The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

Maria Rosa" by Angel Guimera.
VIII he seen at the Thirty ninth Street
Theatre on Monday evening, January 10.
Maria Rosa" is the dramatization of
an actual occurrence in the mountains
If catalonia, which is the northeast
crn province OF Spain. told to Gu.mera
three weeks after 1t happened. All day
iong the playwright pondered over the
.;ory. fraught with human passion.
owe, hate. fear and revenge. as his
mule steadily carried him up the noun
tain pass to the home Of Maria Rosa.
The plot and scenes took form in his
brain, and when he reached the Inn at
Might all that remained to be done was
90 put the dialogue on paper This he
did IN forty-eight hours.
Maria Rosa was first played in,
Barcelona. Jose Echegaray translated
j, from the Catalan dialect into Spanish
and 1T then was presented In Madrid.
The piece swept over Europe. the Latin
Americas. and was produced in this
country after Wallace Fitzpatrick and
Guido Marburg had translated it into
English.
Maria Rosa tells OF the struggle
Of woman's soul to remain true to
,he memory OF husband who dies in
prison. accused of q murder which she
knows he did not commit. The young
wife is pursued by handsome man
who pretcnds to be friend of her
husband. After the death of the latter,
Ramon seeks to compromise Maria
Rosa and succeeds.
l.ou-Tellegcn. for eight years n men,
brr of Sarah Bernhardts company, Is
the leading man. This is his debut on
Inc English speaking stage in this
country. Others in the cast are Maude
Odcll. George Graham. Geoffrey G..
Steam Enrico Fernandez, John Arthur
and Charles Ashley.
Tho dramatization in four acts Of
Reginald Wright kauffmans novel Of
the social evil-"The House of Bond
age"-by Joseph Byron Totten. will be
seen at the Longacre Theatre to-
morrow night.
In its new form 1.-THE House uf
Bondage" has been Endorsed by the
Medical Rcric,o OF Rerie,cs and the
Practical Mothers Association. The
plot follows quite closely the story OF
the book.
fully Marshall will play the pro-
rurcr and Ia also acting as stage di-
rector. Elita Proctor Otis has the role
II Mmc Rose and Cecil Spooner Will
he Mdry Others in the notable cast
viii be Lucille La Verne, Ida Darling.
CARA Maravlag. Suzanne Rocarnora.
Blanche Yurka. Olive Grove. Elizabeth
Whips, Clara Greenwood, Helen TIL
don. Jessie Arnold John Sainpolis,
charles Miller. John sullivan, j. Irving
Southard. Albert Moore, Herbert T..
Dentov and Otto Koerner.
The Irving Place Theatre Stock COM
pany will produce on Wednesday
new comedy by Arthur Schnitzler. the
famous \icnnese playWr!ght PRO
!,ssor Bcrrhardi." the new play. is
now the sensation of Europe 1t puts
the duties OF a physician at the death
a.i ui a patient In pronounced con-
tras. 10 those of a minister Of the Cos
... i',1f,sSor Bernhard is the direc'
tor If Vicnnesc hospital. In fulfil
men; q: his duties he keeps from the
Death bel If sinner a Catholic priest
vino has come to administer the last
rites f his church. The dying girl Is
not awarc of her approaching end and
lowing al impulse. Professor Bern'
Hr,di deems 1T his uppermost duty to
.rt ne poor girl. who is hoping for
.ip,edy recovery. die in peace.
"r,rltarn.cus." by Racine. and Ia
Baiser," by Theodore dc Banvillc. VII
De presented by the French Drama
Society at the fun dress rehearsal TO
night. and at the regular matinee TO
morrow afternoon AT the Harris inca
ire. Jose Ruben Will enact the part
Nero in the Racine drama. Nine. for
ska. who acted at the Odeon undel
NJ Antoine, as well as with Sarai
Rernhardt. is staging the play. accord
.ng to these two masters. The ide'
In that classic tragedy should be playe'
humanity without monotonous recita
lion. In "I.e Baiser" Nine. Yorska vii
act the role OF fairy after that
Nero's unfortunate brother In "Britan
n,cus." Jose Ruben will appear as tn
frivolous PterrOt.
sir Johnston Forbes robertson VII
make his last appearance on the New
York stage this week at the Mammalian
Opera House.
on Monday night the actor will Civ
his last evening performance OF liam
let" On Tuesday night he VIII DE seei
for the last time in Mice ana Men.
On Wednesday afternoon he Will CIV
his last matinee on tIe .>c~ Ao' ~ ''''e
~ Hamlet" On Wednesday evening
The Light That Failed" will be see
in It's entirety for the last time. On
Thursday night he will be seen Tor IN
last time, not only in New York but Il
America, in "Othello." On Friday nigh
no will give his last New YORK per
Torrance Of 1.-THE Merchant OF Venice
On Saturday afternoon the last matine
of The Passing Of the Third Floo
Back" will be given.
The programme will start on Satur
day night with the first act or TN
Passing Of the Third Floor Back, fo
lowed by the Sphinx scene or bernar
Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra and IN
scene in the palace This Will be sue
,cedcd by The third act OF THE Ligh
That Failed" and the programme WI
terminate with the last act OF nam
'ct." commencing with the churchyar
and comprising the 'scene near IN