The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-15
NOW 1.-THE SECRET ORCHARD"
ma. POLLOCK'S PLAY CONES TO
THE LYRIC MONDAY.


A Now Musical Comedy az waUack's-A
varied week nc tine Irving P~lace-ThFee
DARK Theatres Furnish q sign % tho
TlW'es-NsNt Week Lively. However.
ChannlnG Pollock will furnish the chief
novelty this weak at the Lyric Theatre
tO-mOrr ". when hi dramatic version
Of -ThS Secret Orchard" a diaagreeable
novel by the Castles. will be shOWn. II IL
significant OF the present season that three
houses will be dark this week. WebOr'A, the
Oarrtck and Daly'a-sOmsthing almost UNI
~proOedenbsd at this time Of year.
MIR. Pollock has. IL is said. handled The
Secret Orchard" pretty freely. providing
a happy ending for q book that ended
anything but happily. This no has done.
he says. from q conviction hat sin should
be forgiven. can be forgiven. and IL very
often forgiven. The play, which can re-
main but two weeks at the Lyric. will nave
the benefit Of this cast: Aubrey BOucioault
az the Duke. Adelaide Prince as the Duchess.
Josephine Victor as the girl. joy; Edward
h. MawsOn. Frank c. Bangs. Ida Lewis.
Frank E. Lamb. Olive May. Henrietta
Vaders. r. Newton Lindo. Burke Clarke
and Harry McAulife. The play a been
staged under the direction Of Henry Miller.
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Tomorrow evening at wallack's Theatre
New York will zee the FIRST performance
Of "A knight for a Day a musical pieoe by
Robert B. Smith and Raymond HubbeLl
that 10 now in it's thirty-sevsnth week in
Chicago. John Slavin. a d~iminutive come
dian with a local reputation, won largely
during his membership Of the Casino forces
during the old Lederer regime, heads the
organization. May Vokes. VIII p. Carleton.
Salie Fisher. Sherman Wade. Percy Bron-
son, Lottle Kendall. Wayne Taylor, Au-
guetus Thomas and he original Berlin
Dancing Madoaps are others who will ap-
pear. Slavinis role In the piece is that Of a
nervy little waiter who makes himself q
nobleman with the aid OF some papers a
real knight forgets to take from the table
at the moment he forgets to tip the waiter.
The Aborn Opera Company will bid fare
we'll to Manhattan during the coming week.
The closing bill will DO The Chimes OF
Normandy Milton AbOrn will return
TO the stage for one week in his character
creation of Gdspdrd. Estelle Wentworth,
who has made herself so popular as prima
donna OF the organization, will play Ger
name, the lost marchioness. and Kittie
Nice Perle will be the sprightIy SerpoIeGte,
Harry LuckstOne will be amply displayed
as Henri, MGrquis Of COrIeUue. and j.. W.
Smith, the new tenor OF the company.
will have a nne opportunity as JeGn
OrenicheU1. the fisherman. The following
week. which Is Christmas week. will mark
the advent Of the Aborn Opera Company
at the Grand Opera House, Brooklyn.
They will return to Manhattan on Easter
Monday.
The coming week will be one Of the most
active and varied in the annals Of the Ger
man Theatre. Ghosts" will DO the bill
tomorrow. The cast already seen here
will appear. On Tuesday the regular
dramatic course Of affairs at the German
Theatre will be varied by another Of the
Cabaret" or artistic vaudeville perform
Rnces which DIR. BaumTeld has already
made popular here. The features Of the
evening will be- the first representation
in this country Of a sketch entitled IAN
Evening at Maxim's.' and Of what is de-
scribed as a -Chanson vivant' Tor Living
SOnE"D, entitled -Daphnis and Pan Music
will play an important part in each Of these
two entertainments In A Evening &C
MaXim's" will be heard the latest Successes
OF the light opera stage and cebarets OF
tons from The Merry Widow" three or
four songs from The Waltz Dream" and
the latest hits from HE'LL ode Hoelle)
the most fashionable Of The Viennese music
cafes. As a background there will be-
the scene at MaXim's used in The Duches
des Folies-B ergere." Other attractive and
successful new songs will be used ~ "Daphnis
and Pan; Hedwig Reicher. ~ IN appropri-
ate classic garb, will = t',Gl.ce his part
Of the performance with u prologue.
The programme announced for Wednes-
day is the amusing farce, Hama Huoke-
bein," by Blumenthal and Kadelburg. For
Thursday theb bill will Do Schnitzler's three
admirable one act plays. The Last Masks
Literature Friday night will see the
first performance in this country Of a three
act drama by Leopold Kampf, entitled
-On the Eve cam V~Orabend-). dealing
with the Russian revolutionary tragedy.
The production Of On the Eve" has been
forbidden at all the theatres in Germany.
The most sensational Incidents in the play
concern the arrest OF a group OF cOnspiratOrs
and the assassination OF a ~tyrannical Rus
sian governor; -On the Eve will be re-
Saturday matinee G. A. GOerner's fairy
comedy, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs.' will be the attraction. This
will be the first Of the usual series Of Christ
mas children's matinees at the German
Theatre. Snow White" will be repeated
on the afternoons Of Monday and Tuesday.
December % and "a.
At Carnegie Hall tomorrow afternoon
Dwight L. ElmendOrf brings to a close the
series OF travel talks on American subjects
with which for the last -four weeks he has
/ been charming New tOrk AUDIENCES. IL IL
/ Mr.. Elmendorf's opinion that with these
views Of Yellowstone Park he has touched
high water mark so far as the artistic color
ing Of Photographic slides is concerned.
Mr.. ElmendOrf was enabled last summer
to make motion pictures Of the marvellous
geysers in tha park that far excel anything
he has ever secured before. He was also
fortunate to catch some moving pictures
Of the bears. antelope. and other wild
animals living under protection Of the
Government in the park, all Of which will
be shown at this last lecture.
Mime. NazimOva. at the Bijou, will soon
lay aside "A Dolls HOUSE" and produce
Owen JOhnson's new play The Comet"
THE Chorus Lady, will remain but ono
more week mt the Hudson. On Christnas
Day comes Miss Barrymore.
The Thief" is in its fifth month at the
Lyceum.
This is the last week OF John Drew at the
Empire.
There are two more weeks OF The Morals
Of Marcus" at the Criterion.
The Merry Widow" at the New Amster-
dam and tom Jones" at the Astor keep
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