The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-10-19
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NOTES OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS

Martha. Jose Van den Berg, formerly OF
the METROPOLITAN Opera House, and the
Van den Berg Opera Company, will con-
duct the tabloid opera The complete
story of Faust. and practically all the
gems of Gounod's masterpiece will be
given without an instant OF wait between
the three scenes, in the space of thirty-five
or forty minutes.
| George AIDES comedy, ''Artie," will go to
tne Garrick Theatre, New York, October
2S succeeding "The step-sister."
Classmates" the De Mile nelodrama
of life at West Point and the iungles Of
South America in which Robert Edeson
is appearing at the Hudson Theatre, New
ork. has been secured as a Newark
Iheatre booking and will be seen here next
April.
everyone who has seen 1.-THE Thief at
the Lyeeum Theatre, New York, has pro-
nounced 1T to be the strongest play that
mas been presented in New York this year
IL is powerful dramatic production with
beautiful young wife who steals money
with which to buy personal adornments
Lor lts heroine, and it is said to be a pro-
found and attractive study of womans
ways and weaknesses. 1t Is finely acted
by Kyrle Bellew and Margaret Ellington
In the chief roles, and is a genuine dra-
matte treat in every way. 1t has made
such deep impression that it is certain
to enjoy long term of prosperity in its
present quarters. Charles Frohman is
planning now to have four companies play
ing THE Thief on tour
John Drew has surpassed all his nrevi-
Gus New York records at the Empire
iheatre He is doing the most prosperous
business OF his career at this house with
the pretty comedy MY Wife" we are
told. II is genuine John Drew comedy,
and the hero of it, the make-believe hus-
band, is by many thought to be as at
tractive John Drew character as the
fayorite comedian has ever appeared in.
In order to continue his successful New
York run Francis Wilson, in the funny
farce. when Knights Were Bold" has
moved from the Garrick to the Hackett
Theatre where it is safe to predict his
popularity will continue. There has been
nothing in which Mr.. Wilson has hereto
fore appeared that has been so productive
OF laughter as this jolly piece. 1t fur
nishes him a role which gives him the
amplest scope for his farcical powers, and
II also provides a series of scenes that are
not only highly amusing but that have an
interesting sequence. He appears as Sir
Guy DeVere, the modern young man who
refuses to enthuse over the good old times
or his mail-clad ancestors. but who, when
he is suddenly whisked back to the twelfth
century, meets all the material and other
requirements Of the age, and for the sake
Of his fair lady Rowena fights a pic :
turesque and comical duel with doughty
rival
Klaw & Erlanger have completed ar
rangements to bring to this country the
ballets from the Alhambra and E,mnire
Theatres in London, which for years have
been feature in those places of amuse-
ment. These ballets will be presented in
New York and the other cities of the IInited
States In the theatres presenting advanced
vaudeville. While at first the ballets will
be presented as in London Messrs. Klaw
Erlanger intend eventually to have
them represent events in American MIS-
tory instead Of English,
Mrs. Patrick Campbells American tom.
win begin in New York on Novernbor II
at the Lyric Theatre. She will nre,e,t
her old plays-"The Second Mrs ,rsno,,n
ray" The Notorious Mrs Fyhhsn,stt, :,
Madge" and "Ifedda Gabler . vsithhala
ing her production of new ve,si,,,s -
bnripides's Electra" until "a ret,,rr an
gagement in the spring.
odette Tyltr and her husband p n
Mac Lean, are TO enter va,tdeviIIe win
a one-act emotional play by campbsli