The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-22
THE NEW YORK OPENINGS.



The theatrical season opens with an
easy and natural swing in New York, and
the building of new theatres presages e.
happy result to the enterprising manag-
ers.
The Broadway season opened at the
Garick theatre with The New Clown" a
three-act farce by H. NJ PAUL. 1t is one
of Charles Frohmans new importations
from London. where it hada long and sue
ceSsful run at TorrysS and the Comedy
theatre This bright farce was very fa-
vorably received by large audience. The
hero is young nobleman who adopts the
role of a clown in order to escape the poll
ice, who are trying to arrest him for the
supposed drowning of friend
There is plenty of fun and good love
making in THE New Clown. Complica-
lions are brought about by the infatuation
of the hero for the equestrienne, at whom
the strong man of the sawdust folks has
already set his cap.
| The leading parts are cleverIy played by
Jameson Lee Finney and Jennie Busley,
assisted by julius Witmark, Margaret
Gordon, Beatrice Morgan and an excellent
cast generally
The Broadway theatre opened auspfci-
ously with sally in our Alley under the
Lederer management This pretty little
comedy is IL two acts. with a number of
scenes. The first shove the original Sal
ly's Alley Another portrays the interior
showing the interior of fashionable
Fifth Avenue mansion. The play is most
handsomely staged, there being consider
| ably over one hundred people in the cast,
dresses, notably Marie Cahili, Julius Steg-
er, Ray Gilmore and others
Soldiers of Fortune" opened at the Sa-
voy theatre under the management of Fl.
B. Harris and assistant James Forbes. 1t
has been considerably strengthened and
hpff las p
fects being used and the cast much i'm
proved. Pretty Dorothy Tenant has a
leading role with Robert Edeson, OF
course. in the principal part
Brandon Tynan's new play Robert En-
met has made a hit at the Fourteenth
Street theatre, where it will probably
have a long rum The scenes are laid in
Ireland in the days of 1903 when English
S treachery was the chief subject of Irish
i thought. Mr.. lyman has agreeably min
gled humor and pathos in his nielodrama
and himself takes the role of Robert
Emmett. Manager Rosenquest has CIV
en- the play a very handsome staging.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell expects to open
on the 18th, at the Garden theatre In a
new play, to be followed with a dramati-
cation of Edith Wharton's translation Of
9 les I4iebe dos Leben." She will then start
on a tour of the United States, returning
to give her entire repertoire at some pro-
| minent New York theatre.
| Viola Allen is making great preparations
| for her appearance in Hall Gaines new
play THE Eternal City, which opens al
the Victoria, early in September. Miss
Allen will have the part of Donna Roma
yolonna, and her brother, Chas. w. Allen
will be acting manager, under Lieb1er 4
/ Co.. of 1.-The Eternal City"
This play is considered the most import
| ant production ever made by Liebler &
| Co., the smallest details of the reproduc-
| ton having been carefully worked out By
/ Manager George Tyler. who has beer
| abroad for that purpose and to look out
| for good things for the present season
w. H. Crane opened the Criterion Sept 3
under Charles Frohman's management, il
David Harum,'' and will then play IL
this success across the continent from
| Portland. Me. to Portland, Ore.
E. E. Rice's 'sShow G.rl' is repeating
| it's Broadway success at the Grand Opers
House where it is having most success
full run, this theatre having been thorough
ly overhauled to make room for a bis
production of it, Prominent among tn,
beauties in the cast is Miss tFenton Stew
! art whose picture accompanies this arti
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Klaw & Changers new theatre viii
/ open with the new Drury Lane spectacle
blue Beard which will overtop evel
Ben Hur.' ssress,s
The Rogers Brothers in Harvard a
the Knickerbocker under the same man
agement.
The Greenwall Stock company opens TIL
season at the American with 1.-THE Chris
tian" and Lillian Bayer has "a strong par
in the cast.
This will be followed by very cleve
selection of first class productions which
will be used in their various house
throughout the country.