The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
A WEEK or INTEREST IN NEW
DRAMATIC MATERIAL.
Charles Frohman's Empire Company 10
Reappear In the wilderness" by
Henry v. Esmond. and Mrs. leslie
Carter In "Du Barry" by David Bclssce

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Henry v. Esmond. and Mrs. Ieslie
Carter I'm "Du Barry" by David Belssce
The Christmas week will be full OF dra-
matte presents and several Of them promise
unusually well. The return OF Charles
Frohman's stock company 10 the Empire
is always a JOY TO a large public, and, there
fore, a hearty audience will probably greet
II tomorrow. Margaret Anglin will be
technically new as the leading actress,
although she practically held that position
last year in Mrs. Danes Defence" and
Brother Officers" and Charles Richman
will be the leading actor. Among the
familiar members Of this company Mrs.
Thomas Whiffen, Margaret Dale, W. II.
Crompton. +. Y. Baokus, George Osbourne,
Jr., Frank Brownlee, Ethel Hornick and
lillian Thurgate will have parts In the
first play. Mrs. W. @. Jones, Kate Patti
son Seton, Lawrence DORSEY and VIII
liam Courtenay will be the recruits. The
first play will be THE Wilderness" by
Henry V. Esmond. who wrote when We
Were Twenty-one," My Lady's Lord
and The Courtship Of Leone" II is a
sentimental comedy and had a long sue
cess at the st. James in London last sea-
son. George Alexander played the part
there that Mr.. Richman will have here,
and the authors wife, Eva Moore, was
Miss Anglin's predecessor. The action
starts In a Bond street tea room and ends
In the country. The story Is OF a girl who
imagines herself in love with a man who
won't marry her because neither has money,
and finally weds a baronet for his wealth,
in the end really falling In love with her
own husband
one OF the theatrical events of the season
Ill nARa. 80 NEANtn uIAn
Mrs. Leslie Carter will reveal herself IN a
new role, and a new drama by David Be
lasco will be introduced. Mrs. Carter,
in her ten years on the stage, has appeared
in only four parts, the first in a play that
was a complete failure, The Ugly Duck
ling That reduces the public knowledge
Of her TO what it has formed from seeing
her as Mas Helyeu, in which she was pleas
ing; as Maryland, in which she was ex.
cellent. and ar ZdSd, in which she proved
lions that have come from Washington
and Baltimore, -Du Barry" seems TO give
her much such a part as zdSd. In five acts
Mr.. Belasco has fashioned a drama that
shows the historic Mime. Du Barry in many
dramatic but few faithfully historic phases
The production Is said 10 liz on a scale Of
magnifcence almost unequalled in the
history OF the stage. The Criterion will
remain closed two nights to give time for
scenery rehearsals, The cast will Toe I'M
USUALLY lOnK, HIllOIik W HlllAiIbdlN btiHk
Charles A. Stevenson, Campbell Gollan.
Hamilton Reyelle, Claude Gillingwater.
Frederick Perry. Walter Belasco, Dora
Goldthwaite. Blanche Sherwood and Helen
Robertson, a promising lot.
David Warfield, having firmly estab-
lished himself a. a star in broadway, will
start his tour IN The Auctioneer' at the
Harlem Opera House. The same com
pany that was organized by David Belasco
and took part In the run at the Bijou will
20 on the tour.
Nav Irwin will start a four weeks en-
gagement al the Rijou tomorrow evening
with The Widow Jones, IN which she made
her debut ~ a star actress six years ago.
This farce. 10y JohnJ McNally, presents Miss
Irwin more ~entertainingly than any she
has since had. She will have some new
songs To add To the old ones,
The glass-inclosed auditorium on top
Of the New York Theatre will be opened
Tomorrow night a. the New York Winter
Garden. A new huries9ue, Inc Supper
Club by Sydney Rosenfeld, will be acted,
including Virginia Earle, Thomas Z. Sea
brooke. George Fuller Golden. d Lewis.
Toby Claude. Josie Sadler, Alexander
Clark. Nina Harrington, Vera Morris.
Adele Archer. John " Ransone and others.
The music is by Sloane, Penn Edwards.
Cole, johnson. Jerome and Black
A new melodrana 10 he presented to-
morrow at the Metropolis j. called At
Cripple Creek and il 10y Hal Reid, who
has nai some NucNf-- IN in~ ullt
Only two Of the Proctor stock COM
panies will play ia New York this week.
One will come 10 the Harlem theatre with
the old DAILY faror Of The Last Word
with Adelaide Keim and Walter Seymour
In the Ada kehan and John Drew roles.
Among the vaudeville specialists between
The acts will be Charley Case. Iorcat, Mason
and Francis and the Madcap Trio.
Although The Still Alarm will 10 the
principal thing az the FIFTH Avenue on" II
the vaudeville features l. apt To attract
attention II IL an operetta called Tie
Lily 81 la Guda, with music 10y Leslie
stuart, the composer Il "~flprodora
Nellie and Lola Hawthorne Will 10 it, singers.
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Duncan and Gibson d.d Perry
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