The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-01
A BELASCO OPENING TUESDAY
NOVELLT COMES TO THE LYRIC
WITH MS REPERTOTRE.

Miss LOFtus AMI O'OrsAy. Miss WycheTly IN
Yeats Plays. Ne George ". COhan
Affair IN aIamOF tor AtteRtlOD Ne
sides-|'The s~erenndc" 10 BE BeNlNcd.
This will he a week Of many changes
in the p~lsyhouscs; indced, owing to the
varied repertoire Of the Italian Novels
NJ the Lyric. Of nightly novelty. NOvelh
and Mr.. Belasco will furnish the chief attrsc-
tioDs. but many Of the lesser offerings are
Of interest.
NoVelli's second American engagement
begins tomorrow at the Lyric and will last
two weeks. = II was just q year sgO that
he came 70 this house and delighted alike
his countrymen and the English speaking
public by the vividness and variety OF his
art, especially in comedy. His repertoire
this week will be arranged az follows;
Monday. "0thellO"; Tuesday. Papa Lee
bonnsrd". by Jean Aiosrd; Wednesday.
ShyIock in "The Merchant Of Venice;
Thursday. -The Outlaw by Paolo Gia-
oometti, Friday, Louis XI.." by Casimir
Delavigne; Saturday matinee. The Tanning
Of the Shrew"; Saturday evening. the
Benevolent Bear" by Carlo Goldoni.
On Monday night the Japanese players
will no longer appear at the Berkeley
Theatre with Mr.. DAILY. In their place
Miss Margaret Wycherly. supported by
Annie Yeamans, William Harrigan and
Joseph Sparks. will produce The Hour
Glass" and Kathleen Nj Hoolihan." two
Of the fascinating dramas of h Irish poet
Yeats. Miss Wycherly has experimental
with the Yeats theatre before and demon
strated her fitness. MIR. DAILY will CON
tinue his two plays. making a full evenings
bill Of fou little dramas.
Monday night at the Lincoln Square
Theatre the Aborn Opera Company will
revive Victor Herbert's tuneful operetta
-'The S~erenade." II will be their seventy
fifth performance at this theatre.
Mr.. BelaSco makes his annual production
at the theatre bearing his name on Tuesday
evening. when he will show THE Warrens
Of Virginia a drama written by William
de Mile, son Of his old time collaboration.
Miss Charlotte Walker and Frank keenan,
play the leading parts. The scenes Of the
play are laid. Of course. in Virginia during
the last days OF the civil war. The play 10
said. however. to avoid sectional discussion.
aiming rather at a picture of the Southern
home OF forty years ago. Mr.. Keeuan's
part ia that of a Confederate General. The
play has. needless to say. bee carefully
staged and rehearsed by MIR. BelascO and
comes in after a trying out on the road.
Tuesday night also there will be shown
a new-old play at Days Theatre. II is
called The Lsncers. but patrons of Days
in the old days may recognize it by sAother
name. Both Mr.. Days version and the
present one were taken from a German
original. Miss Lotus and Lawrance Dor
say play the leading parts. and there is
m~usic-some OF 1t written and sung by Miss
LOTUS. D'Orsay of course plays a silly
ass" BritOn, this time an officer quartered
in Quebec.
Tuesday evening George NJ. Cohan's
latest musical play, The Talk of New
York, IL to be produced, with Victor Moore
as a star. at the Knick erbocker Theatre.
The Talk of New York" is a sequel to
"Forty-hve Minutes From Broadway IN
asmuch as the character OF Kid Burns,
which was the central figure Of that play,
is continued in it.. In the first act the Kid
is discovered at the Sh~eepshead Bay race
track, where he haAsuccessfully promoteda
500 bill till il has assumed the proportions Of
a substantial rank roll. Among the pTin-
cipals who will appear are Jack Gardner,
Stanley H. Forde. Nella Bergen, Emma
LittIefeId. Sadie Harris, Lorena Atwood,
Joe Smith Marba, John COnrOy and Harry
G~wynette.
Owing to the success Of the French play
ers at the BiiOu Theatre in their Sunday
night concerts matinGes will be given sun
day afternoons beginning to-day. lie
Controleur des Wagons Lifts" a farce
comedy by A. Bison. will he presented
this matinee and evening. The principal
actors who will appear in this play will he:
r. d'Havrol. H~aTTnsnt, Nyms, Dubois,
Verande, Mile. Jeanne Dauran and DE
Messy.
Elsie Janis and "The Hoyden" move down
to WalIack's tomorrow after six weeks
at the knickerbOcker. IL is a vastly inn
proved entertainment which the WAL
lacks audience will see mi evening
over the play Of six weeks ago, Miss Janis
has added "A number Of limitations. and
besides the old favOrites she now gives the
waltz from THE Merry Widow, a IiSeike
presentation Of Harry Lauder, NazimOva
and many other celebrities. The addi-
tion to the cast Of Joseph CawthoTn has
given a welcome touch OF Iollity.
Although several plays await production
at the German Theatre tho persistent sIc-
cess Of George F'eydesu'E farce. "The Ouch
ESQ dcs Folies Bcrgere." renders IL impos-
sible for the management "a change the
regular evening bill this week. On Sat.
urday afternoon, however. the attraction
will be "Coulissenzauber." "Minna Won
BaTnhelm' in among the works now in
rehearsal. The title part will bc played
by Hedwig Hatcher.
n Ia pleasant news that Tom Jones' ri
the Astor Theatre is playing to larger audi.
ences every week.
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There In no h%iminutiou Of attendance NJ
THE Merry Widow at the New Amster-
dam.
In Mr.. Frbhman's theatres all plays CON
tinUe: The Thief" ut tho Iycoum. My
Wife" at the Empire, "The Morals Of Marcus"
ut the Criterion, Pose Stahf In THE Chorus
Lady" al the Hudson. The Man Of the
Hour" at the Savoy. and The Toy Maker Of
Nuremberg at the Garrick.