The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-30
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS WEEK TO INTRODUCE FIVE
VIEW PLAYS 70 OUR STAGE
An AmsIiean MnmoIou. Charaeter for william

material Monday night will have the pro-
ductions Of two notable plays, and OPEN
ings will follow on Tuesday and Wednesday,
At the Garrick william II. Crane will appear
tomorrow night for the first time In New York
I'm the title lie Of David Harum." Mr.. Crane
has long been identified with thoroughly Ameri-
can characters, but OF late more with city than
rural types David Harum" as a book was
read 40 widely that its transfer to the stage
will be watched closely and interestedly
X. and VI W. Hitchcock have made the play
and are said TO have neither eliminated nor
originated much They have divided the mat
ter into three acts, placed outside of Ddrfd
Hdrum's house, an Office In his bank and Aunt
Poiiy's sitting room. All the personaRes have
been retained, and the humorous horse trade
will be shown Katherine Florence will enact
Mdrp Blake, the sentimental heroine. and John
Lennon will be impersonated by George :
Probert other roles are intrusted to Kate
Meek, Elios Frances Clark. Frank Burbeck
Charles jackson, William Sampson and George
+. De We're.
The new entertainment to be given at Days
tomorrow has never been seen In this country,
but has a nattering London record II is still
at Days there, after more than a wears use
II has been a%pplauded as n worthy successor
to The GciSha' and A Greek Slave" which
Is little mixing To US. as one was Enthusiastically
commended here and the other condemned
This musical comedy Is called san Toy" and
Is Chinese in subject Some Of its characters
are natives Of China and others are members
of the foreign Ministers families in Pekin
The action starts in a small Chinese town and
finishes In the Oriental capital, there being
only two acts The words are by Edward
Morton and the music by Sidney Jones. Addi-
tional numbers, principally by Lionel MOnck-
ton, are in the score. The principal part. n
sort Of Ko-ko. will be enacted here by James
T Powers, who made a funny Chinaman in
The Geisha Marie Celeste will have the
title r 10. and the other parts will be taken by
players identified with the late Augustin Days
musical comedy company.
A third new play on Wednesday will be
brought ont at the Fourteenth Street. 1t is
called Lost River" and is American In author
ship and location Joseph Arthur has chosen
the neighhorhood of Lost River, Ind for
the place of action. The characters are edit
Gated settlers ia that remote region and uu-
cultivated natives Mr. Arthur has been famed
as the originator of some mechanical stage
effects that went far toward making his plays
conspicuOusly successful, and have since been
freely copied In other melodramas. Lost
River" has not been sighted in this respect
\ scene In an aQueduct i said To be exceptional
and Of purpose to the dramatic plot. The
sentimental story tells Of a mans change Of
heart from a cultivated, beautiful and wealthy
girl to a little country maiden who lacks all
these qualities The lover Is to be enacted by
william Courtleigh. and his rural charmer 10y
Mary Sanders The tilted creature Of fashion
l. to be- lmper-onatcd by Eugene That's law
ton. and the other leading persons by John
Winthrop. Hans Roberts, p Augustus Auder-
son, Charles Ahhc, James IaCkaye. Mrs Pres
ton, Mabel Taliarerro and Nda Dwyer
Wednesday nights novelty will be the last
of the week. but far from the least in artistic
importance. Richard Mansfield will then make
a revival q Henry V" This historical drama
Of Shakespeare has not been acted in so many
year, in New York that it will be utterly strange
as a stage sight to the present generation.
Readers know tas literature worthy Of thc great
poet. but scaut in dramatic action and inter-
est This lack may be- CONF nsatod by sIec-
tacle. MIR. Mansfield promises something rarely
gorgeous, and his always thoughtful achieve
ment= may be depended upon to give rs ac-
curacy In detail as well n striking generally
His ComIany contains actors unfamiliar 10
our rising goncrntion. Some of them are
old-timc Nlako-poar an players. and Others
are newer actors OF blank verse tragedy strange
To- New York because tnut form of drama is
rare here. Ayouug French actress, Ida hra~-N,
viii make her first appearance ia thl> country,
aud Florence Kahn, WHO won distinction IN
la~t winter course of modern problem play -.
viii begin her Grst regular MetroI ulitan en-
CaKeu"nt.
at 'hc criterion tomorrow evening Mrs.
Leslie Garter will then appear again In LIlt'
John Hare ia 20 come there In The Gay ora
Ouo> Those viii be the last times until lute
In the spring TO @"" Mrs. Carter, and possibly
nor farewell performances I'm Iaza," although
IL doa- not -reu likely that she will over drop
So scrvirorhla "a play from her rpper'orv. Ia
Nav she win return 10 ms for a few Nc"hs a.
the heroine ~ lbScu'S newest drama, W hen
Tho revival Tomorrow at the American viii
brinr forward 'Hoodman Blind. a mclodr0mg.
long absent from Broadway. II was one of
tho Rrcl, successes Of NaliHckI stock COM
many. Ralph stuart md Mary Hampton will
hav the rdl"s in which osmond Icarle and
Rose CogNlnn wcro once admired The Amcri-
can will hNre1it"r give matir6"s every week
day. except Monday.
The MURRAY Hill's reproduction for the wock
will bring into new use The Tree Of Kuowl-
edge. by Il {. Carton. who friyolousiy and
finely wrote lord and Lady Algy." Uis
former play is ono Of the greatest Of nod"rn
nrnhlcm dramas. II l. serious and purr0so-
ful. hut not tur idly 30. II tells n stirrinCly
dramatic story.
from the Garrick to the Harlem Opera House
to-d1y. and appear there TOMORROW night in
An on Account of Eliza" This farce Is vorv
funny. and gives 10 the paired stars tho best
chaucoa th"v hoy" had.
Tho plav At the Grand Opora House will he
have boon closely Identified II is Tho Telc-
phone Girl" The Mann part will he VOL PLAYED
hv Dave lcWi~, an amusing German comedian
Of the popular type, The revival is as usual
for n single week.
Tho Irving Plncc stock company will alter
nate Gocthc's "Egmont' and The Court u
with which II started It's season last night.
The star will have a melodranH with n moral
purpose this week. Mans Enemy" shows
the depth 10 which drink drags some persons.
That timC-tricd rOusCr Of n mclCdrImn,
"Sihcrin. a really good play, moreover win
be given NJ the Metropolis, our only city theatre
above the Harlem River.
The hold-over plays offer a diversity Weber
h Ficlds's stock company will Use QUO Vas
Iss?" as a second part to "Fiddle-dee-doc"
only n fortnight or so longer. Its successor win
s%ntiri7a ARIZONA" One reason for cEoos-
Ing this a. a butt for ridiCule is because II has
strongly drawn characters. Good parts are
needed when a company includes seven such
comedians MS De Wolf Hopper. Fay Temple
ton. Weber, Fields, Ross, Kelly. and Warheld
best % Lillian Russell and Bessie Clayton.
Augustus Thomas should feel complimented
in having his play chosen for burlesque. The
music hall managers shrewdly assure them
selves that n play is in for a long run before
they take II M for travesty. Arizona" has
surely made q solid suCCess. and II Is 10 he con-
tinued AT the Herald Suuare Indefinitely.