The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27
TWO NEW PLAYS THIS WEEK
MAY IRWIN COMES BACK
IN AN AIDE SKETCH.

IN AN AIDE SKETCH.
New Musical Comedies a. the Casino and
the Lyric with Miss Chaser and miss
Gmning-The New German Theatre
and the OId Both Open Thursday.
Drama, musical comedy and the open
Ing OF two German theatres will divide
the interest this week.
Monday night at the Hudson Theatre
Robert Edeson will present tho first OF
the dramas, the Offenders.' by Elmer
Harris. This. 10 the play he expected to
present last week, and 1t has already
been described In this place.
Tuesday night the Bijou Theatre will
reopen with q new play by Harrison
Rhodes and Tom Wise called The Gentle
man from Mississippi Mr.. Wise himself
and Douglas Fairbanks viii play the lead
ing parts. The play d said to treat Of
sthe qualifications Of graft In the high
places Of the Federal service "A cyni-
cal reporter at Washington and an honest
Senator involved In q land deal are
the chief figures Of the drama.
Tuesday night also Miss May Irwin
comes to the Garrick Theatre, not, how
ever, to play In "The Mollusc." Fancy
Miss Irwin as q naollusci She will present
as a curtain piece to that delicious comedy
z one act sketch by George Ad e. called ~ q
temperance reformer who apparently
went wrong herself. II sounds. With Miss
Irwin to play 1t. like q bit OF delightful
drollery.
Monday evening the Lyric Theatre
will be the scene Of Miss Lulu Glaser's
remittance as q star. In q new musical
comedy adapted by Sydney Rosenfeld
from the German, with the original music
by e. NJ. Ziehrer. The composer 70 an
Austrian, and the piece comes from
the Merry Widow 10 nce more being
tapped for operettas. The plot has 70
do with the efforts Of an artists model
to pose for twenty-four hours on Q wager
as q soldier in the barracks. Naturally
this is the part played by Miss Chaser.
Another musical comedy star. Miss
Louise Cunning, will shine on Thursday
night at the Casino In a new piece by
Pixley and Luders called 'Marcelle.'
Like other. Of the :Pixley and Lnders
l COIu6ukcc, tu0 cSouO 10 Iohe III W. AhoAy
Many well known players are In the sup
porting company, and doubtless the
Casino standard Of production will be
maintained.
The new German Theatre. on Madison
avenue at F%ifty-ninth street. will open
its doors next Thursday evening with
a performance Of -The Executioner.. by
Wildenbruch, q popular German play
wright. Later the play is to De eeen In
female sixteenth century highwayman.
will be played by the beautiful Hedwig
Reicher. and Harry Liedtke will have
the chief male role.
Meanwhile the old German Theatre on
Irving Place will also reopen On Thursday.
managed by Orto We'll. The first play
will be The Dancing Hussars.' II he
chose the German Emperor might claim
royalties as part author OF ~The Dancing
Hussare.' for 1t Is to his action that those
famous warriors owed their stage birth
The Emperor happened some years ago
to be visiting q small town called Crefeld.
Taking advantage of his Majesty's pres
enoe the Crefeld ladies' and the local
notables expressed their regrets at the
dulness Of their surroundings and implored
him to come to their rescue by ordering
1 IL w 10 Ia ~
Wishing to oblige than the Emperor
sent a regiment Of Hussars to Crefeld
to enliven the bathrooms in the neighbor-
hood. They were promptly nicknamed
the Dancing Hussars' and made things
more lively than some Of the husbends
that suggested to Kadelburg and Skrow-
ronnek the comedy which has now been
seen at countless theatres on the Con-
tinent and which tomorrow will for the
first time be produced here.
Somebody with a gift for parody might
write AN Ode to Zenda Revisited MIR.
Hackett Is now reviving The Prisoner
OF Zenda' at the Hackett Theatre, and
the thrills and romantic excitements Of
the middle '90s are once more. offered.
Does the play thrill az 1t used to dor
10 a question which can be answered only
by the young folks who never saw 1t
before. Those who have. grown gray
since the old Lyoeum days will wonder,
perhaps. where the glamour has gone. IL
Is a rather ghastly experience to tamper
with an old. romance.
-The Mimic world.' with Gertrude
Hoffman,, fresh from Hammerstein's,
doing her Salome dance therein, is the
attraction at the Grand this week.
At the Majestic Father and Son.
Is the popular attraction. very well acted
by william Norris and his company.
THE Fighting Hope with Miss Bates.
Is at the ~Stuyveeant.
The attraction at the West End this
week will be Miss Mannering In Glorious
Betsy
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This is the last week Of 'Girls' at Days.
At the Savoy is Mr.. MaoKaye's comedy.
Mater
The Three Twins has passed the CEN
tury mark at the Herald Square.
John Drew In Jack Straw Is drawing
big houses at the Empire.
aertie Millar and the other Girls of
Gottenberg' continue popular at the
Knickerbocker At the Criterion Miss
Hattie Williams 10 attracting her strong
New York following In Fluffy Rufies.'
That delicious comedy. The Moilusc.'