The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09

comedy Tor the Irving ftace-"1he
Spring Chicken Moves To tho New
Amsterdam Novelties In Vaudeville.
The theatres offer little novelty this
week. At the Majestic a new author will
make his bow and at the Irving Place the
Conried company will be seen In a new
comedy OF German society"
The new author is Martin v. Merle, a
young Californian, whose play The Light
Eternal" was first written for production
by the students of the Jesuit College at
Santa Clara, Cal, and has been played sue
cessfully by professional companies on the
Coast. It Is q romance Of early Rome
with the persecution Of the early Christians
by Diocletian as the theme. A Roman
convert is in love with the daughter Of
the Emperor. She, believing that he has
deceived her about his religion, signs his
death warrant and then repents. The
play centres about her efforts TO save him.
The company which Henry Miller has
selected for the production 10 headed by
James Neil and Edythe Chapman and in
cludes Mabel Burt, Sheridan Block, Malcolm
Williams, Harriet Packard and Edward
Maokay.
Der Zerissene" will be given at the Irving
Place the first half Of the week and on
Thursday night will come the first produo-
ton OF Die Won Hochsattel,' in which
Will Thaller has 70 main part. On Satur-
day morning at 10 O'Clock the company will
be seen in q revival OF Lessing's "Minna
Won Barnhelm."
Richard earle and The Spring Chicken
closed one New York engagement at Days
Theatre last Saturday night. Last week
they were on the road and OF Monday they
will begin another engagement at the New
Amsterdam.
But two weeks remain for Madam Butter
fly" at the Garden Theatre. Eliza Szamosy
sings the title role Tuesday and Thursday
evenings and at the Saturday matinee; Rena
Vivienne on Monday, Wednesday mt Fri
day evenings, and Florence Easton at the
Wednesday matinee and on Saturday night.
On December "a The Student King with
Lima Abarbanell in the chief part. comes q
the Garden.
This is the last week of the engagement
of Grace George in Clothes" at the Man
haitian Theatre. The Tooth performance
will occur tomorrow evening. On Decem-
Der 20 Wilton Lackaye is to begin an en-
gagement at the Manhattan Theatre, pre-
senting his own adaptation of Les Mis-
CRADLES" which he is playing under the title
The a and the Man.
At the Hudson Henry Arthur Jones's
1The Hypocrites' is well along toward the
sixth month of its run in New York.
John Drew in His House in Order, " at the
Empire, has but two more weeks here. On
December "a Maude Adams comes to the
khnatr0 fnr ayo xu0nE1 IN Spofnr Dan y
~The Little Cherub. with Hattie Williams,
runs gayly along at the Criterion. Changes
nave been made and new songs added from
time to time.
william Gillette in -Clarice, . with Marie
Doro as his leading woman, is still at the
G8rTick.
At Wallaok's Sam Bernard In "The Rich
Mr.. Hoggenheimer" has apparently settled
down for a run.
THE Chorus Lady, . in which Rose Stahl
! and her company are appearing at the
Hackett Theatre, will stay there indefinitely.
Charles Klein's The Daughters Of Men,
will begin its third week at the Astor
Theatre tomorrow night. As in The
Lion and the Mouse" he has chosen a timely
topic.
THE Lion and the Mouse will tomorrow
night begin the fifteenth month Of its run at
the Lyceum Theatre.
THE Rose Of the Rancho has jumped
into immediate popular favor at the Belasoo,
where it has served TO place Frances Star
in the front rank Of the younger actresses.
At the Hippodrome the two big spectacles
Pioneer Days" and -Neptune's Daughter1
nave beaten the former records OF the house,
which is saying not a little.
Leslie Stuarts musical play The Belle OF
Mayfair, at Days, is reviving memories OF
the days when -Florodora' was at the top Of
it's success at the Casino.
Katie Barry and John Slavin begin on
Monday night their second week in the
lively musical comedy -Mamselle Sallie" at
the New York Theatre. Raymond Hubbell
and Robert b. Smith are the authors Of the
music and book.
THE Great Divides eighty-tfth per-
Torrance at the Princess Theatre will be
given tomorrow evening! Orders for seats
have been received at tho Princess for az
far ahead as the middle OF April. ALA
Na7imova and her company are playing
-Hedda Gabler" at thist theatre on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday after
Moons.
Csrlotta NiIlson in The Three OF Us is
likely to stay at the Madison Square all
season.
Miss Robson has found in Clyde Fitch's
The Girl Who Has Everything what
promises 20 be the most successful Of her
seasons productions.
The Hroadhurst play OF machine politics,
The Man OF the Hour" which was pro-
duced al the Savoy on Monday, promises
10 be a great success.
Langdon Mitcbell's The New York Idea."
at the Lyric. owes much Of it's great popular
favor to the skiIful acting Of Mrs. Tske and
her company.
At the Broadway Theatre Anna Held
enters upon the third week OF her engage
ment in The Partisan Model" to-morrow
night.
James T. Powers as Pirate TdyIor In
'The Blue Moon" is amusing the audiences
ut the Casino. Mr.. Powers n Clara Pal