The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
-,r, TO be OFFERED M JOHN
n,rV AND HENRY MILLER.

r,.,, Times In View hsrh 81 -
-...,, "o.e Bay" OEiivis''
r Na,ter.- Bindau's 'Ths Broth-
.,s L.ur,s ..LodGe prothersn-
go, Bills Changed sad Csutinuea.
,,,, Drew will spend six weeks at Wallack's
JUL hoeinrinc tomorrow night with the
~ yo-k introduction OF One Summers Day.
Su.nrv V. Esinond. 1t has had six months OF
"n in London, and therefore 10 hardly
'"...,,i, e,periment here. 1t Is n comedy,
Nsi,h hunor and sentiment are interviewer
"n,,,ner described as facile and dlverting.
- N be impersonated by Mr.. Drew Is .
..,uredN Major from the British Army. A
,.,,ov officer has, upon dying years before,
.,y.n a boy child to him. and no
-. reared this charge as his son, Do
.,ow,rc much care and affection upon him, and
...,in0 him In ignorance OF his real parentaFo,
an account OF the disrepute OF the mother. n
,,c,ou, gypsy. This woman undertakes TO
,,ilize her secret for the purpose OF olackmat.
out NJ this attack considerable trouble grows
tor the Major. affecting his own love Affairs ana
those OF others. The character seems likely to
60 re,I IN the hands Of Mr.. Drew. There arc
mart. for Isabel Irving, Elsie De Wolfe. May
pncr,ev and Kate Meek. four differently good
actresses, ana TOT u Nhst HSiS ~ -
IN. Drew company. This is a Charles Frohman
..ot,c,,on. a Marriage OF Convenience"
will be revived later.
Henry Miller has a new piece to present upon
Nj, return TO the Garden on Tuesday night It
4. Tho work OF G.. Stuart Ogilvie. and 10 under
,,ood 10 have been derived from q novel. Mr..
Miller ia TO enact in IL a middle-aged husband,
vho undertakes TO rule his household by the
s,me rigorous system which he employs In his
hrsiness. He Is a anancier. and he believes that
,bo di,cipline and usages which arc successful
IN his office should be equally so in his home.
But when he makes the experiment he en-
counters difficulties that lead to failure. How
aver. he Is unconscious OF the fasco for awhile.
and fondly imagines that he Is really the master
n. hs house. He Is no such thing. His wife 10
IN actual control. and by far gentler and
shrevder means than those which he had tried
70 enforce. But ere he Is convinced OF his
error. his wife. son. and daughter are estranged
from him, and he is brought to the verge Of ruin
In fortune. 1t Is said that, although the man to
BE- portrayed Is at FIRST cold and hard. there are
subsequent Developments in his nature to rem
der him likeable, and that Mr.. Miller feels In
sympathy with him. Mabel Bert is to play tho
wife. John Lancaster the son. and Margaret
Dale the daughter. and there arc assignments
for ten others. This is one OF Charles Froh-
mans many ventures.
serious German play End q iocose one are to
have their first American performances at the
Irving Place this week by member of Heinrich
Conried's company. Paul Lindau's dramatiza-
ton OF his novel, The Brothers," is set down
fo- tomorrow night. 1t is in the vein of modern
psychological study for the stage. and is re-
garled in Berlin as an important work. Carl
LAurs Lodge Brothers" will be brought out on
Thursday night. 1t is a farce by the author of
AN the Comforts OF Home" with which we are
familiar in an English version.
New matter in the form of a t~ravesty Of
Shakespeare will be divulged by the Twelfth
Night Club at its matinee next Friday at the
Eiapire. 1t Is called "A burning Question in
EiysiGm." and it is understood that Grant
Stewart, Daniel Frohman and Ella Starr have
had a hand in the sacrileGe. William Favor
Siam, Robert Edeson, Viola Allen. Annie Rus
eel, Ehcn rlymp.on. J. E. Dodson. George Faw-
c-f. Walter stearncs Hale. Burr Mcintosh.
l;ouert Cotton. Ida Conquest, Joseph Haworth,
Cry Standing. Joseph WheelocK. Alice Fischer,
Bi.ou Fernandez. Minnie Dupree, May Robson.
Maud Hosiord, Elizabeth Tyree, and Amelia
bingham are in the cast. The programme in
tindcs Danserfeld OF" with Edward Morgan,
Rll5s Russell, and Mrs. whifin; Christmas
Eve. with William H. Crane and Francis
Carlyle; Mrs; Hillary's Regrets" with John
D lFoWia n!' the ls" Wipd tFE'R WiiS Snf aa the t Mi1dsr act sI Of
nl0st OF the original cast.
The Professional Woman's League will have
shat il denoniuatos - u dramatic day a week
from TOMORROW. and for this occasion Evelyn
Greenloat Sutherland. a Boston authorizes. has
written "Cinaerell9 at the Telephone."a mono
.n.herc VIII be singing by Percy Haswell, and
Emma Sheridan Fry should volunteer. as she is
Chn!:lnan Of the committee.
The fresh air fund OF the Warsidc Workers
WI have a matinee at the Garden Theatre on
k!la7ch !. and the volunteers include John Drew,
isabel Irving. Minnie SelIgman. Henry Miller.
EiSic ne Notc; Leo stern. and Daniel Harkins.
Iae practically completed arrangements for
T. faideyllLc matinee in aid OF the Actors
fnna lnTO!vcs fully 200 volunteers. and these
Include the pick and choice OF the best talent
villain reach in that field OF theatricals.
The s1 or RECORD Am6ulance Fund. y fine charity of
salhnonts az Orange Music Hall last night with
sever Again. and will continue with Secret
serviSc'r The Royal Box. and The Princess
eng, ~ G m all NTH the companies now
At Manhattan Beach = decision has been made
~ me priaclpal theatrical features for next
GUNNER n The season will begin on June % with
tne DE Wolf Hopper company. who will divide
sH weeks among " Boccaccio..' "EI Captain"
shn The bohemian Girl" thus giving two
pieces in which Mr.. Hopper will be a novelty.
; ,nT weeks in The seFenade." "kSobin HHoooetdh.h
c. - o''b1ltl .NbFk Inc absence OF Slr.
49, IN Europe will deprive the beach of his
ifesence, but Victor Herbert will be there with
"9 i"ehtysecond Regiment band.
Inc new plays introduced to New York last
"eeH seem to have taken their places to stay a
considerable time. One Of them is "Oh. Susan
NM AZ ioyts. The brisk and busy fun Is
.euSn"'Ie' and that is all it was ever meant to
~. ohe reason why it has pleased It's audiences
" nat along with its violent absurdities, there
: " u'a4 Of genuine sentiment. The s~layey's
",Gn'aA!ng Is 30 earnest and sincere that IL
'"nsls the sympathy OF those who laugh.
INC really marked success of "a Viratnia
IoHF'Ship at the Knickarbocker is not aston
,'n'hS TO those who saw at once tina, It put VIII.
lam II. Crane forward in q manner bound TO
nneIse lis always large and loyal following.
D.Slue' mat Mr.. Presbrey was careful to pro-
'Ne an abundance OF feminine attrac,iyeness In
rnl.@E'efS ana story to interest the women.
Hshe" comedy after old comedy models is TO
morruM weeks at the KnicEerbocker. II ia
eomnnoun faster lily and richly. and tho Brooks
Tbo,"y N quite as good AS ever.
n ~ pu,Atlh iayorOt Way Down Fast" vhen
win ~ W Estimating its chances or popularity
elemcr,s stuGrt, PUBLIC. Is that IL presents those
have Aotnr!y, New England life which
clrcfri,r sct ltt'ieG on the stage when treated
pieD. ahG "e.!. IL may he that Miss Parker's
Is the Manhattan is conventional bnt
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