The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-14
THEATRES SELLING
BARGAIN TICKETS
All Except Eight Of Foremost
Houses Trying Cut Rate
System.
NEW PLAYS TO BE SEEN


All but eight OF the foremost New York
| theatres are now selling their tickets at
,,,. 80. r,,- ..u- . 49,.
-. We y =. ."
that fne best seats are 10 be MAD for
half the regular rate, but Il does allow
| the p,b,ic IN n, n much reduccd rate
w.. 49,. -. -, T..
80 y" Nv ''e'"oSt '""'''"' p'"'''
tnfee nelodrainas supposed TO ne play
ing TO a large business, three comedies
usually accounted successful and "
dramas which I'm accordance with the
general idea are popuiar NAV be seen al
| hall the box office rate. This il the re-
sui, Of the failure OF the mana 10
keen TO their agreement 40 preserye
rates.
..Wny wo,l,ln', reduced orices do 4, 90
nobody want, a 10 cent play. hut n dollar
and a half nlav n, hair thai price In con.
adhered such "a bargain thai the theatres
which try IN. Gu, rate scheme find IL
very p~roitable"
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There IA 10 he n meeting of the Drama
League In the Wanamaker Auditorium
| Lillian Quinn stark vii, read and Rolond
Hol, will sneak for the Drama League.
elisabeth Marbury will Introduce
"very Good Eddie at a special per-
formance Mt the Princes. Theatre to
which IL will be poss,ble 10 buy tickets
only through invitation. The general re-
hearsal will p,ece1ie the production of
the PLAY on Chr,stmas eve.
Marie Tempest. who could no sue
coed In interesting Americans in the re-
vlval Of ''The Duke of K,Miecrankie."
NAV appcar in "Sadie Love- ~ Marjorie
Rambcau decides that she would rather
act something else. She has been much
In demand from ever since
she acted IN Avery Hopwood's play,
although ligh, comedy In not her vein.
Members OF the fsi Upsiion Club TO
the number OF twenty went 10 see The
Princess pat az the Cort Theatre last
night. Eleanor Painter ha. a new sons
'Flir,,ng.'
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Robert Hill,ard's new plav vii, no
longer he known as The Pride of Race"
Wallace. Irwin. who wrote the story on
which tho p,eoe ia based, called il what
Became Of Deegan Folk" and now Mr..
Hiiliard has decided TO call 1t by tho
same name. II deals. with miscesenation
and the hero come the father Of n
black child.
I, Is said tina, Leo Ditricns,e!n may
send on the road a second compan 20
ac, 9TH, Great Lover" n he does
Arnold DAILY will he selected to play the
part.
Whe, "sybil'' IL ready TO be produced
4. will be sung nj the Liberty Theatre.
The ppere,.a will be ready for perform
ence nbou, the middle of January.
Louis Napoleon Parker recently An
,shed "Mayourneen." which has been
acted with xrea, success nj M. Majesty
Theatre in London. II, will shorty he
Rohe,, ZONES wiz ha. hoo, with MAY
Reinhardt /, berlin and has shown his
ability here I'm The Man with the Dumb
WE will have charge OF the produc.
ton OF the Devils Garden. when 4, In
produced a, the Harris Theatre by
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Arthur Uamner.,eio.s new musical
MAY .Ka.inka" Will have lis arst ner-
,or,ance In Now Vol, n, tho Forty.
,our,h stree, Theatre on THURSDAY eve.
nI1r' Decenber o.. /, "a ,he work n,
U,uerher, and t>r,,nl au,hors Of .rhe
l'ir.n,' and ..IIish links Adele Row.
land. Ma Saud,,r. Edith Decker !
Er,nklyn Ardell Samuel Ash and others
ar. en- tho comnany
Ioscnh aroohs has arranged with tho
I-ri,el R,ol N C,tnces ,o- a., .xt.nsinn
n, The vaudey.lle engagement, Of pbviIis
ToiIson.-crrv Tn s-nvag.,,en, vii No.
DIN new, Mo, dav IN washipgton and yHu
t,n,,,Ja p.uadainh,, pn,,or "a p-oaL
iwn Mas Tsrrr w,,, n-rsert tho SAWS
nroyr,mme she onered a, ,be p,I,rs
Thaa,re ,uo weeks AGO
burton Holmes rave an illustrated