jackson.. Edward WIIsod, F. Owoa Baxter. Ftcd Trier.'Joseph Wallace, ▼eroaica Marsh, May Blaync^, Dantbv Dorr, Ada BotbeU, Marcaret OeHM. 3hr >B«her<a May Sotbetn. Margaret Bolaad lOd^teB Kraft. The Imsinass at tbis bonae IS almost oapceco- dented, due to the interest the Americana bare loag felt for (bis BosUnd eicatlon. A Nfleir ot the prodoctlon will be fMnd la ear next Harris Engages Keir Tork. Jan. 38. (CliMelnl to The Bniboaid). —^Plsla l,aFollettc, daughter of the Senator from Wisconsin, hss been engsged by Henry B. Bsr- tls ss leading woman tor Edmund Btecse in Percy MscKaye's fantastic Mmaaes, She Bears- crow. Mlaa LaFoBetta soaseeda B sa tol to.^wln. who was compelled to wtMfa Belli tta (atotaaj by reason of Ulneis. Contracts have been entered Into for MIto Beta Bayea sad Mr. Jack NorworHi to star nader' the msaagamant ot Iionls P. Werbs snd Mask A. laeachcr. In a new conedy. with mnsle, enUtlcd, Little Illto Fiz-tt. hf Wllllsm J. Hurlbut. The opening dato Is already died tor Febvasry S8, which Is the day after the expira- tion of the former contract ot Bayes and Mor- wortb wltb Mr. Zlegfeld. Tbe present latentioa la to give the play a preliminary sesson of a few weeks, snd then brlna It direct to New Tork. Oeorga Msrion, whose work sttrscted Bttentko . la Tbe Spring Maid prodnctlon, has been engsged to stsge Little Miss FIx-lt. The n»t East Side snbscrlptlon performance takes place on tbe erening ot Feb. 4, wltb Jos- ephins Preston Fe rt l flf a false plsy. The F^>er. aa the attnetUOb the . ford pcIsB Isst Fsar. Later ^ays to be given sre Nobody's Dangbter, a comedy by MIn George Psston, snd Tbe Arrowmaker, an Indian play, bT Mary Hooter Austin. Tbe fifty ehUdrea now ^pearlgg la The Bine Bird will be used in The The Spring Maid, the operetta Liberty Theatre, his pltelted .qalte prslse from Acton Dsvles, toe ot the New Tork Bvealng Si bsesefaer have truly procoiM' a t at jhe affamva In aeoodaneo with the peUey ot tbs Ksjaatle Tbeatto to heoM big Broadway tavoritea and HCCMtM «f pnylans seasons, Wsy Oom Bsst beesBie the aechpsat. heginttlag Jan, SI, Car an ladHiBiiv •nasasmswr. Henry B. Harris placed la refaeaiaal on .Men. da)', Jau. au, Charles NlidUnger'i new play.. Dolly Madison, in whlcb BIsIe Fergaaea Is to star. The supporllng company will Introdacs Orme Caldara. Bobert Dempster, Lumsdt-n Hare, Arthur Kltno, Carl Hartbcrg, J. U. Bymsi, WlUlam L. Gibson. Harria L. Forbes, Fielding, ChrUtlne Blessiog, Hriep- T' Frances Hemrc. Georgette PaasMSII^ Noyes and Bemlee Golden. After s month ot drama at ths IctIbk 'Flaea Tbeatro, mnsleal comedy was piassntad last week by a stock company. Tbs pises wss ea- titled. Das JOngfcmstlft. Miss BUUe Burke has glrea trssh Interest, to her eagsgement in Sasanae at tbe I^eensi Theatre by presenting as s cortsln ralacr an exquisite Uttle psstoral. by Anthony Hope. Ths Philosopher in the Apple Orchard. In this neu playlet she has a moat dellgbttai love aceue. m ' which ahe ably respoads. The Forttme Banter demonstrated hts of making a million dollars la a year at the Grand Opera Honse Isst week. The City, the Isst plsy written by the Isto (Hyde Fltch, was presented at the Weat Bad Tbeatre last week. Thla Is ths first time ths piece baa been given lo New Tovk this season. Mrs. Leelle Carter. In Two Women, a play by Rupert Hngbes, moved down to the Circle Tbeatre laat week. Ethel Barrymore entered upon the aecood OMath ot her mtd-wlnter ran at tbe Empire aheabe. to Plnera'a comedy, TMIawner ot tbe Wella. For the impoctaat Oaractar of King Love, tm Walter BtowBS'a SMidem morality play, Xve^ woman, Henrr W. Savage cadged Bdwata Mae- ''^tia Skhmer entered apoo hie second week st the CMterlon Theatre In Laredan's new comedy. Sire. ^ Baltimore will see the premiere performance of James Halleck field's plsy. To Serve ths Cross, on Monday night; Feb, 6. at the Academy of Music. Mrs. Leslie Csrter began her road tear «■ Monday. Jsn. 30, at the I.yrlc Theatre. Phlladal. phia, where her engagement Is tor two weeks. H. S. Shddon. anthor ot Henor MUlec's asB success, n>e Hsvoc, Is not, as ssr the sotbor of The Nigger. TUs an Edward Sheldon—no telitloa. Lew Fields inaugurated his engagement to The Hen Pecks, the new musical comedy p(0- ductioQ under his own management, at ths Broadway Theatre, Taesday evening, Jan. St. Tbe first performance of Charles KMn's new play, Maggie Pepper, with Booe Stahl aa ths atsr, will be given st the Orsnd Opsra ~ Maw Baeaa. M^itaWBir a«t, BiUie Burke's Season Extended New Tork. Jsn. 28. .1 —BUly Borke's ceom Theatre, I original date. The ont-af-tewa eatat a tM i ti which ahe was' to have pUved tollawus her New Tork season. wUl be tOMllsd lastaad bF Dsnlel Frotarasn's new prodaettoa.' The flevia Sisters, originally schedoled to soeeeid Mta Borke st the Lyceum Tbeatre. Dnrtng ths coming spring she. It Is- " —~ — to a Wer" ANOTHER CARTOON PLAY. New Tork, Jan. 28 (Special to Tbe BDlbeaia). —The tadlei- Bi atton Company wtU iwodoee aa- othec cartoon, play toondsd on the plctorea — Geome Hclfanns, entiUed Let Geeiia Da Tbe same firm baa prntomly ' * it two mnsleal comedies sloag the i oat tor tbe new piece. OAITES ENQAO^^kNNA LAUOH- Hew Tetk. Jan.. 38 (BpeeUI to The Bnibeei«l. Aa.'M.. Oaltea baa eafagcd Aaaa hmgbSa, le (MMUsaae, tor. his prednctlah of Ths OM For the rOlcs of Nobody. Vanity la Walter Browne's pU]^|^^er)rwoman._JHeD^;' yf, Cooper Cime, 6rl__ Mseksy sod Vivian Blackbam parts ot Btatr. Staff and PoS bars irlStottiW*'^ Mediae late u w. Bama 118 » laado D^, Himt im tcspectlTdy. ne nji; bthic l«Mlpcd that ma Aatti at BO- meat will eeear lauhcttaicly oatHit.toina caalneta.' na taea TvHl ha ■at yrt ^ It la aat naerallr baowa tbat Bdmnnd Braeas, wba Is atatring In The Beireetow. was to ths ottatasi prednetloa ot The MDsketeers. s dra- matic vereloa ot Dumas' The Three Masketeete, by Sydney Onady, when It was MtTea tot tbt ftat Maw st_ tbe Broadway Theatre. Jtaw Xetfe, Marsh .So* 'tola.