The sun., 1901-10-13
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
PLAYS THAT WERE MADE FOH
SOTHERN AND HELD.
Justin Huniy NcCarth,s "u ! were
King" Harry %. smith and kesinad
he ko,en's the Little Duchess" -rhe
Entertainments ~ Al the Theatres

he q, ems 'srhe Little Duchess" Tho
Entertainments ~ Al the Thes'res'
This week brings two new plays and the
usual number Of shifts Ia New York thea
tre- Both novelties will u" revealed to-
morrow evening The one ~ serious pur-
pose will employ Edward II. Soth"rn a-
its chief actor. III Werr King t a comedy
by Justin Huntly Mccarthy. and II viii
l,e acted NJ the Garden for the first I'm"
on any stage. II Is announced ~ hight
and agr,-eable In humor, and not devoid
of excitement or suspense. Mr.. Sothern
will impe~onate Frarcois VaIon. the
French poet Handsome scenery h prom
ised aud fine effects In tho use of many
people. The cast Il long. and has Cecilia
LOTUS A. the chief actress. suzAnn"
sheldon. 81 some London rrpute. has come
to America for another important role.
George " Wilson. Arthur X. Lawrence,
John Findlay. Norman ConnierS Henry
Carvill. Sydney & Mather. Rowland Buck
stone and Charlotte D,ane ar" among the
many others Mr. Mccarthy has come io
America 10 -. the production of his work.
Anna Held. after an absence ~ seventeen
months from Broadway. will r-appear
az the Casino Tomorrow evening In a new
play entitled Tho Little Duchess II II
a musical farce written for her by Harry
n smith. with music 10y Reginald Dc koven.
II IL meant to IT, In the line with 'Papa's
wife. In which Miss Held has b-en popular
Charles A Big.low has the plac" ~ promi-
nence seound 10 her Sydney Barraclough.a
Iarytone from England is In tho company,
which includes Eva Davenport. Joseph
" Herbert. Gs.prge Marion. Charles Swain
and Joseph Welsh Anna ~ Tel IN" dancer,
will appear The eleven show grls
includ. Frankie Bailey, 81 wet"r 4 Fields
memory. Elaine Silover Bes-ie Wynn and
Belle Norton
Charles Frohmans Empir" Company
o,mes to Harlem this w-'k 20 rrp~at Mrs
Danes Defence Margaret Ansin In her
exceptional performance of the heroine.
and Charles Richmsn In his dignifi"d pre-en-
tation 81 the lawyer. still head what IL really
the original cast This drama 10y Henry
Arthur Jones i- a masterpiece.
After thr-e weeks lcr,s than year a; the
Casino -Florudora- goes "a the New York
To stay indefinitely. Leslie Stuart, the COM
pn~er Of the music. will conduct the or
chestra Tomorrow evening Tn" present
cast. headed 10y Edna Wallace Hopper.
moves with the play For IN" larger stage
many chorus singers arr engaged
Nictorien SardOu'r powerful melodrAna
of La Tusca- will be revivssi at the Ameri-
can Tomorrow evening Je-saline Rogers
will have the title role that America has
..cn acted by Sarah BernhaTdt. Fanny
Davcnport and IA the music drama hy
Nilka ternina Miss Rogers should make an
excellent Flora Toscd
Daniel r. Bandmann will be visiting
star AT th. Murray Hill this week, acting
the titl. role IN Bulwer Lytton hchelieu.
Mr Bandmann Appearance WIN the
Donnely company Ia The Merchant OF
Venice and ia DIR Jekyll and MT Hyde
were gratifying, and hls return VIII uh-
doubtehly be- warmly welcomed.
The family Of singers and dancers, IN"
Tour Cohans, take their play To the Grand
Opera House The young Cohans, man
ard a girl dance eScellently. and the mother
and father are capable actors. They all
have chances 10 do their best In The
Governors Son.
shifts in PLAYS and interspersing vau-
devill- will IL made al the Proctor theatres
MADAME Butterfly will 60 To the i25th
Street taking Her Last Rehearsal along
The TwcntV-third Street will have My
Friend from India, and among the -I~cial-
t-i- tnere will b-, Adelaid" Leeds soprano
and Harry Brown, a Negro comedian The
fif'h Avenue houl-s will have ia" iarce OF
What Happened Ia Jones, with Irene
MHrAPN. the NlNtnfNN anu ilNilita~ " o
,o do specialtie- Sanduw will 60 To fifty-
eighth Stree, To exhibit hs feats in strength,
III. press agent being obviously gay
wag. asks THE SUS To say that Sandow
rs for Manager Proctor strong attrac-
ton Their seems to IT, more ifu'ii man
humor In this remark Turned Up VIII
b. the play la the Fifty eighth Street,
The Third Avenue will hav" Sheehan
and kennedy In A 1ipperary Christening
hartley Campbell's Siberia will be
used by tho Greenwall company at the
Brooklyn Columbia
the funny show of A Hot Old Time,
which j. ia a hfth edition.
A play by Ro-tand will ta acted 10y the
American Academy of Dramatic ArtS AZ
the Empire on Oct - This will be The
Fantasticks- The English version u by
George Fleming
Among the plays that hold over. the
record for duration this season trlcngs
TO Arizona although -Florodora' beats
II by lasting from las, year. Arizona
ha. been at the Academy Of Music two
months and continues prosp"rously. Tn"
revival of Around the World In Eighty
pays- that was 10 have followed II has
been postponed until spring
This is the last week of tho Rogers
brothers engagement at the knickerhocker
The Rogers Bro,hers In Washington :
has diverted many Sir Henry Irving
ami Elhn Terry will follow In Charles l
t,Iaying in u all hut Friday and Satur-
day evenings of their first week. finishing
with The Merchant Of Venicc' and LOUIS
NJ
John = Kellcrd will end his New York
stay on Saturday evening. The Cipher
Code will then quit the Fourtechih Street q.
giving place to New England Folks, a
rural play. by Eugene Pre-brey Mabel
Direy. sister of Henry =. Dixey. will
have an important part
Two weeks arr left FOR Louis Mann, Clara
Ipman and The Red kloof- at the Savoy.
They will be displaced by = VI Holland
ia -Ebrn Holden drsmatiTed 10y Edward
D. Rose, who did well with David Harum.
for the stage
The present programme ~ potent AZ
wetrr 4 Fields's, though a suocc.sOr to
the diplomacy" burlcsque IL almost ready
I, may 60 on IN fortnight. although no
-ign- ~ It's n"c,.s-ity have appeared sam
bernard. FRITZ Williams. Fav Templeton.
Lillian R,is-nll D- Wolf Hopper and the
actor mana s,err will have role, in Il -Huity
Tuity.- th" uproariou- nr-, part will last
throughout ia" -easou
John Drew remains NJ N" Empire in
,he beautiful cpnI.dy of 'Th" S-,ond IN
Command lie has rarely bss.n surrounded
nv So good n company, 1uy Standing