The evening world., 1913-12-20
New Plays for Coni:y Week
1.-THE New wHenr,etta''-Fvances Starr in 1.-THE
Secret"-"We Are SeUen"-BIlie Burke in
1.-THE Land of ron,ise"-Mimi Agugiia in
"Salo ome"-"Ib and Little Christina"
AL activities will be re-
newed with . rush OF new produc-
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-HEATRIC AL activities will be re-
uewed with q rush OF new produc-
lions for Christmas week
On Monday night Tho New Hem
rietta" will be offered At the knicker-
booker Theatre. with william II. Crane
In his old part OF Nicholas Van Alstyne'
Douglas Fairbanks as Berte' Amena
bingham as Mrs. Opdyke and Patric
Coilinge as Agnes. Bronson Howarn's
famous comedy OF stock exchange oper-
ations has been brought up to date by
wincheli Smith and Victor Mapes. The
play was originally produced by ROBSON
and Crane at the Union Square Theatre
on Sept. 2S. 1887.
Frances starr comes to the Belasco
Theatre on Tuesday evening In the
Secret" Henri Ber1istein's latest drama.
As Gabrielle Jannelot Miss starr VIII de-
pict Q type OF woman who. without any
motive. brings unhappiness to n house,
hold. She 10 merely jealous OF the hap
piness of others and proceeds TO work
trouble In every direction. The support
Ing company will include Basil 6ul.
robert Warwick. Frank Reicher. Mar
guerits Leslie, Harriet Otis DelienbauEh.
John p. Brown and Beatrice Reinhardt.
I'VE Are Sevsn." whimsical farce by
Eleanor Gates. begins An engagement
l.at Maxine Eiiiots Theatre on Wednas'
day night The chief character !,
DiaathA Kerr. . young sociological Stu
! dent. who has absorbed euGenic theories
I 10 the extent of having made all plans
for her future family. She has decided
to have nons but q one hundred psT
cent. father tor her children. Diantha'
frequent visits to tho east side In
search Of this material determine her
aunt to secure for her n hired escort
who. Diantha insIsta. must be deaf and
dumb. Peter Avery manages to get the
position. and doesn't fnd his voice until
he Is landed In a police station. Then
D!antha finds the father OF her seven"
In tho cast will be Bessie Barriscale.
f1Hie Ellsier. Jane Peyton. Russ whytal
and william Raymond.
Miss Billie Burke will be brought to
the Lyceum Theatre on Christmas night
In The Land of Promise" a serious
y.
the land OF promise. Norah Marsh. a
young Engilshwoman. has earned her
| living az a companion to AN old lady.
Her employer dies. leaving Norah moth
ing. As It happens. the girl mas a brother
in Canada. a farmer. near Manitoba.
With no prospects she goes out to join
her brother and his wife on their whsa,
| farm She finds herself In conflict with
her environment. but displays great for
| titude. and In the end tho land fulhls
Its promise. Among others In the cas-,
will be Lumsden Hare. Shelley Huh
Norman Tharp. Thomas Reynolds. Lii
Ian kingsbury and Mildred orme,
Mimi AguEiia. the sicilian actress VIII,
appeared at the Broad way Theatre nv
years ago, comes to the Comedy Theatre
on Monday night to appear In Osca
Wilde's ''saiome." This piaX viii b
cut to run forty-fve minutes ana will b.
given before THE Marriage Game"
The Princess Theatre. on the after
Moons Of Thursday and Friday. VIII ONE
a new short play. "Ib and Little Chris
tina" written by Capt. Basil Hood o
tho British Army. 1t Is an allegor!
telling the life and love story OF a MAJ
and woman. In three scenes The prin
cipsi parts will be played By Hoibrool
Blinn and Joyce Fair.
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Forbes Robertson. at tho shuh.rt The
atre. will appear In "othello'' on Mon
day and Saturday nights. In The Mer
chant OF Venice" on Tuesday nisht. II
Hamlet at reduced prices on Wednes
day afternoon. In THE Passing Of tn
Third Floor Back and The Sacra
ment OF Judas on Wednesday nigh
and Saturday afternoon. In Mice an
Men" on Thursday night and In 'Th
Light That Failed" on Friday night.
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Elsie Ferguson In The S.rang