The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22
THE PLAYS OF MIDWINTER.
T.. :. WILLARD BRINGS "LJCkI
III RH AYR HERE

Al, ent az "Bustcr Brown" Popular
Road Shov-EaymOnd Hitchcock Bnci,
Again spirit cd T., enings In vaudeville
A Good Theatrical Week In brooklyn.
+. S. Willard brings to the Knicker-
booker Theatre Tomorrow night Lucky
Durham, the play that Wilson Barrett
wrote and which he produced successfully
in London just before his death. II IL n
new play for Mr.. Willard and he and his
company spent part of their time ON the
trip across the Atlantic in rehearsing II
Lucky Durham Is an American at whose
touch everything seems to turn to gold.
The play shows him with his mother TO
whom he is devoted, as successful in Eng
fish society "a lie was in business in this
country. re falls in love with nice Eng
lish girl, but his interest in love is subor-
dinated TO carrying out plan for getting
hold II everything that the Earl Of Mount
fdlion Possesses II comes out gradually
that Mrs Durham had been deserted by
Lord MouHhdlioH early in life. The whole
play is built on this situation. IN the cast
are Cooper Chffe. j. X Crawford, W Ed
munds, J. W Lawrence. Faith Reynolds.
Leida Repton. Marie Linden and Violet
Vorley The latter plays the leading part
Helen Pdicrion, the girl with whom lucky
Durham is in love.
Buster Brown. farce with incidental
specialties, made from popular series of
newspaper comic pictures is TO be produced
at the Majestic Theatre next Tuesday even
ing, II contains The small hero of the
escapades portrayed in those pictures,
his equally famous dog, and bevy OF
pretty girls The scenes are laid on a lawn
and at the beach The specialities include
dances by Emma Frances and La Belle
Dazie a toe dancer; a military review and
a tableau in nursery rhymes. A real man,
though a small one, plays the part OF BusteT
Brpun.
At the Irving Place Theatre on Tuesday
/ evening a new farce by Henry Gordon
| entitled in Nertretung' THE Substituted
will he produced. The scenes are laid in
Berlin and the farce concerns the adj
ventures Of various civilians and military
! personages Tomorrow Nine Agathe
Bar-escu will be seen for the last time in
the tragedy -Medea' and on Friday she
/ viii appear for the first time as Hero in Des
4 Meeres und der Liebe Welen
There are only these wholly new pro-
auctions in the weeks schedule. but next
week the remodelled Madison Square
Theatre will open under the mana cement
Of ". y. Lawrence, with Frank Wyatt's
farce, Mrs Temples Telegram In the
cast will be Grace kimball Frank Worth
ing William Morris and Margaret Drew
Raymond Hitchcock and The Yankee
Consul company return here tomorrow
for what is expected to be a long engage
ment in the AIDE comic opera al Wallaok's
Theatre Since the opera was produced
here Mr. Hitchcock has spread Joy sue
cessively in Boston Chicago and Phila-
dephia New York had not tired Of it when
it departed Flora Isabelle, Eva Davenport.
william Danforth and j. f. Hazard are
still in the cast and even the chorus is the
same
The last week of the Wyndham company
at the new Lyceum begins tomorrow
with Charles Wyndham, recovered from
his collision with a trolley car and back
ON the stage For their final week the com
pany viii appear in all three Of the PLAYS
they hive used here. The Case of Rel ell
lous Susan will be given on Monday and
Friday evenings; David Garrick on Tues
day and Saturday, and Mrs Gorrnge's
Necklace" on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings All three are plays made famous
by he company. They 20 into Brooklyn.
Philadelphia Boston, Washington and
Canada In ottawa they viii present 'Mrs.
Gorringe's Necklace by command OF the
Governor General. who will attend the
performance in state.
Mrs Ieffin gwe's Boots" will be moved
49, e,
week to continue its run at the new Ly-
ceum Augustus Thomas newest comedy
has drawn crowded houses at the Savoy
since its first night On Tuesday week
Charles Frohman will produce at the Savoy
a new four act drama entitled "Fnquet,
by Pierre Berton and "Gyp. the French
novelist II came ont originally at the
Gymnaise Theatre in Paris.
Miss Maude Adams will appear in "The
Little Minister AT the Empire for two weeks
longer before producing her play. Two
months longer apparently would not be
sufficient to give everybody n chance who
wishes 20 SEQ Miss Adams again as Bdbbie.
It IS one Of the most popular stage creations
in recent years and Il seems doubtful II
the theatregoing public will ever tire Of it.
Miss Adams will play the part for the l2ooth
time mex Wednesday.
Ethel Barrymore begins her last week in
Sunday" at the Hudson Theatre Tomorrow
In the week she will also again present the
double bin Carrots" and Cousin Kate
II may be the last time that local theatre
goers will have n chance 10 see Miss Barry
more a the pathetic little French lad and
the charming young old maid who is the
heroine Of the Hubert Horny Davies
comedy In Sunday she has had tre
meldous success, for three months.
There ia mover let-up in the laughter
which Francis Wilson is making in Cousin
Billy az the Criterion. Charles Frohman 1
has extended MIR Wilson's engagement so
that he may continue until March, and he /
will confne himself exclusively to Cousin
Billy both here and on the road Mr.
Wilson'S admirers agree that the part of
Billy Jcuks Of Allentown, Pa, fits him to a
dot
The popular success achieved by Mrs. /
Leslie Carter in "Adrea' at the Beasoo
Theatre is so far the greatest among the