New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
NEW THEATRES PLANS
ANNOUNCES POPULAR Am
Season to Open November 8 5Cith
Antony and Cleopatra.

Those who think that the New Theatre. which
VIII open on November s is to be an institution
exclusively for the elite and the educated are ap-
ps1ently mistaken The drst statement OF plans
for the coming season issued yesterday by the di
rectors. says.
oe. Lne .dea that the New Theatres reprtory is 70
CONSIST % mainly Of standard or socalled classical"
Manly for the amusement of a small, social set
faddish' ana teTarv is 0 not folSded 9pon fact
ne ne theat:e VIII make its appeal 70 and depend
srit,,S 2i9sEs IN truth it is hoped 10 make this in
S c5o $ distnctly demoSratic and civic as IS
IeerLor, consists Of so-called standard or elas-
some ON eoaedies and popular plays
II ssi@eting PLAYS Winthrop Ames. director. has
97o-5 g5 20 ssep ABREAST Of all worthy draIn2tic
:; ;osllSnJs az home and abroad as it is the belief
9Tarna IS 10 entertain kn other words. the New
tneatrS IS not 10 be made a school for the select
be kept upon the stage tor the purpose of instruct
~ 1ae us patrons hut playhouse for the public at
According 70 the announcement the season will
! open With Antony and Cleopatra" November
| 3 and VIII last about thirty weeks. Other plays
! announced are The Cottage in the Air adapted
! from Elizabeth and Her German Garden by
! h1|ard knoblauch. The Niger bv Edward
Sheldon. Strife b. John 5alsworthy. and sheri-
dams School for Scandal" Here is the prospectus
| q the stock company:
I'll. The conn coa3pa5 v-hsa FULLY organized 7iL com;
- appear IN the PLAYS announced include Edward
= Scthe1n. Charles Cartwright \. E. Anson. Al
CerL Pruning, Ferdinand Gottsohalk. Henry stan
| to-o. Ben Johnson, Rowland Blackstone, william
2-c LaE Charles Ralsar, JACOB Wendell, j., Pedro
q Cordoba. Mas e- John Tansey Julia NarIowe.
EosS Coghlan, Olive yVyndhar Jessie Rusley, Mrs
sol Smith Beatrice Forbes Robertson Beverly Sit
g-e7Tes, That's Lavton, Leah Rstenan- Hunter and
Vida Sutton. Louis Calvert who brought
from London 10 produce the standard dramas, is
an acto- Of great ability well director
Of long experience and VIII appear in several i'm
OF equal ezlrencs in their respective helds are
George Foster Platt, producer Of modern dramas;
W,-5-ea AorLa and Frederick stanhoPe, as
Tor, and Edward Hamilton Bell art director The
.-IeC-oIsLe O me p-ayncuse comprises WINTHROP
goTb-n, Ite-ary manager. The acting manager is
s68~ saTaid / LT'n' The house treasurer is J.
The statement says that besides the dramatic
season there will be twenty evening and twenty
matinee performances Of light opeta during the
winter And-eas Dtppel Of the Metropolitan Opera
-ouse viii direct the operas, all Of which viii De
presented BY members Of the Metropolitan com
pa-y. The following announcement is made re
sard-ng the prices and subscription sale.
The seat prices for the dramatic performances
VIII be the same as those al any high class Broad
way IerTe, nom 30 cents 10 81. tickets for opera
psrlormances VII! be the same as al the opera
Inc statutes OF the theatres organization ex-
% " s no '5 brot W s2g4dSrs s6S sBT ana
I IS hoped that the institution may be sustain
!ng-tney vii be devoted 10 pension or endow-
character Of The enterprise
SaT2seLlptlo1 1ra1atle performances will Be given
on alrernare Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday eve
nlngs. and on alternate Wednesday and THURSDAY
ma tinees. Al other performances save opera tic,
viii be non Subscription Eacn series has Seen SO
5-r1ngeo thaJ . Su6Scrioer may witness once each
Q-dII-a OF CpeIa- Every premiere drama TIC per
+ormance Will come on : subscription night
ranged. and those 50 desiring NAV now subscribe
The theatre box of7ce win open Monday October
+f i ven SgtS 6o1 sIpScrlptlon and non-subscrip-
scription seats has already been most gratifying