New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-21
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
A Resourceful Manager-A Second Edi-
ton" of The Wizard of o."

Henry ~ Savage vho recently. when his doctor
told Hlm Doc must not leav" the house. discharged
tho doctor was .u chicago last week superintend-
INK tho production ~ George AIDES new musical
comedy .Th. Shr-Guu.' ana Will" there he vas
attacked with grip severely that he decided for
once Co. obey Oh. physician advice. hard as that
might na The doctor told him DO must not 90 out
OF h.- hotel Sunday. and Dc. much against his
will rrG frgtuHr 90 the confinement. obcycd on
Monday the doctor again told him that 70 would
not u. ..r him 90 rn aut OF doors. Nr Savage az
rs r...ca bur "a" 4Ic,G,r vas Vas, a I'm and finally
however. fitr h" had ruuE Tor The mauager OF the
DTS company w,-" Co rrhaarsc. and dispatched
messenger boy 20 % piano warehouse. Before he
v,- thrown lrr ana tr,uped OF in-um 5ering furni-
tHc hotel from the theatre. NJ once went 20 work
Boo Do, tH-'e rooms PREPARED for them. and Mr.
lions. drilled Hia chorus. watched the reHearsal OF
The principals and tried out new Voices. Inc next
day. thanks. h' saws. Co a hnrd days work. DE-
was al.o % Do out and about once more.
The production % The Wizard ~ or which
comes back % tho Majestic Theatre tonight. Is
described 10y te managers as ga second edition
Fourteen new songs have been substituted added
ln tho score. and even th" famous sammy song
has given place 20 "a successor called Johnny. III
Take You" Yet the only change OF Importance
en- the cast IS the substitution " Charles Swayne
for Bobby Gaylor as the Wizard. which. being
tho title part. ia o. comparatively little i'm
portancc. u was a year and two months ago
that The Wizard OF on came out Of the
West. aud. Ike so many things the4trisH rom
iS n,S or t o stahIi.hcd the Naestir Theatre
,Sh.h was "A Now. and untriod house I'm "a firm posi-
tiou as the home Of eNtraNaEanza. and. thanks 10
Babes in ToyIand this position has been main
tanned. The return Of The Wizard ~ o. Is then
really Homecoming and the antics OF the Scare
crow and the Tin Woodomau. those Two comral
sgrr %n' , H.I The rraat popularity Of the play.
viii doubtless Doe greeted with great enthusiasm
tonight
The management Of the Vaudeville Theatre pass
as on May I Into the hands OF r. II. Johnson. II
IS significant az the popular success which Arnold
DAILY has won with Shaw's play candida that
Nr Johnson SAYS he hopes Co. Induce Mr. DAILY 70
continue the drama az the yaudeyille after his
lease begins. ON saturdays Mr. b}ly has has Of late
an who applied at the box office for seats.
r SETTLERS romantic tragedy Don Carlos Will he
presented tonight at the Irving Place Theatre. with
RUDOLF Christians I'm the title part. Fraulein Ca
mila DalhcrE will play the part Of Princess Eboli
Friulrin Bertha Rocco that 81 Elizabeth de ValOs
! Alexander Rottmann VIII be- seen as Marquis Posa.
Julius Halter as King Philip. Ali the other parts
have been assigned to leading members OF the
company Don Carlos will b" repeated to-mor-
row and on Wednesday evening ''ZapfenstreCh."
the most talked Of play ON the German stages IN
Ferdinand Bonn and Rudolf Christians will play
the two leading parts
Manuel Walls Merino Of the Spanish Legation
I nj Washington after witnessing performance by
Mrs Fiske OF Tess Of the D'Urbervlles' some
time ago expressed desire to obtain the rights to
make a dramatization for use In Spain. Senior
Ncriuo apart from his diplomatic work. is n dram
atIet and writer. Thomas Hardy has given his
peruniesiou. and Senior Merino is engaged on a
Spanish dramatizauon Of Tess II is likely that
the pIav will be acted In Madrid by Meria Guerrero
Eohears1Is Of The Superstition % Sue" with
Walter Perkins and Miss Helen Lackaye IN the
! leading part. are progressing daily at the Savoy
Theatre under the direction OF Paul Armstrong
the author The first performances will he In New
Haven ON March o. Following this come engage
York hearing will come at the Savoy Theatre. on
April &
4 NJ Palmer announces the enca cement of Stan
/ lev Hawkins for one Of the roles tn the coming
| production Of Tho Two Orphans at the New
! Amsterdam Theatre.
The first performance Of the Symphonic Do
ncstica." one OF the latest OF Richard Strauss
/ works will be given tonight at Carnegie Hall by
/ The composer and Wotzler's Symphony Orchestra
Fifteen rehearsaIs five with full orchestra and ten
with the strings woodwiuds and brass Instruments
have been necessary to prepare Tor the perform
auce The work is dedicated to the composers
/ wife and SON. and represents day in their do
| mestic life Thirteen months were devoted 10 the
/ completion OF the work. hut the orchestral score
Al nag Wit w. ma rte each