The evening world., 1908-01-18

Play Which Lena Ashwell
Brought Out in London
Will Be Seen at the Astor
Next Week-Dallas Well
ford Returns in "TWenty
Days in the Shade" a Farce
from the French-Paul Arm
strong VIII Produce "Soci-
ETY. and the Bulldog" To-
Night.

p. Wharton, an autnor hluerIo uh-
known. The story is that of woman.
Irene wycherley. who nine years before
the play opens has married a man VINO
is n moral scoundrel. Believing 1t her
duty TO stick TO him. and by reason or
her religious faith finding 1t Impossible
to obtain a divorce. she manages 20
exist through four years OF torment
Phillip. her husband. finally brings
things to a climax by striking her
across the face with a riding whip. she
leaves him and at the time the play
begins they have been living apart
for five years. When he is accidentally
shot she returns through a sense OF
duty to nurse him, but when lie pro-
poses a second honeymoon she turns
from him in loath!ns. In the end she
escapes from her detestable situation.
Miss Aliens support will include Edwin
Arden. Walter Hampden, Grant Stew
art. John Glendlnning. Hodgson Taylor,
SeIene johnson. Nellie Thorne. Dorothy
Hammond. Mrs Sam Sothern. Ffolliot
Paget, Nav Witty and Lillian shirley.
An unusually good cast has been Sc
cured by Charles Frohman for the farce
'"Twenty Days in the Shade which VIII
be produced at the Savoy Theatre on
Tuesday evening. The company will in
cll.ie Dallas Wexford, OF "MT. llopkin-
som fame: Ernest Lawford. Richard
Bennett. Charles Dickson. Hallen Mos
tyn Jeffreys Lewis, Pauline Frederick
and Grace Heyer The piece, which IS
from the French of Hennequ!n and
Weber, has for its chief character CoInte
de Mervillc, who has been fascinated by
a friend of his wife, the beautiful Mrs
Valentine Meran. whom he invited one
evening to GO to the Varieties Theatre.
AT the theatre lie got into an alterca-
ton with an official and struck A!m. Be
cause of this assault he Is taken before
4 magistrate. His lawyer pleads his
cause. hut cannot prevent him rom De
ing sentenced to twenty DAYS in the
Gbade." which is French slang for TWEEN
~ days in iail. In order TO keep TINS
affair from getting in his wife's ears.
De Merville is desperate until he gets
his old friend Pantruche to go to p'ls IL
in his place. This. in turn. leads 10 d
series of complications.
Paul Armstrong will produce ms ia'eS'
play, Society and the Bul!aos' at
paly's Theatre tonight
..Nrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatcA
will be at the Grand Ope!a-House next
week ,,.,. ,o,,,a-
dians, Will be seen In Lonesome
Town" musical piece, at the Gree
Muude Lamber is in the company
The Spoouer Stock Company vii! lake
possession of Blaney's Lincoln Square
ID
the star. in The Heart of Maryland.
The Bad Boy and His Teddy Bears
will move 10 the Fourteenth Street
Theatre.
The American will have the detective
play, Swallowed by Three"
"A CnDu ona!! 4-cau 4Aem' Will Dc
the offering at the loFkN!lle. ~
me .,u.,e.. BIU.ue!s come To the
MeropOns with Tine HIRED Girl ; MIL
Quincy Adams Sawyer" will be seen
Tae Star vii have The Boy With
Tire cara King of the Coast" goes to
the Thalia. J. ,,,,.. - ,na
The Roll!ckers will be at the Gotham
AT the Murray llI!! Will De 'IAe G4rIs
I'm The Bic Biue R.1bon Girls" Will be at
Hurtig K Seamon's.
VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS.
At Hammers tein's will be May
Irwin. Mile Etolle's educated horses I.
hymuck the Chameleon Comedan:'
Grace Hazard. Nick Long and IdalIne
Cotton, Stuart Barnes. Waterbury
Brothers and Tenuy. Caron and Her
bert. and Ren.er and Gaudier.
Keith and Proctor tncatlcs: The Fifth
Avenue Theatre will have "A Night on
a lIOuseboat," The S,ar Bout Wins
tons sea lions, Belle BLtncne. Frederic
Bond and others AT the Union Square
will b. the Rose de Haven SeAtcttu,
the Cottrell-P -PJwelI eQucsuglans Jack
Gardner I.4Ce and Cady, A.r. and Mrs.
Voelker and other entertainers. The
bill! at the Fity-eignth street house
will include Paradise Alley" Whiting
:and the Mclnoste Sisters. Dave Lew.a.
Mayms CirArGe and Callahan and st.
George. The one Hundred and Tweu-
ty-iiIlh street Theatre viii have. among
Others, George Evans, Robert Daley
ana companS N run on Trolley
ans and MIR. and Mrs Gene Hughes. TAe
stock company al lAe Harlem Opera
House will produce "GrauStark, dra-
matlZauon OF george baif MtCutGh-
SC The Colonial vii. have vcsta Victoria,
Eva TaneHay, Ci&{}t91m }.1n, Waite ana Marie Marie
comedian =, K9n}Ira,a IH,a, tRe Eis. Ezo22!s,ton
and the Wotpe,t Trio
Horace Goldin. the maSic.an, will
head a bill AT the AEambra that in
cludes Thomas j. RYAN and Mary KIcl
ncld WHIT Cuuiife Maldec Scott. Jo,
Welch, Binns. Binns and EWus Al,.Go
Cnpitaine and Peter Donald and Meta
TIE Singa,ese silver Dancers viii he
s1,e chief feature M Huhrr's Museum.
BROOKLYN ADJUSTMENTS
.The Aukado" Will pe given hv the
Aborn opera Compuu> al .ue Grand
The Heart Of Maryland" viii be
played at Paytons Lee Avenue Thea
eSella1 the magician. viii be at the
Folly. 80,
nEfgbS nraEfbe Dainty Duchess" company will
Se seen al the Gayety.
The Star will have the Harry Ery-
ant Extravaganza Compagly
C1ark's Runaway Girls come 10 the