The sun., 1903-12-06
The WEEKS DRAMATIC NEWS.

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HENRIETTA GRESHAM COMING AS
A BELASCO STAR.
Anna Held to Present "Mam'selIe Ma
poleon"-New Comedy at the French
Theatre-A Thriller From Chinatown
Vaudeville Changes-BrOoklyn Bills.
Wednesday night will be made notable
at the Belasco Theatre by the presentation
of new play written by David Belasco
and acted by Henrietta Crosman. 1t will
be New York's first opportunity to greet
Miss Crosman as one of the Belasco coterie.
Sweet Kitty Bellairs' is the name of the
play, and about all that is known concerning
1t in advance is that Mr. Belasco got 1t from
Egerton Castles book "The Bath Comedy"
the story Of which he changed and dis
regarded to suit himself and the dramatic
a merry party Of dandies and ladies repre-
senting time when manners and morals
were freer than shey are in December.
1908. The part Of the Widow Bellairs will
enable Miss Crcsman to be arch and spirited
in the way that That che has has commended nm .t to her
dies. The company chosen for her support
u large and includes among it's members
John E. Kellerd. Edwin Stevens, Edith
Crane and Katherine Florence.
Anna Held has come to town and will
produce at the Knickerbocker Theatre on
Tuesday night.a musical comedy named
.Mam'selle Napoleon which has already
been witnessed with unconcealed Joy by
the theatregoing folks of several other
cities. Nam l'selle Napoleon is Mile. Mars,
the French Emperor's favorite actress. and
. hae ~ tho hihit fhoo fra n 1roaa.
ing rooms with appropriate undressing).
masked balls and triumphal returns. Mics
Held's costumes have been prepared with
her usual attention to beautiful and sensa-
tional effects. Joseph W. Herbert has
and Gustav Luders has composed the music.
@Whoop-Dee-Do boo" will hold sole pos.
session at Weber 4 Fields's Music Hall
til ThuIsdsy night when 1t w share the
-Waffles, the Amateur Cracker takeoh
on "Rafiies. the Amateur Cracksman"
Marie Tempest's return has been gratify-
ing to herself and her friends here. The
success OF her comedy, THE Marriage of
Kitty" at the Hudson Theatre, wGs i'm
mediate and ample.
Mother Goose" at the New Amsterdam,
is already repeating the good fortune Of it's
predecessors from Drury Lane. These
brilliant spectacles have come to be pleas,
Ike. e '
Nine. Charlotte Wiehe and the French
company at the Vaudeville Theatre will
appear on Monday and Tuesday in the
four little plays they have been presenting
and OH Wednesday will produce longer
piece, the three act comedy "Le Je Ne
Sais Quoi" by Francois de Croissey. 1t
tells the story Of a Frenchman's American
wife and how she learned TO forget her
native prejudices.
Fay Davis and the Empire Theatre com
pany are acting at the Gsrrick Henry Arthur
Joness comedy "Whitewashing Julia
The Girl From Hays" at the Herald
Square. with Sam Bernard and Hattie
Williams as the chief merrymakers, is
deservedly successful
William Faversham has acquitted him
self with credit in part and play rather
different from those to which he has been
accust omed. Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner"
is sure to be popular during all of its en-
gagement at the Criterion,
"The Best of Friends" will depart from
the Academy of Music at the end Of the
week, leaving a record that few melo-
dramas could establish.
Maude Adams has completed the first
month Of her stay at the New Empire
Theatre in The Pretty Sister of Jose"
Her present season extends to Jan. 2.
There is much regret that "The Three
Little Maids did not arrange to stay here
all winter. The play has only three weeks
more at the Garden Theatre before its
departure for Australia.
One of the great triumphs Of the year
falls to William Gillette in j, NJ. Barrie's
"The Admirable Crichton" at the Lyceum
Theatre.
Next week will he the last for "The Little
Princess" at the Madison Square Theatre.
After that it will go to the Garrick AZ an
afternoon attraction. Millie James will
have the leading part In Clyde Fitchs
new comedy, Glad of It." to be produced
at the Savoy late ,ia n pecember ennas and md her n
assigned to Leonie Darmon.
"Winsome Winnie with Paula Edwardes
as its principal actress, has scored another
Casino success, and that, with A Chinese
Honeymoon and ~ The Hunaways" to
look back on, is saying a great deal. 1t
is full Of bright music,
1The Red Feather" has fallen upon pros
porous times at the Lyric Theatre. Grace
Van Studdiford, the prima donna, and
Thomas @. Seabrooke, the comedian, are
admirably cast In it.
George AIDES comedy "The County Chair
man." will outlast its appointed time at
Walacks. 1t has been so warmly well
coined that it's engagement, which was to
end early in January, has been extended
Indefinitely.
Frank Daniels and Louise Cunning will
sing new duet, The Proper Way to Love-
In 1.-THE Once Boy at the Victoria Theatre
tomorrow night
Babes in Toyland' continues to test the
of the Majestic Theatre. The
ma tinee performances are always attended |
by large contingent Of young folks.