The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
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OLD COMEDY WILL M Nh
vIvED r0-MORROW.
the spIsnre'' . Naatie&i NselSarAmatie
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he Wolf Hopper IN . New P1ay.

De Wolf Hopper IN . New Paay.
TIE special production promised@arher
IN the year By Charlea FrohmAn a. the
closing event % the present season AZ the
Empire Th@atrs viii BE- the revival Of
T. W. Roberaaon's comedy Caste The
Art performance will take plAcs to-mor-
row night. Caste. il q comedy that
periodically Anssrss liz vitality by ia
reappeArAncs. The story hinges upon the
love Of the Hon. George dAiroV. q soldier.
for EStAsT Eoelss. . dancer in thu theatre.
He has determined % marry her. but his
frisnd HoHfrss advises against 10 on the
ground Of caste but the wedding takes
place. After . few months OF married
lifo hin regiment 10 ordered 60 India TO
help In the suppression Of the Mutiny
A he IN about 70 leave. his mother. the
naughty AarQsiss. appears and learns
Of his marriage. The news 10 not made
sasisr for her by the appeArAnos OF her
sons drunken father in law. Reeles. AMI
his daughter Polly. who 10 engaged to
q gas man or plumber. George goes TO
India and the bride u left behind. After
fsw months word comes from India that
hs has bean captured and put TO death.
A baby boy h born. AZ . tine when the
family fortunes are az their lowest ebb
George unsxpectsdly returns whereupon
In quite natural ways every one except
the drunken EeeIss shows hAAbss Of gen.
sroUn feeling. which brings them together
Ths players who will appear are Edwin
Arden. Julian Royce. q. p. Huntlsy
Graham Browne. Edgar Franklin. Maud
Milton. Marie Tempest and Elsie Fer
guson.
A new Daniel Frohman production will
bs male at the Lycsum TheAErS on Tues
day evening. ChArlss Cherry will then
appear a. star In . four act play called
The SpitdrO.s q nautical melodramatic
comedy by Edward People. The Spit
Are h the name OF an oceAngoing steam
Yacht owned by q millionaire. Adven-
tursrs having robbsd . young American
snginssr Of jewels they. In league withths
mate. secure the boats cipher code and
persuade the captain 20 take them aboard.
weigh anchor at Calais and sAil for
America. The owners daughter. Vdlda'
the aunt. and her cousin. Polly. are per-
suadsd OF the genuineness % the owners
sailing orders. An they start they pick
up q swimmer. The adventurers See that
Il 10 their victim. the young American,
who. however. does not know them
vaida IL told that the young man 10 Gov
srnment spy on the track Of her father
and the young lady discrsdits his story
aud dsgYades him 60 the rank Of common
sailor. A. the end Of Act III. there are
q storm and ahipwTeck. The last act
hnda the hero and heroine cast away on
the Jersey coast. and their expsdisnts and
Misunderstanding form the situations
Of the enAl act. The play IL q comedy
with q rnsiodramAtio background. and
In tho rols % the young engineer Charles
Cherry has opportunities A. an actor
% light and sentimental comedy Ruth
MaycliEs takes the part ~ the heroine
Others IN he cast include Rosa Rand.
Osa walirop. 2 J RAtclihe. c. d Herr
man. Daniel Collysr. Lincoln Plummer.
Hayward Gan and Dudley DiEgcs
vAleska ssIrAst In "Ths Girl With the
whoopinR Cough. Sc announced for the
New York Theatre beginning tomorrow
evening. This v.ll b. her firu. appearance
In New York At the head % her own com
pAny. The play IL an adaptation from the
French by S,Anislaus STANCE Miss SuraSt
has been surrounded by cas-, which
includes Dallas Wexford. George Richards
Charles Morrison. George Anderson. Jack
Henderson. Amelia Summerville. May
Boley. Eleanor Gordon. Ssna Blake.
Blanche Gordon. Vida whitmOrs and
others WhoopinR cough IL the germ
upon which ths author has built his
play. the twists Of the plot evolving from
the fact that shs chief mischief maker
% the piece. Rs9ina. the wife % 9 retired
United States Admiral. n afflicted with
the mAlady. Her admirers are many.
a. IL indicated by tho fact that svsry
male member % the COMPANY develops
a severe attack OF the Ai,ment during the
OPENING scenes AZ d.. Tats played
by Dallas welford) Rs0iua aims her
darts. with the result that hs finally sue
curlbs and becomes ReOiAa most devoted
Sdmirsr The doctor mAr-ies. but this
mAkea no difference to Regina. and the
complications pile up until the physician
n landed In the divorce courts.
De Wolf Hopper. who has not been s~en
in New York for neariy a year. will come
10 Days Theatre on Thursday evening
in a new song comedy called a MasnSe
Idol" Conspicuous in his support ar.
Louise Dresser. Joseph Santiey. Ethel
Green. George Mack. George BackJs and
Matt HAnlsy. a MATINEE Idol 10
modern version Of the old Moliere comedy.
sIa Mkdicin MAlRrA Lui.' Tho present
version 10 by Armand and Barnard, with
lyrics by Ray Ooetz and Seymour Brown.
Silvio Helm has provided fifteen musical
numbers. The book tells the story Of
Medford 0TtTH. an American tragedian
stranded In France in company With his
valet, a ruled OF jockey. He applies for
appointment an elocution Instructor I'm a
school for English and American girls.
only % find that be has arrived there too
late He In without money and the Eng
iIsh speaking school 10 the only spot In |
the country where he can make himself
Understood In order 20 remain he pre-
tends that he N a celebrated hypnotic
physician. This furnishes the chief com |
sdy motive for the piece.
This 10 the second week Of Nine. Nazi- !
novA's engagement In Ibs>n's drama,
LATHE Eyolf as the new Thirty-nirth
strsst theatre which bears her name.
Tho character % RITA gives Nazimova
excspfional scops not only for her emo
tionnl bus also for her intellectual genius. |
The supporting company includes Ida |
Conquest, Brandon lyman. Gertrude |
Berkeley, Robert 7. HAines and Master |
George Tobin.