The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-24
new PLAY BY AUSTIN STRONG
1.-THE TOY MAKER or NUREN-
BURG" TO-MORROW.


hrOme Spectacle. with Auto Races.
ltlalSslO and Circus -Chauncey Olcott
Comes 90 the LlberGy This Week.
The chief novelty tomorrow will be dis
closed at tho Garrick Theatre-a new rlay
by Austin Strong. called ~The TOymaker
og NurcmburR." Mr.. Strong has been
known before an a drannatist only through
two one act plays. THE Little Father Of the
Wilderness." which was played here by
Francis Wilson. and -The Drums Of Dude"
which has been presented continuously in
London for a year. His present -four act
work Ia expected 20 win success. II at all.
through the simplicity Of its story and tho
interest In the peaceful life Of the family
that lives OF the toys they make for Amer
ica and whose smooth existence il inter
rupted by the sudden appearances in Toy
land of the Teddy bears. The little old
toymaker. who through all his years has
been putting red hearts into the sawdust
bosoms OF his dolls. resents the intrusion
Of the bears. The company that will IRE
sent The TOymaker Of Nuremburg" will
include W. j. Ferguson. Archibald Rosa
mund. William Bechtel, Leo Herbert White,
Carl Ahrendt. Frank Sheridan. Miss Con-
suelo Bailey, Mime. Mathilde COttrelly. Miss
Rosa Cooke and others.
Tho Hippodrome's annualn new production
will be disclosed to view next Wednesday
night. when Messrs. Shubert a Anderson
will present The Auto Race" and THE Four
Seasons" As indicated by the first part Of
the title. the new spectacle deals largely
with automobiles. and all the resources Of
the great playhouse will be utilized to make
II tho prevailing sensation of the season.
The new spectacle will be a radical innOva-
ton for the Hippodrome. inasmuch as mod
ern costumes are introduced for the first
time. Heretofore romance and allegory
have contributed largely to the offerings.
The Auto Race may be described as a
colossal musical extravaganza. given on
a scale about ten times larger than would
be possible in any ordinary theatre. It
Ii In three acts and seven scenes. The first
act shows the front OF a Long Island hotel.
the starting point Of an amateur automobile
race for a gold cup given by Lady Gar
SpGnksr. played by Miss Rose La Harte.
The plot is not based upon the celebrated
Vanderbilt cup race and bears no resent
blance whatever to that event. Miss Viz
qinio Carter Marie Louise Gribbin) is anx-
ious TO have her lover. Arthur FazWakins
Frank Norman), win the cup. and she de-
ciares that she will marry the winner. At
the last moment Few akhs's nerve fails
him and he disappears. A substitute must
be found to run the third machine. and
TONY. the head waiter OF the hotel MAR
celine). is selected as a chauffeur in spite Of
his protests. OF course Tony. who knows
nothing about automobiles. wins the race
and Mss Garter is called upon TO make good
her OrOmiGa IN marry the winner Th0FA
are various complications, chief among them
the theft OF the gold cup and the succeed
ing acts show the efforts TO recover the cup.
The finish of the first act. which shows
three great racing machines coming toward
the audience at the rate OF 90 miles IN hour,
is said to be unusually thrilling.
The second act shows q costume fete OF
the grounds of Lady Cav SpGRkeT's Long
Island estate. Here the circus events
indelibly associated with the H~ippodrome>
circua acts have been brought especially
from Europe by Messrs. Shubert q Ander-
SON. and one OF the biggest acts will show
fourteen elephants on the stage AZ the same
time. Another interesting circus act will
be an exhibition OF diabolo. the latest
European craze. by the Phillipart brothers.
There will be acrObats. clowns. circus
riders and other features thai will make
this a memorable circus.
The closing act Is a transformation scene
III ulC buG uAilCN INV EOuI Ocd 1OLle
is danced with over 500 people on the stage.
and the scene in succession changes from
spring to summer, autumn n winter.
The Hippodrome tank will he utilized in a
novel way in this act. The finale Of the
whole spectacle will be a brilliant winter
carnival with theH ippodrome tank changed
into a sea OF ice. In this scene a number of
novelties of a sensational chara cter will be
introduced, the nature of which has been
carefully guarded by the MANAGEMENT in
order that the surprise on the opening night
may be the more complete.
The Auto Race is the joint product of
Edward P. Temple, Manuel Klein and
Arthur Voegtlin, the trio who have planned
and executed all OF the spectaoles at the
~Hippodroms since the big playhouse was
first opened.
The Hippodrome will be closed Monday
and Tuesday for dress rehearsals of the new
spectacle, which is announced to begin
promptly at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night.
His Honor the Mayor" is coming back to
town. this time to the Circle. where it begins
a four weeks engagement tomorrow.
Tomorrow night Chauncey Olcott comes
TO the Liberty Theatre in a drama by Theo-
dore Burt Sayre, called ~O'NeiM Of Derry"
IL is a seventeenth century play and O'Neill
is a dashing Irish soldier Of fortune. Will
there be songs? Aye, four Of theml
Sayl Rose Stahl in The Chorus Lady"
is coming back to town. Wouldn't that
make you sit up and smile? She comes
to the Hudson tomorrow. Get a bunch inc
60 round and see her play-it's worth il.
BY special arrangements with Francis
Wilson the Aborn Opera Company will re-
vive -Erminie' at Blaney's Lincoln Square
Theatre during this week. Robert Lett and
Arthur WOoley play the two comedy parts
Of Rdrennes and CaddeGUI. Estelle Vent
worth. the prima donna. Of the CONN any.