New-York tribune., 1911-12-21
NEW THEATRE ABANDONED.
Founders Believe 1t UnWiSe to
Proceed with Enterprise.
HAD BOUGHT NEW SITE
Founders Opened First Play
house in 1909, and Many New
PIavs Were Produced There.

The new New Theatre is no more. The
founders issued a statement last night
that. owing to conditions uufavorable TO
the project OF building to take the place
- the abandoned New Theatre, they had
decided 10 discontinue the idea, at least for
tho present This decision was not un-
ovnected. as II had been common property
IN theatrical circles for several days. After
the abandonment of The New Theatre on
central Park West. the founders bought
nIot Of land in West 44th street for
nsw building. but aside from razing the
houses already on the land no work mas
80, done on the new structure. Inc
founders statement is as follows
When last spring the founders tesCmcu ,u
. c,ncIusiOn adverse TO the continued use
Of the building I'm Central Park West; nov
S-c[.n as Inc Century Theatre, they dld llot
ABANDON the New Theatre idea heS ~ P,
,ia.. fund for the erection OF 5nei
~ moderate size adapted to the prouuctloI'
hy "a stock company Of a rcpcrtory OF on iiioo ~,
c~0 and classical plays, ana III otuel nc i
tbe enterprises might be independent OF I'm
mediate financial success a SUBSIDY lol
i've wears was subscribed. ,..... ,,o+
The founders, however. deteIHhneu ~ "a
~ berin the construction OF the new pulIu,
30 mill tbev were satisfied that present
.orfitions offered a clear neld ioi III t.u
carving out of their purpose nor 5a un5I,
satisfactory arrangements had petn nlrrrJse r,rta
fo, the management OF the enteI ~ P,,or,
lCitb "a view to reaching conclusion NPit
these questions a careful STUDY OF tHe -
uation has been made ana tne autboritv
tho most competent expert afu,,nJars
so(,rbt with the result that the i0u'uJa.
- reiuCtaptlv have reached the u,a
cls'oD that II would not be wise 10 ~ i,,,o
with the enterprise at the present '"'0'
The founders Of The New Theatre were
1crr Jacob Astor. George +. BaKer' Eu-
--.,,d T. Ravlies. August Belmont Cor'-
i.r6t Field Bishop. Frederick @. Bourne
Alexander s. Cochran, Paul D. Cravath'
william 3. Osgood Field. Henry LAY
Prick. Elbert II. Gary. George j. Gouio'
r,1io, Gregory Archer NJ. Huntington
lanes Hazen Hyde, Ernest lselin' Arthur
c. James. Otto II. Kahn, ". De LSncey
Kountze. Clarence II. Mackay, J. Pierpont
Morgan. James Stillman, Robert 3. van
Cortlandt, Cornelius Vanderbilt. William N
Vanderbilt. Henry Walters, Harry Payne
Whitney. II. Orme Wilson and Henry Ros-
ers Winthrop.
The New Theatre was opened November
: 1qa some of the plays produced there
were Shakespeare Antony and Geo
natrs. with T. II Sothern and julia Mar
lowe in the title parts; THE Cottage in the
Air" The Blue Bird" The Niger and
Strife"
A fortune was opent by the founders on
the site and structure. but the theatre was
not endowed 1t was abandoned last year
Winthrop Ames, director of the original
New Theatre, is now left in undisputed
uossessfor of the field with his Little
Theatre in the same 44th street block where
the new New Theatre was TO rise. HIS
ulars for the season were announced yes
terGay. and competent authorities ventured
the assertion that if he carried them out
the New Theatre people would find the pace
too fast Their decision to abandon the
project IS locked upon by these observers
rs confirmation