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Show EHARD BENNETT IS LIKELY TO PLAY IN ORPHEJM STOCK Willard MacK Is Booked Over Vaadvilie Circuit; Here in Aagsst It begins to look as if Knit Lake will have plenty of thentre amusement this summer. The I'olonial Stock company com-pany will run until the middle of July, the Urphet'in Stuck coinan will open a season in the State street hour -May 18, the new Orplieum on West Second South street will open in midsummer with vaudevilli ami t Empress will keep right on hawing wr.od up the street with the Sullhan ('onsidinc aude-ville aude-ville circuit's shows. Howard (iarrett has been in New York several day, completing arrangements arrange-ments for the stock company that will play in the old Ori'heuni theatre. Von could learn as much about the company J from the sphinx as from Ueorge E. Carpenter, Car-penter, manager of the. 'irpheum. In theatrical circles the belief vt roiig 'hat Air. (iarrett nas sitcnea , Rirhard Bennett as star, whk Florence Stone as leading woman and Ada Dwy-1 er Rnse II tn play n -rteeial eiigaaa- inent of five or six weeks. Mr. Bennett Ben-nett was Maude Adam,' IegdinKa"ian in 4 What Kvery Woman Knows," Dick rVrria jf 1.h Ancelrs likely will be the stage director, lie is one of the best directors for Htock in the eountrv. Incidentally he is Florence Stone huabanrl. William J. Kelly, star in the Colonial's Colo-nial's Stock company, said this morn inn that he intended to take a vacation July 15. ''We expect to form a stock circuit with Halt Lake, Denser .Seattle aad Vancouver in if," he said. "We have not signed contracts or perfected our plans, but we hope to have the companies com-panies arranged wo we can start in September Sep-tember and nave the companies alternate alter-nate in the different cttie." Willard Mack wired to THE TKLK GRAM that be had not tdgned any agreement to come to 8alt f ake, except in the new Orpheum theatre. He and him wife, Marjorie Karabeau, made a big hit throughout the east with Mr. Mack's own sketch. 4 Kick In." Thev played leveral weeks in f'hicago and several weeks jn New York and Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, and received flattering notice from the critics. Mr. Mack and Marjorie Ram beau have been booked for twenty five week over the Orpheum circuit. Thev are playing thiar week rtt the Omaha house. They would have to cancel this alluring allur-ing engagement to accept a stock corn-nan corn-nan v arrangement in Slt Lake. Mr. Mack In his message to THE EVENING EVEN-ING TELEGRAM said he ha not made definite arraaawaneats concerning stock. He left the impress ton that he night give ap fcta vaudeville tour far a stork engagement, W ladueemeata were faseinatinr ewe-teg It ia oadaretaaed that bath tke Or-nheam Or-nheam and tke roUalal stock latere have dickered with ties. |