The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
new PLAY OF AMERICAN LIFE.
SYDNEY ROSENFELDS 1.-THE OP.
TIMIST" AT DALY'S.
MrS. FiSke to Give q New Short Play At
n Series Of Matinees NJ the Manhats
tan-The Proctor Stock Company In o
New yersiOn Of story or "Jonn OF APc.o

an-Th Proctor stock Company Tn q
New Version OF story or "Joan OF Aro."
'The Optimist, q new comedy Of Ameri
can life, by Sydney Resented, will be pro-
duced at Days Theatre tomorrow night
The optimist Of the play is Norman Grey,
who, having failed in early life to win the
woma he wanted, turns to helping Others,
among them the brother OF the Woman
His effort to heal the younger mans broken
heart at last brings him back his own early
love. The scenes Of the play are In and
about New York, andto the quartet Of young
lovers and middle aged lovers Mr.. Rosen-
field has added a number Of characters
which promise entertainment. In the COM
pany are j. H. Gilmour, Lizzie Hudson
Collier, Wallace Eddinger, Charlotte Walker,
Thomas A. Wise, Martin Alsop, Gerald
Griffin, John E.. Inoe and Anna Stannard.
Mrs. Fiske will appear In a new role on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after
moons at the Manhattan Theatre. She
will present three one act plays. in two Of
which, "A Light from st. Agnes" and The
Eyes Of the Heart. she has beenseen before.
The third, Dolce" ia by John Luther Long,
and is new to New York. John Mason
appears with her in this little comedy.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Fske will give
the same bill for the benefit of Bide-a-Wee
Home for Animals. On evenings and at
the Saturday matinee "Charley's Aunt"
will be the attraction at this theatre.
The Proctor stock company at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre IS to present tomorrow
night a new play, Joan Of Arc with
Amelia Bingham as Joan. In addition
to the full strength Of the company a num-
Der of extra players and singers have been
engaged; An elaborate production is
promised. ..
Maude Adams in peter Pan" at the
Empire Theatre has passed the 2ooth per-
Torrance. The Barrie play will stay the
season out at this theatre.
At the Hudson Theatre William II. Crane
Ia appearing in the farce comedy -The
American Lord" Tn this play Mr.. Crane
returns to a type of cha rh O. er In which no
has for many years pleased theatregoers.
Francis Wilson at the Criterion Theatre
has added to the farce The Mountain
Climber" the one act comedy The Little
Father OF the Wilderness" AS a little
French priest who has done missionary
work in the wilds Of Canada Mr.. Wilson
has ventured into new fields
THE Rollicking Girl with Sam Bernard
and Hattie Williams, begins tomorrow
night the second of its fou weeks at the
New York Theatre.
Arnold Days production Of George
Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man at
the Lyric has done much to wips out the
m ~ ~ uJnhn R,tlIs nfhnr Ia1andr nI
Mrs. Warren's Profession"
"Ths Social Whirl" at the Casino bids
fair to keep that house open for a long
time. The company includes Adele Ritchie,
Ross and Fenton. Blanche Deyo, Maude
Raymond, Frederic Bond and other ia
vorites.
Brown of Harvard" is in it's third month
at the Princess, where the play of college
life has steadily grown in favor.
Margaret .Anglin in "Zira" has but two
moro weeks to stay at the Majestic.
Tomorrow begins the last week of Edwip
Milton Royle's drama The Sauaw Man
at Wallack's Theatre. 1t has remained at
this house for nearly seven months.
The fifteenth week Of sThe Vanderbilt
Cup begins at the Broadway Theatre
Tomorrow. A number of new features
have been introduced In the performance.
The Sousa opera company, headed by
Joseph Cawthorn, presenting John Philip
Sousa and Harry B. Smiths new comic
onera "The Free Lance" will begin it's
second week at the New Amsterdam Thea.
tire tomorrow evening. where it has found
marked favor.
Florence Roberts in the problem play
The Strength Of the Weak" will continue
the attraction at the Liberty Theatre.
At the Hippodrome the feature of the
circus programme of "A Society Circus"
is Mile. Natalina Rossi, equestrienne. Other
big acts include the Bonhair- Gregory troupe,
Woodward's seals and the Manello-Marnitz
troupe. Fig,
At the Knickerbocker Theatre FRITZ
Scheh is we'll on her way toward her 2ooth
performance as the milliner-prima donna
OF mile Modesto" Negotiations for the
appearance of Miss Sched in Mile Modiste"
in London during the summer OF 1907 have
been completed.
"Tbe Lion and the Mouse" tomorrow
night enters upon the twentyrfourth week
Of it's term at the Lyoeum Theatre. 1t
viii stay there at least until June L.
aIts All Your Fault" is still the attraction
at the Savoy.
The California sufferers will be bene-
flied by a special matinee Of "The Girl Of
the Golden West" which David Belasoo
announces to take place at his theatre
for TUESDAY. May l.. llanche Pates, her
self q Californian, will appear in the Fart
in which she has won fame, and between
the acts David Warfield will give sons Of
his famous recitations.
David Warfeld is nearing his eo0th per-
Torrance In the Music Master" at the
Bijou Theatre.
aMr. Hopkinson," the most amusing Of
our recent importations from England,
Is still the attraction at the Fields Theatre.
what the Butler Saw" another English
farce, is at the Garrick.
The fifth month of 'Twiddle-Twaddle"
and aThe Squaw Mans Girl Of the Golden
West" begins Tomorrow at Joe Weber's
Music Hall. lie Domino Rouge is still an
added attraction.
Mrs. Temples Telegram with William