New-York tribune., 1905-02-19
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES.
THE GIORLES OF GIBSON ON THE STAGE-THE@RE-
& TURN OF FORBES ROBERTSON

This week will see several new plays on
Broadway, including q dramatization Of c. D.
GIbson's pen pictures. Changes Of bill will oc-
CIR a. the Savoy, the liberty. the Knicker-
booker. the Princess and the New-York thea
tres.
The Gibson Girl" IS at last to be dignihed by
6 6ramatizaHon- At the instigation of Daniel
2. Arthur and Krl1e La shene Augustus
Thomas has made q three-act comedy out Of
A1r. Gibson's series Of cartoons known as THE
EducatiOn OF Mr.. Pipps' and this comedy viii
Be shown at the Liberty Theatre tomorrow
hight. with two young women as the daughters
who were chosen by Mr.. Gibson himself for
their physical fitness. In Nj Thomas's play
however, Mr.. Pip himself is the real centre of
&fteuCOn. and that part has been intrusted 10
D1gby Bel. as the most likely successor 10 stu
art Robson. for whom the part was designed.
IL. Bell was once before seen as a henpecked
husband. in the opereCta- Of Jupiter Oddly
play IS based appeared in Life" and are cow
S4ghted by that magazine Yet Mr. MetcaIfe
VIII not be able TO see the comedy. The cast:
In 75 .I5sPy ,l l5en
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srss4 S 5sfSc:rd .Fa26et g Wa[wlsk
pso &c IA Touraine.- sam C5ir
n Rira member Of Congress. FTedericE Reynolds
see5tsaT Of Polioe. T7iisEa FTs25 -TsIts
Ftitsr--. Fzarry L Lang
= Gray, representative Q: tiffany TraaE powell
sr5y 6a:ie- Al c-o1 castis Ti5srn i5 5-qTa f4gh9
Forbes Robertson, the English actor. VIII be-
g.n engagement at the Knickerbocker The
atre tomorrow night IN a new play by H Y
Esmond. called Love and the 3Ian"-Amorem
v1-uu1qus canoi DIR. Robertson VIII be sup
ported By his English company. but his Arneri-
can wife, Miss Gertrude Elliott is not with him
this season In Love and the Man" Mr. Rob
ertson plays the part Of Gerald Wagoneur. q
Member Of Parliament who stands high in the
political councils Of England. In the first act he
Is at the point OF attaining the Premiership
But there comes TO him the faulty Of all sue
cess, the hollowness Of glory. He is a bachelor.
and realizes that love and home and children are
really the vital things Of life. While il this
state Of mind he meets Lady Gaudminster. q
young American, the wife Of q crippled rake
the victim Of & match in which American money
was welded 10 titled impecu1iousness. This
wife. starved IN affection and tortured by the
petty malice OF her invalid husband, turns
toward Wagoneur. Their love is pure In the
second act. driven TO revolt she turns openly TO
WagOneur for sympathy. They declare their
secret love for each other, and are confronted by
tie husband, and in one Of the strongest scenes
o. l-e pay Nasoileur declares 10 Lord Gau3-
minister his intention Of taking his wife ayvav
Al
house together and make arrangements 70 wait
Tor divorce which they feel he r-iII shortly ap-
p-y Tor. In the third acr Lady Gaudminster is
living with C4erald's sister at little cottage in
Hampshire. Love is under restraint. for the
honor of both SIDES demands that they shall not
transcend the prorrieties and q divorce is
eagerly awaited as the only way out Of the
La1gle. WagOneur is again beset by lOugiugs
Tor his old life OF action and ambition. and is
visited by a Mr. Herridge, ". p. who tells him
q The desperate condition Of his party with its
one strong man absent He points out that only
tTo OF three friends know OF Wagoneurs love
el-alf, no one has been COMPROMISED, and he can
Ieturn 70 his work without loss Of reputation.
II Lady Gaudminster's soul struggle is going
OF between her love for ann and her sorrow at
tne wreck OF his brilliant future At this mo-
LneIlt letter is handed 10 her from her husband,
VINO offers 10 take her back on condition that
- - Ae' love -or MIN she accepts her husbands
cuer and returns 10 her old life OF hopeless
gretchecness- IL The fourth act Nagoneur has
@ I.eeA 70 De Premier one Of the great political
crises of Britain is al hand, and he is about 10
.safe TO make q speech IN the House Of Conn
19ols which VIII eG-jcate The Cabinet from its
ciaculty- Word IS brought TO him that Lady
Ssucninster IS dying and begs him to come TO
her bur he sends q ulessa ge by his sister and
blos her live. while he does the work that she
would have him do
II the fifth act Lord Gaudminster has re-
pehted his decision, and plots to create a COM
promising situation between his wife and Wag-
oneur, so thar he may blast his prospects He
!. ...hgs about Il meeting between Wagoneur and
- we "ith llls purpose IN view, but his plan
ls frustrated by his own death in 1T Of pas
Eon which Overstrains MS heart
TIE cast.
Io1s e.LeI Il FORBES Robertson
- -5-11llister Aobertsou
--''a hrandnrere. &r. W-agoneur's secretary.
C(uarterTnalas
f-erf--Re u Gilmore
Sl4-af -Alneri CoGham
1e--Aeg Eric Naturin
r. sfF tin -~o5s--- .DalzieI Heron
J. y. Beaumont
S. D-L4eF 10 dr wagon Frank Buckley
J. Herbert
"oElf1eton valet u Lord GalcnInster
Z. -. WaTourtOn Gamble
ssEIltheTE, Ernest Barton
fs1 garcener- - "A Bird
-. '11dtr-i@tef Miss Kate ROrke
~ 1eifty hse1Heur Misc 8fadge Mcintosh
l1fan hlElpqle.
Miss LJcFd E22+Aer
nat Rip Van Winkle Of paywrights, H. A
u souchet. who wrote two successful farces-
Ky Friend from India" and THE Man from
NsxicO'-and then went 10 sleep. viii have
r<N 1arca rreserted On Monday evening at the