East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-12
NEW YORK DRAMATIC
LETTER.
BY William S. Brewer.

New York, Sept. Sit is easy to
forgive the theatre-managers for pro-
ducing so many new plays each week,
because the standard of the plays
presented so far is unusually high. So
far there is not really one downright
failure to be recorded and the ad-
vance sheets of the managers prom
Use still more excellent offerings.
Many Of Americas favorite artists
are to appear in New York this sea-
son in new plays. Everyone is glad
to welcome dainty Pauline Chase, who
returns to New York after a prolonged
absence in England. Miss Chase has
the leading feminine role in "Our
Miss Giggs," Mr.. Charles Frohman's e
annual musical production. This play
is now in the second year of its con-
tinuous run at the Gaiety theatre
London and promises to duplicate the
London success in America. Other
artists in the cast are Bert Leslie,
Ernest Lambert and Fred Wright.
The plot centers around the romance
of a pretty little department store
girl. Mary Gibbs, who loves and is
loved by Lord Enysford, who has
masqueraded as a bank clerk. "Our
Miss Gibbs" is at the Knickerbocker
theatre.
Bobby Burnitt' with Wallace Ed
dinger in the title role, enters upon
its fourth week at the Republic the
atre next Monday night. The char
aoter of Bobby Burnitt is reminiscent
in its attractiveness of BERTHE The
Lamb in THE Henrietta" Eddinger
gives a sprightly impersonation OF
the rich mans son.
miss Patsy at Nazimova's Thirty
ninth street theatre gives Gertrude
Quinlan wide scope for the charming
humor she always radiates. Tie
piece is a farce by Sewell Collins and
takes it's name from the Patsy Del
iverlike characters Of the central
character, a young woman with a
kindly heart. much good nature and
a considerable bump of humor. who
also possesses a veritable genius for
making mistakes.
THE Commuters" Japes Forbes
farcial comedy now running at the
Criterion theatre, may be reckoned
as a big success II crowded houses
count. Mr.. Forbes character studies
arouse the merriment Of the audience
which was clearly the authors inten-
tion in writing the play.
John Barrymore continues to en-
act "The Fortune Hunter" at the
Gaiety. The fact that he is engaged
to young New York society girl has
for the present increased the interest
of his personality for the feminine
contingent and the matinees are in
variably crowded The comedy which
reveals its natively American types
in the radiance of mellow humor bids
fair to continue at the Gaiety for an
| other season.
At the Hacket theatre Miss Clara
| Lipman IS Bisson's play "The Marri-
| age Of a Star" has good opportunities
I, display her versatility. In the cast
with her are Aida Cortelyou Clara
Sydney. Lena Lorraine Mabel Shore
| Albert Parker. Arthur Gogllstcr and
Franklyn Ritchie.
II has been many n day since
Days theatre has housed so funny
farce as "Baby Mine" The recep-
tons which have greeted this COM
| edv since its opening have indicated
that BABY Nine VIII stay TOT some
time. Prominent In the cast are Mar
guerite Clark, Ernest Glendenning
Walter Jones and Ivy Troutman.
Edgar Selwyn's new four-act COM
edy 1.-THE Country Boy at the Liberty
theatre is also another recent play
to spring into instant favor. The
story Of the play IS that OF young
man hailing from a small town in
northern New York who comes to the