New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
CLYDE FITCH AGAIN.
Tsco of His Plays This Week
Nezo Shosc at Casino.

CCO OF f1iS rags MS W fth-
Nezc Shoe at Casino.
Clyde Fitch will occupy the centre OF the stage
this week. To his play already running at the
Liberty he will add two more, at the Criterion
and the Astor. Miss Blanche Walsh Will ap-
pear at the Astor on Monday night, presenting
for the first time in New York THE Straight
Road" In this new work Mr. Fitch departs
from the society" field to tell story of the
romance and redemption of girl of the sluns.
The cast follows:
Nary o'Hsra.. Miss Blanche Walsh
Miss Thompson. Miss Dorothy Dorr
Mis- lame. MSS Mss t9eie 4I TasiI
Mike rnnerty Miss corr.Ila Fl.d
= Wonan MAJ 49, . Miss Ethiyn clemens
Bnuxiss atne. " - - Howard Estabrook
A Street Lonfer George r Densress
Servant at Mss Thompson's .... william wadsworth
Charles Frohrnan will present Mr.. Fitchs new
comedy in four acts, THE Truth" with Miss
Clara Bloodgood. at the Criterion Theatre on
Monday evening The character of Becky
warder. which Will be played by Miss Blood
good is that Of married woman who is a
born prevaricator'' and whose habit Of lying
brings at least temporary unhappiness to her
self and ner home. The actors who will appear
with her William J. Kelly. William r. Mack,
George Sphinx, Hudson Taylor. Fred Harrison.
Mrs. Sam Sothern. C.iene Foster and Le:da
Sears. This will be Miss Bloodgood's first ap-
pearance in New York since Man and super
man"
The Paula Edwardes Opera Company begins
an engagement at the Casino tomorrow. pre-
senting for the first time in New York Princess
Beggar." The piece written and composed
especially for Miss Edwardes by Edward Paul
ton. author of "Erulinie.' and Alfred Robyn,
composer OF THE Yankee Consul The Robyl-
Paulton operetta was tried last spring. and al
though not found wanting" both author and
composer spent the summer in making all pos
sible improvements in book and score that could
be suggested by practical experience. The sum-
Iner also gave time for the completion OF a
sumptuous production Miss Edwardes's lead
ing man is Bertram Wallis. who is said to look
enough like James K. Hackett to play his double
in THE Prisoner of Zenda." while her leading
Juvenile is James H Reaney. a young South
erner. Both are barytones for. oddly enough.
the tenor roles are sung by the comedians. These
are Eddie Garvie, of THE Maid and the Mum
my" memory, and Harry McDonough. The
prinla donna is Miss Cecilia Rhoda. late Of the
Tivoi Opera Company in San Francisco. who
will make her Broadway debut in the role of
Lady Rowena, while the dramatic basso is
Stanley L. Ford, who divided the honors with
Miss Mabelle Gilman in 1.-The Mocking Bird"
Miss Adele Barker appears In the character role
of Antichia, with Miss Edith Fraser and Miss
Daisy Fuguet in soubrette parts. while d. j.
character bits Special features of the ensemble
are a male sextet; octet OF "princesses'':
double dozen OF dancing girls, and chorus
The scenes are laid In the royal palace of Va
gsr4a and near the Hernnit's chapel the
Island OF Ferns-with costumes and spectacular
settings TO Correspond among the numbers tion
song; Mr.. Ford's ballad OF King Cresus," Mr.
wallise iove song. Elaine" with echo effects;
rons; "Raininr," with realistic electric storm
elects. and BELLS Of Long Ago." with real
ohime4-the last two numbers sung by Miss Ed
W1fdeS and the chorus
Tomorrow night 1.-The Vanderbilt Cup" will
return 20 New York for five weeks engage
sssuk ak the New York Theatre. and Miss Elsie
yanis and the other features that made this play
% popular on Broadway for five months last
season viii be seen again. One novelty. how
sver. II promised for the occasion, an enlarged
automobile race scene. There viii be four rae
ofs instead OF two shooting across tho stage to
The accompaniment OF blue flames and crashing
reports. This new arrangement is made pos
s1ble only by the enormous size OF tho New York
Theatre stage. and can be seen nowhere else.
Miss Janis Will. OF course. give her remarkable
aseortrnent for the delight Of the audiences at
the New York. The other features OF the play,
such as the burlesQue OF the Martha Washington
Hotel the Garden City Hotel. and the parking
place at Mneola, will egain be seen In the
oast will be found Robert L. Daley Clarence
eer Newton s Lindo' Mis- Miss % Edith Decker, Miss
Blanche Chapman and others who have been
ooen before.
The pronounced success OF the two Irving
Place stars Miss Annie Dirkens and Will Thai
ler Win again make IT unnecessary to change
the programme during the coming week at the
German playhouse The attraction will con-
tiuue to be until further notice "wie man Maeu-
ner fesselt" Chow Men Are Chained). with the
same cast as before.
The next attraction at the Irving Place Thea
tire will be q three act comedy by Blumenthal
and Kadelburg entitled Der Blinde Passagier."
The blind passenger" OF the title Is the mis-
chievous god Cupid.
Edward Howard Grggs Tuesday after.
noon, at Mendelssohn Eell begins q series Of
Lectures On THAI timely subject Shakespeare"
ssrte Student King" at the Garden. with Miss
Abarbanell as the star. seems to have demon
strated that old fashioned operetta still has life
In its bones after ALL Or else It shows that not
what you do but how well you do 1t counts In
this world
Up at the Lincoln Square Theatre Matilda"
Q farce with Songs. has apparently caught the
popular fancy. Alfred Hickman and Miss Amy
. aleo the poseessor Of q sweet voice.
The Crest Divide Is now 81 its fourth month
~ the Princess Theatre and is still attracting