New-York tribune., 1911-12-21
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Tonight at the Bijou Theatre Wilton
Lackave will give his first performance in
New York Of THE Stranger" by Charles
Dazey.
Tonight At the Maxine Elliott Theatre
the Irish Players will present Lady Greg
ory's longest play, THE Image for the
first time in New York.
The Bird of Paradise" Richard Walton
Tullys picturesque Hawaiian play, which
Oliver Morosco produced early this season
at his stock theatre in Los Angeles. viii
have its first performance Christmas Day
In Rochester The cast includes Guy Bates
Post. Theodore Roberts, Laurette Taylor
Pamela Gaythorne, Ida Waterman. Lewis
:. stone Jane Meredith, W. j. Constantine,
Albert Perry and band Of royal Hawaiian
musicians, hula dancers and singers the
play will come 10 New York in January
Al Webers Theatre on December 20 the
German American opera Company will
start its two months season at a special
Christmas matinee. oscar Strauss's famous
operetta. a Waltz Dream" will be the first
Offering Crete Meyer, from the Berlin
Metropoe Theatre. will be the Princess
Helene Wilma Cont, late Of the Niennese
Operatic Company, who played the Franz
at the first Berlin performance, will again
appear in this leading part. "Poldf' Mu-
rauer the one-timc idol of the Niennese. IS
cast for the part Of Mkt, her princely lover
I'm the cast are Crete AlLerti. Auguste
Richter. Carl Lamberg, Richard Richter.
Jose Home and Rudi Rahe. The chorus
will bc under the personal direction Of otto
kar Bartik. balletmaster of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House
During the engagement Of "Ben-Hur' at
the New Amsterdam Theatre, which begins
on Saturday night, the curtain will rise on
the evening performance promptly at
o'clock, and on the Wednesday and Satur-
day and Christmas and New Years matt
nees at . o'clock. Late comers will not be
seated during the opening prelude, the star
Of Bethlehem
Gustav Ambcrg announces that ne has
made arrangements whereby Mella Mars,
the famous Niennesc diseuse. and Bella
Laszky. her accompanist and the com
poser of her songs. will play a special en-
gagement Of one week only at the Irving
Place Theatre, beginning on Christmas
night. Nine Mars will sing her repertory
Of German songs. Herr Amberg also an
nounees that ne has engaged Mathilde Cot
trelly. who is famous on both the Ameri-
can stage and the German stage, for a
special engagement of two weeks In the
musical farce. Die Frau Grctl," begin
ming on Monday. This event is of special
interest as Signalling Nine. Cottrelly's re-
urn 10 the German stage after an absence
OF many years.
New Years viii be celebrated at both the
Liberty and Gaiety theatres by a double
star concert bin. The features will be
Alice Lloyd and the Little Miss Fix-It"
company, together with The Spring Maid"
company. The same programme will be
given at both theatres. Miss Lloyd and
Little Miss Fix-It" starting the perform
ance at the Gaiety at $50 p. m. al the
same hour when THE Spring Maid" over
uire starts at the Liberty. Promptly at
9:45 y. IN both companies VIII exchange
theatres.
AT the matinee performance ON Christ
mas Day of Little Boy Blue" at the Lyric
Theatre, and continuing until the end of
the run Of this production. the prices of
seats will be reduced M the balcony and
gallery TO "a uniform price of 81 In the bal
cony and 20 cents I'm the gallery