Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-09-30

1.-THE Guilty MAN.
A play for the heart and mind,
which A. H. Woods will present at
the
Strand Theater
Broadway at Goth Street
for the week of October 2, direct from
the Aston Theater, with the original
Astor Theater company headed by
Irene Fenwick-
The play is in four acts, and is the
work of Ruth Helen Davis and the
late Charles Klein.
1t takes for it's theme the age-old
problem of the sins of the fathers.
The sorry deals with the tangled and
tragic lives of three people-the
woman who loved unwisely, the man
who sacrificed her for a career, and
the innocent child who was made to
suffer for the sins and errors of her
parents.
The play presents grippingly and
dramatically the woman's descent, the
mans rise, the child's suffering in
an environment of shame and poverty
and the ultimate retribution that pur-
sued the man even to high places and
finally brought about his downfall.
The climax occurs in a Partisan
Court of Justice when the man, in the
presence of the crowded courtroom,
makes the astounding confession that
ends his career Poignantly human,
wonderfully real and dramatic, "The
City Man" is a play for parents and
children alike.
Irene Fenwick was never seen to
greater advantage than in the role of
the daughter.
Among the many notable plays
which A. H. Woods has given the
public in the past ten years '"The
Guilty Man" promises to achieve the
greatest artistic and popular success.
A masterpiece of fiction by one of
the greatest of French literary
geniuses, it has been made over into
a play of such unusual power and
dramatic intensity that even before a
single production was given it
aroused more interest and speculation
than is usually accorded a successful
play.
1t is the last contribution of the
late Charles Klein to the American
Theater.
It's locale and characters remain
French, better to suit the tremend-
ously emotional atmosphere of the
play but it's theme and lesson are uni
versal in their application.
In dramatic intensity "The Guilty
Man" promises to surpass anything
seen on the American stage in a
decade.
"The Guilty Man" is but for one
week of October 2, at the Standard
Theater, Broadway at Goth street,
with matinees on Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday when, it goes on
the road.
-"Silent Witness
Although 'The Silent Witness"
terminated it's engagement at the
Fulton Theater last Saturday is
absence from New York will be only
temporary, according to an announce
ment made by H. H. Fraze.
Ever since the play opened it has
steadily been gaining favor with play
goers, and during the last week of
its run played to almost the capacity
of the Fulton Theater.
Mr.. Frazee was unable to make ar
rangements to continue the play at
the Fulton Theater, owing to a prior
contract calling for the presentation
of new play there this week and he
was equally unsuccessful in his at
tempt to secure another theater for
the Hauerbach drama because of the
avalanche of new plays which will be
presented here this and next week.
"The Silent Witness" therefore will
be sent with it's original cast to Bos-
foy fol o. L
Plymouth Theater, but will be brought
back to New York to resume it's run
at theater and date to be announced
later.
William Collier
Not satisfied with playing eight
times each week in
NOTHING But The Truth
at the Longacre Theater he intends to
keep busy during the day as we'll and
has just entered into an arrangement
with H. H. Frazee, to take charge of
the staging of
-''Buisness Before Pleasure
the new farce by Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Randolph Chester which will be Mr.
Frazee's next offering.
Rehearsals of the new farce are in
progress and under Mr.. Golfers di-
rection with Grant Mitchell and Geo.
Parsons in the two principal comedy
roles.
Washington Square Players
Beginning Monday night, at the
Comedy Theater, and playing every
night and every Thursday and Satur-
day matinee thereafter, the Wash
ington Square Players will present
the first bill of their third subscrip-
ton season, 1867, consisting of
four one-act plays:
"a Merry DEATH
a harlequinade by Nicholas Evreinov,
translated from the Russian by G. E.
Beckhofer:
Lovers Luck
a comedy, by George de Porto Richie,
translated from the French by Ralph
Roeder.
1.-THE Sugar House.
a play by Alice Brown and