The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-19
NEW YORK WILL SEE FIVE
NEW PLAYS THIS WEEK.

Eff.tELtr SPECIAL
Nrv York. Oct. IS-Tlre u. atsr-goer
viii have a busy week beginning to-mpr-
Rows. Thor. wiI l- five uaw plays produced
here and One .muuT'Hu, revival
Muafsy uElt E:H.I barrymore. in
cousin Kate will open the new Hudson
THDate-. "Cuusiu Kate already has the
pr,-;ig. os % London success. having been
produced some time ago at %" Hay market
TEsatrr. where % Is still running II Il
said tu provide Miss Barn. more with
ruIr chIrwiucIy suited tp her acting ahil-
its. The role o. that ~ a charming SuunE
SpiuzfCr 81 rather alarming literary pro-
CIy.fi.s Who has an Ingenious nature ana
uut-TUkeu manner, and also tae ocitght-
fIL uGt SOM times disastrous faculty. OF
making "yrTyhoiy-ug nearly every body
afnuul her happy MS ~UinSlrr - IN"
central figure of a pretty love story. In
the company with Mis- barrymore viii
D. Miss Bruce NlcEge Grant stewart.
Harold Grsu. Mr.. Th0usas Whiuen,
Clarice Asncw ami Anita Roth
'Erminle.' with Mr. Francis Wilson in
his famous role OF CaIeaux. supported by
a company Of aIi-star players in a
sumptuous reproduction o. the famous
comic opera classic. will occupy the time
az the Casino for the next four weeks. be-
ginning tomorrow evening. Among the
more prominent players engaged hy
Nixon 4. Zimmerman. In support ot Mr..
" ll-HH.- may ne lElElaLIItltIl MISS llfll@H
LessiUE. Aliss Marguerite sylvia. Jessie
Bartlett Davis JSrui" Wcathersuy Gin
IHr original rDleJ. Mss Laura Butler,
Miss Lucille Egau. William Broderick-
Siguor P"rucini. Albert Parr. Joseph Fay
and William Laverty.
Tuesday evening viii Be presented for
the first time 600 this country a spectacular
msIoiram3. THE Best of Friends" by
Cecil Raleigh. which comes here with the
prestige of n long nun 20 the Drury Lane
Theatrr. London. Il is q typical Raleigh
play and Is not only big scenically. but 10
is said 20 possess unusual human Inter
est and 20 present "a series or incidents
Of striking ami picturesque character iully
commemorate with the extensive ptCtpriai
BACKGROUND which has been provided FOR
90. lu fact. they say II g. the biggest
thing ever staged here. Ten big scenes.
which iurlIIp circus Pageant IN the
streets uf oxford and a military Srene IN
which the Duke of Richh1ruuEh'S rpgi-
meut p!sGEes Itself 10 do or die iu the
Hiss Asnes Booth. Lionel Barrymore.
Joseph WheeinCE. Ir-. Miss MAY Rock
man and katherine GRAY and Marion
Chilisrs are among the important men,
beers Of the cast
Wednesday Charles Frohman VIII oprn
his theater iu which he Is 20 produce
French plays in French exclusively by a
French company There Will also be short
pautOmime5 BY Nine. Wiehe from Paris.
she iS very versatile person she
thoroughly understands the real art ut
gesture and posing as well as dancing.
and Is an accomplished actress Of pan
tOmlIup. The first weeks bill will include
four short pieces mostly oue-act PLAYS
and partumimC~-
on Thursday night William Collier viii
try. for the thrI time this season. a
comedy. His Personal and Are You
Nv Father were both failures. and this
time nc will use a play which has been
seen here before. "A Fool and His Money
the Bruadhurst piece.
IL is hardly within the theatrical prOba-
buities that Sir Henry Irving. who i on
;hs incoming steamship Minneapolis. will
coniine himself on his forthcoming Ameri-
can tour TO his most recent London sue
cess. Dante" Sir Henry is bringing over
on the same ship with the Dante outfit
all the scenic accessories Of The Merchant
~ Venice The Bells and Nance Old
field
He Is due Tomorrow and has with him
siChty-fUur players and an the scenery Of
Lawrence iryiuE's adaptation OF the Ia
NOUS Dante" He will open here at the
Broadway. ON October % After three
weeks there the company will take TO the
road FOR an extensive tour. which viii in
Ciude -. Louis.