The sun., 1901-09-29
THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEW PLAYs ny HARRY .. SMITH
AND CHARLES kLETN.


| One OF tO-mOrrOWs tnrte now Thls ~
our theatres v a musical farce by Harry II.
Smith Its name ~ The Liberty Bellies
and kaw A Eriang~r will stage u al the
| Madison Square IL Is said 70 be- some
thing original in the line OF ao-caned musi'
cal comedies which are usually ferccs
An innovation has bccn made In the scorc,
| or at least In it, composers. eight having
been employed on a task usually given
20 one or two. They are Aime lAchaume,
A. Baldwin Sloare. Ludwig Englandcr,
Clifton Crawford. /. q Gottschalk. II 7
Mace onnell. Alfred = Anrons and VII
liam Accool The story that they have
set to tunes " about two girls who run
away from boarding school One h n
wife, and she serves n n chaperOne for
the maiden Their adventures start IN
dormjtory and progress To- cooking
school A termination IA reached in a
Florida hotel The truants are Eta Butler
and Sandol Milliken. The husband and
the lover are Harry Davenport and John
slavin Other mon IN tho rlsy an Harry
clifford G Marlowe. u Mack Lumsdcn.
l.. u Wharton and Nat Caneriy Ru'
u IL tho women ~ The Liberty Bellies >
that arc expected 10 attract peopl" TN
accustomed ~ the quiet little Madison
square Margaret Walker and Helene
Lucas, from "F1orodorn,' Violet Jewell
from Weber Fieldss Edna Hunter,
Crissla Carlysle and Bobby Burns from
I,edercr's productions. ard l.oua Faust
and Marie Tuohe, from My LAZY ar"
some ~ the beauties who IN a small way
are very well known
John Kollsrd. an act or Of serious purpos"
and good achie vemcnt. viii make his metro
polita u debut as star az the fouTt"rrth
Street to-mOrrow evening He has sur
rounded himself with al excellent coin
pany Maud Hoffman. who has acted
lending roles with Edward : Willard for
several yenrs, has taken that place with
Mr. K.llard Mr. Russ Whytal, who has
been cn-staT with her husband for siN or
s.ven years. IL als0 In Ne cast Charles
walco,. long a metropolitan favo'ije in the
I.vccum company has a part THO other
actors are William Harcourt. Harry
Weaver, Georg. u Parker. George {.
Staley. Harry ~. Maur, Cecil Magnus 4,
Richard Webster. Frank Winston, John
Ried. William Thomas. Kate Nandenhor,
Estahruoh and Nahel AylwRrd The plHy
that Mr. kellard and thi- company will
perform 10 called The Cipher tod". and
Charles Klein is i;s author. The action
passes Ia Washington and concerns the
Dishonest schemes ~ come Wall Street
men II shows a progrcss from almost
wicked duphci'y to triumphant virtue and
honesty In the role enacted 10y Mr. hellard
Heinrich Conricd's German company.
augmented 10y several actors ~ European
note, will start a season of artistic endeavor
AZ the Irving Place on Tuesday evening
Hedwig Ianse. who gained distinction
last year In this organization, r'appear~.
aud among the favorite- of former seasons
ar. Franz kIerschner. Meta Bucngcr and
Adolf zimmerman Some 81 the new
comers are Knethe Brandt from the Court
Theatre, Wi-<baden. Alexander Rn'tmanr
from Hanover and Otto Rcinann from
tho Roval in ki-singen All of these actore
except Mr. zimmerman will appear in
the hr-t play. The Neilet Image of Sais =
TINS IL iis frst production on any stage,
and az II Is by Paul Heyse. more than usual
interest H. felt in !,
Something out 81 the ordinary for the
Murray TIil will occur tomorrow In
rcvival of -Sapho.' Alice johnson viii
L. the Fanny Ls Grand and William Bran
well tho ,isdT The version 10 l@ uaed l.
10y Douglas Roberts
The melodrams - 'North"rn Iights'
will i've revived NJ the American by the
play Of Indians, initiative and lurid, but
nevertheless suc- Nssful
The Cohsn family will play a wcok NJ
the Harlem Opcra HouSe In The Gov
errors Son.- farrc ~ song, dane" and
iast which ~ said To have h..cn materially
improved sinco II was a. the Savoy last
spring Tho Cohans are a mother. father.
sIf aud daughter the Younger on"s bcing
Accomplished dancer
Margaret MAY will come 10 the Grand
49,
a Inelodrama that wa, tried At tho Ameri-
can last season II depicts In its most
sensational incident woman'- perilous
ride. not unsimilsr 10 Cipdrofts's IN Under
Two flagS
The Rrnoklyn branch ~ the Greenwall
company at tho Columbia will III" Pan
chor the Cricket this week. with Valerie
Pcrgere In the title role
The Second Of tho DAILY farce rsvivals
at the pructor theatres will occur to.mor-
row, when -Th" Lat Word will bc shown
at the Fifth Avenue Tho Ilanlons remain
In their pantomim". and Sninc other vsude
willie ~ annuunC,Nd
Another Dhlv isrcr. A Night or goes
to Proctor'- Twenty-tMfi street 10 divide
time and attention with vaudeville
Jacuuc- Inaudi head tho vaudeville
s~,~ion nj the Fiftv-eighth street theatre,
where sRnotles Bahy- will ~ revived
Al the Twenty third Street -Iurnel TIP
n far,e made popular hy Nat Goonwtn.
vii u afI tNi NINA fffkfTs n NNlftt'AlNit u
tho vaudeville hcadhner
A rlay from England called The VII
lsgo far-on- will visit the Third Avenue.
Al tho Metropolis Circus Day, vau-
deyille farce. will bc shown
T. IL no, of'cn particularly nj his time ~
tho venr, that such variety j. found m
scvcr'ccn stationary p'ay- Judging hv
,lir number IN tho several line. and the
dramatic supply l. controlled hy m" d"-
mand musical far~" IL the most popular
stage diversion, with romantic m"lodrpna
A. a close Second Six plav- oi to'pfooerv
and Hnghns tunes entertain ~ many peo-
plc each evening a. the eleven other and
mostly more dignihed pieces -Hoitv-
Toity's- ti,ie means n much a anything
IN tho burlesguc at Weber and FicldS's. and
the show l. n popular as anything ever
done in that house. Half of y. 'hr rr~t
oct will las, until spring
The Rogers brothers. unfortunately Tor
themselves and fcr thosH who laugh al them
viii have To leave IN" kuickcrburkcr IN
,hr~e wceks They win b. displa~S; bv
srrious actors, a., Sir H"nr-' irving and
Fllen Terry and later Maude Adams.
These crl.hritics viii uso several plavs
In tho meantime the merry sys~-taol~ cf
The Rogers brsi h"rs IN Washington viii