The Billboard 1911-09-16: Vol 23 Iss 37 (1911-09-16)

The Billboard BIGGEST HIT OF THE BIGGEST ACTS MONKEY RAG * Send program and‘stamp for copy of this great, original Jungle Song to THOMPSON & CO,,145 N, Clark Street, CHICAGO HONKY TONKY When those monkeys dance that Monkey Rua. You'll think each monk was on a jag, You would laugh until your sides would Crack When they cur: their tails and wiggle their backs, Now everybody's talking about that That Honky Tonky Monkey Rag. SEPTEMBER 16, 19°), SE — i CHORUS ( rag that drag Copyrighted MCMXI, Thompson & Co.., 145 N. Clark St., Chicago. SHUBERTS’ PLANS. (Continued from page 9.) tion of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. to America, Mr. Harvey will appear in the ay im London at the Covent Garden Opera ouse, just as soon as the difficulties for preSenting the elaborate stage effects are over Before coming eome. The New York presentation will take place the Manhattan Opera ouse. Six hundred “supers’’ will be employed, makin tion, in magnitude, almost a riva podrome entertainments. CONTRACTS MADE IN PARIS. The most important deal consummated by Mr. Shubert in Paris was for the American rights to Aime des Femmes, an extremely laughcomedy in three acts, by M. Maurice Henmequin and M. Georges Mitchell, which has had a triumphant run at the Theatre Palais Royal. Among the other works which he acquired while im the Freach capital are: The Mystery of the Yellow Chamber, a new melodrama; Balthasar, a new play by Pierre Berton, the author of Zaza; The House of Dances, done in Paris by Polaire; and Sherlock Holmes and Arsene Lupin. The last named of these pieces has been the sensation of the year at the Chatelet Theatre. It is an extraordipary comedy, with sensational scenic effects, and shows the efforts ef the English detective character to outwit the ruses of the celebrated French thief char acter. ARRANGEMENTS WITH PROF. MAX enema . REINHARDT. During his visit in Germany a meeting was guranteed in Munich between Mr. Shubert and Herr Prof. Max Reinhardt, the famous director of the Deutsches Theatre—the man whose geni has invested the art of the stage producer with an undreamed-of significance and has earned for hi the title “‘Europe’s stage manager. Prof. Reinhardt spent his summer in Munich as producing manager of the Kunstler Theatre, where his presentation of Offenbach’s Die Schone Helene has ecored an unusual triumph. Mr. Shubert obtained the American rights for the Reinhardt version of this work. m the night be witnessed the performance of Die Schone Helene, a selected cast of all the principals appeared as a particular courtesy, it being the eustom for one or two of them to rest on off hts, their place being taken by underetudies. ore important even than the contract for Die Schone Helene, is the arrangement into which Mr. Shubert entered with Prof. Reinhardt for an American production of Sumurun, the the producof the Hip n. ae pantemine is executed on a scale of magnitude and splendor that defies description. The title of the piece is the name of the favorite wife of a jealous Oriental potentate, and the story treats of love, adventure and conse quent tragedy in the veritable spirit of Eastern romance. The plot tells how a beautiful dancer, belonging to a hunchbaek juggler, ‘s beloved by the son of the sheik, and how the father, also fascinated, purchases her as an addition to his harem. At the same time, Sumurun herself determines to play upon the sentiments of a young man named Nur al Din. All the main characters are brought tato the palace with a denouement in which death plays no small part, but which leaves Sumurun and Nur al Din free at last. The marvelous stage settings show the bazaar and the different apartments in the palace and harem. OTHER NOVELTIES—WILL TAKE AMERICAN COMPANY TO EUROPE. Herr Schumann, director of the Circus Schumann, which was in Munich at the same time, gave a special performance for the American manager of the New York Hippodrome. Herr Gchumann himself, known as the foremost cireus man in Germany, appeared in a number lasting half an hour, introducing a remarkable collection of beautiful horses in new and startling evolutions. Miss Dora Schumann, the Gaughter of the director, did a thritling and effective Apache dance on back. Mr. Shubert completed arrangements with Herr Schumann by which a number of his most sensational acts will be seen in the Hippodrome circus pext year. During his trip Mr. Shubert was a uent visitor at leading music halls, variety places and cabaret shows, and obtained many aovelties to be seen for the first time at the Winter Garden during the coming season. Prominent in this list is a team of Spanish dancers from L'Abbaye in Paris, whose dancing is said te be superior to anything of the kind yet seen bere In addition to his plan for bringing many European productions and novelties to New York, Mr. Shubert has decided to take an American TKETS COUPON AND STRIP There ts but One BEST—Those Made by WELDON, WILLIAMS @ LICK FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS musical comedy company to Europe for performances in London, aris, Berin and Vienna. He is convinced that this form of entertainment, headed by a star comedian like Mr. Lew Fields, surrounded by a specially selected chorus of American beauties, could not fall to score in the European capitals, where Amerlean music is now heard everywhere and the beauty of our women is one of the topics of the day. AMERICAN ANNOUNCEMENTS. While Mr. Lee Shubert was absent be was, nevertheless, in constant communication with his New York office. The arrangements consummated here by Mr. J. J. Shubert, in addition to his foreign acquisitions, prove that the Messrs. Shubert will producing managers on an unparalleled scale throughout the coming season. The new musical productions for which definite plans have been made in New York include: The Kiss Waltz, by Edgar Smith, with lyrics by Matthew Woodward and music by E. M; Ziehrer, and with a cast including Charles Bigelow, Robert Warwick, Eva Davenport, Sallie Fisher and Martin Brown; Fritzi Scheff in The Duchess, by Joseph Herbert and Harry B. Smith, with music by Victor Herbert, which is to be one of the early metropolitan offerings; The Barefoot Dancer, the music of which is by Felix Albini, the noted composer of Madame Troubadour; Cousin Bobby, which has been adapted by Mark Swan and the music for which is by Karl Miilocker, the composer of The Beggar Student; The Queen of the Night, which is by Paul M. Potter and Franz Lehar, composer of The Merry Widow. and which is to open in Chicago in September, with Harry Conor in the leading role; The Blue Club, a musical comedy from the German of Engle and Horst, with music by Carl Kepeller; Ladies’ Day, which is a new and up-to-date American work, by Gustav Luders and Andre Casad, and from which much is expected; Madame Flirt, the book of which is by Leonard Liebling, who was responsible for the libretto ef The Girl and the Kaiser: ve in Pawn, which is another operetta by Ziehrer; Marriage in Sport, by Frans Lehar and Julius Bauer; and Kean, the music of which is by Alexander Stefanides, and which is founded on the same story as Charles Coghlan’s greatest success, The Royal Box. The musical version of Trilby, written by Joseph Herbert from Paul Potter's dramatigation of the famous novel by Du Maurier and set to music by Victor Herbert, will be presented by the Messrs. Shubert in conjunction with Wm. A. Brady. Mr. Brady is also interested with them in The Balkan Princess, the production in which Louise Gunning scored a triumph last season at the Casino and in which ig to go on tour thig year. Mr. Sam Bernard will continue for the present in his last season’s hit, He Came from Milwaukee, and will make his first transcontinental tour to the Pacific Coast. When he returns East, early in 1912, he will be provided with a new musical piece by Harry B. Smith and Mme, de Gressac. Mr. James T. Powers will continue under the Shubert management. He will have a new musical comedy to replace Havana, the wonderful success in which he appeared for the last three seasons. The Gypsy Coaster, which was a European success. is being adapted by Leonard Liebling. The music is by Joseph Snaga. Other musical works to which the Messrs. Shubert have secured the rights are: The Astrologer, by Robert Schanzer, with music by Robert Leonard; The Cloak Model, by Burg and Turzinsky; Der Ledige Gatte, by Grunbaum and Relchert, with music by Gustav Wanda; The Prima Ballerina, by Max Reimann, with music by Otto wartz; and The Fortunate Fool. by Landesvard and Willner, with music by Hein tich Berte. Harry B. Smith and Reginald De Koven are at work on a new musical plece for the Messrs. Shubert, and so are gar Smith and Frank Tours. One of the most important of the musical ventures in which the Messrs. Shubert will have an interest will be the Gilbert and Sulllvan Festival, consisting of revivals, to be pre sented by a special star cast organization, including De Wolf Hopper and the other people who were seen in the Pinafore revival. This Gilbert and Sullivan Festival will include Pinafore as well as the other pieces to be done at the Casino before the organization goes on tour. DRAMATIC OFFERINGS. The dramatic offerings for the season wil! be no less numerous and varied than the musical attractions. One of the earliest productions will be Next, a new farce 7 Rida Johnson Young, in which Helen Lowell is to be featured. Fine Feathers, by Eugene Walter, and The Warning, a drama by Arthur J ddy, who wrote the novel which was dramatized under the title of The Great John Ganton, will be among the early offerings. Cyril Scott, who has starred in The Lottery Man. for the last two years, will have as his new vehicle a piece entitled A Modern Marriage, which has been adapted from the German by Harrison Rhodes. Minnie Dupree, who is now appearing with Henrietta Crosman in The Real Thing, will have a new play a little later in the season. One of the most important of all the productions will be the presentation of Romance, a new play by Edward Sheldon, author of Salvation Nell and The Nigger. Mr. William Courtenay will aleo be provided with a new American starring vehicle. Among the various other pleces to be ee duced during the season are: Won’t You alk Into My Parlor?, by Cosmo Gordon Lennox; Who’s Who, a comedy to be presented in conjunction with Wm. A. Brady; a new play by Wilson Mizner, which is to open in Chicago; The Glass House and The Sin Register, both farces and both by Charlotte Thompson; The Masked Venus, by Gaston Rondier; Who Owns Helen, from the German of Everhard Buchner: Wireless Telegraphy, a French play by Lastoc and Revelle: Papa’s Mama. a new comedy by Heinrich Stoblitzer and Fritz Friedman-Frederich; The Dirigible Airship, by Emil Norini and Ernest Baum; and A Thousand Dollars, a farce by Eagle and Horst. The Messrs. Shubert will also uce The Best People, the play by George leydell that scored a notable London hit a year ago, and will present The Blue Bird on tour in conjunction with Liebler & Co. John Mason, Ae a Man Thinks, and other successes of the last season, will, of course, be continued. The Messrs. Shubert will be interested with Wm. A. Brady in all the productions under the direction of Wm. A. Brady, Ltd., and also in many pieces offered by the other Independent allies. Sothern and Marlowe will continue in their exclusively Shakespearean repertoire under the management of Mr. Lee Shubert, appearing only in Shubert theatres. and William Faversham and other noted players will also book altogether through the Shubert Booking Offices. KLAW & ERLANGER’S PLANS. (Continued from page 9.) with a wealth of color and detail that holds the attention from the rise to the fall of the curtain. They will present Miss Charlotte Walker early in October in a dramatization of John Fox Jr.'s popular novel, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, by. Eugene Walter. Miss Walker will play the role of June, the heroine of the tale of the Kentucky mountains. The play will be in four acts. The first act takes place on the trail; the second in the town which John Hale is attempting to develop; the third in June's home in the mountains; on the trail in the open. Mr. Walter has made an intensely interesting play, which will lend itself to the big and artistic production that Klaw & Erlanger will give it. Henry Miller, who has been playing on the Pacific Coast under the direction of Klaw Erlanger, has had a very successful season in The Havoc, by Bdward Sheldon. Mr. Miller returns to the East in November to appear on Broadway in a series of new and old plays. One of the most successful musical comedies in the last decade of the theatre is Klaw & Erlanger’s The Pink Lady, now in its seventh month at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, but a production of which will be seen in other cities later in the season. , he firm will open their new Atlanta theatre, the Atlanta, in September, with George Beban, who will appear under the firm’s management this season in his own play, The Sign of the Rose, a drama of current life in New York City. in which Beban gives a character study of an Italian street laborer. SAVAGE’'S PLANS. (Continued from page 9.) roduction. This play ia the product of Avery epwess, author of Nobody's Widow and Seven ays. Other of Mr. Savage's fall activities will be The Grape Girl, a musical comedy, with libretto and lyrics by James C. Harvey and score by Gustav Luders, and The Princess Child, an opera by Franz Lehar, which has a record of two hundred performances in Vienna. In addition to these attractions, Mr. Savage brought with him the manuscript of Baron Good-f Nothing, a Berlin comedy success: The tenant’s Ward, another German comedy e Summer Folly, Weeping Josephine Le Million, a Parisian light comedy. Walter Browne's Everywoman is to be revived at the Lyric Theatre the latter part of next month without any changes in the cast. A Western company has been engaged to open in Chicago about the middle of October. e Great Name, which enjoyed a fourteen weeks’ run at the Cort Theatre, Chicago, last season, with Harry Kolker as star, will given its Broadway premiere in October. cuse Me, with a commendable run at the Gaiety, is to be honored by three companies, as well as being presented {n Berlin and Paris during the coming season. The Divorce Fun, a new A. E. Thomas satirfeal comedy, is also scheduled to appear before the first of the year. There is to be but one Madame X company aa year, with Adeline Dunlap in the stellar role. The Merry Widow will not be exploited next season, but will probably be given a special revival at a later date. For European presentation about Christmas time, Mr. Savage has In mind a German adaptation of The Sho-Gun and Woodland. CARLOS INSKEEP ATTRACTIONS. The Carlos Inskeep Attractions have now become one of the most important factors in the theatrical world. This thriving firm, though but one year old, has at present eight attractions now en tour, covering all parts of this country, and will before the first of the year. have four more, making a total of twelve attractions. It will be one of the largest producing firms of popular-priced attractions west of New York City. This firm bas surrounded itself with one of the very best executive staffs that money can secure and under the direction of George L. Barton, general manager, has come to the front rapidly. Some of the best-known agents in the country will be found in their roster, including E. E. Garrettson, Joe ‘Dusty’? 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