The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-25
THE THEATRES

city, is now moving along triumphant
" at the New Empire Theatre. New
York city, toward the 150th perfor-
nance. 1t is drawing capacity au-
diences and it will probably reach the
end Of its season at this house with
this record of big business still the
same None of Mr.. Thomas other
comedies yielded the a abundant
laughter which "The Other Girl''
provokes and none has been so thor
0ughly satisfactory in the complete
ness of it's Characterization or the
thoroughly amusing quality OF its
situations. The fun is entirely New
Yorky, of sort which the theatre.
goers of the Metropolis readily ap-
preciate and thoroughly understand.
The acting of the piece is of a very
high standard as Charles Frohman
has put into it a remarkable cast
which includes the great comedy
sextette Lionel Barrymore, Joseph
Wheelock, Jr., Richard Bennett,
Frank Worthing, and Elsie and
Drina Devote. This big have the
most important roles of the play in
hand and they give "a skillful and
delightful presentation of them.
Besides the llumor of the comedy
there is a delightful love story which
appeals strongly to women and which
is effective in it's appeal for the We'd
nesday and Saturday matinees at the
Empire are always crowded.
William Gillette is now in the last
two weeks of his successful engage
ment at the New Lyceum Theatre
New York city. When he gets
through there on the evening of
April End, he will have appeared in
j. M. Barrie's delightful comedy,
s.The Admirable Crichton'' for over
five months and will have played to
capacity audiences during that entire
time. All the playgoers who have
seen Mr. Gillette in the character Of
the wonderful resourceful butler,
who is the hero of the comedy have
been more than delighted with the
artistic work Of the star and the
Cleyerness with which this subtle
character is presented. They have
enjoyed the charming comedy itself
for its beautiful sentiment as well as
its novel amusing scenes, and also for
the rarely attractive quality of its
production. The remaining perfor-
nances are but few, and any New
Yorker who has not yet seen Mr..
Gillette In "The Admirable erich
ton, should not fail to accept one Of
the remaining opportunities of seeing
this play.
fThe County Chairman" at Wal
lacks Theatre, New York, passed it's
l50th performance ON Broadway on
Tuesday evening, and the fact was
looked upon so much as matter Of
course that no special effort was
made to attract attention to it.
There were no souvenirs and no dem
constructions other than those of un-
restricted merriment which always
follow the progress of George AIDES
delightfully."- droll comedy of rural life
in the West. "The County Chair
man." as fact, now seems as far
from the end of it's vast popularity in
New York as it was when the first
night audience, convulsed with near
~ three hours of laughter, gave it
rousing demonstration of appreciation.
Wallack's is still crowded at every
performance, and the advance demand
for seats and boxes extends as far as
May. The Wednesday matinees at
popular prices, designed for the
special advantage of suburban pa
irons, have proved to be so widely
desired that they win be continued
straight through the season. They
are not put forward upon the "bar-
gain day" principle but merely to
equalize the matter of expenditure
between persons who reside at the
theatre door, so to speak, and those
who must encounter something of an
outlay before they reach the box
Office.
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude
Elliott and their London company
will end their engagement in "Ham-
LETT at the Knickerbocker Theatre a
week from next Saturday evening,
April I'd, and will be followed on
Monday evening, April 4th, by
Wright Lorimer, the young romantic
actor, in his own new production.
1.-THE Shepherd King" Biblical
play with David as its centre of
interest. Mr.. Robertson and Miss
Elliott will end their first American
tour most auspiciously. Their pro-
duction Of Hamlet and especially
Mr.. Robertson's Interpretation OF
this character, has firmly established
them in the good opinion Of American
theatre-goers and their return to
America next season under the di-
rection of Klaw s. Erlanger will be
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