The billboard (July 1911)

JULY 1, 1911. The Amusement Week in New York BE3?NHAR DrS N EW ROLES Divine Sarah i>roduces Sister Beatrice and Jean Marie First Time to New Yorlcers—Former by Maurice,Mae» terlincic—Triumplis in Botii. SISTEB BEATRICE—A miracle pby in tbtee acts, br Handee 3IaeterUnclc. Glolw Tlie- .... atre.. . ' ' ; ::.. . Sister Beatrice >, The AblieBs .... Sister -. Eslaotlne Sister. CTemencs Sister-Felicity. . Sister Balblne. . Sister Brgiiu: i Sister Gisela Tlie Priest .... Prince BelUdor Petite AUette- . . THE CAST. • .;Mme. Ssrab Bernhardt .............^Mme. Bonlanser .i..............Mile. Seylor ..........MUe. Tbomas ...Mile. Dnc Mme. -Mscl^aD ........,..^...Mine. Desrocbes r»..— Mlle^ Bomani M. Iiaarent M. liOu Tellegen .—— ..Mme. LAorenc JEAX MABIB—A drama in one act. I)t Andre Tbenrlet. THE CAST, Jean Uarle ....^.v.i.....w.M. ton Tellegen £el M. Plron Tberese, his wife Mme. Sarah Bernhardt ■Kew York, Jane 22 (Special to The Blll- mard).—^After a half year's absence from Xew lork, the inimitable Sarah retnrneil for a fare- well, her performance comprising three eTenlng presentations on MondaTr'Tuesday'and Wednes- day. Jnne 19-21 IncIoslTe; and Wednesday af- ternoon matinee. The foBowIng plays were se lected from her tepertoire for her farewell en- casement: Sister Beatrice. Jean Marie, Ca mille, I.'AlgIon and Madam X. The popDlace has ever ras?d over the favor- ite thespian's work, assorlog themselves that Instead- of weakening under the tension of her work together with - her years.. rose even to BTcater heights of ability and dnunaUc strcnsfh _The Times says In this connection: "Sarah Bernhardt, retnmina: tram a tonr that most luiTe tested .tile, endurance of even the strong- eat of ber companions, showed to the andlence ■t the Globe Theatre; Mbnday night, a woman apparently yonnger and strong-r and filled with more energr than the Bernhardt who was wel- comed at the same theatre last winter. There was nothing of feebleni-ss abont her. not even her old trick of taking advaataee of the sup- port afforded by c&airs a'nd rabies was notice- able. She has been called wonderful so oftfn Frank Hawley Dieis ih New York New ro^ Jane 21 (Special to The Billboarrtl. —Franlr .-Hawley, a • weU-known theatrical agent and traslness manager of the older school dleil at the Post Gradnate Hospital in this city on Snnday aftonoon. Jane JS. Hawley was abont' sixty years of age. He had been Identified with dozens of prominent attractions. More recently he had been as-w- fflated wlth Fmnlc .McK-e and Percy G. W'l- llams. - Ijast season he was the manager of the Columbia Theatre In St. I-onls. CASEY OPENS DRAMATIC AGENCY New York, June 24 (Special to The Billboard). —Pat Casey, among his various enterprises, ha^ Inciudea a dramatic ag'encr. located Jn Sn^te *16. of the Putnam Building, making the Casey olBces cover nearl.v the entire fourth Boor. illss Isabd Prentiss, formerly man- ager of the Stock Prbdnclng Managers' Associa- tion, has been put In cbar'*e. From the numerous Important engagements made through this office since it opened' last month, the indications are that, it wOl .beteme one of the most successful of Mr. Casey's enterprises. Besides the several stock companies of tb" F.?'!?^.^""^°S Office, which have already-been Oiled, Miss Prentiss has the exclusive engaging of artists for twenty-two- Broadwav produc- tions; nnmerons vaudeville acts and win make a specialty of moving picture stock companies. WITTS LATEST ACT. Now Torfc, June 24 (Special to The BIIl- f"'^?'-^"^* newest act put out by Mai Witt IS his-Summer Girls, who are now-playing the P.lif" ^ Proctor Circuit. With the act are Lillian George, Kada Clark, Celeste Leslie and victoria AHen. ' Miss Clark has been with sev- eral of Witt's acts. Victoria Allen was. during the season']nst-dosed, one of the principals with The Kewlyweds Company; STELLA TRACEY IN VAUDEVILLE. New ToV*;' Jnne 23 (Special 'to 'The Bill- '«'''» was prima donna with Jallan ElUnge's Fascinating widow Com- pany, will take a • fiver in- vandevUle. opening Monday at TomiK's Pier in Atlantic (Sty. Miw Trace;' Is under the dIrecUon of Leiuian and Penfold. ' MISS HENRY CLOSES SEASON. New York, June 23 (Special to The Bill- board).—^MIss Catherine Hency ba.s closed hrr season as leading woman with the l^illlDS Lycenm StockOmipany .at. the Lycenm Tlieatre In Brooklyn."..,v 1 ' . that one felt the need of a superlative beyond. **Both of her plays. Jean Marie and Sister Be- atrice, had never been acted here by her before, and the Interest of the audience was therefore doubled. The two pieces, the first a one-act dra- ma In yerse, and the other a three-act miracle play are, in tlieir construction, almoet antithet- ical, but the Tberese of the one and the central character of the other have self-sacrifice as their motive, human in one. divine In the other. *Tbe excellent prodnctlon made at the New Theatre of the Maeterlinck miracle lAay has . ' (Cbutlnnrd.'on page S3;) THE RED ROSE PLEASES Valesica Suratt's New Veliicle, now Tenanting tlie Qlolw Tlieatre is of tlie Summer Variety—Critics Believe Play Will Have Long Run on Broadway GLOBE THEATRE—The Red Rose, a muilcal play in three acts, by Harry B. and R(A>ert B. Smith, with music by Robert Hood Bowers. THE <^ST. Lola Valeska Suratt Dick Ijorlmer .Wallace McC^tcheon Alonzo Lorimer... Alexander Clark Silas Plant. John Daly Murphy Hon. Lionel Talboye ..........Bmest Lambart Da^ Plant ;..Lilian Grabam Raphael Splrgle .John B. Haiard airne. Joyant. Flavlo Arcaro M. Dnpres .-.Henry Bergman GRACE FREEMAN, Appearing In A Country Girl, now running at the Herald Square Theatre, New York. Acoustic Diffi- culties Overcome New York, June 24 (Special to The Billboard.) —^Llt bler & Co. believe that they have solved the problem of acoustics of the Century The atre. During the career of this playhouse as the New Theatre. Its acoustics pr:-sented one of the most- vexations problems that tlie di- rectorate bad -to -grapple with.; ' Tbe aoIntlOB, as put forward by the new tenants, is found in the placing of a series of adjustable soondlnir boards over the stage. These will be lowered from the files and clamped Into place as the scenery Is set. For the past week experlnsents have been conducted under tbt* supervision of V. H. Kohler, architect, and Hugh Ford, tbe Llebler &. Co. stage manager, with canvas stretched on frames . In place of • sounding boards- The results of these experiments have been blgtaly satisfactory. WILLIAMS HOUSES CLOSE. New York. June 23 <SneciaI to Tlie Bilt board).—Two Percy G. Williams theatres, tbe CoIoniBl and tbe Alhambra. closed for tbe season. Jane 17. Tbe next season will begin early In September.:. ; - Lew Fields Goes Abroad New York. Jnne 24 (Special to Tbe Billboard.) —Accompanied ,by Mrs.. Fields and their fonr children. Lew Fields sailed on the lasltanla last week for a brief vacation abroau. Fields will remain away but five weeks, and upon bis return will resume his engagement In .The Hen Pecks at the Broadway Theatre. This mil be followrd by a new musical i?evae, entlll-a' Tbe Never Homes. In prepantlbo Mr. Fields bas stni anorther moslcal pMy wbltrb - will be called Tbe Wife Hanttn. JOS. K. WATSON PLAYING DATE. ' r - New York. Jane 24 (Special to Hie Billboard). —Jos. K. Watson, during tbe season Just closed principal comedian with Tbe Lady Bnccaneers, 1» now playing tbe Keith 4e Proctor bouses. Watson has been booked for « ;ttalrtyTWreks^ tonr of tbe Snlllvan tc Consldine Circuit, playing September 18 In Louisville. He; has seven ■weeks of Keitb & Proctor time to play, which will keep Idm busy until August 21. Wben be closes his season to rest np before beginning ble tonr of tbe S. * C. bonsra. Watton I* doing a mon<^K and rendering cbBTicter aongs. Andre > Craig Campbell Gyp ..Carrie BeynoId« Baron Leblanc , , .Louis Caaavant Maxime Bupont ...Henry Bergman New York, June 34 (Special lo The Billboard).' —A big change took place at the Globe Theatre within the same one week; opening as it did With Sarab Bernhardt Bivins ner farewell per- formances ODtn Wednesday, and then housing Valeska Suratt. witb a frisking, frolicking com- edy.- Tbe Red• Rose, the mnalnder of the week. one of the papers put it. the Globe Theatre has donned Its light-weight-underwear to re- ceive Its summer visitor. Albeit that tbe change waa great, it was nevertheless highly pleasing, and tbe press lauded most favorably, assuring its readers that Valeska Suratt's new vehicle should be a full, summer resident ot Uroi.lway. Al H. Woods placed the writing of the libretto in tbe bands of tbe Smith. biotbetR. Robert and Harry B. Smith, while tbe music waa anppllvd b.v Robert Hood. Bowers. Valeska S^att .a» Ixilo does not- mbnonolize tbe stage, allowlug Ernest Lambart. John- K. Haxzard. Flavlo Ar- caro and Carrie Reynolds to win tbelr way to the hearts of the audieiici\ Lambart stands out for the greatest amount of praise from the critics, although the work of Hazzard and Arcaro in both singing and dancing was com- mended lilgh-y. Oarrie Reynolds,, although new to Broadway audiences, wfls taken to their hearts at once. It might be said In passing that this lady Justifies « more important role, Her work Is clean and at jOI ttmes m»ltonou8. Not the least attractire part of tblg prodnc- tion Is the scenery and scenic elTects. The scene representing the four -arts bail, in the third act. being quite of the ordinary in its color scheme.- - Tbe 4o-foot <yelIow satin drop citrtain u-std in this act was embroidered by Croner. tbe New York spangle man.' It re- ef ived much -applause and appreciation. The elaborate costumes worn in this production were a-so tmbroidcred by this company. The American comments In - part as follows; "The book and lyrics were written by Harry B- and Robert B. Smith and music by Robert Hood Boners. It was staged and costumed conunendably. There wu mncb that was pretty (Continued on page 3^) Frohman Returns With Many Prizes^^ New York, June 23 (Special to The Bill- board).—Cbarles Prohman has returned to thpse shores after five months' absence in Europe in behalf of his theatrical productions for next season. This producer announces a most for- midable program of theatrical attractions for the 1011-12 season. He has secured nlaj's and contracts with playwrights In America, Eng- land and several continental countries, Inclnd'- Ing Augustus ThomaSr for a new comedy. Porter Emerson Brown for a new play called Sex, TtiompBon Buchanan and' A. E. Tbomas for brand new plays, as well as WInchell Smith and Martha Morton, th" latter agreeing to deliver her coraeuy by September 1. William Gillette will work upon a new piny before he resumes bis Stage work. J. M. Barrle is to write a play im-medlately after be—finishes his Pet'T Pan novel. Sir Arthur. La%.,Plnero. Alfred Sutfn " and R.' C. ' Cartdfll'Bfe also at wo-k writing plays to gtP oirP^nfler the Frohman banner- Haddon Chambers and Henri Perrstrln nrp also, at work-for . him; .-John Drew, Is to open the Empire se'as6n'--'e9^y In September with a comedy calfed -A 'Slngle Man. b.v Hu- bert H. Davles.'■ Mande v Adslns will entertain In New York In Cfaantecler-^^.jj(ntermlngle<l with this production' on specified'afternoons will be the presentation of three short plays running fifteen minutes eacbf sfroitt vJhe ipen of J.' Mi Barrle. On- Is called A- Little' Piny, another Jud.v. and the .third Is .stll^,^unnamed. Ethel Barrymore Is to follow , John" Drew's engage- ment at the .Empire In A, .witiness foi: tbe De- fence, a play .bjr A. B, Maiun.- wblcb bu been running fOr months atttb^-St. Tam?8 Theatre. London. BllUe Burke eotntn^ncca her New York season In September - Ib'-iw fonr-act comedy. The Runaway, by Pierre .iVeber, adapted b.r Michael Morton. Mme.: Nazimovn Is to pre- sent repertoire for ber lltat season under the Frohman management. Tba Criterion Theiitre will present Hnddon Chamlwrs' play. The Pnss- ersby, as Its premiere attraction. Marie Doro will commence a four-act play, The Butterfly on the Wheel abont Oct.-. !. '«<MIs Skinner will open abont tbe same time in a play by.»A. B. Tbom. as. Kyrle Bellew Is dated to arrive In the metropoys In i new^p1a,T about tbe Jlrst of the year. Francis Wilson Is ' to have a new ve- hicle la The Macic Ring, and William H. Crane and Hittie Winiama'WlU-also be afforded uen- prodnotlons. The Knickerbocker Theatre will open -its doors-the latter"'part of Angnst with nonald -Brian In Th" BMn as tbe attraction. Jnlla . Sanderson- will" be h1» leadlnit woman. Cbarlet Fyohman's nlana fo( pt«aentatiiin or new productions In Bnrope are equally u ex- tensive. A eompltte list af attraotlena at Naw York, thaatraa - appaara on