The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
IMPORTANT THEATRICAL WEEK
SIR HENRY IRVING'S son MAKES
mrs AMERICAN DEBUT.
Margaret AngIln and Henry Miller 90 Co
stars Eleanor Robsoa IN q !.
Piay-'Thes stolen s~tory"-New George
Cehan shOw-Nat Goodwin Again.

stars-EIeanOr ROhsoa In q ZaRgwtal
PIay-"Thes stolen stOry"-New George
Cohan show-Nat Goodwin Again.
This will be an important week theatri-
cally. Henry b. Irving, son OF the ate
Sir Henry Irving. viii make his first Amert-
can appearances; Margaret Angbn n
Henry Miller begin an engagement ~ CO
stars; Eleanor Robson will start her long
season here, the Arst Offering being a Fang
win play: The Stolen Story. the
talked OF play in which newspaper me
is said to be depicted, will be seen for the
arst time in this city; Nat c. GOODWIN
will appear on Broadway again; a nev
George M. Conan play will DO produced'
and Mrs. Langtry returns to New YORK
this time presenting a playlet at a aud
vile theatre.
Mr.. Irving and his London company
will appear at the New Amsterdam Theatre
tomorrow evening In Stephen. Philhps's
-Paolo and Francesca Considerable IN
terest has been shown In his appearance,
a. theatregoers will undoubtedly compare
his work with that Of the elder Irving
The production itself is the original superb
one used by George Alexander when ne
produced the tragedy at st. Jsmes's a
and il has been purchased entirely py
Messrs. Nixon Il Zimmerman, who are
the managers Of Mr.. Irving's American
tour. Mr.. Irving's role In -Paolo Q
Francesca" will be that OF Mdldtestd. ms
Tyrdnt Of Pudud, a character correspond
ing to that Of LdnciottO, played by Lawrence
Barrett in francesca da Rimini.' His
acting in this part Is said to bear a strik-
ing resemblance b that OF his father
in roles OF a similar nature. There Is q
marked resemblance physically between
father and son. Miss Dorothea Baird.
Mr.. Irvin9's leading woman and In private
life the wife OF Mr.. Irving, is best known
in England and America as the creator
OF Du Maurier's character OF TThov. She
plays francesca, the bride OF h'"ttn' IN
the Stephen Phillips play. Among the
supporting company are several wen known
members OF Sir Henry Irving's organiza-
ton. The cast includes Z. Harcourt
Williams. F. Tyars, A. Curtis, 8. A. Cookson'
7. REYNOLDS. Charles Dodsworth. j. Archer,
Maud Milton, May Hargreayes. Mamie
Bennett, Emma Lovett, Elaine Inescourt
and Ada Mellon. The engagement OF Mr..
| Irving, Miss Baird and their company
ia for o weeks only. There will be
| Wednesday and Saturday matinees. Mr..
| Irving will be seen in a repertoire OF plays
among which are included The Lyons
Mail" ~Mauricette," -Markheim,' The
| Bells Charles l. and Hamlet and a.
logo in -Othello.'
The play which Margaret Anglin and
Henry Miller have selected for their APP
nearanoe az costars is The Great Divide,
bv william Vaughn Moody. 1t will be
produced on Wednesday evening at the
| Princess Theatre. Miss .Anglin Is said ia
have a role stronger than she had in -Zira
| and Mr.. Miller the best part he has had
since his creation OF Sydney Carton In The
ONLY Way" The action takes place IN
Massachusetts and Arizona. Miss Anglin
PLAYS Ruth Jordan. a New England girl. who
dnda in a product Of the West her lord and
master. Mr.. Miller has staged the piece
elaborately. A strong cast has been pro-
| vided, including Mrs. Thomas wnlnsn,
Wvn9ate, Charles Gotthold, William j,
! R,tIer. Robert Cummings, Wilton Taylor,
Leon Roberts, Henry r. Walthall, Frederick
| Moore. Dolan Gagne and Bertram Harrison,
Nurse Marjorie by Israel Zangwil. !,
the plav which Miss Eleanor Robson hat
selected to begin her season at h Liberty
Theatre on Wednesday evening. In Merely
| Mary Ann" by the same author, Miss Rob
son made her first success as a star. The
| a-st two acts Of Nurse MaJorie' are laid
in a nursing home in the West End Of Lon
don. the third in a W~hitechapel fish
emporium" and the last in the home OF
Newcastle shipbuilder. Miss Robson has
the role of a nurse who has taken up the
.o,aa ~ Aufu The nInOspa
male character, John Ddnburv, M. p.
played by II. B. Warner, is a patient at the
| home and dnds his affinity in Nurse Mar
iorie. Semi-socialism and political ambition
are mingled in the love plot. Others in the
cast are Rueben Fax, Ernest
KENYON, W. A. Hackett, Ada Dryer, Kate
Denim Wilson and Essex Dane
THE Stolen Story" as a play was built W
by Jesse Lynch Williams from his shOrt
story OF the same name. IL will open the
Garden Theatre on Tuesday evening, coming
from Chicago, where it had a successful
rln of Ave weeks. Mr.. Williams had somt
practical newspaper experience and haI
utilized this in furnishing a dramatic picturN
Of the city room Of a big newspaper. Thu
NAV ia the romance OF Billy Woods, an absenl
minded reporter. who IL in love with thu
AAMNA
daughter Of a millionaire and ia loved BY
the society editor OF his paper. There an
MANY compE~c cations, hut all works gu
smoothly before the ina curtain. Their
are more thar d'ty persons in many Of tn
scenes. jameson Lee Finney plays Blu
Woods and Edwin Holt is Mr.. Stone, tn
cool. witty and hustling" city editor
Dorothy Tenant as BilIv's sweetheart ha
another role as charming as when sh,
created the name part in The C0lleg'
Widow" Beverly Sitgreaves Is Miss Ddros
the society editor. Others in the cast ar
r. Peyton Carter, Genevieve Reynolds
Wright Kramer. Tully Marshall, Patricl
C, Foy, Joseph M. Sparks, John r. Arm
strong, Jennie Lamont, Harry Stone ant
Augustin DAILY Wilks. The play has beeI
produced by George Marion, stage directO
Tor Henry ". Savage.
A change OF bill at the Bijou Theatre
where David Warield in The Music Master
has held forth so long, is certainly a novelty
Nat G. Goodwin will be seen in that play
house tomorrow evening in The Genius,
a farce by william c. and Cecil de Milk
Mr.. Goodwin has the role OF Jack Spence
who falls in love with a girl whose fad
art. He enters into a conspiracy with thre
artists by which he passes on their picture.
musical compositions and sculpture as hi
own. He becomes a fad himself. Tn
------.. kAv,,ak s,pnn him affoka Ha H.