New-York tribune., 1906-05-07
OF THE STAGE
n Sale This Week of Dramatic
Collection of Interest.

At the Merwin-Clayton rooms, No. 20 East 20th
street. this week, Thursday and Friday both aftef-
moons and evenings, viii be sold a collection cafa-
losued as that Of "a dramatic author and critic
together with few English and American first
editions Of general literature. The dramatic coll
lection is systematized 20 a considerable extent
comprising many rare dramatic periodicals and
controversial tracts beginning with the famous
Jeremy Collier controversy and including Garrick
and Cibber tracts in abundance. There arc also
autographs and portraits and many William Dunlap
items.
The testimony in the Forrest divorce case is a
curiosity which will be sold on Thursday atter-
noon. This item not in the Arnold Daly'
Mckee or Palmer collection The HE Oh JalneS
Fennell, by himself is another American ITEM
Charles Macklns apology IS a rare English itern
and ''The London Mathews with the folding Iates
by George Crukshank. is another. Among the por-
traits is the Dunlap society's engraving Of WILLIAM
Dunlap by Max ROsenthal, one of the scarcest, OF
Of ..The Provok'd Husband Gondon. 1728), and.
finally. extra-illustrated life of Sir Henry lrv-
newspaper and magazine clippings, and Even the
England. just before his death Much Of the col
lection was made before he became famous ana IS
on Friday evening There is also consldera,3oRie 20 R
and dancing.
Harry Bulger is to be featured by Henry w.
Savage in a musical comedy by John Kendrick
Bangs and Vincent Bryan. with music by Manuel
Klein. conductor at the Hippodrome. The Tiece.
which may be called ''Screamland,' will he shown
In New York early next season.
Joe Weber announces that he has changed the
name Of his burlesque of the Fays. which he Is to
exhibit tonight Instead Of THE Fakes he will
call it 'The Jays" The change is not important;
either name is fitting.
The Mummers amateur dramatic club Of this
city, have volunteered their services FOR charity.
and they will present tonight and tomorrow at
the Carnegie Lyceum an Irish playlet and farci-
cal romance. The charity is st. De1iss Church.
Sylvan Lake N Y. The parish Of Sylvan Lake
numbers about three hundred persons, scattered
over a territory of twenty miles in the mount3ins
of Dutchess County The revenue IS not suTlclent @ m
to support the church, and hence an appeal Las 70
be made for aid
Miss Hope Booth. who is now Mrs Rennold
Wolfe will make her temperance this afternoon
at Proctor's Twenty-thrd Street Theatre. Her last
engagement previous to this winters return to
vaudeville at the Theatre du Chatelet. Paris,
where she furnished the American feature Of lie
Cinq Sous de I4avarede." She made her stage debut
in Mrs. Fiske's company. Her present vehicle Is
little play Of alleged newspaper life.
At the Actors Society benefit for the actors who
suffered at San Francisco Miss Kitty Cheatham
will give a dramatic monologue in costume. Il
and had been only once before heard in public. 1t
is a little romance Of Colonial days in America
with the scene supposed to be set as an old attic
This week at Hammersteins Victoria Theatre VIII
be shown moving pictures Of the San Francisco
earthquake. Some of the scenes will be Park
Lodge Golden Gate Park. showing the distribution
of food supplies TO the homeless, a panorama OF
Market street Van Ness avenue and City Hail.
refugees being fed. and refugees camp at Oak
land. showing the arrival of the New York relief
train San Francisco pictures Will also be exhibited
at the Eden Nusee.