New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14

Granville Barker will present Shakes
peare's comedy, "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" in Wallack's Theatre on Tues.
day night. His first programme OF
plays, "Androcles and the Lion" and
THE Man who Married Dumb VIE,
as a double bill, will be given several
performances each week. The schedule
for next week will be: Monday, AN
drocles and the Lion" and THE Man
who Married a Dumb Wife; Tuesday,
"a Midsummer Nights Dream;
Wednesday matinee and night, AN
drocles and the Lion" and THE Man
who Married Dumb Wife; THURSDAY,
"A Midsummer Nights Dream; Fri
day, "Androcles and the Lion and
THE Man who Married DUMB "lfe,
and Saturday matinee and night, "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" In the
Shakespeare comedy, Lillian Mccarthy
will make her first appearance IN New
York in Shakespearian role, as
Helena. As a producer OF Shakespeare
Dir. Barker has attained the hignest
mark in England, and "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" is one OF his hnest
achievements. The decoration or the
play is by Norman Wilkinson, and the
music and dances by Cecil Sharp, an
authority on English folk music. Both
are in New York with Mr.. Barker. In
the cast Of the play are Eric Blind,
Edgar Kent, Walter Creighton, Ian
Maclaren, Wright Kramer, q. p. Heg-
gle. George Carr, Ernest Cossart, Ger
aid Hamer, Arnold Lucy, Horace Bra
ham, Lionel Braham, Lillah Mccarthy
Isabel Jeans, Eva Leonard-Boyne, Mary
Barton and Valerie Cossart. Cecll
Cameron will appear as Puck.
"The Trap four-act melodrama by
Richard Harding Davis and jules Eek
ert Goodman will be presented at the
Booth Theatre on Friday evening. Ar
thur Hammerstein is the producer.
Holbrook Blinn will star in the play,
with Martha Hedman as leading woman.
Others in the cast are Tully Marsha!i,
Elaine Hammerstein, David Poweli'
William Riley Hatch, George Berliner
and Robert Wayne.
The Winter Gardens third produe-
ton of the present season, Maid IN
America" will be presented on Thurs
day evening with cast including Nora
Bayes, Mile. Dazie, Maud Lambert,
Blossom Seeley, Yansci Dolly, Belle
Ashlyn. Yvette, Minerva Coverdale,
Ruby Helder, Nine. Marguerite Beriza,
Rosalind May, Harry Fox, Charles j.
Ross. Bert Clarke, Joe Jackson, Hal
Forde, Harry Carroll, Lew Brlee, John
Sparks, Sam Adams, James Clemens,
Pernikoff, Carl Dellorto, Harold Robe,
w. II. Davis, Will Stanton, Eleanor
Brown, Olga Hempstone, Lois Whitney,
Elaine French, Jane Elliott and others:
Theodore Kosloff, especially engaged
for the present production, has staged
two ballets. known as Ballet Russo"
and "The Ballet of Color and Motion"
In each Of these Mile. Dazzle will be the
premiere danseuse. Harold Atteridge
is credited as the author OF the song
cues" Sigmund Romberg and Harry
Carroll are responsible for music re-
written from old scores" j. {. HUFF
man has staged the production ana
Jack" Mason has arranged the dances,
excepting those put on by Koslotf. Mel
Vile Ellis is the designer Of the cos
tunes. The orchestra will be directed
by Oscar Radin. The first matinee OF
the new production will be given on
Saturday, with the usual Sunday con-
cert to follow.
Robert Mantell's repertory for the
week beginning tomorrow at the
Forty fourth Street Theatre is "a fol-
lows: Monday night, "Louis XII; Tues
day night, Merchant Of Venice;
Wednesday matinee, "Richelieu',