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Show HACKETT PRODUCES "THREE WEEKS." j The hook for Elinor. No more Is she to paw her Paul around and bark at the tiger skin. Elinor, from all reports, does a very good imitation imi-tation of a lemon when she tries to act, and having happily realized the same she has given up the U idea of playing the lead in her dramatization of r "Three Weeks" in London, and turned the production produc-tion over to James K. Hackett to present. Mr. Hackett has arranged for the first production in St. Louis shortly after September 1st and at that time he will launch in America a new actress who has everything desirable, including a $15,000 wardrobe and n Italian title. The real oject of Mrs. Glyn's visit to Europe, it is said, was to find an actress to create the leading part in her play. She had made up her mind that the lady could not be played effectively but by an actress of foreign birth and who spoke English with an accent. L As soon as Mrs. Glyn reached Paris she 0 scoured the theatres in search of such an actress. Her salon at the Hotel Ritz was stormed by polyglot poly-glot stars. Six different actresses learned scenes from the play and went to the Ritz to show Mrs. Glyn what they could do. One French actress unable to speak a word of English learned the words by rote in the hope of securing the golden 1-opportunity. 1-opportunity. The only result was that Mrs. Glyn had an attack of nervous prostration. Finally, after Hackett had sailed, the authoress unearthed an actress having all the qualifications of accent, temperament, beauty and experience required re-quired by the role. This artist is known as Los Siria and has been playing at the Theatre Du Paris in Brussels. She has made an occasional appearance in Paris. In private life she is the Countess Marie Dl Venturini, her husband being of an ancient Tuscan house. A Russian Jewess, the Countess is tall and very slight and graceful, with bla, flair and eyes, a noble face and a telling voice. She is considered a great beauty, but will probably strike the American audiences as weird rather than beautiful. This is exactly what the authoress desires. de-sires. When Mrs. Glyn played the part at the performance per-formance in London she took the Countess over with her to see how the part was played. Siria says she will play the part, although there is a rumor that Mr. Hackett did not secure this actress without a struggle, as she had to break a Paris contract to go. Madame Siria s,ails August 15th and Mrs. Glyn, J who is now in Essex, sails on thesame datj by -1 the Lusitania to witness the final rehearsal in St. Louis. tcV & w "A MODERN POCAHONTAS." Very artistic and pretty is the new vaudeville act that received its first presentation on any stage Thursday evening at the Orpheum. Joe Goss, stage manager of the Orpheum, and Will Howard, treasurer of the house, own the act, which was written by two of the men forming the company of Seven Hoboes seen at the vaudeville vaude-ville house last week. Ten Indians from the Shoshone reservation -I participate in the act. It is the story of Pocahon- 1 tas briefly told. It is beautifully staged and with a little pruning and rounding into shape should prove a headliner for any vaudeville house in the country. The novelty of the act in itself is enough to insure its success with the scenic equipment provided for it by Messrs. Goss and J Howard. -1 It cost the boys a $10,000 bond to the govern ment to secure a release of the Indians from the reservation. |
