The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-12
NEW YORK Is STILL
GETTING NEW PLAYS
Grace George VIII Appear i'm
Shaw'> '.MajOr Barbara at
the Playhouse.
STAGE NOTES AND GOSSIP

rf4s vino has been playing in Dis
.,.'r' COR three seasons tried his new
p,ay 900 Rochester.
Til, u.s. another historical piece since
n, ,o'uls: Paganini IL the hero. II
q The old story OF the genius and the
sus,cp'.bl maiden. While the violinis'
splAviug in London "A young girl forces
her attentions OH him. lie warns her
INIT she viii clopc viii him. They are
oycr;,kon 10y the father and the lover
NJ. The girl The musician l. finally per.
shaded 'nat his art is after all sufficient.
60 ,hr girl goes back TO her young Eng
'sh lover and her family, while Pag-
arini goes on TO I'LL his concert engage
rcuts In Paris.
oy., Iu Eoston Experience has made
such a success that II had already been
nay,d 100 three theatres and IL now
bog r..rg another stay Of three weeks a,
he Nilhor Theatre. W. A. Brady has
postponed the engagement Of sinners
In order 10 make room for the modern
morality play. II there Is still a demand
fr the piece after this engagement, II
Will be- permanently placed In the Pub
lie Library.
In 'hv meantime John Craig. who dis
covered "iicli,vc Me, Nantippe,' Com
mon clay, as we'll as several other Har-
ward plays. j. acting "A farce called Goat
Tale Dion BouC!cault once wrote a
play Called The Tale of a Coat" which
Ciyi, Fil,h turned into April
Weather for Sol Smith Russell. This
.,w p,,y by Edward Clark is a farce,
Goat rll,s concerns "A sable coat that
uts stolen. pawucd. presented. bor-
rlwrl tui otherwise made the central
nrIr. OF a farce so intricate as 10 give
be- man = headache who tried TO trace
he thing through the three acts. Luck
u.s.. however, the complications are funny
as we'll
Then Boston has another play besides
'ENr,rI,rcc' IA which to delight. This
81. "Ii,ruu,ut'i at . A. NJ There is
BOO ,int" announced FOR it, metropolitan
urJtu"t,on. although Coat Tales" is
ue her" after Christmas.
Bg 'hc highJrow drama is not to be
Altogether neglected in Roston. John
craig .,ut out yesterday the following
facts about tho successor TO Common
Clay.
Now that Common cray Ia the sue
cess OF the New York season interest
ceitrts around the next play To- win the
Harvard prize offered by John Craig.
Common Clay was the prize winner last
year and ran for four months at the
Castle square. breaking all records AZ
thai house. 1t was produced there with
john Craig and Mary Young in the roles
tow being acted in New York by John
Mason and Jane Cowl and It ran unin-
.,rui'"d there throughout the late
winter and spring. Its New York run
nov bids niir to beat its Boston success.
10 follow Common clay at the
Ci.t." square John Craig
;..t he and his fellow Judges, including
Ffy' George l.. Baker OF Harvard tni-
y,rsHy have selected Between the
Line aud that rs author is Charlotte
Clo.pyun.ng OF Cambridge. The prize
$ $500 and when the play - put on AZ
e." castle square the author WI re-
c'yr 4 percentage of the receipts a.
.-r as It runs. Mr.. Craig is now pro-
f. tlgE Is production about Christmas
tino.
"'B.,wv,n the Lines is not. as some
tNt'k from Its title, 4 war play, II Ia
instead a comedy Of peaceful Incidents
t'l scenes II is IN a prologue, epi-
..-.,, with three acts between 1t is
r0y-' 80 plot and construction, the rp-
sur tnl ,pIlOsu" revealing incidents
q '.. ives Of An elderly couple and the
main part Of the play taking the audi
-",. .ag, t. their younger days, each
a. '", ~ucceS~IV" three acts relating
cer',." cpmoiy-damat,c episodes in the
live 90. one or more OF their children"
Gao George has acquired Major
Pu.t"'t for production during her
i,pyr'u'c season a. the Playhouse.
B'iusrI Saw wrote the piece for An
so EI,t,.., who created the title role
IN don. Louis Calvert. who was in
u" a." g'ral production of the piece.
".I have TN" same role and assist Miss
90 a.. In the PRODUCTION Of the piece
az '. Playhouse The play was writ
81. 'E Miss Russell after she had made
-''t' Success under the management
NJ 'a'l"a Frohnan IN London. The
1a .'- never been given here. largely
On 400 cunt Of the authors refusal TO
MAJ tty changes in the last act,
N.- Patrick Campbell has been act
irr u the West in "~S,archlights," n
f".' L"glish play. She viii soon
o. IN" East again 10 produce the
d',li here
IT,, reporter for THE SUS. ,ntently
te' I.Hg every part pf ~longacre square
..' ~" news OF the day. suddenly spied
~" .HHr4grr he was looking for on the
t'' a. 4 h4llOck OF rocks and earth a
u" degrees north OF Forty-third street,
& true, The reporter began. that
'h' .It ate"
Nothing to say" the manager shouted
o., fs no descended into a deep gully.
'.f' several theatres were doing
" IN" reporter went m.
b''usr tn be quoted" sang down the
m'f-r' from "A crag several feet above
ne rrHI OF the reporter.
," badly went on the conscientious
y'I'S ;'p"rter, that unless the cut rate
N'N'' policy had been applied inn
"'a.t''|y they would have had to shu
W
'' know n thing about it," was
'n' answer Of the manager as he came
~ o." ru#iice from "a deep ravine in
'front.' ~ the Aston Hotel and then passed
'.' .""r. ASK W. \. Brady or A.. l..
..Hrr"I, or better still, ask both of
'lrm'
H.' the reporter a got in his ques-
to-
' .I'I Lambert insists that the Cort
H'.' "tire Of successes. and seems 20
"'' -"'n' thing on his side in the con
ON Wednesday night princess
N"s played there for the hftieth
" ih' li2 weeks that have passed
..' OBJ" u "itre was opened only three
'"'lous,' rs they are called, have
g." .."" thcre. The first was OF course
'' irresistible Laurrtte Taylor In Peg
.| ii'1r'.' After her seventy-six
.t're was 4 vacation and then
'l'r 'orcr' for all Of last sea-
." II b, expected that "Princess
'0| l"mliu for All ~ this year. and
..'' p Painter expects to take part in
r,. iormance Of the operetta.