The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
NEW: YORK TO SEE
THIRD MARGIN PLAY
"Are You MY Wife," Promised
for Next MOnth-Drama-
list Explains.
BILLIE BURKE's WORRIES

Are You My w1feT' IL to he the third
play from the pen OF Max MARGIN to
be seen his season. II will he acted
during October In this city. This IL
the ,rst play which Mr., Narcin finished,
having been ready over three and a
half years q when he used the idea
of one Of his short stories for the piece
see My Lawyer" was written nearly
three years ago and The House OF
Glass" six months later.
1T IL amusing 20 me-" Mr.. MARGIN
said to THE suS's theatre reporter yes
terday. ITO read that the farce which
Mr.. Woods produced was evidently sus-
rested by 1t Pays to Advertise As
a matter of fact II was written "
years before that farce was ever seen.
l had to cut the last W scenes IN
See Ny Lawyer because they were 30
much like the closing scenes OF 1t rays
to Advertise
I'm just the same way one OF the
best scenes In The House Of Glass had
to ~ out because the same idea
had been used In a play written later.
This was the finger print scene In The
Argyle Case When Corron In ne third
act Of The House of Glass sets out
to Identify Mrs. Lake absolutely I've
wants OF course to get the finger prints
He leaves an ink pad on her desk and
then leaves the room. Then he comes
back to get II. saying I left something
on the desk She hands him the pad.
That is what 7 wanted he answers
your finger prints
''Of course when this scene was used
In The Argyle Case I had to take It
out. Thus from two plays | was COM
PEELED through the long delay In the
presentation OF the plays to cut out
four scenes.
II originally wrote The House OF
Glass in three acts. Then / was told
that a first 40 showing the Incidents
described In the second should be writ
ten. | did 40. and that may explain the
criticism that there seems little organic
connection between the first act and
what follows.
81 am happy to say however'-and
here Mr.. MARGINS face shone with a
degree OF pride that revealed the ge-
MUS OF the playwright In the face OF
all criticism-''1 am happy to say that
the play at the Gambler Theatre Is
selling out every night
IL a easy w v AhNN WV f"'''N
recognized in this the verdict of the
higher criticism and felt confident that
his dramatic construction was ortho-
dox.
Billie Burke started last week for the
centre OF the American theatre. which
happens just now to he situated In the
vicinity OF Los Angeles or Hollywood, or
within the range OF the camera men out
there. without having returned to the
Frohman fold. And that Miss Burke
was anxious to get aboard again In GER
tain.
This is a further proof that after all
the plays the thing. One may be ever
so golden haired. ever no pink checked
and ever 80 blue eyed-but without a
play what Is TO become Of a theatre sea-
son? Miss Burke has up TO date no
play. The dramatist in ordinary to this
Young actress. who was relied upon to
supply the drama. did not do 40.
But Haddon Chambers did finish a
play for the Charles Frohman Company.
Inc. and that play was 30 well suited
to Miss Burke that 1t might have been
knowledge OF the actress and the result
was her desire to return TO the manage
ment OF the Frohman company.
The more Miss Burke learned about
that play the more eager she was to act
in IL. But the Frohman company could
make its own terms. All the advantage
was on It's side. Then what is still more
in It's favor vas the availability or the
drama for a man star. II could quite as
easily he adapted TO the use or one or
the company's stars.
So Miss Burke set nut for the centre
Of the stage, which Just now happens TO
be so far west of New York, the Froh-
man mpan has a fine play from Had
don Chambers for one II Its men stars
and there IL a chance for some rising
playwright to supply Miss Burke with a
play.
Just how we'll the American stage Is
supplied with English actors this year
the cast Of a Forthcoming British melo-
drama will show. Although this play
will he presented 10y English actors in
the main. and such companies are
usually brought here with actors en-
gagged in London. il has been found pos
sIble to assemble an all British cas-
along broadway. And there are enough
left over to make up several other casts,
which should he just as exclusively Eng
fish. without going any nearer tho
trenches than the dramatic agencies
along our Rialto,
When little Lucrezia Bori comes back
to the Metropolitan Opera House in the
autumn IL will he TO achieve one OF the
Of her musical Young life,
She will have the opportunity to sing
the leading role in "Madama Butterfly
for the nrst time nj the opera house
here. This role has hitherto gone only
TO Miss Farrar. But for her impersona-
ton there has been seen At the opera
house here only the Cio-Cio san nj
Emmy Destinn. But II was the Ameri-
can performance that won the favor
Of the public and only Miss Farrar has
had the role during recent years.
But Mile. Rorl has always carried
about with her the ungratiied desire
10 put on the kmono Of the Puocini
heroine and show what she could do
with that part. As Madame Butter
n.y. Ia one OF the most popular operas
In the repertoire II cannot he post
poned until Miss Farrar comes to the
Metropolitan Opera HOUSE late In the
season. So the first to embody the
heroine next season will he
Mile. Bori.
The first broadway rivalry between
the screen and the theatre. with only
a few hundred feet 70 separate them,
will he witnessed during tho o~pening
week Of Cyril Maude's engagement at
the Empire Theatre, While Mr., Maude !
IL acting In Grumpy" at the Empire
Theatre he will he the star OF Peer
Gynt." which IL to he seen at the Broad
way Theatre, Mr., Maudc's performance
In the picture version Of the Ibsen play
will be accompanied by the performance
of the Grieg music,