The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-16
AT THE THEATRES IN LENT.
MARIE TEMPEST BEGINS HER
FLYING VISIT.

Cast-Ney Comedy 81 the Madison
Rauare-JamA r. Powers Back al
DaIy'S-GOethe Play at the Twins Place.
The engagement Of Marie Tempest and
her company, whose London run In The
Freedom Of Suzanne has been broken by
Charles Frobman to give the piece for
month at the Empire Theatre here. begins
next Wednesday night. This new play
and the revival Of "She Stops TO Conquer,
a new comedy at the Madison Square, the
return Of San Toy TO Days and Schiller
play to be given at the Irving Place Theatre
are the chief events in the theatres this
week.
THE Freedom Of Suzanne IL by Cosmo
Gordon Lenncx. II has been one OF the
most successful productions OF the London
season and drew crowded houses there up
TO the very last day. Suzanne il diVorcee
who is sorry for IL, and when her former
husband hirts she begs!to be taken back and
il forgiven. but there are all sorts OF COM
plications meantime. London agreed that
Marie Tempest was charming In the part.
She brings here not only her whole London
company, butAll the scenery Of the play.
oliver Goldsmiths famous comedy 'she
Stoops to Conquer" Is 10 be revived to-mor.
row by Lebler 4 Co. at the New Amsterdam
Theatre with an all star cast. Eleanor Rob"
son will be Kate HdrdcaStLe and Kyrle BelleV
will play Tony Mdrlov. Others In the
company will be Isabel Irving, Louis james
j. E. DodBon, Frank Mills and Sidney Drew
But the most attractive personality IL ex-
pected 70 be Mrs. Charles Calvert, tho
Mu. Gilbert Of London whom Clement
Scott declared 70 be the best Ars, HdTd-
castle on the stage and who has been mem
Der Of the Haymarket company for the Last
eight years. She has toured here With
Anderson This Is expected to be her fare
well visit. The production IL to be an
elaborate one in every respect.
The Hippodrome Is Hin the greatest
amusement novelty as well as the biggest
amusement enterprise In town, Big Hs II
Is room cannot be found for the audiences
that seek TO all it. Though not yet week
old, new features are to be intertected In
the variety and circus performances to"
morrow.
-The Firm Of Cunningham new COM
edy Of American life written by Willis STEEL
is TO be produced at the Madison Square
Theatre on Tuesday night as the successor
Of ms. Temples Telegram Hilda
Spong, William Haroourt, Henry Bergman
and Katherine Grey will have the leading
parts in IL. The scenes are laid in New
York and Its suburbs and concern those
who are rich both in worldly goods and
good breeding, and the character drawing
is said to be well done.
San Toy" with James T. Powers In his
old part, will take up tomorrow at Days
Theatre the quarters made vacant by the
exit OF THE Duchess Of Dantzic- The
vNroAnrftpp xuin Ia ma oiHrapNlv mounted
and on the same scale as when first pro-
duoed four years ago. John c. Fisher,
who is responsible for the revival, has spent
large sums In equipping the company with
new costumes and scenery. Many Of the
principals will appear in their original parts.
Among the actors will be George X. Fortes-
cue, Frank Greene, Harold Wizard. Fred
Huntly, W. l.. Romano, Margaret McKin-
ney, Julia Willard, Dorothy MARROW, Marion
Longfellow, Blanche Huntly and q large
chorus.
Rudolf Christians will play his farewell
tomorrow night at the Irving Place Theatre
in Goethes "Iphigenie auf Taurls' with a
cast which will contain also Agathe Rar-
sescu, Heinrich NARROW, Paul HaRemann
and August Meyer-E gen. The rest Of the
week will be devoted chiefly to the testi-
monial performances annually given to
members Of the Irving Place stock COM
pany. Harry Walden, who came here as
guest" and has become a great favoTite,
will have his benefit on Tuesday, night,
when he will play Baron de Mdripnv in die
Liebesohule.- Hedwig Won Ostermann
gain will be Ninetts. die LebeschuleT
will also be given on Wednesday night.
On Thursday Brachvogel's play 'Narciss'
will be given for the benefit Of August Meyer
Eigen, stage manager and character player
Of the theatre. On Friday night there will
be another performance Of Don Carlos,
and Saturday evening HedWig Won 0ster-
mann will have her benefit, for which the
farce. -Er und Seine SohweSter' has been
announced. with FrAulein Won Oster-
mann as Jossfns FlenE and Gustav Won
Seyhertitz as Karl FienE.
Annie Russell has found Success in the
new Zangwill play, Jimmy the Carrier
at the Criterion Theatre, In which she be-
gins her second week tomorrow evening.
She has a genuine Annie Russell part In
Jinnv which not only permits her to be
cha rfninR, natural and winsome, but also |
pro vides dramatic opportun ties for her.
especially In the love scenes she has With |
win Flint. The comedy itself IL q de- !
hghtful love story, with rural England for !
its background.
Mrs. ehingwell's Boots,' after more
than 100 crowded performances at the |
Ivceum Theatre, will beRin Tomorrow |
night the>1Ast two weeks Of It's run. II Is |
pro ba bic that there are not many New |
Yorker who have not seen Augustus |
Thomas's delightful comedy, but Il IL a greed |
20 be one Of the very best that Augustus |
Thomas has written. Ethel BARRYMORE |
IA coming 10 the Lyceum ne 1t, and she will |
play Nora In A Dolls House.'
Paul Armstrong; comedy, The Heir |
to the Hoorah, Is resping an early harvest
In crowded houses at the Hudson Theatre.
Guy Bates Post, Norah O'Brien, John w. |
Cope, Beverly Sitgreaves, Wilfred Lucas. |
Nora Lamison and Wright Kramer have |
all won new success In the production,
This Ia the last week for the appearance Of |
Ellie Jenreys in London Assurance at |
the Knickerbocker Theatre. After playing |
10 crowded houses here the play will next |
be offered in Boston and Chicago for brief |
engag sments.
Alice Fischer and her company are doing
we'll in the new Stanislaus STANCE comedy,
THE School for Husbands at Wallack'a
Theatre. The audiences are finding Il
both tunsful and bright. Particularly, IL
gives Miss Fischer a vehicle for the eI-
ploitation Of her talents a. a Coincidence.