The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
NEW YORK THEATERS.

New York, Oct. 12.-Another character
istic shake-up is in process Of evolution,
and in the course of another fortnight
the local theaters win have undergone
a series of important shifts that win
eliminate a number of attractions on
which high hopes were staked. The most
important is THE Evangelist" by Henry
Arthur Jones, which will be withdrawn
from the Knickerbocker. Whether the
distinguished Englishman viii hereafter
hold up American audiences to the ad-
miration of London and draw invidious
comparisons at the expense of the Eng
lish remains TO be seen. If THE Evange-
list was calculated 70 please anybody,
it was English audiences, to whom the
ecclesiastic conditions which the play
exposes are familiar. To US great deal
in the play is caviar. while the dramatic
interest is obscure
The next important move is the with
drawal of The Struggle Everlasting
from the Hackett. The play goes on tour,
but 1t is announced that Florence Rob-
erts viii return ere many weeks IN anoth-
er play which is expected 10 appeal more
directly to the intelligence of New York.
At Wallack's The Hurdy Gdrdy Girl"
closes tonight, and its place viii be
taken by THE Silver Girl" a mining
play. in which George Fawcett is fea-
tured. The new piece has been tried on
the road and in Washington Where it
was first seen. it was highly praised.
This also was the last week Of Lula
Glaser in Lola Of Berlin" at the Lib
erty, where this play with music" led
more or less uneventful existence.
At the Lyric. James O'NeiH. after scor-
ing genuine artistic triumph in "Vir-
ginius. is again appearing in Monte
Cristo. as played by him 5000 times or
thereabouts. Francis Wilson VIII be
moved from the GarriCk. where he has
been appearing IN When Knights Were
Bold" and put into the Hackett to sue
eeed Florence Roberts. The Garrick Will
become the home Of a permanent stock
company under a policy similar to that
which marked Augustin Daly's manage
ment.
The frst attraction viii be The sep
E
author Of The Lion and the Mouse Il
comes on Monday after weeks try-out
on the road. II is said 10 feature another
millionaire. meaner than any Mr. Klein
has so far characterized IN any OF his
other plays. The new piece is expected
TO enjoy an indefinite run at the Gar
rick, after which the house will become
the home Of a permanent stock company.
headed by Chrystal Herne as leading
lady The enterprise is backed and man
aged by Charles DiIlinghom.
Lew Fields has made a genuine hit at
the Herald Square in The Girl Behind
the Counter" and the comedian has not
in a long time-not since he and Joe
Weber parted company-had a character
in which he was able to appear to such
advantage For the present that the
for the public over every similar show
in town. That il will remain FOR an in
definite stay IS assured.
The Great White Way" has been
boldly heralded as a musical novelty and
bizarre burlesque and the announce
ment that Jen De Angels, Blanche
Ring. and Alexander Carr were TO form
the trinity Of this stellar constellation
served to attract a very large audience
10 the Casino Monday evening. The
piece as a genuine hurly burly Of grand
opera, comic opera, and burlesque, and,
with popular tunes. caught the Ightsome
fancy Of the brain-taxed Broadwayite
al
known more particularly 10 what is CON-
monty called the Great White Way
meaning, Of course. Broadway-are carl
catured in 4 more or less happy manner.
and as a surcesse from worry, II not from
sorrow, the piece exercises a certain spell.
Blanche Ring makes a hit by her YER
satility in varying her musical numbers
by some clever limitations Of weI-known
actresses, notably OF Margaret Anglin
in The Great Divide. which shows her
off admirably as an emotional actress.
De Angels is amusing in a conventional
way Maud Raymond scores in coon
songs but Carr demonstrated that he does
not yet measure ep to the standard Of the
higher class musical events OF Broad
way. and that he has much TO learn 10
I'LL Wardeld's shoes as a burlesque artist
He set all New York agog last year by a
mechanical but clever imitation Of this
actor. His limitations Of warfeld in The
Great White Way" were the best things
he did during the performance. and this
seems 20 circumscribe his abilityi for he
failed 10 show any marked originality
last Monday in scenes Of his own initia-
tion.
"The Thief" at the Lyceunl, continues
TO exercise a steady drawing power with
the public, and a number of companies
under Daniel Frohmans S management will
soon be presenting the Bernstein drama
in other cities.
The conjunction OF Kyrle BeIlew and
Margaret Ellington CMrs. Daniel Froh-
NAM in this remarkable play was due
10 a happy compromise effected as a
solution OF an embarrassing situation be-
tween the two managers. The play Sc
lected for Miss Illington's starring tour
failed to come up TO expectations, and
was discarded Charles Frohman had
secured The THIEF in Paris, but was
unable to find two actors suited to play
the leading opposite parts. Benew was
without a suitable medium for his star
ring tour. The FrOhmans held a COR
ference. and to relieve their immediate
embarrassments decided to make BelIew
and Miss Ellington joint stars in the play
The arrangement resulted in one Of the
biggest successes Of the season.
The event of the forthcoming week will
be the opening of the new Stuyvesant
Theater by David Warfield in "A Grand
Army Man" Wednesday, the 18th. has
been announced for the opening cate. No
theatrical event in many years has arous-
ed the same interest, because everybody
is curious to see Warfeld in a new char
| acter and to inspect the interior of the