The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01
PLAYBILLS OF The new YEAR
ONE OF THEM BRINGS FRANCIS
WILSON IN 4 NEW COMEDY.

WILSON IN 4 NEW COMEDY.
Clyde Fitch Has Written cousin Buly''
Especially for IIlm-Burlesque on
Tho College Wldow"-R' IT, Hhnes
MS a star N"siberia" With New Frills.
Francis Wilson in new comady the
first Weber-Ziegfed burlesque, Robert t.
| Haines az the star In new play written
by his wife and revival Of the old me!o-
drama siberia with up 10 date frills. are
the slight novelties offered in the theatres
this week for the be ginning Of the new year
Mr. Wilson will make his first appearance
as one Of Charles Frohman's stars at tho
Criterion Theatre tomorrow evening In
Cousin Billy written especially for him
! by CLYDE Fitch. There "a TO be neither
singing nor dancing in this new Wilson play
but plenty OF amusing Incidents and novel
situations are promised and it Ia predicted
that Mr.. Wilson win be able TO please his
admirers fully as well as he did in musical
comedy. he will play the role OF an Allen
town, Pa. e1-alderman Of sentimental
turn OF mind who is m king tour OF Europe
and who finds him elf in many humorous
and romantic complications. A handsome
ecenic production has been prepared and
Mr.. Frohman has supplied company
which includes Edward Abeles, Edith
Barker. May Robson. Beatrice Agnew.
celia Sears, Rosa Cooke, Marion Brooks,
Angela Keir, Ora Lee. Grant Mitchell.
William Lower, Sydney Rice and others.
The scenes OF the comedy are laid in Paris.
Switzerland and Allentown.
% ~ UaIa la
field company. to be produced in the Weber
Music Hall in Thursday evening, carica-'
lures .The College Widow Edgar Smith
who wrote the book, and Maurice Levi. who
Ia responsible for the music, describe 1t
as musical satire, based on that comedy
1t treats principally OF the football feature
of MIR. AIDES play. The college Is girls
school instead OF boys
Anna Held will be seen in role different
from any abe has had before. and Marie
| Dresslers part, comprising four Of those
in the comedy welded into ono, is heralded as
an even better opportunity for her powers
than that Of PulopeHd SchnitE. in 'Higgledy-
Piggledy- Joe Weber plays the last
thing that would be thought of a little girl.
The new piece is to be added to 'HigZledy-
Piggedy,' going on soon after o'clock
In 'Once Upon Tine the latest play by
Gencvieve G. Haines author Of Hearts
A1ame,' her husband. Robert I. Hines,
who has acted "a leading man with Viola
| Allen Mrs. Fiske and Blanche Bates. will
begin starring tour Of his own tomorrow
at the Berkeley Lyceuin Theatre. The
play is described as a good old fashioned
love story, laid in Andalusia. Gertrude
Coghlan IA a beautiful orphan heiress
-. ~ ,t1aas ,v,I
unattractive suitors till she declares that,
unless husband 10 her taste be found by
the Fiesta Of Santiago, she will enter
convent and devote her fortune 10 the
| Church. Mr.. Haines is a most religious
/ Young man by name Don Juan. An eN-
bandit and fortune hunter is also after the
{ heiress and be might have abducted her if
All the complications end happily and they
are promised to be extremely picturesque.
Siberia. the famous melodrnrna written
by BARLEY Campbell for theetregoers
of score Of years ago, has been brought
up to date by William A. Brady and Joseph
r. Grisner and is to he revived at the
| Academy of Music tomorrow night. Few
| Of his successors have equalled Mr.. Camp
! bell as a manufacturer Of "thrillers." In
! the revised siberia the original nasss ere
| has been made over into a reproduction
of the wholesale killing at Kiehineff, and
| this scene has been made the exciting
dramatic incident of the piece.
For the New Year Mr.. Conried is 10 pro-
| duce Mt the Irving Place Theatre on Tues
/ day night on attractive one act comedy
| called -Zum Einsiedler' ("The Hermit Inn y,
/ in which an elderly married couple who are
celebrating their silver wedding at the
/ inn get mixed up with bride and bride
| groom of tenderer years. This il to be n
7 ot rnt.ar for EftfTr "a vnrgio1 If I'd
mond Rostand's poetic comedy Die Ro-
mantischen' CThe Romancers'). IN which
Harry Walden ond Marguerite Russ have
the principal parts On Friday evening
Agathe Barescu, the Roumanian actress,
viii appear in GullTorzeI' = tragedy "Medea.
Tomorrow afternoon the chidrens fairy
play -Dornroschen" will have its last
performance and Tomorrow night viii be
the last for Die Sternschnuppe.
The plays already on the boards begin
the New Year with great promise. !; is
the eighth week OF Charles Wyndham and
Mary Moore at tie New Lyceum Theatre.
and they are still drawing crowded houses
10 see them in Mrs. Corr inge's Necklace.
They give an extra matinee tomorrow.
Next Saturday evening Edward Terry
win he seen at the Princess Theatre in hia
favoiite role Of Dick Phenul. the gracee-ss
harrister. who adores Sweet Lavender"
M Terry's even more than Mr.. Pinero'4,
fame has depended upon this idyllic comedy
OF life in the lnnor Temple. Mr.. Terry has
played in the piece nearly 5000 times, and
Il IS still in demnnd Til Saturday he will
continue in The House of Burnside.
The welcome given 70 Mnudc Adams Mt
the Empire Theatre on Lor rcappear2nce in
The Little Minister has been repeated al
every performance in the last week She
will continue in Barric's play for th-ec
weeks longer. and then viii appear IN a
new one, but II }, apparent from the de-
nnund for SEATS that she could continue
with great profit to present The Littio
Minister a. the Empire Indefinitely
Tomorrow night at the Garrci Annie
Russell begins the Inst week Of her sue
cerssful engagement IN Brother jacques
She has u delightful part in the comedy
and acts it in tn way that made her famous
az Hiss Hobbs and the Prncoss IN a Royal
Family.
Fdua May and 'The School Chi also
begin the last week tomorrow at Daily
Theatre 70 four months this attrac-
ton has drawn large audience Miss
NJ ard her aleocinfas MaSsrs GrOsyr7ith