Show FAVERSHAM AM TO HAVE NEW BIBLICAL PLAY It is announced that after the tho conclusion con cou elusion of the hc limited d engagement D of four weeks of William ll Faversham in Stephen Phillips Phillips' drama Herod which is now DO playing placing to crowded cro bouses houses at art It the Lyric th theatre New York Mr Ir l Faversham will take the entire production on a tour through tho west elt to tIre the Pacific coast appearing at Shubert Shu Shu- bert theatres Tho The demand for this piece since binco tire the opening at the tho Lyric has been so M insistent from the tho entire country that tho Shubert booking office of office 0 fice following directions from Mr lr Fa devoted much of its time last Jast week to arranging a satisfactory route rout from coast const to coast After the conclusion of their season season season sea sea- son Mr r. r Fa Faversham and his Iris wife Julie Tulie Opp who bo has huts acquired new fa fame famo mo through her r impersonation of amno in Herod 1 win will go abroad and meet f Stephen Phillips tho time author in Lon Ion don 1011 Int Instead ad of passing sing their sum sura- her bel as s usual at Mr r. r 8 En- En English Eng lish country estate tho they will make a 3 atour atour tour of the tire hol holy laud land t taking kin Mr fr Phillips Phillips Phil Phil- lips with them to collect material for another Biblical drama of Palestine Palestino which Mr Ir Phillips will be commissioned commis sione to write especially for their n use rise I The Tire subject of this drama will willbe willbe be he the lor of Judith Judit h and Though this subject has tins been treated before with frith comparatively HUle success sac suc cess sir ra Is 18 confident that thai tire the genius which created H Herod will 1 be able to t turn rn one of the most impressive of or all Biblical stories into inlo an m acting play of superb dramatic in in- terest In connection with his present production pro pro- at tho rho Lyric Inic theatre Mr Ir Va- Va wishes i in in 1 answer er to man mun many in inquiries in in- to call att attention to t the e fact that the Herod of hi Iris his play is not riot the thi- Herod connected with tho the Salome Scheme dance p and th tho decapitation of John tho tire Baptist but an entirely different dia historical personage C tho first t of or the theline line lino which hero boro his name carac This Tiered was not riot a Jew but hut an on alien who obtained ob eli biDer possession of I Iho ho J Jewish throne and ho married of the thereal thereal real roal Jewish royal yul line This explains his fear ar of Mariamne's brother as IS lire natural man luau whom the tho Jewish uncut might choose as sovereign r- r eign ciu in iii Herod's JEered's stead |