The sun., 1901-09-01
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
A TINE or INTERESTING EFFORT
BY SOME or OUR ACTORS.
New pia,s to Ne Used This week by John
Drew. Jsmes X. Hacs<ett, Weber ana
Fieihs and the Roger bretheu-
Autumn Awakening In stage AFFAIR."

The theatrical season already under way
will gain momr=.,um this week with four
important predictions employing promi-
nent actors and reopening modish theatres
The Empire will begin Tomorrow John
Drew's tenth season under Charles froh-
mans management As usual Mr.. Frohman
has supplied for him a new play The
Second In Command IL 10y Robert Marshall.
who has given TO the stage three uncom-
monty witty plays, His Excellency the
Governor A Royal Family and The
/ Shades Of Night This newest comedy
that Mr.. Drew will figure In ran all last
season In London at Cyril Maudes theatre.
IL tells sentimental story lightly and
wittily In the main, but with occasional sad
seriousness An army officcr becomes en-
gagged to a girl who later meets aud loves
another soldier. The subject is simplo'
bu' said 10 hc touohingly engrc-sing. Ida
Conquest remains leading actress In MIR.
Drew's company. which contains Guy
Standing. Oswald Yorke. Lionel Barry
moro, Frank Lamb Robert Schsbel, George
Harcourt. Percy Smith. Robert Maokay.
Lewis Baker. H. Hassard short. George
Forbes. Ida Venom and Caroline Kceler.
To-morrow's other Broadway opening
will bring Gus and Max Rogers TO town
for their annual engagement. which this
time will be played at tho Knickerbocker.
instead OF the Victoria. The play IL called
The Rogers Brothers In Washington.
and may In espected 20 be as empty of
plot and az full OF laughter as its hilarious
predecessors have been John McNally,
who wrote the others. is the author Of this
one. but the songs have words by Harry
II. Smith and music by Maurice Levi.
There are three Rcts. reproducing familiar
s~cn"s In "a many cities. The first shows
the Democratic Club on New York's fifth
avenue. III" seCond a section 81 the botani-
cal gardens IA Washington, with the Capitol
In the distance. and tho last the Court 81
Fountains AZ the Pan-American Exposition
in Buffalo. The Rogers brothers principal
assistants In this klaw A Erlanger pro-
duction are Eugene Jep-on. Gus A. Vein
burg. William West, Pat Rooney. Jr John
Cherry. John II Iendriks. William Tor
pey, Hattie Williams. Grace Freeman.
Emma Francis. Jeannette Bageard. Edith
st Clair MAY Taylor Nora Bayrs Georgia
Irving and Elsie Davis
On Tuesday evening James X Hackctt,
whom Daniel frohran established a. a
star. will make his first production under
his own management az Wallacks OF
th" several plays that he has In preparation,
including "A dramatizHtion ~ The crisis.
he has chosen Don Cas,ars Return for
his start This T. a version q -non Cs-sar
q. Ra1an- made by Victor Maps. An
indication that Mr. Hackett viii - a
literal actor manager II the unusually
good company that he has selected In
stead IL relying on himself h" has engaged
several actors " equal or greater ability
Wilton lackaye, William , IL Moyne and
Theodore Roberts figure well up In Am-rl-
can stage talent. Florence Kahn had
made name for herself before she lncroa-cd
II a. Richard Mansfield'S leading actress
Fernando tlisCI. Maude Roosevelt and
Charlotte Walker are promising young
women. Virginia Buchanan, George ls
Soir, Thomas A. Hall. Herbert Carr. Edward
Donnelly Ira A. Hands. John T.. Mackin.
Hal Hamilton and Sidney Prince arc the
others.
weber 4 Fields Will start another season
of CAVITY on Thursday evening With two
hurle-ques Both are b. Edgar Smith.
who has supplied much fun for this HOUSE.
They have music hv John Strnmb"rg. and
have gon" through the thorough and orig
inHl stage direction of Julian Mitchell.
The first part IL called -Hoity Toitv, and
has it, -ccne at Monte Carlo. Il IA prac,i
cally p!otle-s. but keeI,s tho principals
busy singing or fool,ns. and the chorus
gflS on the stage only enough to make
numerous and handsome changes of c,s-
tune. The second act trave-ties -Dplo-
macy The unusual company ~ last
ssason IL even stronger this Fay Tenn
lleton. Lillian Russell pe Wolfe Hopper,
Joseph Weher, Lou Fields and John T.
Kelly remain sam Bernard returns to take
David Narheld's placr, and Fritz Williams
comes as a new fun maker Six danc-rs.
thre new and thre-. II last r.a-on, make
an exceptionally graceful and agile -eNtet.
They arr Rpnnie Mctiinn, Mavtne Oeh0.y.
tho Meyer SISTERS aud the llengler sisters
The fourth season of III. Dunnelly stock
company at the Murray Hill viii start to-
morrow ia a revival Of the beet procurable
plays Under Two Flags In the version
by Margaret Mayo. will lie the opening bill;
The company has William Bramwell and
Alice Johnson for leading roles. and George
Henry Trader. Robert McQuade. Jr, y
sheldon Lewis, John y Robertson, Edgar
Wolfe, Ro-e Stuart. Laura Hop- Grows
and Frames starr for its other principals
Mr. and Mrs Clarence VI Bruno will come
20 IN. Grand Opera House IN -Theodora.
Thus ~ the most melodramstic of the several
PLAYS that Nictorien Sardou wrote for Sarah
bcrnhardt The six acts pass IN Rome and
call for pictorial representation. Mrs
Bruno, also known as Minnie Tittell. will
tako the Rcrnhardt role.
The season at Manhattan Beach Ia far
from dead Sousa will give two concerts
to-day and his last tomorrow afternoon
Pains War in Chlns- will continue
In the theatre jefferson d" Angels and his
company viii appear for the last times IN
ROYAL Rogue tomorrow afternoon and
evening On Tuesday two weeks Of vaude-
Vile will start with programme including
Amlel, Powers Brothers, Maude Amber
1echov's cats, Maude Huth, Charles r.
Aldrich. George Fuller Golden and johnson,
davenport and Loretta
Joseph Callahan and a touring COM
panv viii appesr IN -faust' this week at
the Third Avenue
The Metropolis visiting company will
devote lie hrst half Of the week "a The !
Prisoner Of Zends,- and in the second the |
actors will assume the same characters |
IL the sequel. -Ruyert of Hentzau
flo Irwin and Walter HAwley viii head |
th" Keith bill In The Gay Miss Con.
Among the others are the Ihr,-, Marvellous /
Meriiis, Rome and Ferguson, G'orgc I. |
Davis. Nile. AMI Mignonette hckin and |
tie Carmen sisters
MAY Edotin and Frederick tdwapis Ia |
An ia III. Family lead the vaudeville 4
bill a. Brighton hsch
PrUCtors theatp-s will have the usual
shlfts tomorrow. excepting the oi'~ IA 4
fiftv-eighth stT,s.t, whcrr A Pair ltst-a, 4
which Vas revived thcr" Yesterday, viii
rsnain Al the Harlem the m"rrN fAIcc
of The Widow Rssiott- l. th" principal
thing tho tragic ulAy of -ln n Dressing