The sun., 1908-04-19
THE SPRING CROP AT HAND
REVOLUTIONARY DRAMA Ar GAR
DEN TOMORROW.

Dramatic Club In a Famous Russian
Farce The Actors society Benent
The spring season starts with bound
tomorrow. and as is usual in the spring
| special matinfes and benefits make uE
a good share q the theatrical bills.
The strictly Legitimate oiferinagof the
week will be made at the Garden Heatre
tomorrow night, when Edward Vroom
will act in his own play Of revolutionary
days called -The Luck Of AlacGregor
The comedy tells the story Of the love OF
a yodng Scotch -Iriah officer for the daughter
OF a Continental spy. Mr.. vroom has for
the last six years been absent in England
Tomorrow night at the Majestic The-
atre Mabel Barrison and Joseph Howard
will appear In musical comedy called
The Flower Of the Ranch The Western
life fad has broken into musical plays,
and cowboys and dairy maids (sio) make
up the chorus OF this new piece. There is
a large company.
FRITZ Schef. in her sparkling operetta
Mile. Modiste.' comes to the Academy
tomorrow. Nothing new needs TO be
said about this play, which shows Blossom
the ibrettist. and Victor Herbert the COM
poser at their gayest.
The Yale Dramatic Association will pre-
sent for the first tine in English AZ the
Waldorf tomorrow afternoon and evening
Gogol's play "ReyizQr,' one Of the most
famous comedies in Russian. The cast Is
long, but It is said the parts have all been
filled by men picked carefully by Frank
Short, the stage director. The Yale as
sociation has done good work ip The past,
and no little genuine interest attaches TO
its performance tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon at the Lyceum
Miss Kitty Cheatham will give her spring
recital OF childrens songs, which she sings
80 delightfully."- with a delicate art all her
own Her programme is a long one-too
long to reproduce here. IL begins with
Peel's Invitation TO Arise" includes non
sense songs by Liza lehmann, recitations,
negro melodies and Sidney Horner's set
ting Of Christina Rosettis lyrics from
Sing Song
-Capn Kidd. a musical comedy telling
Of the sad adventures Of a pirate when he
meets modern Captain Of Industry will
he sung 10y students Of the New York Uni
versty at Carnegie LyCeum next Friday
night and twice Saturday William lie
Baron, Cj, wrote the book. and ID. Taylor,
t6 the music. Some Of the lyrics have
been played and sung in advance and
promise well; one Of them indeed is comic
gem.
Miss Mariana Thurber assisted by
NJ. Ernest Perrin, will give special O'Clock
matinee at the Garden Theatre next Tues
day afternoon. Miss Thurber will render
programme OF Breton French and Spanish
songs. Mr. Perrin, formerly Of the Theatre
des Varieties Of Paris, will present three
mOnoloples and a number Of limitations.
He will initiate Coqueln Cadet, Mounet
Sully and Paul Monnet,
A long bill will he given at the benefit
performance for the Actors Society at
the Hudson Theatre on Tuesday afternoon,
Augustus Thomas will make the opening
address, Lew Fields will give the waiter
scene from The Girl Behind the Counter,
Otis Skinner and W. H. Crane will appear,
Tom Wise will present William Courtleigh
and Peter Daley, Victor Herbert will lead
the orchestra during the intermission
Donald Brian and Lima Abarbanel in The
Merry WiNow" waltz; Charles Bigelow aud
gosie Sadler in a scene from THE Waltz
Dream Walter Lawrence and Elsa Ryan
in scene from -The Soul Kiss, Ross and
Fenton in a burlesQue Of The Thief,
BESSIE Clayton will dance, Victor Moore,
George Evans, May Nsudain, Gertrude Hof-
mann, Ralph Delmorc. John kennedy and
Edith BENJAMIN will each contribute 10
the programme. Mr. Daniel Frohman
will present The Goal" new one act
play by Henry Arthur Jones. The per-
Torrance will begin at p, NJ. and the
usual house prices, ranging from ~ cents
10 81, will prevail.
Miss Spooner at the Lincoln Square
Theatre this week will revive Dorothy
Vernon Of Haddon Hall" As predicted
in THE Sun last Monday Uncle Toms
Cabin did not prevail!
An afternoon and evening Of plays for
young people will be given by the entertain
ment department Of the Educational Alli-
ance under the auspices Of the City
History Club on Thursday. April 70,
and Tuesday. April rs. The perform
ances will be at the Educational Alliance,
at the corner Of Jefferson street and Fast
Broadway. "Editha's Burglar" "0p o.
My Thumb" and THE Little Princess are
the plays selected
The last week but one Of the present
season at the German Theatre will open
tomorrow night with die Crosse Leiden-
schaft' ("The Grand Passion ,-he comedy
by Raoul Auornheimer. which was pro-
duced last week. On Wednesday evening
the bin will be Hebbol's Maria Magdalena'
with HedwIg Reicher and other favorites
as interpreters. For Thursday evening
the management announces Gustav Kadel-
burg's popular comedy in three acts Der
FaTylientag" ("The Family Gatherings j. !
which was produced some years ago with
Ferdinand Bonn in the chief character
The leading roles will be interpreted by |
Albertine Cassani, Eugen Burg. Ernst |
Sauermann and Heinrich Msrlow. The !
last named actor-for whose benefit this |
performance has been arranged-will appear |
in Bonn's old part, The same play will |
be presented on Friday and Saturday even /
ings
Mr. Sothem will enter upon the last week !
OF his prosperous engagement at the Lyric |
Theatre tomorrow night. The order OF |
plays ia as follows Monday, Tuesday, !
Saturday nights and Saturday matinee, |
Lord pundreary'; Wednesday night, |
Hamlet; thursday night "If'I We're !
King, and Friday night, Don Quxote.'
When Lulu Chaser retires from the cast !
Of the burlesque Of "Thc Merry Widow I
Saturday night Nina Collins, now playing
the role of Nile. Bdbete, will assume the