New-York tribune., 1905-12-17

/ ct the Opera Comfque in August 1888 ana
was received with immense enthusiasm.
BY way of change from the light musical
| and comedy programmes which of late have
been dominant at the Irving Place Theatre
Mr. Conried announces for the coming week the
production of two plays by playwrfghts OF
proved excellence The first Of these two works
entitled "Kettenglieder'' 1'Links in the Chain"D.
! is described by its author. H. Heyermanns jr.
! as "a cheerful play the domestic hearth,
/ in four acts 1t deals with contemporary life
/ in Holland. and the Interpretation will be in
/ trusted to the best actors in the German com
| pany, including Gertrud Arnold and Harry
| Walden. "KettengIeder'' will he performed TO-
! morrow and on Tuesday and Wednesday
| evenings.
| On Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings
the attraction will be a serious comedy.
in three acts by Meyer Forster, author of AIT
Heidelberg" entitled Der Viegepruefte" CThe
Man of Many Trials") The characters in the
n1a11 i've and move in the higher middle class
world of Germany. Harry Walden VIII inter
pref one of the most prominent parts ana IN
the cast will be found most of the irving Place
In honor Of the Christmas festival, on satur-
day afternoon next and every afternoon during
the week following, except Saturday, December
80 Mr. Conried will give childrens matnees
at reduced prices. fairy comedy IN seven
scenes, by c. A. Goerner. entitled Der kielne
DaeurnIing und der MenschenfresseT (Tom
Thumb and the Ogre'). viii be the attraction.
version of East Lynne" made by Laurence
Marsten. at Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre this
week East Lynne" as play seems to be rather
| like Charlotte Temple" as a novel It goes rlgnt
appealing TO substrata OF society as IL lpseh
| had never grown whiSkersi
Fritz Williams Thomas A. Wise. Leo Dit
richstein, George c. Boniface, jr, and the
Misses Katherine Florence. George Lawrence
Kenyon Bishop and Jean Newcombe. principals
| In the cast of Before and After at the Man Man
haitian Theatre, have made up q purse CT S'eoc
! for the purchase Of toys and confectionery Tor
the children Of destitute actors The gifts wiz
! be distributed on Christmas Eve
David Belasco's ''The Heart of Maryland" win
be the offering at the Yorkville Theatre on s6th-
St. beginning on Monday and continuing
throughout the week For the revival Of this
war drama in which Mrs. Leslie Carter won her
| first distinct success Mr.. Belasco has provided
a special cast, including Odette Tyler, Edna
Wallace Hopper (whose part is now temporarily
| filed by Inez Piummer), Orrin Johnson, r. D.
| MacLean John E. Keerd and Wallace Eddin-
ger. New scenery and accessories nave been
| provided for this revival. and the performance
is said to equal the original production ten years
/ ago.
On Christmas evening FRITZ Schef viii begin
| her annual New-Yorll engagement, under the
| management Of Charles Dillingham;, at the
Knickerbocker Theatre in the new operetta,
! Blossom. An unusually heavy demand for seats
! for the opening night (Which includes several
large Christmas theatre parties) has induced the
management Of the Knickerbocker to announce
the opening of the seat sale on Tuesday next, in
stead Of on Thursday.
The Garden Theatre will be dark this week.
being given over to William a. Brady and
Joseph R. Cirismer who are to exhibit AS Ye
Sow there on Christmas Day. The play has
already been given in Boston and Chicago The
Ja at
Charlotte Walker, Frank gilmore douglas
Fairbanks Franklin Roberts, Marian Chapman,
Ernest Hastings and others. The production is
said to be elaborate. LAS Ye Sow IS known
as "tbe minister's play" It was written by
the Rev. John Snyder, and concerns the pict-
uresque people of Cape Cod
Charles E Grapewin will appear at the West
End Theatre tomorrow night in George V.
Hobart American comedy, with music, called,
It's Up to You. John Henry" Supporting
Grapewfn are Miss Anna Chance. the St Ce
celia Quartet and company of singers and
comedians.
THE Club Friend" a comedy in four acts. by
sydney Resented, will be given by the Amer
lean Academy of Dramatic Arts at its third
public matinee of the season, at the Empire
Theatre, Thursday afternoon.
At Days Theatre next Tuesday and Friday
afternoons Burr Mcintosh will give two lectures
called with Secretary Taft in the Orient" Mr..
Mcintosh, who has deserted the stage for pho
Biography, was the official photographer of the
400 colored views. Mr Mcintosh was com
edian on the stage Perhaps his faculty will not
desert him the lecture platform.