The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
THE VIEW AND THE OLD PLAYS
TO BE SEEN THIS WEEK.
Mary Mannering IN ''Thr SiuhbOrnnrss 81
Geraldine" Martin Harvey In the
children Of Kings" and F1SonOra
Du>e IN Two - Annunyio Tragedies.

m VIII I've week OF uncommon thea NJ
cal activity, with four new plays to be
! revealed. the temperance OF Eleonora
Dise and William Gillette. the opening Of
new theatre and election day matineeS
! At most of che houses. Clyde Fitch has
made place for himself among American
| dramatiSt- tina commands attention for
| any play from his pen, and with the added
attraction II Mary Mannering a. the star
The Stubburnnpss Of Geraldine. which
comes to the Gsrrick ,o-morr,N. will W.
greeted with much interest. In The an
| nounccments sent out by the management
! nothing Of the plot Is told. further than thar
II concerns wealthy American orphan
who has he"n brought up IN Germany.
/ and in returning from there, IL pursued
by Hungarian Count. These parts Uii
I be acted b. Miss Manner,ng and Arthur
I Byron. The others Ia the cast are Amy
Ricard Mr.. Hone. Anita Rothe. Rosa
! Cooke, Marian Gardiner. IA, hlecu Cham
bars. Rene Woodruff. Florence Stewart q.
Florcnc" Breed, Carolyn James, Anna
Archer, John g. Saville. II Ha-sard-Short,
| Albert Howson. Herbert Ayling, Charles
| Marin. Sydney Mansfield. Charles Has
kins. David Proctor and George ElTood
! Mr.. Fitch wrote The Stuhbornreee of
Geraldine for Mise Mannering, supply
! ing her with part largely light end gay.
hut giving AN opportunity to do tho sort Of
serious work for which she is ambitious
! The production is made under the direction
! Of NJ. Fitch. which means much to people
! who remember hls staging Of The Climbers"
| and THE Moth and the Flame"
| To.morrow's other new play il strange
1 10 ,,nlv IL, al, II haS
long been favori,e ia German at the Irving
| PiWo. -The Children of Kings" is a legen-
Diary romance bv Won Rosner made into
| English by Frederick Lang bridge and A. II.
Fcrro. The musical score. written for the
| original Berlin product ion by Eng,ehert
Hunperd;nck, will be played in full. The
fairy tale set forth il of boy who comes
20 a throne at tie early age of IL and. chatting
| az the hollowness Of his court, gees among
! his Teop'e as poor wanGerer. His adj
| ventures arc humorous, tragic and ro-
| mantle vi on he meets a sweet girl who has
never seen a man before. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Martin Harvey will play the Prince and
the goose girl. the parts acte by Mr.. Harvey
and Cecilia Lotus in tie London produc-
| tion. The four scenes show the throne
room in tie royal palace at Hallatown. a
glade in Hallawood in the summer. within
the gates of Hallatown and again in the
forest glade, this time in winter.
Tuesday evening will bring a dramatic
event Of importance. the reentrance after
six years absence Of Eleonora Dusa. Aside
from the interest Of greeting this actress,
who on Ter two previous tours was Iecog-
ni.ed as one Of the worlds greatest artists
, will be the consideration of the author Of
The Triumph Of Death for the first time
as dramatist Duse brings three o!
Gabrie,e Annunzios plays, all written
for her. On Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings she will act in La Gioconda- and
on Friday in The Dead City, which she
will repeat at the Saturday matinee. She
will save Francesca da Rimini- for her
second week. La Gioconda,- which is
about the influence Of mans wife and Of
his mistress over his artistic achievements,
was dedicated by the author To -Eleonora
Du-e of the Eeaut iful hands. the pertinency
being in the fact that the mistress in At
Of rage throws over statue her lover 3
maserpiece and in saving it the wite's
hands arc crushed and have to he ampu.
tated, The Dead City" although written
for Duse, was used fr-, by Sarah Bern.
hardt in Paris. The part that attracted
, these great actresses (there are only five
in the play) il blind woman whose blind
ness has sharpenei her other senses Like
LA Gioconda. il il IA grewsome but power
full tragedy.
Weber A Fields will wait until Thursday
evening, as usual to produce their new
burlesque. 1t IL called "Humming Birds
and Onions, and. az one naturally guesses
it travcsties The Mummy and the Hum
| ming Bird and Carrots" II will be put
on IA a second ACT to 'Twirly- Whirly,- the
best of that delightful entertainment, being
crowded into long first act. In the parody
on the Empire play William Collier will
burlesque Jonn Drew, and Lew Fields and
Mr. Collier will make run of the Lionel
Barrymore and Margaret Dale parts. In
the Carrots" skit Joe Weber will he the
cruel mo-, her and Pete Daley the fat her
with Fay Tempeton in an initial ion of Ethc
Barrymore, which she has alrsady cleverly
done. She has also new song, bringing
in mimcTv Of various actresses in town
The new burlesque is by Edgar Smith
staged by Julian Mitchell and SGT TO music
by William Francis
At IN. Kuickerbock"r tomorrow evening
William Gillette vii, reappear Ia New York
after hi. wear at Sir Henry IrNing's London
theatrr IN sherlock Holmes. This play
became so we'll and favorably known
10 New Workers during i's long run at the
tiarrlCk three seasons ago that Nothing
, new need bc said Of II. Mr.. Gillctte's
diamat ization of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
det"c'ivr stories ana his actyng of the title
part ara 81 much admired tiat he has again
had to postpone hl- appearance a Hamlet
To satisfy public demand. lie will play At
the knickerbocker uuly few weeks uftei
which Nat G. Goodwin and MAXINE Elliott
will come III The Altar of Friendship" 4
comedy by Mrs. Mad"lcin" I.u~tte Rylev.
Numerous thoroughly American play
will visit town for the week RObcr Eide
son will come To IN" Harlem Opera Hous,
for six evenings in soldiers OF Fortune
The popularity OF Augustus Thomas :
decentralization Of Richard Harding Davis.
widely read novel was proved by Two en-,
gagcnrnts al the Savoy In the spring and
thr fall Dorothy Donaelly. Mrs. Robert
Edcson. Wallace Ediingcr and the rcst o.
the Savoy cast will bc seen in Harlem.
Augustus Thomass Western military
drama OF Arizona" will be the week =
Visitor al a." New Star. In its long en-.
"a cement AZ the Herald square, and agar
u, tho Academy oi Music, this piece was
vastly popular, and its reception in londo,
was favorable
Clyde titchs rural comedy OF Lovers
Lane" originally produced two years age
a, the Manhattan. and transferred 10 III,
, HuIullit. Mil D,. aCt,.d az tho Me, rppOliS