The sun., 1909-12-26

las. Walter. d. Greene. Orne Caldara,
George Castor. Ethel Clayton and Pauline
Duffield. - ~
On Thursday last the management OF
the German playhouse presented for the
comedy. Der Floh i'm Ohrs ("The Flea in
the Ear") by the noted French playwright
Georges Feydeau. It will be revived on
New Years eve and Saturday. while
Johann Strauss's operetta, The Gipsy
s T Kill Ss ssHE 9s the sss tsGss sss
Wednesday evenings. The children's
play. The Little Wonder Tree (-Das
Wunderb0umchen') will be played at
half prices every afternoon this week with
the exception OF Monday.
"The Dollar Princess, like The Brook"
promises to 90 on forever. IL has reached
Its hfth month and seems 70 be still
gaining popularity and patronage. There
are, however. new features. both dances
and musical numbers. TO be woven into
its hbretto and score which will come as a
does not mean that any OF the old favorites,
are TO be sacrificed. The new pieces imply
q stretching out OF the performance, not
a cutting Oh Of original numbers.
The Lily David Belasco's new play
adapted from the French OF Pierre Woln
and CASTOR Leroux. which had its metro
politan premiere last Thursday night.
Ia likely to be another success. The cast
O'Neil, Charles Cartwright. Julia Dean.
Bruce MoRae. Florence Nash. William j.
Kelly. Ethel Grey Terry. Dodson
Mitchell, Aileen Flaven, Alfred Hickman,
Marshall Stuart, Leo Ditrichstein. Douglas
Patterson and Robert Robson.
-Is Matrimony Failure?' is now well
along in its sixth month at the Belasco
Theatre. where it continues until early
for Mr.. Belasco 20 move it to another play
house in order to make room for Eugene
Walters new play. Just Wife,
At the Belasco Theatre tonight q vaude-
Vile performance viii be given for the
benefit Of the religious school OF the
Temple Ansche Chesed OF Harlem.
Edward e. Rice has prepared for New
York a Christmas play and he will call
the. Young Folks Theatre. cinderella.
which viii open tomorrow afternoon
and will continue twice a day through
the holidays, Is a musical play in four
scenes, following closely the fairy tale
Of the lost slipper. the prince. the fairy
godmother and the naughty sisters.
Most OF the music was written by Mr..
Rice. The cast includes Lila Blow. Isabel
paintry. George Fortescue and Jeannette
Lowrie.
Penelope with Marie Tempest in
the title role, Is finding favor at the
Lyceum. where the box ONCE often has
to report mo seats left. The brilliancy
Of Miss Tempest's comedy work has
added to her already enviable reputation.
This is the last week of The Harvest
Moon at the Garrick Theatre. With
George Nash. Adelaide Nowak and the
same company which has scored for
eleven successful weeks. the piece will
20 ON tour. It was not Charles Froh-
mans intention to send The Harvest
Moon on the road until much later in
the winter. but the Garrick was promised
last summer to Otis Skinner for his pre-
ssntaticn Of the new Tarkington- wilson
play Your Humble Servant, and there
Harvest Noon
The Goddess OF Liberty the musical
play at Weber's. brings Edward Abeles
back from the Legitimate field and
furnishes another attractive singer and
dancer In the form Of May De Sot1ss who
has been appearing in London during the
last few seasons. The play 10 full OF tunes
that have no higher aim than popularity
and specialities that mako up large part
of similar musical productions.
Cyril Scott in The Lottery Man" at
the Biiou Theatre has the role OF an inn
pecunious newspaper reporter. who finds
himself suddenly the prospective fianoe
OF 800 900 clamoring women. Mr.. Scott
has never before had such an oppor-
tunity for displaying his versatility. Not
even in The Prince Chap did he present
a more effective picture OF real pathos than
in the serious moments OF The Lottery
Man. when he proves his love for the
slip OF woman. whose son he is.
Frances Starr begins two weeks en-
gagement at the Academy OF Music to-
morrow night in The Easiest Way"
the much discussed play by Eugene
Walter, upon the setting and production
OF which David Belasoo employed all his
mastery of stagecraft. Miss Starr will
have the support OF the entire com pany
associated with her during her seas on at
the Stuyvesant.
The attraction at the Grand Opera
House tnlS week VIII De Elsie Jams In
George AIDES college comedy with music.
THE Fair Co-Ed.' This will be the first
engag cement Miss Janis has played in
Manhattan since last June. THE Fair
Co-Ed' is the legitimate successor Of The
College Widow" by the same author. in
so Gar as il introduces the real college
atmosphere and depicts undergraduate
life at one OF the smaller institutions OF
learning.
The Fortune Hunter continues its
profitable run at the Gaiety Theatre.
The delightful comedy and acting OF John
Barrymore. Mary Ryan and the other
members OF the cast have made the play
a popular attraction.
There has been a popular impression
that TO move a play once was to harm L..
to move II twice was fatal. while to
move II three times was an unheard OF
proposition. Yet The Chocolate Soldier,
r. G. Whitney's production OF the Straus
and Bernard Shaw opera. has accomplished
its third moving In fifteen weeks. In the
Casino the opera bids fair to revive the
early glories OF that famous house with ita
memories Of The Queens Lace Handker-
chief The Merry War -Erminie' and
all the other real comic operas.