The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-26
ABOUT THE PLAYS
new YORK WILL SEE
storics Of the Coming Seasons
Novelties in the
Theatre.
ALL OF NATIVE ORIGIN

ALL OF NATIVE ORIGIN
Many Il the plays selected to de-
,c,, Sew Workers. have already been
,-oduced SO IT is possible to tell their
s.,sr3l character in advance of their
,or,ormancc here. Already Common
c,,y" has been described. one of the
NAYS from which much is expected IL
.rhe House OF Glass" by n young writer
,,mcd Max MARGIN. 1t will be given by
cobar A Harris. The heroine. who IL
The dominating figure in the play. mar
,es a thief who has represented him
col, 10 her as heir to a large fortune.
The thief Is arrested as the W are
abon,. ,o start to- the West to be married
The girl refuses to testify on her "
behalf at the trial that her disgrace
may not become known and both are
condemned to n-prisonment for three
wears. The woman serves half her
time and Is released on parole.
She breaks her parole. leaves New
York for the West and there marries the
man who employed her as his stenog-
rainier. lie Is by way OF being u
mower i'm the railroad world and Is
called to New York to occupy an i'm
portan, post there. His wife goes with
him. He tx a strict disciplinarian. es-
p4cially noted for his irmness against
All who have been guilty of any dis
honesty. and believes hat criminals
have no right to be allowed to return
10 society. He is determined to prose-
cute a boy who has been stealing money
from the road. The detective who Is ut
work on the case recognizes in his
wife the Convict who has broken her
parole. Her conduct betrays to her
husband what has happened. The
Governor OF the state has interviewed
on the boys behalf and been refused.
Now the husband however consents to
discontinue all prosecution OF the boy IL
the Governor will pardon his wife.
George Conan has been much Interested
IN the success Of the play.
Irwin cobb had the assistance OF
Bayard WELLER in preparing for the
stage Back Home" which Selwyn 4
will produce here. 1t tells the
story Of a young magazine writer sent
10 4 S'lAlltlN lONh " lHNtENANaNN nv
conditions OF child labor there. This
young man becomes engaged to
a girl Of the village and kills the town
bully In defence OF a child. His friend,
& local Judge, saves the writer from
The mob and determines that he shall
have a fair trial. So he selects a
jury made up altogether OF old Confed-
crate soldiers. persuades them that the
Young man on trial had a grandfather
who fought mex to the Judge. and
finally obtains his acquittal in that
way Thomas Wise and Willis Sweat
nam have the leading roles.
Whether or not David Belasco vii
give The Girl' a: the opening ~
the season has not been settled. Georg,
Scarborough wrote the play. which has
only one woman character. This I:
the daughter of a narrow minded dea'
con In "A small town. This girl fall!
In love with a candidate for the min
is'ry, who is the usual sheep in wolf
clothing that the dramatic situation re
Qu!res. He promises to marry her. Sh'
talls n victim TO his plans. Her fathe
IS enraged when he discovers what ha
happened, and more angered at his in
ability to discover the cause Of hi
:amily's shame.
The girl goes TO the h, Use Of n min
ister to ask his advice. There sh.
= followed by her father. who Judge
from the secrecy in which he finds then
That ii is this clergyman who hai
caused his unhappiness. lie demands
that the clergyman marry the girl i'm
meG!ately, which the man does to saw
her from her fathers anger. He prom
iaAs that Gha ghan haNn lG,nr,
later. Her seducer returns afte
a while only to find that the girl, nov
a wife. will have nothing to do wit
The Mystic Shrine" in a lighter vein
nsaother Of the plays which Selwyn /
80, WI. offer. The farce Is by Aver
hopwood. The title refers 10 som
pace OF retreat 20 which a young nus
oand may retire when his wife grow
weary Of too much OF his society. Their
are a young couple in the play. of whicI
we tH.oWing account is given:
"btNy Bartlett is so slow and goo
,nht ms wife becomes tired OF him. an
AXIS of a divorce. saying she wants
man VINO drinks and swears. BiH
lel!s his friend, Jack Wheeler, who Ia
me apartment upstairs. OF his troubles
N'ung Wife's love. He advises Blu
10 have "A Mystic Shrine that is. som
pace w1ore he a go occasionally {
Keep his wife wondering as TO hi
NNtFedhugts he also tells him 10 h
me high spots Blanche Wheeler be
'o'0rs suspicious Of her husband. an
,,- night when he Is attending IN
Mystic Shrine, and Mrs. bartlett IN
zoe the opera with a former wooe
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