The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
IN BROOKLYN THEATRES.
Harps In the Air at Montauk-''rhc Man
On the Box"

Harps In the Air at Mentauk-'~rhe Man
On the Box
Mime. Nazimova will appear at the Mon
tauk Theatre for a week beginning Mon
day evening. The engagement 10 limited
TO eight performances including matiness
Wednesday and Saturday. For hsr
Brooklyn engagement she has selected q
repertoire that 10 sufficiently varied to
please and interest all. She will open
with "A Dolls House. repeating that
play Tuesday evening and at the Wednes-
day matinee. Wednesday and Thursday
evenings the bill will be "Hedda Gabler.'
Friday evening "The Master Builder will
be given for the first time in Brooklyn. 1t
win be repeated at the Saturday matinee
and Saturday night will be given the only
performance Of Owen ,Johnson's work,
sThe Comet" The prices for the Maxi
nova engagement will be from 80 cents
to q.
sThe Man on the Box, in three acts.
founded on Harold MaoGrath's novel OF
tho same name. by Grace Livingston Fur
Miss, has been selected by Percy @. Will
Jams ~ tbs next Offering by the Crescent
Stock Company at the Crescent Theatre.
Originally used as q starring vehicle by
Henry e. Dixey, the play enjoyed an un:
for three seasons played on o u In the
principal cities OF b country.
With Mildred Stoller, who starred In
melodrama last season, and Ida Dayton,
Marian Campbell and Lily Leonora.
known in burlesque, as the chief figures.
the Dainty Duchess company which comes
10 the Star Theatre this week, 10 well
equipped with comediennes. Miss Stoller
Is a mimic and singer and her associates
are dancers.
The Olympic Theatre will have Andy
Lewis and his Broadway Celebrities to
furnish tho entertainment this week.
Lewis Ii a comedian. Associated with
him are a number Of performers, including
Ed. Morris Of E~vangeline fame, Martin
Ward and Joseph Name.
At the Gayety Theatre this week the
patrons will have their first opportunity
Of seeing two English comedians, Billie
Ritohie and Dick McAIister, In their first
season In burlesque. They havestarred
for several years In musical comedy IN
this country notably in Fun In a Music
Hall. and -'Round the Clook.' As the
heads OF the Vanity Fair company, which
will provide the entertainment, they will
appear in "Oh, What q Night written
for them by Frank TannehiH.
Shadows Of a Great City, q play with
a connected story, will be the attraction
at the Folly Theatre this week. 1t has
long been q favorite stage story, contain
ing much of that quality that Is termed
heart Interest," The story tells Of. the
Kidnapping Of O child after the death OF
her mother and, In after years, the re-
Of her heritage. incidentally
her lover has become enmeehed tn O web
OF circumstances that land him In prison
Blaokwell's Island, but he emerges
t~riumphantly.
With its atmosphere Of the plains and Of
the days Of 20 and q o succession Of olimaxes
the play at the Bijou Theatre this week,
-The Gambler Of the West should please
the admirer Of melodrama. 1t IL an out
put Of Owen Davis, and ingenious as he
Is In devising strenuous episodes
he seems to have outdone himself In this
play. A band Of cowboys and Indians,
q stage coach that Ia said to have once
traversed the plains, q trick horse that
raises an American flag, thereby giving