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Show SHAKESPEARE ENTITLED TO PAY SHOULD BE HERE TO GET ROYALTIES I night, Ethel Dhrrjinorc; Left, Jane Cowl, inset (in circle), Marjorle Ram beau. BY JAMES W. DEAN. i N'EW YORK. Dec. Shakespeare Shake-speare died l fo;o his time, fie should have been here this season to collect royalties. A full house greets John Barrymore In "Hamlet" every night. Kthel Barrymore and Jane Cowl are rchearsiDg for "Romeo and Juliet," to be presentod by Arthur Hopk'.ns and the Selwyns. Dald Warfleld Is due soon In "Tl.- Merchant of V nice," staged by Belasco. And now the i 'reducing 're-ducing Managers' association, headed by Augustus Thomas, plans to present MnrJore Ram beau as Rosalind In "As You Elite It" as tho first play under the auspices of that organization. Shakespeare Is to Broadway v.'nat I steel 1h to Wall street, a barometer 1 of prosperity. This Is a bull and a I bully stage season. The first nlghters have been given i a week !n which to train for a con-' tlnuoua grind Of three weeks that faces them, f)nly one play, "The QrlngO," was set for this week and it was postponed. More than 60 plays are now in preparation, a veritable plethora of jthem descending on Christmas nlph:. Among those that will open that nlht are Blllle Burke in "Rose 1 Briar." Peggy Wood In "The Cltaff- i Ung Vlnv," F'ny Balnter in "Tne Lady I Chrlstlllnda," Margaret Lawrence in! ".Secrets," Helen Westley and Percy i tyarani In "The Tidings Brought to Mary," Equity players in "Why Not?" tind "Glory." James Montgomery's musical piece. Ben-Ami will open In "Johannes I Ktelsler" pceernber .'0. This Importation Importa-tion from Berlin requires a specially 'constructed stase to present 34 scenos. |