The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF N. Y. THEATRES
"Thc Eternal Magdalene" Soon
to BE Produced Here by
Selwyn 4 Co.
NOTED DANCERS COMING

Cleveland by n stock company The
Eternal Magdalene,' written by r. n.
Mclaughlin, a local critic of the drama.
1t was so successful that more than one
manager In this city struggled to get
possession of the rights to the play. II
was TO Selwyn 4 Co. that they went
and the play will soon be seen here.
The Eternal M%agdalene' Is a kind
OF wandering Jew destined to wander
through the ages. She is Kundry in
one incarnation and appears in this play
to be as many different women as
Walter Iater found the Mon Lisa" A
rich man of religion brings to his town
an evangelist who is to clean X up
morally and especially get rid OF the
wonen who dwell in a certain part OF
the city. He is so satisfied with the
success of his crusade that he is about
to write to one of the newspapers an
account of its fruits when he falls
asleep. His dream Is the play.
A woman appears to him.. She is the
Eternal Magdalone. The good man
recognizes in her the woman whom he
betrayed and deserted years before.
His son recognizes in this servant in
his fathers house n woman hat he Is
stealing money for. 4 third man. who
although married is seeking TO ruin
the rich mans daughter. recognizes her
In the stranger. The other men In tho
play all recognize her. Some are not
certain when and where they knew her
but all remember her.
She even looks to the rich man at
times like his own daughter after no
r has taken her into his house. His son,
proved to he a thief, tries to via her
and is thrown out of his fathers home.
His daughter runs away and dies. de-
serted by the man who misled her.
Then the rich mans wife dies and her
? letters reveal that he had been deceived
even in her. Then the evangelist comes
to tell him that he must drive this
strange woman out of the house. lie
refuses and tells the mob that tho
: evangelist brings to stone him and the
2 Magdalene something of their own
hypocrisy.
; While he thinks ne is defending the
! Magdalcne In his arms she turns ou'
| to be his daughter. For the Magddlcno
5 has disappeared. To the mob that came
l TO stone her, she said Let him who IL
without sin among YOU cast the frs
stone" She has shown that the Mag
dalene Is eternal and her mission Is
completed.
: New York will see the play within a
few weeks.
- ~ '' Z ''NAiN ~ - J''N F''
powerful the drop IN the temperature
; will he in restoring life to some Of the
5 plays that vilted on account of the
: heat. William Elliott has already in
: dlcated that the prostration which over
T took Just Boys is likely to he pro-
longed. But "s3 Washington Square"
l and "Our Children may he expected
: to rally. 1t would be important to
. see just what temperature could bring
n NAV TO life.
> Two weeks from tonight the one
stepping will begin on the Strand Roof.
The Misses Elisabeth Marbury, Elsie
, De Wolfe. n Morgan and Mrs. W. X.
= Vanderbilt will still be the committee
|. in charge. Edgar De Wolfe will be the
manager.
Carl Dcrcy. electrician Of the Hudson
Theatre, was married Yesterday to Miss
Florence Barnett of Brooklyn. Members
OF the company playing Some Baby"
> presented such reminders OF the AFFAIR
as chairs, silver and china to the bride.
groom on the stage ~ the theatre.
e Leonide Mlassine, who made his nrst
success as a mime in Paris when Rich
9 ard strauss ballet THE Legend OF
: Joseph was produced at the opera. will
he brought over here with the Diagni-
lew Ballet Russo next month. He is
one Of the youngest of the principal
Q dancers. Others less we'll known than
e Karsavlna, Nijlnski and the Fokines are
/ Adolf Bolm and Sophia Phanz,
Leon Bakst, who will accompany the
T. troop Of dancers here, has been design
ing new costumes for Stravinsky's
= "Fireblrd. " "Scheherezade" and Les Syl-
phides," which ought not to be much OF
9 a strain as in his Chopin collection
= only the ordinary ballet skirts are worn.
I Bolm is To be responsible for the frst
: performance here Of "Sadko,' Rimski-
( Korsakor's ballet. which has Its scene
$ under the sea. THE Midnight SUM-
an episode from Observation-Disclosures
ballet "The Snowmaiden,' will also h.
given here with scenery and costumes
: designed by Larinof. Miassine also pro-
u duces ballots as well az dances.
n Lee Shubcrt's decision to reduce the
price in the Shuber theatres Is the in
e evitable result of the cut rate ticket.
That established the rate that the public
j was willing to pay at these theatres.
SO the new rate at the Shuhert theatres
= and at those controlled by Mr., and Mrs.
Brady may be accepted as the standard
for "A long time to come. But the APP
II pearance of "A Great success at any one
e of these theatres may be sufficient to
shoot the rate up again TO 81.
x at l. the desire to see "A play which
determines the prices the public must
pay" II theatre manager said, and just
M soon as there comes along a play
J. which the public Is eager to see man
d ayers may demand what they want,
II cost from 50 to So for a ticket In the
orchestra at the New Amsterdam
n Theatre during most OF the run OF The
Follies' this summer. During the greater
part of the run of the present review at
the Winter Garden an orchestra ticket
cost anywhere from So to IS. 1t Is the
show the people want TO see which will
always be able to draw the high prices.
There is "A certain class OF New Workers
Indifferent to what they may have 10
pay for tickets IL they can only get
70 them for what they want to see"
!, Il is in this way that a varyinr
n schedule of prices has been brought
into existence here. While the specu-
h lators on one HAND were getting what
ever they asked for tickets to the popu-
lar plays the cut rate theatres were ad-
hitting the public to other plays at a
n greatly reduced rate. In this case II was
tho demand that regulated tho price at
n which the ticket was sold. Now the
cut rate ticket has been abolished man
, ayers are afraid to run the risk OF try
= ing TO carry through the season with no
INDULGENCE to the spectators, SO in GER
i. tain theatres, such as the Shubert play
houses and those of Mr., Brady, there has
!" been n reduction in parts OF the house,
Put there Is no probability that there
will he any general reduction OF theatre
= prices in this city.