The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
FOUR NEW PLAYS THIS WEEK.
AMERICAN COuEDY AND FARCE
MADE IN ENGLAND.
Mrs. Ftske In ''Ihc New York IIfe"-ChSries
k,ein's ''The DauEhters Of NJ
Eleanor Robson In q Jerome Dram
atlzatIOD Norris IN Sir Anthony"

Eleanor Robson In q Jerome Dram
aIizatIOD Norris in Sir Anthony"
Four new plays, two by American and
two by English authors. will be presented
in this city tomorrow night. but in all four
the leading actors are Americans and in
one case the work OF the English author has
been fitted for the stage by a n American.
Mrs. Fiske and her company will begin
their season at the Lyric Tomorrow night
in The New fork Idea" n comedy of
latter day life in this city, with our tangled
divorce laws furnishing the central theme.
Langdon Mitchell, the adapter of Becky
Sharp" il the author. In brief, the story
is this; Cynthia KdrsLdke MRS. Fiske)
divorces her husband. lawfully, as she be-
lieves. They are thrown much together.
however, and their love reawakens on the
eve Of but in time to prevent an unfortu-
nate second marriage by the wife. All
-four acts are laid in New York and the whole
action covers less than two days. John
Mason plays the husband and the cast also
includes George Arliss, Charles Harbury,
william p. Mack, Marion Lea and Ida
Vernon.
At the Aston Theatre tomorrow a new
play by Charles Klein, -The Daughters
of Men" will be produced by a company
which includes Fife Shannon. Orrin John
son, Dorothy Donnelly, Herbert Kelley,
Grace Filkins and Ralph Delmore. The
play is a story OF the conflict OF labor and
capital and its great scene" is the meeting
Of Grace Crosby. tho daughter Of the rich.
with Louise Stolbeck, the daughter Of the
people, in the rooms Of the man with whom
the former is in love and whom the latter
is accusing of desertion from -the cause"
Eleanor Robson will tempt fortune at
the Liberty tomorrow night in two new
plays, Susan in Search of a Husband, !"
which Eugene W. Presbrey has drsmatized
from a Jerome X. Jerome story, and the
one act play "A Tenement Tragedy" by
Clotilde Graves. A Susan Gdmbeh Miss
Robson is a young American woman forced
to work "a a chambermaid In an English
inn She was married some years ago TO a
young English sailor who turns up at rho
inn in pursuit of RobiTG Pennicuique. an
heiress. Susan and the heiress change
places and the farce IL on. The supporting
cast in the two plays includes II. B. Warner,
Frederic De Belleville. Isabel Irving, Ada
Dryer and Reuben Fox.
Haddon Chambers. known by half a
ipNth NlAhNH III NtitT NDilAAll W VIZ ''hS
English author OF the week. "Sir Anthony"
is the title of the play which will be pro-
duced at the Savoy tomorrow, and II is
described as "a comedy Of the suburbs. =
William Norris is the chief actor. His part
is that of clarence Chope, a tuft hunting
Englishu an, who braGs of his acquaintance
with Sir Anthony Melliah. To conceal the
~truth-that Sir Anthony has rebuffed him
he is driven 70 all sorts OF -uhterfuges. His
unmasking and his awakening 10 a sense Of
his own folly form the serious part of the
| play. With Mr.. Norris in the oon pany are
Herbert Standing. Werner Charges, Joseph
Tuohey. Olive Nyndham, Helen Lowell,
Maud Crichton, Alice Belmar and Eda
Bruna.
Mr.. Mantell's ShylOcE will I've seen on
Tuesday night in the Academy of Music,
where the third week Of his engagement
will begin tomorrow night. Marie Booth
Russell will be the Portid. the Merchant Of
Venice" will be repeated on Wednesday
night and Saturday afternoon. To-mor-
row nights play will be Macbeth" which
will be given again on Friday night. Rich
eIieuT will lr the bill on Wednesday after
noon. and "Othello," with Mr.. Mantell AZ
tne Moor. on Thursday night. Aprogramm"
made up of an act from each Of five TRACE
dies will be given on Saturday night. when
MIR. Mantel will be seen in the third act Of
Hamlet, the thlru OF Ming hlcnaru II
the first of King Lear, the Second Of
Macbeth and the Attn of "Othello.'
The last six nights and last six matinees
of a Society Circus az the Hippodrome
I are scheduled for this week. The new show
al the Hippodrome will DO seen the first
time on Wednesday evening, November 20.
The first half of this new play will be a
melOdramatic spectacle ot early Western
life, called Pioneer Days" ana the second
half a romantic operatic extravaganza en-
titled "Neptune's Daughter
The last appearance OF Yvettc Guilhert
and Albert Chevalier in New York will be
made at the Broadway Theatre on the
afternoon Of Friday. November rs, under
the auspices and for the benefit Of the River
head Housed onvalescent Home for Children.
The performance will be similar to that
given AZ CaTnegie Hall here a month or so
ago. Part Of the seats will DO on sale at the
theatre.
John Drew reaches the IOOth perform
ance Of His House in Order" at the Empire
Theatre on December 2. His stay will last
until the holidays.
william Gillette has reached his second
month in -Clsrice" at the Garrick. Marie
Doro. his leading woman, has done much
70 make the play succeed.
The Hypocrites" is in it's fourth month
nj the Hudson Theatre and is still attracting
large audiences that claim the capacity Of
the theatre. Henry Arthur Jones. author
| Of the play, is again visiting New York.
The Little Cherub," with Hattie Williams,
| James BlakeIey. Tom Wise and Will West
is still the attraction at the Criterion.
At Wallack's Sam Bernard and The Rich
Mr.. Hoggenheimer" are amusing large
audiences.
The Tourists" continue at the Majestic
Theatre. where this musical comedy is now
nearing its fifth month. Richard Code
and Julia Sanderson are the leaders In an
excellent cast.
James T. Powers IA the attraction at the
! Casino. where he is playing Private Taylor
in The Blue Moon In Clara Palmer, Mr..
Powers has an excellent assistant. Mr..
Powers and Miss Palmer. in Amateur
Night" burleeque many heading comedy
musical and comic opera stars.
At the Herald Square the new burlesque
-The Great Decide" and the revised -AboE