The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
THIS WEEK IN THEArRRLAND.
A PLAY, M wHIOH MRS. GILBERT
rs TEE STAR.

A PLAY, M wHICH MRS. GILBERT
rs TEE STAR.
Granny" which Cayds Fitch wrsts for
Her. Produced To.mofrsw ~ the Ly'
: ceum.-"The Cingalee" st DAYS.
French Piayers-Few Changes In bilis.
In theatrical week not notable for many
novelties there h one very interesting pro-
duotion tomorrow. At the Lyoeurn Thea
tire Mrs. @. p. II. Gilbert 10 to appear ~ tho
star Of Q nsw comedy called '0ranny,
written specially for her by Clyde Fitch.
This IL Mrs. Gilbert's farewell to the
stage on which she has been favorite
for many years. She viii play for three
weeks at tho Lyosum and then begin tour
OF the principal cities and that will end her
stage career. She was one Of the great
favorites Of Days In tho old days and she
has hosts Of friends LETT. Tomorrow night
she will speak to them from the stage AFTER
the play. Tho plot Of this play was suggested
by q French work Of George Mitchell. II
will be well put on and good cast will sup
port the veteran actreas.
THE Cingalee,' music by Lionel Monck-
ton and book by James T. Tanner, comes
out at Days tomorrow night. 1t sue
ceeds o notable series Of light operas, and
will have to DO very good indeed to surpass
some Of them, but Il is said TO do that and
more. There h large cast and the opera
L. handsomely mounted. Tho scene b laid.
Of course, In sunny Ceylon.
Except for . new melodrama coming out
in the East Side and the usual changes OF
bill at the Irving Place Theatre, the oom-
pany Of French players sojourning at the
American Theatre provide the only other
novelties Of the week. On Wednesday night
the first performance Of sDenise. the play
by Dumas fls, will be given. When 1t was
produced In English here Clara Morris
played the title role. Coralie Armand will
have 1t on Wednesday. On Friday night
lie Maftre de Forees' the adaptation Of
George Ohnet's famous novel, given in
English as THE Ironmaster," will be pro-
Halevys play 'L'Abb6 Constantin' will be
acted
Julia MArlowe and E. H. Sothern have
proved again that Shak espesro il not I'M
profitable under some circumstances. The
Knickerbocker Theatre has been crowded
nightly for their Romeo and Juliet since
ito production. 1t will be played for one
week more and then the bill will be changed
to Much Ado About Nothing
William Faversham continues to play
Lefty" at the Hudson Theatre and re-
oeives warm tributes OF admiration every
night. The play goes Oh on Nov. IL to make
way for Ethel Barrymore.
Edna May and THE School Girl have
moved out OF Days Theatre to the Herald
Square, and will open there tomorrow
evening to stay till Nov. IL. 1t Is not lack
Of success that drives this tuneful and
amusing comedy out Of town.
John Drew still delights his audiences
at the Empire In The Duke Of Killicrankie.'
There is excellent acting in this comedy.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell has now played
THE Sorceress" to crowded houses at the
New Amsterdam Theatre for \ fortnight.
bell goes to the beautiful stage pictures
with which Charles Frohman has invested
the Sardou drama. Enthusiasm over both
is great and az leading man Guy Stanley
Ia winning new laurels.
A good II not a new actsr to see Is William
Il. Crane at the Criterion in Business Is
Business" His friends say he has never
done better work.
The last weeks OF Becky Sharp are an
nounced at the Manhattan Theatre. Mrs.
Flake as Becky still fills that theatre nightly.
hut the Fiske company L. anxious to try
another role, so Ibsens aHedda Gabler'
Is to be put on In q few weeks.
Joseph Entangled" in the person Of
Henry Miller at the Garriok Theatre en-
tangles himself and gets out OF the scrape
happily to great SUCCESS nightly.
A burlesque Of one Of the most successful
plays Of the season Is in preparation at the
Weber Music Hail to supplement "Higgledy-
PipRledy.- That ooncoction with Marie
Dressler, Anna Held and all the other stars
In Il is attracting the old crowd to the thea
tire and it's songs are gradually getting to
hand organ popularity, just as in former
days.
Only two more weeks Of the Rogers
Brothers in Paris" at their new Liberty
Theatre. Then q new musical comedy by
George M Cohan will be produced there.
Az a comic opera star Nine. Schumann-
Heink in Loves Lottery is drawing to
the Broadway a. great . throng as she ever
did in grand opera in all her long career.
she has had four weeks Of it now and must
be getting used to the changed conditions.
This is the last week OF THE Isle Of Spice"
nj the Majestic 1t has had large measure
Of success and is now going on the road to
take profits.
The more plays he writes the more the
public crowds to see the old and new works
OF George AIDE. "The Shotgun, his Corean
comic opera, begins It's third week to-mor-
row with increasing audiences. Charles E.
Evans Is the light Of the production.
Mr. AIDES new play without music, The
College widow Ii doing just a. we'll at the
Garden.
When IN doubt 60 to the Belasco. David
Warfield "a the star In sThe Music Master
Ia winning frssh laurels In q role quite diff
ferent from the old ones. Seats have to be
booked far ahead, and every night tho
audience reaches the capacity limit.