The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-25
THIS WEEK AT The THEATRES
DAVID WAKEFIELD COMING OUT
IN A NEW ROLE.

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Broadway shows-vaudeville Changes
David Warfleld, who has hitherto devoted
himself to depicting on the stage certain
Hebrew types in their ludicrous and pathetic
sides, is to appear tomorrow night ut the
Belasco Theatre In @ new role and o new
play, in which he casts aside the old char
acterizations and essays a new line OF work.
As Anton con Bdrscio in aThe Music Master,
the new play written for him by Charles
Klein, maker Of -The Auctioneer,' and
staged by David Belasco, Mr.. Warfeld
expscts to demonstrate his versatility and
firmly establish his reputation as character
actor. -.
The story OF the play tells how the old
music master comes to America In search
OF his daughter and the wife who has be-
lyed him. The daughter, grown into
beautiful woman, comes to him for music
lessons. She Is living In luxury, and he
realizes that to disclose his identity would
be to ruin her prospects Of happiness In
her coming marriage. Patiently resigning
himself he decides to 60 away. but III,
daughter, suspecting the truth. breaks
down his resolution Of self-sacrifce.
The play has been carefully staged and
the company as carefully chosen. The
cast includes Marie Bates. Minnie Dupree,
Isabel Baldwin. William Boag, Alfred Hud-
son and H. G. Carlton.
Arnold DAILY brings out tomorrow night
at the Vaudeville Theatre the new'"com-
ediettina (the term is George Bernard
Shaw's) written for him by Mr. Shaw.
II Is called How He Lied to Her Husband
and is said to be particularly character
istio Of the authors curious genius. THE
Man OF Destiny, in which Mr.. DAILY appears
as the Napoleon Of Mr.. Shaw's conception,
ia to be revived to fill out the bill. In Mr..
Daly's company are Dorothy Donnelly,
Dodson Mitchell Herbert Carr and John
Findlay
Della Fox returns to Broadway next
Friday night, after a few years absence
from the stage, in a new musical comedy
called THE West Point Cadet to be pro-
duoed at the Princess The piece 70 adapted
from the French by Mr.. Nordsn. The
music s contributed by A. NJ. Norden and
the play is staged by Joseph Herbert.
Della Foxs role Is very like those she played
in -1he Little Trooper and other military
pieces. There are scenes In a military
academy, a hotel at the Grand Central
Station and all the usual accomplishments
Of military show The cast includes
several capable actors.
A new star and a new play are to ap-
pear together at the Fourteenth Street
Theatre to- morrow. 1t is a cowboy drama
entitled A Texas Ranger by j. Mauldin
Fiegl and the star is Sydney Ayres from
the West The story tells Of the cowboy
who falls in love with the ranch owners
daughter and passes through many u is
STUDIES incidental to cowboy stage life.
He shoots his rival in the hand In q duel,
u wounded In turn, and Of course ulti-
mately maTies the heirees, lives happily
ever afterward and probably has heaps Of
fortunate children. There is a numerous
company supporting the new star.
Her Mad Marriage promised to be the
most thrilling OF all the thrillers that ever
aroused an Eighth avenue gallery, is to be
tried on that discriminating locality to-
morrow night at the American Theatre.
The victim OF the mad marriage is girl
who ants to g the stage, the villain
is absolute actU. and q street urchin foils
his v icled plots. The production OF play
is shown, and there are plots high orimes
scribe, but all happily foiled when the vii
lain tau ca his icxed life. The heroine Ia
to be Murel Starr the villain Carl Smith
Earle, and the scenes include the circle ct
Fifty ninth street, the Herald building and
Brooklyn Bridge.
OF the new plays produced last week,
Clyde Fitchs first comedy Of the season,
srhe Coronet of the Duchess" with Clara
Bloodgood in the role OF q fashionable New
York girl, has entered upon a successful
career at the Garriok Theatre. The sub.
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by Mr.. F itch in the play, and there are the
usual Fitch surprises for the audience
Besides Miss Bloodgood, the cast includes
William Courtleigh, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen,
Mrs. Hone and George Mendum.
. John Drew is continuing his phenomenal
Duke Of Killicrankie.' Arrangements have
now been made by which he " Ill remain
ent the Empire is oror ded to capacity at
every performance. In the cast support
ing Mr.. Drew, Margaret Dale. Fanny
Brough and Ferdinand Gottschalk have
parts v hich permit them to display their
abilities to the best advantage.
In "Mr Wix OF Wickham," the English
must al production Of a comedy, whose
scene is laid in Australia, Edward E. Rice
now believes h, has under way at the Bi ou
a worthy successor to -l4s2" and the Gui
utIOnlt " hcTu songs nave
caught the popular fancy and will be heard
outside the theatre, and there Is plenty
Of fun to provide pleasant memories for
carrying away. With Harry Corson Clarke.
David Lythgow, Thelma Fair, Alice Maude
Poole, Laura Guerite, Catharine Jefferson
Hayes and Frank Lalor In the cast the fun
IL assured.
William II. Crane is doing very well in
Business isBusin S." which enters W on
its second week at the Criterion
Theatre tomorrow evening In his por-
trayal OF the money grasping hero, who,
having crushed everything before him to
crafty bis passion for wealth is brought
to his knees by the keenest OF all human
sorrows, the death OF one near and dear to
him, Mr.. Crane moves his audience to dem
constructions OF warm enthusiasm. The pro-
duetio has been made equal il not superior
to that OF the Con & lie Francaise, and II Is
believed that the play Is destined for a long
and successful run.
Edna May and The School Girl are
continuing at Days Theatre their strong
hold on public favor. The School GiIlh
is now proc laimed to be the reigning Broad
way success in musical comedy, and