New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES.
MANSFTELD, WILLARD MSS BATES, NAT GOODWIN AND
Mss ELLIOTT HERE THIS WEEK-MR MANS
FIELDS TWENTY YEARS OF FERTILIZATION.

yon, of wyndham's Theatre The curtain will
rise at s o'clock sharp
With the Pope on the stage at the Victoria.
with Mary of Magdala' at the Manhattan, with
a confession the stage in The Cardinal at
the Garden, and with Sardou's Dante and a
rival Pope coming soon" said a we'll known
playwright the other day, 1T strikes me that 1t
is tigh time for distinctly American religious
figure to be put on the stage. Even now l am
engaged a stirring drama of Christian Sci
ence, with Mother Eddy as the central figure
Of interest If we must have popes, why not
have an American Pope? And press agents for
the production will be plentiful and passionate
Owing to the success Of The Ninety and Nine
I, too. shall take hymn for title and have
named the play, Bringing in the Shekels.'
Mr.. Wilstach of Liebler & Co, listened calm
~. And will ur audiences take the play by
absent treatment" he asked.
Tomorrow night the Garden Theatre will be
dark, but on Tuesday it will open with a per-
Torrance Of THE Cardinal" by Louis N Parker
with Mr. Willard and his company who come
for engagement of month. Both Mr.
Willard and the play, which deals with the
character Of Giovanni de Medici. well known
TO theatre goers and the former is held In high
AMI affectonate regard. pleasing feature OF
Mr. WIZARDS engagement Will be the Thursday
matinees he is to give, with different play
each time Next Thursday he will present "Da-
H. d
ago, and on the following Thursday ]. NJ. Bar
ries comedy. The Professors Love Story"
The regular matinee performances of the first
two weeks will be Of The Cardinal" Mr.. Will
lards leading is Miss Maud Fealy, an
American girl. The cast:
Cardinal Giovanni De Medci; willard
Gosho de de Meic bis bToher s
TTanieS'o. ''-S on the Cardinal w. Edmunds
Petro Servants in the Car hIne 81 s FIe1
R Radasno dna household Miss Gwenn Granger
Msadalena Ladies in attendance on MISS Joan Blair
cca de Medc Miss m,3 Ma SsIIT Ros6ps
chg wealthy merchant Mis-: Maud Pf FfoPS
GShR5ia BasIon Of Terugia Magistrate
Ab RRae sroz Florentne outlaw in the service
Bs 25 one the 5P bell
Of sherbourne in England ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Case
action takes place at Rome IN 1919 during the reign
/
This is the tale of terrible ceiling. 1t is one
of the severa heavy features OF The Eternal
CITY" and extends its ponderous and groined
/ surface over the studio Of Donna Roma 1t is Of
wood. weighing 1900 pounds, and makes thirty
pieces when taken apart But II Is only taken
/ anart when the production is moved TO an
! other theatre When not in use it is lowered to
! the floor of the stage and then tipped up entire
/ o..inst the back wall where it fills the whole
/ sDace Last Tuesday while it being hoisted
/ into Mace some of the tackle blocks broke and
several of the stage hands narrowly escaped
serious injury. In NewHaven 1t broke mans
shoulder One of those strange creatures who
used to stride with Gooplike movements through
the pages of The Lark complained that IL was
! quite bore to get about without any ceiling
and floor, and was pictured in imminent danger
of falling through into the Milky Way. But