New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
COMEDY AND DRAMA.

Young and Rita Olcott The play deals
with the folklore and legends of Ireland.
with the scenes laid at 1nnishannan. Fred
erick knight Logan has composed music
for the fairy scenes. The story tells of
Robin (Afr OlcotD, who has been disin-
herited by his father and becomes min
sirel noted for his gift of song. During his
wanderings he meets and woos Margaret
Grattan. Mr.. Ocott will sing The Eyes
That Come from Ireland" Sweet Girl of
My Dreams" IF You'll Remember Me-"
The Laugh with a Tear in IT, and II
Used TO Believe in the Fairies" The cast
includes:
Chaunoey olcott- Mark Price. Rose Curry.
I.ottie Smith. Gerome Edwards. Msgda Foy
charles L. Newton. William Jones. John B.
Gasparo, Charlotte Smith. May Morley and Alice
Farrell.
ASTOR-rSeven Days" the farce sue
cess of the season, has been here nearly
twice seven weeks. 1t promises to stay for
seven months or more.
BEIASCO-Last week of the successful
farce. rs Matrimony a Failure?" On
Tuesday. February /. Miss Charlotte Walker
will be seen in Eugene Walters play. Just
q Wife,
BIJoU-Cyril Scott, Miss Janet Beecher
and Miss Helen Lowell in a good farce
The Lottery MAN.
COMEDY-Cora Maynard's new spirit
drama, ''The Watcher" will be played here
for two weeks beginning Wednesday night,
January Is. The story concerns the lives
Of George Kent, Felice Chis wife, Vivian
Chis sister, his mother and Joe worden.
Although Felice has loved Worden, she
rlarries Kent for his wealth Kent loses
his money by gambling. The mother dies
Vivian falls in love with Worden, and
Felice. whose old passion for Worden
awakens, determines to prevent marriage
between him and her slster-in-law dis
agreeable denouement is averted by Vivian
through the spirit influence of the dead
mother There are six people in the cast.
Percy Haswell. as Vivian Kent; Catherine
Countiss, as Felice Kent: Thurlow Bergen,
as Joe Worden; John Emerson, as George
Kent: Marion Ba1lou. Mary. and Malvina
Longfellow, the nurse
CRITERION-Francis Wilson and ''The
Bachelors Baby" a farce comedy, with
much sweetness and mirth. The best thing
Mr.. Wilson ever did, for he not only plays
It, but he staged it and wrote it.
DALY'S-Miss Maxine Elliott, under her
own management, begins an engagement
here tomorrow night in 1.-The Inferior Sex"
three-act comedy, by Frank Stayton, an
English writer. The piece was given its
premier production in Toronto ten days
ago. The plot OF "The Inferior Sex has
TO do with one Charles winslow, young
man. who thinks that ''nan is the noblest
work of creation and woman is a regret
table incident" A confirmed misognyist,
he spends all OF his time writing books
decry1ng the opposite sex. In order to
work undisturbed on his latest effort THE
Inferior Sex" be goes on two months
cruise on his luXuriously appointed yacht
vowing he will not touch land till the vol
urne is completed. After three days at sea
his crew picks up a waye-tossed little
boat IN which lies the insensibe form OF
Eva Addison, irnpersonated by Miss Elliott
She is carried into Winslow's cabin, where
she has 20 remain Before she leaves the
Yacht, few days later. she has the woman
hater at her feet. Miss Elliott IS support
ed by Arthur Byron, who has the role Of
Charles Wtnslow. The burden Of the
comedy falls on the shoulders Of o. B.
Clarence, who for many years played with
Sir Henry Irving. T. Tamamoto, jap
anese actor. is also in the company.
EMP1RE-Sr Charles wyndham and
second
week OF their all-too-short engagement in
The Mollusc.' Hubert Henry Davies's de-
iiEntfuI comedy OF the "softly selfish wom
an" After their present engagement Sir
Charles and Miss Moore will begin a tour
OF the country that may take them to the
Pacific Coast. They will be followed at
the Empire on January 81 by Miss Ethel
Barrymore. in ..Mid-Channel"
GAIETY-Joln Barrymore and his COM
pany continue 10 please in 'The Fortune
Hunter ono OF the real successes Of the
season
GAEDEN-Ben Greet and his players in
The Little Town of Bethlehem nativ-
~ play By Katrina Trask
ClERrcK-otis Skinner in Your Hum
k&s seryant-- play that holds the mirror
~ " the stage.
Fff-DSOG-WiIlIarn Collier In "a Iuckv
sfSr' bssts the Dutch in Holland comedy.
TF>YISC pIACE-The German Theatre.
Miss Lscse Engelke. Theodor Burgarth and
ft1colDb Koch in Buchbinder and Jarno's
6ssfsntfUl comic operetta Die Forester
cm1grf c'christl. the Foresters Daugh-
terD. On Saturday afternoon Strauss
operetta Der Zigeunerbaron" ('@rhe Gypsy
Bsron"p.
LYCEUM-Miss Billie Burke will be seen
here for the first time in nearly two sea-
cons In a new comedy by w Somerset
Maugham called Mrs. Dot" When Miss
Burke. three years ago. played for the first
time In this country, with John Drew tn
My WIFE," she took the part Of q fancee.
In Love Watches she appeared as a
young wife. AS Mrs. Dot she is a young
widow. with an income OF $500 900 a year.
She loves Gerald Halstane Julian I,F,s-
uange). but he doesn't propose. so she
cflarntns1y puts the question TO him.
Much TO her surprise. he refuses Whether
she eventually becomes his wife remains 70
he seen. In the cast are Billie Rurke
Eadl Hallan. Kate Meek, Julian LES
rznSe. Fred Kerr. Annie Esrnond. Anne