New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
STAGE AFFAIRS
"The Melting Pot" Opens Nezo
Comedy Theatre-Other, N0Uelties.


Lovers Of the play will find four new productions
TO interest them this week. The new Comedy
Theatre, in West 41st street. between Broadway
and Sixth avenue Will open with Israel ZangwilVs
play. The Melting Pot" the Hudson Theatre
will present kellett Chambers's new comedy, An
American Widow" and the Knickerboc1er offers
a musical comedy called The Dollar Princess"
These three openings viii take place tomorrow
night On Tuesday evening Maxine Elliott's Thea
tre viii have The Revellers,' a comedy
drama by Charles Richman.
on September lS the Liberty Theatre will present
Lillian Russell in The Widows Might The same
date viii the first production here at the Lyric
Theatre Of The Chocolate Soldier. Operetta
based on Bernard Shaws Arms and the Man.
oscar Strauss beirg the composer.
The Melting Pot" which opens at the Comedy
Theatre Monday night, treats OF the amalgama-
ton of the in America and tells the story of
boy whose parents were murdered at Kshineff. It
first staged at the Columbia Theatre In Wash
ngton, in October and has been running ever since
principally in Chicago under the direction OF Iieb-
Ter & Co. The scenes of the four acts laid in
New York. The principal parts are taken by
Walker Whiteside, John Blair, Grant Stewart.
Sheridan Block, Henry Vogel, Chrystal Herne,
Leonora Ottinger, Louise Muldener and Nellie
Butler.
IAN Amerncan Widow" opening at the Hudson
Theatre Monday night according 10 the advarce
notices. deals with the problem of marriage and
vvacous widow of American OF wealth.
who is about TO be married to titled fortune hunt
upon the termination OF the conventional period
OF mourning. When she learns that the vast fort
Of her former husband is to go TO nephew
II she marries a foreigner, she decides to marry
American, get the fortune and. upon the expira
ton of the statutory period obtain divorce from
the second husband and mary the earl. The cast
includes Grace Filkins. Harriet Davis, Maggie Field
ing, John Flood, Frederick Perry. Thomas Thorne
and Grant Mitchell.
The Dollar Princess opening at the Knicker
booker under the management OF Charles Frohman,
has been played successfully at Vienna and Berlin
1t is the story Of John Cowder president of the
American Coal Trust, who engages titled foreigners
TO take menia places IN his Office and household
IN order TO teach them the value Of work. The re-
suit is that Olga Sabinska, tanner Of lions, who IS
paImed off the millionaire Russian countess,
narries CoWder: and all the other fortune hunters
marry member OF his family. Mr. Frohman
has engaged many OF the members OF his cast
from Europe. among whom included Miss Nali
Valli who played with G. p Huntley last season IN
Kitty Grey" and Miss Louie Pounds. member Of
George Edwardes's Gayety Theatre company. Don
aid Brian will take the principal part.
In The Jewellers" at Maxine EIliotts Theatre,
on Tuesday night. Charles Richman VIII take the
leading part in the first play he has ever written
He will portray the character OF brilliant young
LAWYER and man Of the world who IS regcnerated
by the love Of good woman. Uplifted from the
depths of dissipation, he reforms becomes the
council OF n great railroad and marries the young
woman who accomplished the transformation
Prominent among the members Of the company
are Ida Conquest That's Lawton, Vera Fmd!ay,
Mabel Rowland. George Nash, William Il. Boyd
Frank Kingdom and W. c. Mason.
Bernard Shaw set to music Will be the novelty
which F. c Whitney. whose name has been ASSOC
ciated with many comic operas, VIII bring to the
Lyric Theatre September 13. The Chocolate
Solder" originally the Irish satirlsts arms
and the Man" Mr.. Whitney gays he tried Tor
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refused. but said II ever Il was done lie wanted
Oscar Strauss, the Viennese composer, TO write the
music. So Arms and the Man" had 10 be done
into German, and back again into English 10y
Stan!slaus Stange for the American stage The
costumes and first act scenery were made in Ber-
lin De Noveuis will conduct orchestra of forty
six Among the principals are Ida BROOKS hunt
Edith Bradford. Flavia Arcaro. J. L. Gardner
William Pruette. George Tallman and Henry Nor
man.
Lillian Russell Will follow The Florist Shop at
the Liberty. opening on September L. Miss Rus
sells play will tried out at Springfield. Mass on
Friday evening. "The Florist Shop" Will appear at
leading cities IN the East and West
The Savoy Will open on September 20 with Mar
garet Anglin in The Awakening Of Helena
Ritchie" new play adapted by Charlotte Cush-
man from the novel by Margaret Deland
Some time during the autumn Daniel Frohman
will produce a new American drama by Theodore
Burt Sayre called THE Commanding officer"
The Empire Theatre will open tomorrow night
with John Drew IN Jack Straw" for a two weeks
engagemeut preceding his first appearance in IN
constant George" by the author OF Love
Watches" Tuesday, September u Miss Mary
I3oand and Miss Rose CoghIan and the other mem
bers Of last years Will again appear with Mr.
Drew in Jack Straw" Mr.. Drew has played in
.Jacl. Straw from Boston to San Francisco over
a wider territory than has been covered before
by a Frohman company.
The Blue Mouse" which played successfully
at The Lyric last season. will open at the West
sF nd will
tinue for one week. During the summer The Blue
Mouse" played IN Chicago Next week 1t will
begin series of engagements in the leading cities
Of the country.
Frances Starr opened her second season in Eu-
gene Walters THE Easiest Way at the Belasco-
stuyvesant Theatre last night. Miss Starr VIII
play only limited engagement here. after which
she will appear out of town.
Tanpv husbands and wives flock nightly TO the
Ieasco Theatre TO satisfy themselves as to the
always important question, us Matrimony fali-
ure?" The play which bears that title presents
the affirmative.
Harrison Gray Fisl1e presented THE Bridge" by
Rupert Hughes at the Majestic last evening Guy
Rates Post as the selfmade young civil engineer
made his first appearance in leading part There
viii he q special matinee tomorrow, followed by
regular Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
John Barrymore in WincheH smith ne" amer
icon comedy The Fortune Hunter" is winning his
ycav at the Gaiety Miss Mary Ryan and Forrest
Robinson help to make the task easy. There Will
be a special Labor Day matinee.
.nrbe Love Cure" which had its initial produc-
ton at The New Amsterdam on wednesday even
ing. is a musical romance OF s'aselaiu 80
from the German by Oliver Herford us scenes are
latd tn Rroadway The music was written py hu-
nlund Eysler The best acting in the play Is uoiie
Nv Charles J. Ross Elgie Bowen and Craig camp
bcu The latter two players have only recently
heen brought forward by Mr.. Savage
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