The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
. DRAMA OF WESTERN LIFE
~ AUGUSTUS THOMAS.


closure In Colorado" This Week and
Reproduction In way Down East
This week brings only one new play to
New York. That Is called Colorado
and will be shown at Wallack's tomorrow
for the first time on n stage. Augustus
Thomas wrote It, thus making n fourth
In his series Of dramas named for States
in our Union. Three scenes represent
the wilds Of the Rocky Mountains. and In
the fourth n city thai has sprung up in
the wilderness, The story concerns a
misunderstanding by a husband and q
wife. causing n separation and nearly max
ing him in his anger blow up a mine In
which are the woman and her daughter.
The girl loves and Is loved by a young
adventurer, who seems at first to be a vii
lain, but finally clears himself and mar
ries her. Two other persons Importantly
active in Mr.. Thomas's fiction are black
mailers, and their downfall comes when
one murders the other and Is himself put
TO death for the crime, The cast that
Charles Frohman has selected TO imper-
senate the characters includes Wilton
Lackaye, Francis Carlisle, job W. Al
baugh. Jr., j. NJ. Colville. Horace Lewis.
Maude Hoffman, Violet Rand. Jean New
combc, Rose Cooke, Christine Blessing.
II. l.. Hall, Lewis Egan. Frank Donovan.
Herbert Pollard. Frank Kenble. Clement
Kirby, Hern Collins. william T. Simpson.
Lawrence Sheehan. Francis Conlan, Nor
ris Frank, Harry Gibson, David Higgins.
Thomas Lambson and William T.. James.
A reproduction will be made tomorrow
evening that will undoubtedly be hailed
with delight by "A multitude. Way Down
Fast" will be brought back to the Academy
of Music. where IL was even more popular
a year or so ago than in its original pro-
duction at the Manhattan. To-morrow's
performance will be the 42sth of Iottie
Blair Parker's New England romance on
Manhattan Island. The cast retains some
OF the original players, Phoebe Davies
returns To her original role Of the girl who
is kindly taken on the old Squire's farm,
IL beloved by his son. only to be cast out
into the snow. The other New England
types, Iiirh Mrs. Parker has drawn so
well In this comedy, will be acted by Uric
B. Collins. Will T. Ellwanger, Frank Bell,
Felix Haney. Frank C%urricr. Sara Stevens,
Ella Hugh Wood. Marion Louise Shirley
and Gordon Leigh.
The stock company from the New York
Theatre will visit the Harlem Opera House
tomorrow for a week there in THE Kings
Carnival This big burlesQue has been
on n tour since it quit Broadway. The
same cast that was in the fall revival re-
appears. Marie Dressler and Mabelle
Gilman are the leaders Of many good and
well-known entertainers.
The smericanized German farce OF
Are lou a Mason?' will come TO the Grand
Opera House. The same cast Of popular
comedians that acted IL last spring at Wal.
lacks and In the fall at the Garrick will
perform it in Eighth avenue, Leo Dit
nchstein, who adapted il from the German,
still plays the leading part, and others are
Thomas A. Wise, JOIN G. Rice. George
Richards, Gertrude Whitley. Esther Tttell
and sally Cohen. Are You a Mason?" il
at prevent repeating al the Apollo Theatre,
London. the success hat IL has achieved
In America.
Again all the Proctor theatres will divide
their bills between drama and vaudeville.
Madame Butterfly" will he acted ia Har-
lem with Pillar NORM In the title role. h
rest OF the programme will be made up Of
a curtain raiser called The Bunglers"
and vaudeville 10y Al bech and the three
Roscbuds, jules and Ella Garrison. the
our Probyn Sisters, Clemence, Groh and
A, IN" Fifth Avenue two comic plays
will be- shown. your Wife's Husband"
a short farce, will prrcede the 'hroe-act
MY Friend From India The vaudeville
section will have the Florenz Troupe, John
". Ramona, imp~rsonating Richard
Croker, the Bachelors Club. Howley and
Leslie, the NestOns and Conway and Held.
Joseph ArthuTs rural melpdraml Of
Blu" Jeans will b. given NJ the flfiN-
eighth Street by The Proctor company that
Mr. Arthur selected and r"hear~ed The
sp"cialtips between the actS will be given
by Bonnie Thornton, the Glenroy Brothers,
Esmeralda and Billy Howard
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h. made at Proctor's ia Twenty-thiId street
Clement SCOTS sad little play Of The CAPE
Mail will he followed 10y Grorge II. Broad
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I-ucd Va Jone- Among the vaudeville
performers will H. ClOthilde Antonio,
hfata Winfield, Clayton and Deshon, Ben
nett and Young and the lalta Duo.
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actor al a." American Will b" Ten
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