New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-27
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Fields in Bird Centre Cartoons Mansfeld
in Frisco.

Ihe enterprises to be managed by Messrs Ham
I'm d Mitchell next ,reason continue 10 multiply
Yesterday Fred r. Hamlin obtained the rights OF
a!amatizatoa Ia tho Bird Centre Cartoons - by
John T. McCutcheon. The task OF dramatiza,ion
has been allotted TO Glen Marlborough who has
aiIeady submitted a scenario. Bird Centre Car
have recently been collected and reprinted in hook
form The play To be derived from them viii no n
comedy drama. and win picture NE in "a small
American town. in territory which has not Vet
cartoons has impressed Lew Fields that he has
ALISSosu = aeII 10 create IL II was the original
next season first n X exravasanz ls TG6aPRe11nGS
appealed so strongly to him will probaby cauSe am
ALTERATION in these plans, Later he will be seen In
=, The prodHetol will be staged under tho personal
This will De- the FIRST straight pav staged IN, Mr.
Mitchell since his achievement with Paul Kauyar'
with It's mob scene
After an absence Of some years Richard Mansfield
returned ta--San Francisco on May 16 for n fort
nights engagement with results. so report says
which must have been gratifying to the artist The
eaSerness to get seats exhausted the ticket capacity
Of the engagement the second day after Mans
fields arrival This did not include the uureserved
seats in the gallery, which were sold each evening
when the doors opened. This line would form
early every morning, and enough people would be
that the rest Of the day an ofiicer would advise
later corners that there was no hope for for
It was Ivan the Terrible" which made the most
~ ~ o@Te ,er W. o1r 1 o,
night and were sold out fast the tickets could
be handled. The first night there n demOnStra-
ton with cries OF Speech! after every act. After
the fourth Mansfield took curtain calls.
The applause kept up above the music for fourteen
minutes. when the fOotghts were again thrown
the curtain and the audience expected speech.
The curtain rose but II showed the presence cham
Der of the Car, and the last act played The
prices for the Mansfield engagement were raised
10 e - and So, and The Chronicle estimated that
the receipts for the fourteen appearances of Mr..
Mansfield would exceed $4,000.
Mrs. Leslie Carter, accompanied by David Be-
Iasco and the entire "Du Barry organization of
us, left here yesterday afternoon for extended
OF three months, which will take her to all the
important cities In the Far West and bring to
end her third and last in David BelasCo's
"Du Barry Tempting inducements made TO
Mr. Belasco some months ago 10 send Mrs Carter
TO London this summer. But both he and his star
however preferred TO stay here. The company
left here special train OF nine cars. including
the FIVE baggage which carry all the original
"Du Barry scenery, properties and effects. The
first stop Will be made in Denver, where Mrs Car
a matinee in the following week will be played in
Salt Lake City. From there the organization jumps
straight to San Francisco, where Mrs. Carter Will
open June Is for three weeks at the Grand
Opera House. Then II week in Los Angeles will be
followed by one night engagements In Fresno San
Jose Oakland. Stockton and SacTa mcnto Then
follows a jump TO Portland. Ore. for the week of
July 49, with the week of July - devoted TO Seattle
Wash. and other cities OF the Northwest. In the
fall Mrs Carter viii turn her attention 10 the
play in which David BelascO will present her at the
Belasco Theatre the coming winters