New-York tribune., 1903-01-19
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
About Miss Marlowe's Forthcoming Phillips
Play-The Power of Remorse.

1t is announced that Miss Julia MarIowe will
present two plays next season, a poetic drama by
Stephen Phillips and a modern comedy by H. V.
Esmond and will begin her New-York engagement
at the Criterion Theatre on January 4. 1904. At
least one. If both, of these plays
originally planned for production this season. but
the fates have willed it otherwise. Although the
Esmond comedy is finished and the manuscript
its way to New-York, attempt will be made to
put it on till fall. The Phillips play. which was to
be put in New-York this winter is yet
written.
What this poetic drama will be about no one
knows but Stephen Phillips, and perhaps
doesn't. Both Mr.. Dillingham; and Miss Marlowe
were in conference with the poet several times last
summer. summer. and suggested several themes to him,
Harvard. bully But soon after each conference
o after m n STATING ese sea ou 1he
& aayg to be thought of Mary of Magdala was
then then Mrs. Fiske came out with the announcement
same theme. so that idea had to be abandoned;
and all hope of Phillips play for Miss Marlowe
sfsaf T9f fSst Ss{ s5ff FessIysS the the
peas to him and he thinks vii suit Miss Mar
lowe He has been told to go ahead and write his
the Muses. move him.
Charles Burnham, the genial manager of wal
lacks Theatre. has probably seen many plays
in his day most and any one play as
many consecutive times. He generally stands
ready to defend the assertion In Eccesastes con-
in his Office there gathers nightly group of men
to whom theatregong is business and most
plays. after the first hearing. bore hasty peep
into the theatre to see the size of the audience.
and one by these gather in Mr. Burnhams
office. not to discuss the drama-far from it-but
TO relate the latest bit of theatrical gossip-for
never in the palmiest days Of New-England lived
to settle the relative merits of various brands Of
Hut rece't.v The genial Sultan of sulu' rs
S efa7ged Ne al this The 3 same men M gaher nightly
the prelude to ore Of Mouian's songs there Is
Simultaneous exodus from the Office headed by
theatreS Night after night the1 listen and iausR,
as as II zach repetition was new expe ience- And
chuckles softly with double mrth.
the Pfato Of an evening you vii Re fold. Go dow
to WallaGk,s when the R-e-n,o-r-T-s song is on
near the rail as he can get"
In new book called "On an Irish Jaunting Car
Through Donegal and Connenara.' by s. G. Bayne.
is to he found the following paragraph, which is
hereby submitted to the press agents and managers
most interested;
"At our hotel we found an interesting character
who served in the capacity of waiter When ques
toned the subject of his past life he said that
he had come from HambgEs when tEenty ears ears
a strong Connemara brogue. and if Weber end
es on sod car rg DE- have o he rod @ nof be
long in Galway, but would find his opportunity in
their dramatic temple on Broadway
Mrs. W. K Clifford, author of Margaret Vim
cent" has contributed a act play to the
rent number of THE Nineteenth Century, the
heroine of which Is IbseneSQue character who
has murdered her husband
The Tooth performance of 1.-THE Silver Slipper
will be celebrated at the Broadway Theatre to-
night. Souvenirs typical of the of the play
silver slippers, will mark the occasion. Miss Nellie
Thorne, who engaged to succeed Miss Susan
Drake in the part of Brenda, makes her debut In
that part tonight. Tomorrow Miss Drake starts
West her trip around the world.
The plays tonight Mice and Men, with
Miss Annie Russell at the Garrick Mr.. Pickwick,"
with De Wolf Hopper and Dgby Bell. at the
Herald Square. and THE Consul" with Louis
Mann the Princess.
The plays that hold this week are as fol-
lows: Manhattan, Mary of Ma gdala' Belasco.
''The Darling of the Gods: Criterion (evenings and
Saturday matfnee> THE Cavalier Criterion (other
afternoons at 3d. THE Little Princess; Victoria.
THE Eternal City; New-York when Johnny
Comes Marching Home; Empire, THE Unfore-
seem; Broadway The Silver Slipper; Casino,
"a Chinese Honeymoon; Savoy, 1.-The Girl with the
Green Eyes; Bjou. The Bird in the Cage:
Daly.s "The Bilionaire"; Weber & Fields. "Twrly
Whirly"; Madison Square, "Gretna Green: Garden.
last week of Hamlet; next week IF Were
King: Academy last week Of THE Ninety and
Nine; next week "Florooora" Fourteenth Street.
Jim Bludso."