The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29
A NEW ACTRESS ON BROADWAY
MARY VAN BUREN AT DALY'S IN
"COUSIN LOUISA"

"COUSIN LOUISA"
Politics TO He Set to Music In "The District
LEADER NJ Wallack's-An All Original
Play by Edward t.. R0se-kelleS
Stock Company Moves to Harlem.
Mary van Buren,, an actress, who has
been popular in Western cities, will make
her first important appearance in New
York at Days Theatre tomorrow ever ing
in the title role of Cousin Louisa, a comedy
by Frederick Paulding. Daniel Frohman
and Joseph Brooks produced the piece last
week in Boston, where 1t made a consider-
able success. A young couple agree TO
divorce each other because OF "incom-
patibility of income" each intending to re-
marry for money. The woman marries
millions, the maker whereof conveniently
dies, leaving to her the task OF distributing
Sc, 0O0,0 COO among certain relatives. 10
these relatives she Is Cousin Louisa and IN at
tempting to study them incognito she runs
across her first husband, Paul Shetland,
who had remained single for her sake.
The play, in three acts, takes place IN the
country place of one OF Cousin Lohlsds
relatives. Any number Of laughter pro-
voking situations are promised from which
Shetland rescues Louisa. Charles Cherry
plays Paul Shetland and others in the cast
are Samuel Reed, Charles Swickard,
Paula Gloy, George Frobert, Thomas lnce,
Jr., Kate Denim Wilson and Dorothy Ra.
veil.
4The District Leader" a new musical
comedy, will have it's first public production
at Wallack's Theatre tomorrow evening.
Joseph E.. Howard, the song writer, is the
author and composer and plays one of the
parts. The piece is said to be patterned
after the Harrigan and Hart plays. The
three scenes are laid in New York Of the
present, showing q hotel lobby, a street in
Chinatown and part OF Union Square. The
story deals with a campaign for the State
~Senatorship, and the plot is Eased on the
underhand methods Of the enemies of a
popular East Side district leader to defeat
him. The characters include those who
usually ave a part in q political light, even
to a stage newspaper man. There's a love
story also, said to be whosesome, and a
chorus without show girls. In the cast are:
Dave Lewis, who for the first time in years.
drops Dutch dialect; Mark Sullivan. Harry
L.. Stone, Mark Hart, Charles Mcdonald,
Ida Emerson. Diamond Bonner, Florence
Sinnott and Leona Pam.
Edward T. Rose, who has dramatized
any number Of popular novels, has written
"A Square Deal without the aid of a book,
and it will be seen at the Fourteenth street
Theatre Tomorrow night. The play will
introduce Otis B. Thayer. a road star, to
New York. Tn plot hinges on political
bossism and graft in Kansas. Right CON
quers-as it should, on the stage. More
big SCIENCES. showing an election in a coun-
try villa &c and a lively session of the State
Senate. Mr.. Thayer will be supported
BY a company, including Gertrude Bond
hill. Colin Campbell, s; $. WiItse, Car! Fay,
Mann, Bert Carruth, Elliott Dexter, Clara
Knott, Zelda Sears, Lydia Knott and Judge
Downing.
The William J. Kelley Stock Company
has moved to the Harlem Opera House
for a spring season. The opening play
oIeraders.r Mr.. Kelley will be Ddrid
Rcmcn and Dorothy Donnelly, his new
leading woman, will be seen as Lady Dulc'e
Ldronde. Mr.. Kelley will also produce
Sowing the Wind, " 4The Gay Lord QueA,"
Cousin Kate and Capt. Jinks.'
The biggest theatrical performance OF
the week will he the benefit for the San
Francisco sufferers at the Metropolitan
Opera House on Friday, under the auspices
of the Theatrical Managers Association.
The performance will be gin at II o'clock AN
and last until midnight. The programme
will include William n. Crane and company,
Mrs. Fiske in a selection from Edwin Mark
hams poems, Ethel Barrymore in Carrots"
Nine. Marcella Semhrich, Nine, Olive
Fremstadt, Nine. Schumann-H eink, Adele
Aus der One, fdythe Walker, Nine. ivette
Guilbert, Lillian Bla uvelt, Elsie Janis,
Wilton Lackaye and company, Victor
Herbert and his band, Francis Wilson and
company, Joe Weber and company Lillian
Russell, Raymond Hitchcock, Rafael Josefiy,
Vesta Victoria, Henri De YTies, Vesta
Tilley. Harry Bulger, George Marion, Otis
Harlan, Henry j. Donnelly, the four Nor
tons and scenes from The District Leader
"Mr. Hopkinson.' and The Free Lance''
The Russian players are TO appear at the
Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday afternoon,
for their farewell appearance in America
They are to give three plays, THE Red
Flower" especially written for Orlenef:
The Inspector a ~satirical comedy, aid
The Farewell Supper" a light comedy.
Public sympathy has been so much aroused
In Russia over Orleneff's calamities that
he has had many offers from managers to
return, and this performance is given to
-ssSsrG the pssSsd funds for he
return. Nine. Saeftfon- mfn fe4faff@M
America studying English.
"Twiddle Twaddle" and THE Squaw
Mans Girl of the Golden West" with lie
Domino Rouge as an added attraction, con-
tinue to please large audiences at Joe
Weber's Music Hall.
The new Sousa opera "The Free Lance
with Joseph Cawthorn as %Siegmund Lump,
remains at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Nella Bergen's song, The Carrier Pigeon"
and Mr.. Cawthorn's at Is the Hair" attract
special attention. @On to Victory the
new Sousa march, has caught on.
Florence Roberts in 4The Strength of the
Weak" continues to draw large audiences
at the Lib erty Theatre.
Sam Bernard in "The Rollicking Girl
assisted by Hattie Williams and a large
company. begins his third week at the New
York Theatre tomorrow evening.
FRITZ Schef is in her last month at the
Knickerbocker Theatre in Mile. Modesto
Road engagements of the Herbert-Blossom
opera will take all Of Miss Soheft s time next