The sun., 1909-12-26
ported by Muriel Hope. warneg GLAND.
Louise Rutter and II. Stephenson.


Louise Rutter and II. Stephenson. q
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In famous as
the creator OF Sherlock Holmes" In
his newest drama. The Fires Of Fate
he is said 70 have written q melodrama
charged with a vital idea. The scene is
laid on the Nile and in the Sudan. and
the cast includes Hamilton Revelle. Percy
Waram, William Hawtrey, Hale Nor
GROSS. Edwin Brandt. Helen Freeman.
Ina Hammer and Grace Carlyle. The
play opens In tho consulting room OF q
London physician who Is about to avail
himself Of a long denied vacation in
Egypt. DR.. Roden In visited by a patient.
Col. Ecerton. who In In apparently vigor-
Gus health but 10 vaguely bothered by a
nervous disorder attributed by him to q
sabre stroke. E0srton is bluntly told
that at most he has a year TO live. The
physician holds out the bare hope that
there is one known instance Of that pre-
else nervous disorder having been cured
by q sudden shock and persuades the
military man to share his holiday in the
East. In Egypt their party is surrounded
by . band Of Dervishes. several are killed
and the rest are captured. Egerton IL
struck down and left for dead. but after
his companions are carried on he revives
and Ia able to signal for help. The frag-
ment OF his party. including the woman
he loves. is eventually saved and 1t trans
pires that the shook OF the blow which
cut him down has effected the rare and not
to be hoped for cure. The play has Its
first presentation here at the Liberty
Theatre on Tuesday evening.
As it's sixth production this season the
New Theatre win on Thursday evening
give "Don.' a three act play. by Rudolf
Besier. Like Bernard Shaw's Eugene
MarcAbdnks In Candida the hero Of
Don was suggested by the poet Shelley.
II 10 in fact from his resemblance to
Don Quixote that the hero Of Mr.: Besier's
play 10 nicknamed Don" But hero the
resemblance between Mr.. Shaw's and Mr..
Besier's heroes ends. DON IL engag ed
to be married. but his Quixotio tempera-
ment has led him to interest himself In a
young woman, a waitress. When the
play opens she has been forced by poverty
to marry a middle class religious zealot
and 10 suffering alike from his jealousy
of Don and his determination to save
her soul. The opening scene shows the
families OF Don and Ann. his iancee.
awaiting his tardy arrival at a week end
party. When he comes he brings the
waitress. now Elisabeth Thompsetf. whom
he has fied with TO save her from persecu-
ton. Bent only on caring for n woman
in distress. he has taken her to a railway
hotel and spent the night at her bedside
All III L. "a.
frankly and with no thought for the
compromising position in which he has
placed every one concerned. In two
acts the play develops the attitude Of the
two families toward Don's predicament,
Presently 1t In found that Tkom pseft
has arrived to seize his wife and carry
her home. The two families agree that
tho only way out OF trouble 10 TO lie 10
him about how his wife spent the night.
The Quixotsc Don, however. rushes in
and insists on telling the truth. When
the two fanatics come face to face they
understand each other for the first time,
and understanding breeds deep mutual
respect. The parts will be taken by
Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh, Z. NJ. Holland
Beverly Sitgreaves. William Movsy. Leah
Bateman- Hunter. Margaret FRreleigh.
Matheson Lang. That's Lawton and Louis
Calvert. '..
Miss Mabel Taliaferro will give a special
performance Of -Ingomar' at the Liberty
Theatre on Thursday afternoon in aid
Of the Lincoln Memorial Hall on the
Lincoln Farm at Hodgenville. Ky. The
last performance OF the play in New
York was given at the Empire Theatre
in 1904 with Julia Marlowe as Parthenia
and Tyron Power as the Barbarian, and
Arthur won fame as Parfheria. Frederic
Thompson has provided splendid scenery
and costumes. ..........
Miss Kitty Chestham's annual holiday
matinee OF songs and stories. which has
become one Of the events OF the amuse-
ment season. will take place at the Lyccum
ton to many numbers that have become
old favoritcs some interesting novelties
are promised. These include some re-
Gently discovered negro folk songs. some
original lyrics. with musical setting from
Claude Debussy's In the Children e
"The Bad Child's Songs About Beasts"
words by H. Belloc and music by Graham
Pell. which will be heard for the first
time in America). and three new manu-
script songs. composed by Henry Hadley.
and poems by Eugene Field.
The City" the last play by Clyde Fitch.
has proved that the famous playwright
had attained the zenith OF his powers
at the time Of his death. 1t is needless
here to recount the details Of the story
showing the contrasts OF city and rural
life. 1t Is enough % say that all the critics
admit that here Fitch, known during
his lifetime mainly as a master Of satiric
detail, has shown himself equally master
Of the most profound emotions. The
cast Of The City includes Walter Hamp-
den, Tully Marshall, Mary Nash, Lucille
Watson, Eva Vincent, Helen Holmes,
A. II. Stuart, George Howell, Edward
Emery. Jane Gail, John Jex and Fred
Courtenay.
Cameo Kirby" In which Dustin Far
mum has made bid for popularity at
the Hackett, contains much holiday spirit.
Dustin Farnum. being called upon TO
look handsome and act alternately dash
Ing and tender, pleases his holiday audi
ences.
Forbes Robertson will appear for the
Tooth time al Maxine Elliott's Theatre
tomorrow night in The Passing OF the
Third Floor Back Mr.. Jeromes remark
ably successful play having now regis