New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-12
THE DRAMA
BEFORE THE STORM.
Come Like Shadows, So Depart.

The present theatrical season has been unsatis-
factory TO almost every person concerned In II.
genres Of plays and Old have been acted in
,ris city but only few OF them have met with
z-,ocess There more than fifty theatres IN
Kew York. and only three of them still de-
,,o+ed 10 tire plays with which the season began
.be st1Iyvesant the Beasco, and the I.vceum. The
success Of The Fighting Hope" at the Stuyvesant
-hes--e while not indicative OF keen perception
-. mar, OF the public creditable Miss Blanche
Rates and professional associates because, by
sincerity and energy. they have made glering i'm
-ohs ility seem Tnonentarily credible The Lyceum
Theatre has been fortunate in play that is light
,s cheerful character. and fortunate also in the
.,c.ptionally good acting of Mr.. Ernest LawfoTd.
who plays the best part in # Prosperity for such
s-s,,as as The Devil long current at the
Fslssco is-as il always has been and always viii
ba-discreditabie TO the public taste. Shakespeare
makes one Of his characters say. OF the English
,eople that though they will not give deit to
-e1ieve a lame beggar, they will lay
9 dead Indian: 81 is equally of the American
r.cple that, If you excite their curiosity (as Mr..
2 G Fiske succeeded in doing. through contro-
,,.-sv with Mr.. Il. W Savage. they will crafty
hist appetite no matter what vulgar or obnoxious
thing is thereby maintained. The play Of The
D.vil- has been commended 10 popular acceptance
hv the performance of the chief character by MI
George Arliss-
The changes that have beeh effected have neither
,ty56ed public interest nor received much support.
fore been losers Various causes have induced thst
result: financial depression the beginning OF the
.easoa: disturbance incidental TO a PRESIDENTIAL
wear. the propensity in hard times. 10 retreIch
bv avoiding the theatre; superhuty OF theatres
,vsrnroduction Of plays. and, more than All. IN
oo,-,nefe7+ acting in unattractiVe dramas. Anxiety
and depression have been everywhere visible IN ue
theatrical world Il seems likely now that 'oliIi
lions will improve. AT the moment mere - d IN
- dramatic venture This week the event OF crhe'
Ia he u-Olu
re on Friday night January Is for the nrst uli.e
IN New York OF q new play. by Nj hdWaFu Oi.liuA
CARPENTER. called THE Barber Of New oriea"S' ~
which Nj William Faversham will assume me
--srcirsI part Last night Mr.. Varied besah
brief engagement at the Academy OF NIusio-
THIS mi is only a nomentary calm before storn
- renewed theatrical activity. On January 10 me
Devil" salvation Nell" and Via "lrslesS
5izaDpear. On January Is The tlGhuhs ny
III h. transferred from the StuyvesaIt 10 'ise
,,.--.oo ~ The same night Miss Frances starr
Will appear q: the Stuyvesant, in a ne" play %
NJ Eugene walter, called The EasIes' va
on the same night also Mrs Leslie Carte W."
make her re entrance in New York, appearlns' a.
he Liberty Theatre in new play, oy MI solii
,..5ar long ca led HASA At the Hackett me
~t-s On January IS, Nj John Kellard Will emerge
in q MAY by Mr.. Edgar A WOOL called Inc
,er7n;r MI Weber will return TO his theatre on
Tie same night and for time that house will be
Eve, 10 byrlesQues OF The Merry widow and
The Devil" Mr.. Weber will soon again depart
nd rs theatre 7ill then be devoted to another new
-ra- translated from French original calico
= o-,te~ and designated The Girl from Rec
.,-.s- Mr. O'Mara will terminate his engagement
- re Broadway Theatre January .. and he VIII
- succeeded there January % by Mr. John
=ss--ru7ore and Miss s Fisher, in a musical farce
rallied a Stubborn Cinderella On January %
$50 new musical farce, called Kitty Grey. Will
10 r-nd,Jced at the New Amsterdam Theatre. to
s,,cae7 Little Memo" which goes to Boston On
-a same night Miss Eleanor Robson will appear at
the I,vceurn in The Dawn Of a Tomorrow MISS
Bsrvmore's engagement at the Hudson Theatre
vii cease at the end OF January, and LADY Fred
erik" will give place a drama called The Tniro
rar-se =" with Mr.. Edward Breeze and Miss Helen
ware IN the chief characters Miss Julia MaTlowe'
sc-jns IN The Goddess Of Reason looms on tle
ho-zon and Miss Olga Nethersole Miss Hilda
sno,r and MI E. H Sothern are not distant ana
+bev csn ne considered impending luminaries-
Industrious endeavor can be confoently expected
.n5 rational hope is encouraged that It VIII prove
...s.t,, ?, +he public and remunerative TO the
actors and managers concerned In H.