Show FROHMAN LONDON CIR LARGER Control of the Adelphi Secured One of the Oldest Playhouses Modern Actors Dally Daily With Shakespearian Drama New York May fay 29 The The Ad one ono of ot London's oldest playhouses has at last como come under control of ot Charles Frohman Mr Ir Frohman has Ilas been negotiating hating for tor tho the control of ot this house for tor two years ear past last an and has now entered into an arrangement with George Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards who has a a. lease lenge on the tho house for tor five years ears whereby Mr Frohman will take control on September 1 Tile Tho Adelphi Adel el- el phi phil Is owned b by the tho Gatt Gattl Bros and andIs Is situated on the Strand near the Hotel Cecil It was at tho the Adelphi that drama Tho The Children of ot tho Ghetto as well as 3 Arizona and other American plays plas wore ere first presented to toI I London audiences With the delphi Adelphi Mr Frohman now nos' controls seven London London London Lon Lon- don playhouses The Duke of York The Hicks The The Tile Ald- Ald wych The Comedy and tho St. St t. t Jam James 8 Tho The first presentation at the tile will be bo Tho Great Divide with Henry Miller and Edith Wynne Matthison l chief parts It is rumored that Miss lIss Margaret AnUn Anglin may Join Mr Miller and act tho tue part In the tho play piny created by her but representatives of Mr Frohman say S1 that Miss lIss lat 18 ns n's en en- en Is 18 permanent it IL is 15 Air ur Frohman's Intention at tho the close of ot Mr Millers Miller's engagement to organize a astock astock stock company compan for the production of ot popular dramas and comedies This company will be composed of ot English players except for tor occasional appearances appear appear- ances anees of Americans In parts they have ha created i. i S The Shakespearian season of or Mr Mantell which has lIas established a precedent prece irece- dent not only In New e York but In the English speaking world comes to a close on onla May la 29 9 Be Beginning ng his season at the New Amsterdam with King John ho he has hns played for tor a period of ot 1 12 weeks On Friday night May 28 theone tho the one hundredth presentation of ot Shakespeare Shakespeare Shake Shako speare in Now York during the tho past season occurred It will win be marked by bya a souvenir to commemorate this classic enterprise Maude Adams began her last fortnight fort tort night In What Every er Woman ornan Knows on May Iny 24 4 On June 22 2 sh sho sh will vill begin rehearsals of ot Joan of ot Arc For weeks Miss Adams has been devoting her days to selecting the tho costumes determining the tableau and arranging the tho cast for tor this magnificent production After Arter months of ot negotiation with t the management of ot the tho Brooklyn Academy of Music It Is announced that Oscar Hammerstein has huas been n unable to make satisfactory arrangements for the production production production pro pro- of his huts pla plays s 's In that house and has secured an nn option of ot a fine piece of ot property nearly nearh opposite tho the Union League club where he lue will build an nn opera house of ot his own It cannot be definitely stated when building operations opera oera will sill commence but it Is probable that the tho new house will wIH be r ready ady for tor forthe forthe the season of ot 1910 The TIle have made another nother important im Im- im- im move in their wai wal on Klaw Erlanger er popularly known as the theatrical trust When J. J J. J Shubert returned from tram the West est recent recently he ime brought with him him a contract with Stair who are to popular prices theatricals what Klaw Erlanger are areto areto areto to the higher class shows giving tho the a 10 year 10 ear lease on the Whitney Whit Whit- ncr ney opera at Detroit Hereafter none but Shubert productions will t be booked at this house The Whitney will be renamed the Garrick and the tho plan to restore the old opera house to tho the Imposing picture It presented presented pre pre- sentell when such actors as Jefferson Mansfield and other Americans Americana now trod Its boards passed awa away sits Mrs Tom Tom Pierce of ot Boston Newport and Long Island who recently divorced her millionaire husband and secured alimony of crt a month Is going on the tho sta stage e She is to have a minor part in The Tile Motor totor Girl that is to bo be produced in somo some Broadway house on June Juno 16 15 b by Frank Hennessy He was formerly ormer manager of ot the Casino of ot the Maxine EllI Elliott t an an and other theaters It was announced yesterday that E. 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H Sothern and Julia Marlowe will appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear In an elaborate revival of Shakespearean Shakespearean Shakes Shakes- pearean repertoire for Cor an engagement of three weeks at tho Academy of ot Music Music Music Mu Mu- sic on Monday May 31 The first week thc they will present Romeo and Juliet the second week Hamlet and th tile the third week The Merchant of or ofen Yen Ven enice ice The two stars have been re rehearsing re- re their thell plays plas in Boston for fr forborne some borne time and this will Ill be he the first time tIlo they have pla played ed Romeo and Juliet for terr two t years ears The appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance o of tho tIle two stars In this revival Is for or this tills engal engagement ement only of N Nw w The Tile Narrow Path a pIa play York Ute life dealing with the temptations that beset besot the tho working women was given Its first production zt rt t the Lyric theater Ph Philadelphia ph a. a last night nigh t. t Through h ah on an arrangement wino Harper Harper Har liar per Brothers Klaw Erlanger have secured the dramatic rights to The flue 1 Inner er Shrine The story first ap- ap In Harpers Harper's Magazine l and theauthor's theauthor's the tho authors author's Identity Is not disclosed Klaw Erlanger have havo also also- cn engaged u eli Lillian Albertson for tor the leading role in Through h a Window ow b by Gertrude Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Andrews The action nellon of oC the tho drama takes place In San Francisco the tho evenIn evenIng even- even In Ing before and tho morning after atter tho tha great reat earthquake The Tho story deals with municipal graft raft and Its expos expos- ures tires Both pla plays s 's will be bo produced In Inthe Inthe the flue fall tall Tho Tile Emil Berla Opera company gave tile the first presentation of or Der hall ball by Victor Lean Leon and Hugo von Waldberg at tie the Yorkville theater on Monday May lay 24 The Tho success which this tills pIa play attained in Vienna and Berlin Ber Der- lin assured Its producers here hero that its itA reception would be bo favorable and In the tile greeting of ot last nights night's audience thc they were not |