The Billboard 1909-02-20: Vol 21 Iss 8 (1909-02-20)

, 8 " \t ? / ‘ The Billboara FEBRUARY 20, 1909. CUTTS DS > CN ATED IDO, U ESPO DL LBOAMRD ® SPONDENT (BROAIMWANT THE WEEK’S OFFERINGS Faunie Ward in The New Lady a comedy in four acts by Jerome K. Wallack’s Theatre. Koured Dreher in Mathias Goliinger, a German farce by Max Bernstein and Oscar Blumenthal, the New German Theatre. Jas. T. Powers in Havana, a musical comedy in three acts, by George Grossmith, Jr., with music by Leslie Stuart and lyrics by Adrian Ross and George Arthurs, the Casino Theatre. THE NEW LADY BANTOCK WALLACK’S THEATRE.—The New Lady Bantock, a comedy, by Jerome K,. Jerome. THE CAST: Bantock. Jerome, oe bata ake an tbo oes iiaieeend . Fannie Ward Vernon Wetherel) ....... ° John W. Dean Martin Bennett ........-. Chartes Cartwright Susannab Bennett .........06Terese Deagle Jane Bennett .........cc006 Margaret Fuller Simeon Bennett .........0-0-Frank Jackson Ernest Bennett .......... Harold De Becker Honoria Bennett .......... Perdita Hudspeth The elder Miss Wetherell ...... Leila Repton The youiger Miss Wetherell ..Margaret Gray Ps WROMEMMICD neces ncccces T. J. McGrane George P. Newte ...... Robert McWade, Jr. “Our Empire.” PEE -. sbevescvnscenegesecvnbs Mabel Norton OS ere Mabel Earle Graham DE sveetvsceboccrswes Stella Maltrevers MEE cwvcdecsevcccnvnscesws Edna May Oliver EE . o<teseeeseces eccccsese Marie Mesaner WOOER nn cwrccveccccces seeeeee-Sylphie Radcliffe HE NEW LADY BANTOCK is in| Waiter E. Flood, General of the Secret Serve evece four acts and two scenes, and is said to deal with the servant problem in a new way. Fanny is an orphan daughter of a musician who is taken in charge by her uncle, Martin Bennett, a butler. Finding her relatives and their ways unbearable, she goes on the stage in Paris and makes a name for herself. There she is married to Vernon Wetherell, .who represents himself to be a handsome painter. | | | | } } ! | | ! When she arrives at her English home with her husband Fanny is astonished to discover that it is Bantock [lall, and that she is the wife of young Lord Bantock. whom she _ beHeved to be a poor artist. He had concealed his identity in order to be sure that she was not marrying him for his title. To Fanny it is a shock in more ways than one, for her butler proves to be her uncle, and the twenty-three servants in the house are all Bennetts and relatives of hers. For three enerations the Bennett family has served the antocks, and Martin not only holds complete Sway over the servants, but his despotism extends to the family itself. Lord Bantock, like his wife, is an orphan, and during his youth his house had been in the bands of the Bennetts, so that even in private matters the butlers influence is felt. When the butler finds his new mistress is his dis Obedient niece there is trouble, and he frightens her into submission by threatening to ex e her to her husband, who does not know of r relationship to his servants. After a quarrel Fanny discharges all the, servants, confesses to her husband her deception about her family. and announces her intention of return ing to the stage; but her husband forgives her and peace reigns once more at Bantock Hall. NEW GERMAN STAR The German actor, Konrad Dreher, began his starring performance at the New German Theatre, on Madison avenue, Monday night, with the four-act farce, Mathias Gullinger, by Max Bernstein and Oscar Blumenthal. The farce shows the difference between northern and southern German ways. Mathias Gollinger, a rich Munich brewer, through the | evening, February 11. marriage of his danghter comes to Berlin. Ile | is fascinated by the charms of the metropolis, and decides to open up a ‘“‘beer palace.’’ Tle is unable to adjust himself to conditions there. and his bluff and hearty Bavarian manners are especially displeasing to the conventional famfly of his son-in-law, and a number of dixa greements result. After a general reconciliation he decides to remain in Munich the rest of his life. Dreher plays the part of Gollinger, Heinrich Marlow that of Carl Krueger, and Bianca Froehlich plays Therese. AN ERROR IN STATEMENT Hugh H. Huhn, writing in The Memphis Commercial-Appeal, erroneously says the season of Mrs. Fiske is to be terminated in Saivaticon Nell, that she may appear in Hannele. Mrs. Fiske never has had a more successful play than Salvation Nell, and she has had no idea of cutting short its legitimate term on the American stage. Marrison Grey Fiske has secured Mrs. Fiske’s future use, in line with the policy that makes provision ahead for future seasons. and in accordance with Mrs. Fiske’s desire— which has marked her tendency for years—to amplify and give artistic diversity to her remarkable repertoire. PRESS AGENT RETIRES On Monday, William W. Aulick, who for the past year has been acting ax eneral press representative for Charles Dtlingham, assumed the post of general press representative for Leibler and Company. replac ing Campbell MacCulloch, who has held that position during the last four years, and who retires to accept a position with The Century Syndicate. MARIE DORO COMING Charles Frohman has decided upon Monday, March i, as the date of Miss Marie Doro’s first appearance in New York in her new play, The Richest Girl. which was written | for her in collaboration by Paul Gavanlt and Michel Morton, the authors of My Wife, John Drew's vehicle last season. Miss Doro in The Richest Girl will sneceed Mr. William Gillette | at the Criterion Theatre, and will in turn he followed at the some theatre by the new Clyde Fitch Comedy, The Happy Marriage. Thess plans are expected to complete the arrangements for the balance of the season at the Criterion Theatre. | the Hauptmann play for) ACT I.—The Man. The Flag Down. (In| Samuel Goldstein, Rachel's father .........-. termission of ten minutes.) jj $j = = = = | seenseesereereeeeseeeseeees . Colton _ White ACT 1I1.—The Friend and Master. (Inter-| Mike O’Hara, an immigrant Edward Nannery mission of eight minutes.) | One-Eyed Pete, a crook Peres °° gee y Walter 2 ccccccccccccceccsssscce Max Braham — . r. Fa ene ol yon md ““ Dark Hour. (In jrophy, a policeman ....... Be tr pate ~ IV , ‘ John, a servant ’.......... ortimer Harrison | — en Victor and Martyr. The Flag Mrs. Augusta Gould, Gould’s wife, but in love | receceagaeal with Bradley ............Miss' Leila Davis Benjamin Chapin scored heavily with his | Mrs. Gobalski, an East = be vo Ag AER | masterly portrayal of Lincoln. It is one of the ilies se ee "Sitka ‘Sante ieee best ond quaintest character studies on the Rach i Goldetel . epee eg "aneee American stage to-day. Capactiy houses ruled #che! Goldstein ........ CHANGES IN SHUBERT THEATRES Al. H. Wilson, the comedian and tenor, ap . lad peared at the Metropolis Theatre Monday af rn OWiRE 10. the, contract existing be, | {rom “ip ik ge inract Hay, Wore OM ina e eee. é New York was Dutch. Havana, the English musical comedy success The show, a sort of combined musical com from the Gaiety Theatre, London, specifying | cay and drama, was well received. Mr. Wil _— = eng barr ee wd | son has included everything in his piss. from here the first week y, a . y c “those papers” down to bility of the Messrs. Shubert to obtain any ee egy Bie Sor gaye lO oye Be age dunces. postponement, James T. Powers made his first | Everything a. oan done . appesrance in Havana in New York Thursday 3 7 Eddie Foy in Mr. HamCLASSY PRESS MATTER let of Broadway therefore ended his engageK 2 >» Casi dis yrile Bellew, at present appearing a —— oe Sy a a | in Charles Frohman’s production of the Thief. cm, re ees, — oes has just received the following letter from — oe ee eee ee Presideat Roosevelt, in acknowledgement of — the E of Tne Vampire at the | a gift of a peculiar revolver especially nse Hackett Theatre ended and was followed by a) ful for the = oS —_ 7 return New York engagement of Clyde Fitch’s | ing ad —s en + Fs gp on noted comedy, Girls, which opened Monday, | Presentec e 2AM rlbdrea February &, for ene week only. On February | ing his recent Washington engagement. 15 Girls was followed in turn at the Hackett | The White House, Theatre by Grace George, under the manageWashington. ment of William A. Brady, ° her new play. Ne ines ie Seablier> Miss Julia Marlowe's New York engagement |“: spate ~egagir : in The Goddess of Reason began at Daly's TheBAD 5 my ae ae re y= Plager gon atre om Monday sight. February 15, and will poo it is most kind gn to have remember be Maited ctrictiy to feer weeks. ed me in so delightful a fashion. Will you ac GARDEN THEATRE cept the accompanying photograph? With LINCOLN AT THE WHITE HOUSE.—A drama | "e@rty regard, mache a. ae in four acts, by Benjamin Chapin. ' The eodore Roosevelt. CAST O HARACTERS: . Abraham Lincoln “i 7 sabneer Benjamin Chapin| Upon the photograph which the President Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War ........ gave Mr. Bellow is written:— homas Williams To Kyrie Bellew With the best wishes of Theodore Roosevelt. BED cacce Rogers Lytton FiVE OF A KIND. The only way the Schlesinger boys ever take water. The above picture represents five brothers who are prominent in theatricals, in the water at Atlaniic City. Reading from left to right, the brothers can be picked out as follows: Theatre, Yonkers, N. Y.; Morris S. Secblesinger, Representative Chas. E. Blaney Amusement Co., and Manager Planey’s Lincoln Square Theatre, New York City: Jack Schlesinger, Traveling | Representative lmperial Curtain Co., New York City: Gus 8. Schlesinger, Treasurer Colonial Theatre, Chicago, I.; Leon Schlesinger, Assistant Treasurer Colouial Theatre, Chicago, Il. Ralph Bixby, a Captain in the Secret Serv| GRAND STREET THEATRE SE dcnosnne sobob ova besos Daniel Jarrett, Jr. | Tad Lincoln, the President's son ..........++For the week of February 1, 1909, osbese eens " wcuceeeess Master Robert Tansey | A. H. Woods presented Miss Louise Beaton in| Mary Todd Lincoln, the President's wife .... | the great drama of the East Side, entitle! bes bbaaca dtvekecpecass ..... Caroline Tarris| Rachel Goldstein in| four acts and eight Kate Morris, her nelce ........ Ilelen Holmes | scenes, by Theodore Kremer. Place—A room in the White House, WashCAST OF CHARACTERS: ington, D. C. Joe Rubens, a young clubman..Ralph J. Herbert SCENES Malcolm Bradley, an adventurer.Arthur Gillard during the engagement. METROPOLIS THEATRE It was whoop ‘em up for fair at the Grand last week. years that Miss Peaton has been on the stage WHEN OLD NEW YORK WAS DUTCH.—A and thereby melodrama is the distinct loser. four-act comedy drama by Sidney R. Ellis. M'ss Beatoa has talent that could be well placed in something classy. Needless to say THE CAST: that the big patrons of the Grand turned out in full force. It was the biggest week in the Metz Be Aye onevetkesenn a fe oe theatre’s history. | Gov. ichard Nichols.......... etcher arvey | Lord Edward Grey...........-.Wm. Balfour BROADWAY NOTES | Henry MONS kcsdcccesuses ...Richard Milloy Rob Mercer and Ted Miller, two well-known | Capt. Schronhavan .......e+ee00. Ross O'Neal advance agents reached town this week. | i, eg STP ..-Lew Wallace Grace Yazard, Five Feet of Comic Opera, war j; Admiral De Sagan .....eseseeees Jack Brady pot allowed to do her turn last Sunday night. Spiegle Kinderhoeck ....... ..-Arnold Meyers Improper? Not a bit—too much police and eee Te oc scvenobesons Little Olive Wright Sundayism. | Fisherman Kloots ...... Kenneth MacClennes But Harry Lauder told the police something: | Captain of Horse ............ Bert Sheridvn he wore kilts and the cops didn't even boo. ree rere Lemuel Lendis Somebody must have spread Lauder’s rep. ax 1 DGRe TReBOM. cscnnvvciscensve Irma La Pierre a fighter. | Katrina Clattercop .......... Juha Batchelder Miss Peryl Hoyt, chorus girl. was found un1 EOGy TRS cccccscescvecs Florence Stover conscious at Fourth street and the Rowery. | Fran Klooth. Mary Wilding at an early hour yesterday morning. She wax | Leda Edith Wright sent to Bellevue Hospital, where It was found srizell Lillian Van Arsdale that she was suffering from chloral poisoning, | Sateen ePeB ed bsi sch icns odes cu Florry Sloan such as is administered {n knockout drops. Richard S. Schlesinger, Manager Blaney's | Harry Gould, Joe's friend....Herbert K. Betts | Incidentally the first time in five | Mile. Camilla Dalberg is the latest foreign stur to contemplate an American invasiup, and within a month will sail for America to }imake her debut In vaudeville, The Happy Marriage came to the Criterion on Feb, 15. Virginia Kleine is back from San Francisco. Eddie Foy has left incidentally, also Mr. Hamlet of Broadway. Madame Olive Fremstad is to sing at the Tuesday afternoon performance at the Metropolitan Opera House for the benefit of the Lin}coln Memortal University at Cumberland Gap, | Tenn. An address by Miss Tarbell, Lincoln's biographer: a violin solo by Albert Spaulding, | music by the Damrosch Orchestra and speeches by a number of celebrities are on the program. KANSAS CITY, MO. Musical comedy was the offering at most of the Kansas City theatres for the week of February 7, and where that did not hold forth, it was to laugh at every theatre in town that week, with the exception of the Woodward | Stock Company, at the Auditorium, where the massive scenic production of Cleopatra was the attraction. Mr. E. Allen, genial “‘Ed. Allen.”’ as he is known, Is the press agent for the Willis Wood Theatre, and while this house, with its fine management, is endeared and appreciated by Kansas City. Mr. Allen's efficient services bave brought more fame and business to the theatre. Mr. Allen is connected with the Kansas City Journal in an editorial capacity, and also bas charge of Mr. O. D. Woodward's theatrical sheet, “The Spotlight.”’ which is published In Kansas City and distributed to the patrons of Mr, Woodward’s houses, so that they may keep pace with all 'ocal news, Items, etc.. ax well as stories about well-known professional people. | By a decision of the United States Cireuit Court, handed down recently in St. Louis, where the case was taken for bearing, the Shubert Theatre has reverted to the management of Lee and J. J. Shubert. Mr. O. D. Wood| ward, of the Willis Wood and Auditorium | theatres, has been in charge of the Shubert | since the theatrical season opened In Septem| ber, having entered Into an agreement with the | Shuberts whereby he became manager of the | Shubert Theatre in conjunction with the Willis | Wood, the Shuberts to have a share in both | the business of the Shubert and Willix Wood. } | The theatre has not been formally turned over to the Shuberts, but it is expected to come under | thelr management this week. Mr. Earl Stew; ard, the Shuberts’ personal representative in | Kansas City, who has been treasurer under | Mr. Woodward's regime, is still at the theatre, | and has been spoken of most favorably as the new manager, if the Shuberts shoul! not send some one from New York. The house, during the remainder of the season, will put on only first-class attractions and those with drawing power. The Shubert, when first erected ip Kansas City, became known as our ‘House Cozy.’” and now will have the best of the Shubert attractions. The Land of Nod, the | attraction the week of the 7th, did a land| office business. Knox Wilson was seen in his original part of The April Fool, and he ts ably assisted by other capable principals. The Warrens of Virginia, with Frank Keenan tn the lead, comes to the Shubert the week of the 14th. | The Orpheum Theatre celebrated its eleventh , anniversary as a vaudeville house February 5. | and during all these years of catering to Kan jsas City’s pleasure, has nothing but a recor@ | | of snecess to its credit, and this is due to the splendid management of Mr. Martin Lehman. Mr. Lehman has been resident manager since the house opened, and year after year has in | sisted upon giving to Kansas City the best with the highest class of WILLIAM E. SHPLLEY CLEVELAND, Oo. } theatre possible vaudeville. | | | | Musical shows of the lightest kind gave way to staight drama at the Opera House and Co lonial last week, The Thief and The vil, bringing here well-known players. The t iple | alliance of the famous stars, Kyrle Bellew, Her bert Kelcey and Effie Shannon proved a big feature In the former plece. In The Devil, Gearge Arliss made his initial bow as a star before Cleveland audiences. Both attractions drew im mense crowds, and were highly appreciated. A thousand members of the Cleveland Athletic | Club attended the rformance at the Hippo | drome last Wednesday night. In addition to | the regular program the C. A. C. Glee Club | offered several songs, which were loudly ep | cored, After several pestecnemente on account of the wild weather, the children’s ice skating races, | under the city auspices, were held at the Ely} sium Rink. President D. H. Humphrey, of the Humphrey Co., offered the use of their palatiad rink and for two nights great interest was manifested in the youngsters’ sports. There was In all over 1,800 entries for the different | events, Sddie Foyer, well known throngh his connec | tion with the old Cleveland Hippodrome Com | pany, has signed a forty weeks’ contract to ap pear over the Sullivan-Considine Cireuit. e | opened laxt week at Chattanooga and will tour all of the Southern cities, presenting his fa | miliar monologue, including his Black Sheep | recitations, } } At Keith’s Hippodrome, W. J. Wilson has in preparation, a melodramatic spectacle which will be shown for the first time, March 1. It promises to be «a great thriller for the big stage. The story will tell of the capture of 4 | bicycle mall carrier by Indians and his esca | from them. In it ‘Dare Devil’? Sehrrer will | the mall carrier and he will end his bieyele flight with a plunge into the immense tank. Max Faetkenhener was in town a few days last week, leaving his Madame Butterfly Company at Erie. where they plaved two engage ments. The company, witeh Mr. Faetkenhever is piloting, 1s composed of almost entirely of former members of the Hippodrome Grand Opera organization. The road tour has been con fined = i. so now York and busi ness is reported as z good. F. W. BEACH. , SP yee