New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-04
SHUBERTS SHOW FAITH
IN AMERICAN AUTHORS
Many Plays by Native Drama
fists in Their Plans for the
Coming Season.


TIE plans Of the Shuberts for the COM
| ing theatrical season, announced last
night. include features Of such Importance
as a farewell engagement of Forbes-Rob-
ertson. Sothern and Marlowe season
and a number Of productions by William
, Faversham. There is also an interesting
list OF plays by American authors and a
large number Of attractive musical shows.
The appearance OF Forbes-Robertson
who recently gave his farewell London
performance at the Drury Lane Theatre.
will be the inaugural attraction at the new
Shubert Theatre. in West 18th street.
which is not Yet finished. His supporting
company Will be headed by his wife. Miss
Gertrude Elliot. Among the plays which
he'will present are THE Passing OF the
Third Floor Back The Light That
Failed" Caesar and Cleopatra" and the
dramas Of his Shakespearian repertory.
His New York season Will begin about Oc-
tober /. and later ne will make trans
continental tour of Shubert theatres.
+. II. Sothern and Julia Marlowe will
present eight Of Shakespeares plays at
the Manhattan opera House. These plays
will run five weeks, beginning September
q. and will be Macbeth Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet" LAS You Like IT,"
Much Ado About Nothing" The Tam
ing Of the Shrew," The Merchant OF Ven
ice" and Twelfth Night Later in the
season William Faversham will start his
tour with his popular production Of
Julius Cesar" and about Christmas
I % Il
Juliet" TO his repertory.
One OF the early engagements Of Inn
pprtance will be that OF William Hodge,
who will appear In New York City for the
third time under Shubert management.
His medium will be The Road TO Hap
p!ness." which IL Just the sort Of rural
piece in which his admirers especially de-
light Other productions Of note Will be
Children OF To-day" In which Louis
Mann will star. and Her Sons Wife"
with Bertha Kalich Children OF To-
day" which was written by Clara Lipman
Mrs. Louis Mann and Samuel Shipman,
is described as a satirical comedy invert-
ing established notions Of flial obedience.
The leading woman will be Emily Ann
Wellman
play which may We'll prove one OF the
most daring OF the year is "Suttee, by
Guy Bolton. The leading character OF the
| play is a woman who is In Doubt as TO
the extent Of her obligations 10 her hus-
| band. man who was once famous as
pianist. but Is sunk in invalidism. AT
Bay." by George Scarborough, in which
Guy Standing and Chrystal Herne Will
play the leading roles. is play with a
new detective interest which is said TO be
departure from the recent crook
plays.
Several Drury Lane successes have been
chosen for the stage Of the Manhattan
| Opera House The shuberts. in alliance
with Arthur Collins william 4. Brady
and Comstock & Gest. have arranged for
the production there OF Hop o My
| Thumb" Cheer, Boys. Cheer and
"Dreadnaucht" Another Offering will be
"Turandot." Max Reinhardts Oriental
spectscle The Ride 20 HELP will be pre-
santed by Winthrop Ames IN association
With the Shuberts. The play portrays the
visions OF a young man who IS preparing
70 marry a rich girl for her money. A
| plpy with SOUieNHab Siii4'~' 800 80
THE Surprises Of Hell" which was &C
o,ired in London for the Princess The
atre Among the new productions TO be
mt or BY William A Brady ard the Shu-
Merits will be The Family Cupboard. by
| owen Davis. and Believe Me, Xantippe,
which is 10 be one Of the first plays pre-
scented in New York
The fret Of the important musical pro-
auctions for the season under Shubert
r,snagement will be "Lieber Augustin'
u,b,ch will he the opening attraction at
~ Casino Theatre. The book OF this
ro,ad foreign favorite, which ran all last
soason in London under the name OF
s'p-jDcess Caprice" is by Ernst Wehsch
- pudoIf Bernauer. and the music Is by
49, Fsu Of Dollar Princess fame. DE
Wolf Hopper Will star In the productlon
md George MacFarlane VIII be featured
az ,be head of the supporting company.
A,other musical Offering already IN re-
bearsal is "Oh. / Say. 49,,
Most noteworthy of all WINTER 1aTueh
! NE Gabv Deslys will return TO Amer
tna IN NoveInber for her third successive
nrgarement at that theatre ana lot
er,eecisi tour of other leading cites. she
9s,iT he provided with an entirely ne"
vehicle.