The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19
new PLAYS FOR SPRINGTIME,
AND MANY GOOD OLD ONES. TOO,
AT NEW YORK THEATRES.

Charles r. Evans and Aubrey Boucicau1t
At the Prtncess-JOhn Drew Back At
the Empire-The Weeks Change At
Other Houses Here and in Brooklyn.
Two new plays will be offered at the
Princess Theatre tomorrow night. and
three stars will shine in them. One is short
and will serve as q curtain raiser to the
other. 1t IL called THE Man Who Stole
the Castle and In Q sentimental comedy Of
the sixteenth century. It will bring
Aubrey Boucicault back to the Princess,
where earlier in the season he achieved
q triumph with Heidelberg The longer
piece is q farce. There and Back and
Charles E. Evans and Charles H. Hopper
will be it's principal actors. George Arliss
Of The Darling OF the Gods company
wrote II.
John Drew returns to the Empire Theatre
tomorrow night to play THE Mummy
and the Humming Bird" for two weeks.
At tine end Of that time the theatre will be
closed and during the summer 1t will be
made over into the handsomest playhouse
in America. When 1t Is opened again in
September Mr.. Drew will be there with q
new comedy.
"A Fool and His Money George H.
Broadhurst's latest comedy. has obtained
substantial recognition In it's first week at
the Madison Square. II Is likely to remain
till the end Of the season.
The Starbucks.- Opie Reads story in
dramatic form. is entertaining the patrons
OF Days Theatre.
Little Lord Fauntleroy- has found the
same old welcome waiting for him at the
Casino. The performances are all matt
nees.
Mrs. Bakers friends are hoping that she
has changed the fortunes Of Mrs Osborn's
Playhouse from good to bad. She Is man
aging the theatre and Is taking the leading
part In her own play, The Point OF View
The desire Of the public to see Blanche
Bates In THE Darling Of the Gods at the
Belasco lie as strong after almost six months
as II was at the beginning. There are hints
Of a summer season for her.
Annie Russell begins tomorrow the next
to the last week OF her engagement In Mice
and Men, at the Garrick. It has had four
months Of uninterrupted prosperity.
Charles Hawtrey's second season in
New York in "A Message From Mars lie
successful, like the first. He has q little
longer to stay at the Criterion before going
back TO England.
The audiences at the Garden Theatre,
where .Everyman. the fifteenth century
morality play. Is being presented, are
larger than ever.
THE Earl Of Pawtucket" lie now scheduled
for an all-summer run at the Manhattan.
Il passed it's seventy-fifth performance
for . month in advance indicates that II
has prosperous times ahead.
Grace Georges engagement in 'Preety
Peggy at the Herald Square continues
to Be one OF the most successful things In
step-up from any character she has before
attempted.
Henry Miller will stay at the Savoy for
two weeks more with The Tanning of
Helen, and will then either move to some
other house in New York or 60 on tour until
June.
'Resurrection. In which Blanche Walsh
10 appearing at the Victoria, has excited
20 much discussion from a moral point OF
view that the clergymen OF the city have
been invited to attend q special matinee
performance OF II next Friday at I o'clock
Heinrich Conreid's Irving Place stock
company win spend the week at the Harlem
Opera House. playing Alt Heidelberg
on Monday and Tuesday nights and Satur-
day afternoon, SudeTmann's sSodom's
Ende' on Wednesday, Hopla, Water Sieht's
ia Nicht' (.The Girl From Maxim'eO on
Thursday. Sohiller's wilhelm Toll on