The age-herald., 1901-09-01

The theatrical season has opened here. The first night was disagreeable one the air was heated, the rain fell heavily, and there was not the slightest chance to go out of the city to the seashore, or to any other suburban resorts. As conse- quence, the theaters that opened had a good patronage, especially Arizona" which is now enlarged and improved with a troop of cavalry, etc., to suit the stage of the Academy of Music But then peo- pie have seen Arizona" before, without the cavalry attachments, and they recog- nized in 1t good play. Another of these repeat presentations was Are You A Ma son?'' It. is a, clever play, and is well acted. The cast is pretty much as it was last season.
 The first of the real simon pure original play is "The Mormon Wife" which was brought out for the first time at the Four teenth Street theater. "The Norman Wife" is regular old Bowery drama with plenty of hightalutin eloquence. It isn't exactly b'gosh drama. It Is hard to tell what it is. The name Is about as good cue as one could need to arrive at some conclusion as to the merits of the play. There are some fairly good players em- ployed in It's interpretation, but the book itself is poor stuff
 Mir Ziegfeld and his wife Anna Held, arrived kere from Europe 1.-the other day, and I believe have begun rehearsing the new musical comedy, "The Little Duch- ess'' It seems when the Sire brothers had the Casino they arranged with MT. Ziegfeld to bring his star, Miss Held, there some time in October. In the mean time "Florodora" is doing turn them away business at the Casino. The chances are there will be no change of bill there. and it will continue to run its course to the end. "Florodora," bids fair to be a musical comedy record breaker.
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 Maude Adams has got back from the other side of the Atlantic. She spent her time in the town of Tours, in France, where she employed some of her time in studying the new play Mir Barrie has pre- pared for her, called Quality Street" In- cidently she says she is going to do Rosa land in "As You Like It." sincerely hope not, I should think her trial of Juliet would have taught her that however clev- CT she may be in a certain line of charac- ters there are several parts she should not attempt Miss Adams says she has heard something about playing Romeo
 
 Romeo-but this remarkable event will not take place this year-possibly next. Well the Romeo and Juliet" contest may be pulled off sometime provided there Is enough money in the gate receipts for all concerned.
 Helena Modjeska. one of the most &C., complished actresses in this country to- day, arrived here from Poland on the Kali ser Wilhelm der Crosse. Her visit to the land of her birth was one of keenest en- joyment. Her next elaborate production will be Henry VII,'' in which she will be assisted by Louis James Before she be- gins the real hard work of the campaign she will remain up on the Maine coast.
 Lorimer Stoddard, the young playwright and actor, Is now In Liberty N. T., where he is being treated for consumption. There is little hope of his recovery. His father and mother are both with him. This sea- son he was to be a member of Stuart Robson's company when MT. Robson re- vived Henrietta" He and Mir. Robson were to have been the only members of the original cast. MT. Stoddards best known works as playwright, were