The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-26
IN TIE THEATRES THIS WEEK.
VIRGINIA HARMED BRINGS OUT
1.-THE LADY SHORE" TO-.MORROH.

"F1oFOdoFa" 70 BE Revived ~ the broad.
Way-Mansneld's RepeFtOlre-The New
Plays by Airs. Ftske-W. u. Yeats's
CaSaio DFamA-AHeviValO OF CANDIDA"
The Lady Shore, new romantic drama
written by women and with q woman star,
is to be produced tomorrow night at the
Hudson Theatre. The star IL Virginia
Harmed and the authors are Mrs. Vance
| Thompson and Lena r. Smith. The play
deals with the exciting life Of Jane Shore,
royal favorite Of Edward ~ In the War
Of the Roses, and presents the lady In quite
new light. She IL represented not as
the Kings mistress, but as a woman de-
voted In q pSre sense TO Edward and her
country. She comes to q tragic end. The
play has been deliberately staged and the
company u a largo one. In the cast are
thirty-siX characters and there IL a large
force Of supenumeraries, Robert Lorraine
and John Blair have the leading male roles
'FlorodoTa,' with new stage settings
and costumes, new pretty maidens' and
new songs interpolated into its tuneful
music, u 10 be revived at the Broadway
Theatre tomorrow night. II is more than
three years since the opera completed a
record breaking run OF fifteen months at
the Casino and New York Since then
three companies have been touring the
country In II continuously. The new cast,
being left temporarily homeless by the
Casino FIRE, ended a successful engagement
OF four weeks In Philadelphia last night
The designing widow in search Of a second
husband Ia Adele Richie. The part Of the
aspiring millionaire Is in the hands Of Henry
V. Donnelly and in the cast are also Cyril
Scott, MAude Lambert. Elsa Ryan, Phil
Ryley, Joseph Phillips and Lille Collins.
Richard Mansheld's first week at the
NeE Amsterdam Theatre has been an
unqualified SUCCESS. His next fortnight
there Is devoted TO q repetition Of much
that has gone before. Mr.. Mansfield be-
gins his second week tomorrow with "A
Partisan Romance The other plays Of
tho week will be: Tuesday, 'Dr, Jekyll
and Hr. HYDE Wednesday. king Richard
IN Thursday, A Partisan Romance"
Friday, Beau Brummel;' Saturday, matt
mes, THE Merchant Of venics;" evening,
Ivan theTerribe.- To- his fourth and last
week Mr.. Mansfield IL preparing produc-
ton Of Moliere's comedy, THE Nissan
thrope,- He will appear for the frat time
in the role Of AlceSts
Most Of the players In the Manhattan COM
pany who have done such good work in
the support Of Mrs. Fiske this season, will
appear next Wednesday afternoon in three
one act plays Of which Mrs. Fiske is the
author. Mrs. Fiske will not herself act In
the plays, but Is personally directing their
production, OF Der three efforts os a play
wright. ne. The RoRe. is a little drama in
which the scene Il laid in New Orleans at
the present time. II will be presented by
George Arliss Edward Donnelly, EtienDe
Girardot, Gertrude Graham and Lucy
Spencer. The second play Is "A Light from
st. Agnes realistic tragic piece, the in
cidents OF which take place in louisiana.
The third play. The Eyes Of the Heart
IL a comedy with it's scenes laid In a village
In Franco Il concerns the efforts Of various
members Of a well born family TO conceal
from a very old man, the grandfather OF it's !
youngest member, their sadly changed !
fortunes. Leah Kleschna,' now in its
last few weeks at the theatre, u attracting !
large audiences each evening.
Margaret Wycherly has been encouraged |
by her success in presenting the shorter |
plays Of William Butler Yeats, the Irish |
poet, to try here his four act drama, THE |
Countess Cathleen.' and will present It |
on Tuesday and Friday afternoons this |
week at the Madison Square Theatre.
The play has been given with success |
In Europe. In London 1t ran for several |
months In Dublin It was the cause Of |
religious riots. 1t Ii written in blank verse, |
nd vi a n q ne
itself. the love Of the Countess Cathleen |
for a poet and her final sacrifice Of self to |
save her people,who are dying Of starvation.
candida, with the original cast will be .
revived by Arnold DAILY AZ a matinee to-
morrow in the GaTTiok Theatre, where
George Bernard Shaw's you Never Can |
Tell" leaves no c1Anos for evening per-
formAnces OF other plays at present.
Candida is TO be the first Of a series Of
Monday revivals Of Shaw plays in which
the others will be successfully The Man
OF Destiny" and Why He Lied to Her
Husband
Frank keenan, produced two new play
lets last week; The Cardinals Ediot,'
which brought Laura Burt back to the
New York stage for the irst time since
sheTvas the leading woman in Sir Henry
Irving's company, and introduced new
leading man. and a Woman's Pity by
Mora Dawson. an author, better known
in Wall Street than az a playwright, were
given for the first time yesterday. The pro-
gramne this week will consist Of @The
System Of DIT. TarT,' AT the Threshold,E
The Cardinals Edict' and "A Woman's
Pity The Lady Across the Hall has
been taken OF for a week
Mrs. Lefangwell's Boots' continues it's
career at the New Lyoeum Thea
tre. II will reach lie Tooth performance on
April s, and souvenir win then be dis
tributed in honor Of the event. Augustus