The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02

cembcr of 1908 in "Paolo and Francesca.
Sir Charles Wyrdham Is waiting. He II
Low tourh & IL David Garrick,' but In a
month or two will return 10 his town theatre
,o act ia an ~. Gmed drama Ivy Henry
Arthur Jol. es. which he hopes will be good
"-olgh To- warrant HE lDng-prornlsnd
AMERICAN visit. The q. p. lul. an o-Gn J.
zatiun oi LoUdo. thea'rrgoers. gave a
dLi.!er "a Sir Charles 10 co.. gratrlalc him
on his " ighthood.
II was not long ago that q remarkable
Cast # LONDON aci r-n,anc gers was formed
for SINCE matinee. of Caste fo- tho hrneflt
OF an unfortunate actor. William Rguoll
IL blind, and another extraordinary co'ec-
ton Of names has been made TO hep hun.
The loading PLAYERS of London viii revive
TIE Critic and Trial 10y Jury for one
afternoon. In tho Sheridan revival such
actors as II. B. Irving Seymour Hicks and
Henry Y. Fsmond will play servants, with
Sir Charles Wyndham. Forbes Rob~r'son,
tvrii Maude. Irene Vanbrugh. becroOhm
Tp,. Harry Nichols. Arthur Bourchier.
Mary Moore. Cer,rIds Elliott. Lottio venne
and Allen Ayresworth in the loading ro'es
In Trial By jury" W. =. Gilbert himself
will appear. with Rutland Barrli g. on,
Hayden Coain, Lone Monck'on George
GroSsni,th. Jr, and Evie H"cene making up
the cps:
Cosro Hamilton, like Max Bcerbohm and
Robert Hicleus is n writer whom up-tp-
date Londnners have regarded for some
years as sure to make Success ~ a
dramatis'. His one-art PLAYS have f"en
good. but more than "A Lite disapioi.il;e
wa, telt las, week in his first long picro.
In Tn" WiFdom 81 Folly he eviGeatly tried
20 aim at he acrt OF SATIRE hat W ;. tilterl
has succeeded heat In putting on no stage
tsnond came rear II in My lady'a LORI
very near il. Bu' nothing short OF genius
can Interest and anus" people Two hours
and a half with characters who are not
auI md Har - AZ IN Ia.
that nearly oil writer's Of that sort fail into,
and wh',o Mr. Hamilton se.ins 20 have
failed, IL IN trying To put little nature IN
with the absurduv, and thereby spoiling
both. "The W,sdom OF Folly" ~ about a
woman who is anyiously awaiting the
death of husband from whom she hns
been long separated. and who IN ~" mean
time refugees three suit ors, only To md Al
the reading OF her husbands will that she
4 -t'r everything un'eSs -te marri's within
'hre. days, So s1e accepts the lawyer who
reads the will and very'hing ends happily.
Cert rId. Kingston ha- the leading par,
and Lily Gruniy. daughter Of the man who
wrote Sowing the Wind, and The De-
generates, j. also in the cast.
Any new play from the pen of Ludwig
tnlda must necessarily he interesting,
and the no:cliy of -Altwas~er," which was
produced IN Berlin fort night ago, makes
it douhly 40. The scene is IN hydro
pat hic ranitarium, whore various KIND.
and condition, of men and women are
gat hered Here comes popular piano
player. the idol of the ladies. from whom
ho is trying 10 escape. They won't leave
him alone and he cant keep away from
them. The doctor tells him that mar
rage If the only cure. He says he has
tried IL, but 10 no avail. Quite against
bis will. he starts 10 flirting variouslv Wit
the female inmates, and especially with
the dpcto wife. They are about 10
elope when his own wife arrives. She
still loves him. and for the good OF all he
decides TO rot urn 70 her - Ice play ends
with his elopment with his own wife.
II Sarah Bernhsrdt had not been great
actress rhe might have had a career az a
. press agent. Compared TO the famou.
French woman. Anna Held il modest and
retiring. In Cont mental tour The divine
Sarah Is making things hum. In Copen-
dressing rooms at tho theatre 70 the art
lists foyer was given To her. Now this
apartment, az Bernhard, undoubtedly knew
l. used by royal visit ors 20 enter the Hing =
box. The result was that the King OF
Denmark. the Queen Of England. the Dow
ager Empress Of Russia and the Grand
Duke were compelled TO get to their seats
by means OF "a ~ p ladder and a walk across
the stage. Bernhard il greeted by royalty
In every country. The Emperor did not
Pet TO see her last week in Berlin until
her second performance when he and the
Empress and the Crown Prince OF Den
mark saw Fedora from the royal box
On the first night, when Sarah appeared
in Germany for the first time since 1870
n great crowd OF Distinguished people
created her with cheers and masses OF
flowers. A. the end of the play she said
" II statesmen can forget 40 can l.