The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
THREE MORE PLAYS
RING DOWN CURTAIN
Mrs. Fiske, Leo Ditrichstein
and Cecil Lean Bring Long
Runs to a Close.
DIXON DEFENDS HIS FILM

Three popular plays ended their sea-
sons last night and simultaneously the
theatres In which they were TO be seen
closed their doors for the season on the
spoken drama.
Mrs. Fiske gave the 1924 performance
at the Gaiety Theatre OF "Erstwhile
Susan" In which she had made her re-
appearance after two years Of retirement
from the stage. The house was packed.
as II also was at the matinee. and Mrs.
Fiske. Miss Delmar. Mr.. Raymond and
the leading members OF the cast were en-
Enthusiastically a~pplauded. The motion
picture OF Macbeth with Sir Herbert
Tree, will be seen at this theatre to-
day.
Cecil Lean ceased last night, after 363
performances Of The Blue Paradise"
TO smile and sing as he has been doing
ever since last August 1t Ia announced
that the run OF the popular operetta will
Theatre In August.
Leo D"itrichstein invited the women
out TO Just a little bit Of lunch for the
last time at the Longacre Theatre last
night az the hero Of The Great Lover
the comedy OF operatic life In which he
has appeared for 23o times at this
theatre. -
Mitzi iIajos will end her engagement
In Pom Pom" at the Cohan Theatre on
Tuesday night. The West FONT grad
uating class had expected TO see "Sybil.'
but when the run OF that play was neces-
sarily cut short by contracts AT the
Liberty Theatre the youthful warriors
selected Mitzl as successor TO Julia
Sanderson. The Cohan Thea;r has been
kept open for this performance.
The Palace Theatre Company FOR the
production OF one act plays, about which
, Walter Kingsley has been talking so m
. Ht,S, rio'sly for wears. is now SAID 10
be actually impending. May fully has
been selected ms the head OF this new
branch OF vaudeville activity. one play
A week will be arranged by Miss Tully.
who has had experience In vaudevlle
presenting one act plays. The repertoire
n. this new organization Will be sup
piled by Joseph Conrad. Paul NJ Pot
Ter, Baysrd WELLER. o Galsworthy'
Lord punsany. Irwin Cobb. Rupert
Hughes. Bozeman Bulger and others.
Four plays will be kept constantly In
cold storage. ready to he warmed up
ard served at a few hours notice.
Charles Cherry. Conway Tearle. Laura
Crews. Emily Wellman. Olive Wynd-
ham. Jane Gray. Florence Roberts and
others well known on the regular stage
are TO help Mr.. Kingsley In his effort
at artistic uplift In the " a day. In
order that there may he no mistake
as to the character OF the pieces TO he
seen at the Palace Theatre all the new
plays will he given In Jersey city by a
trial which will play Thorn In
the presence OF the actors elected by
May Tully for Longacre Square.
Percy Burton. who has been manager
for sir Herbert Tree. will remain In
this country this summer preparing the
production OF Gamblers All" which he
would have done last season but for
the death OF Lewis Waller. Mr.. Burton
not only intends to engage an American
! actor for this play. hut he has purchased
all the beautiful antique furniture used
| In 'Quinneys'" and will decorate the
net makers art. Whether or not
Madge Titheradge vii come 10 New
York to act in Gamblers All" has not
been decided. Mr.. Burton will, however.
;, take q rest FOR a While,
. q. Does the man need 4 rest? A
Has he not managed Sir Johnston
Forhes-Robertson. Granville Parker and
SIR Herbert Tree in succession;
! Emanuel heicher will close hls season
!, IN "Das Korzert" nj the Randhox Thea
/, tire on next Saturday night.
Now Il Is John Cort who Is going
20 try The Dawn which WIS given
H.. Woods. Sarah McNickar and Lois
/; Clark will he In the company when the
piece is acted in the fa,l.
! The announcement that Ethel Barry
j more will for the first time act IN a
/, play by Somerset Vaughan when she ss
l seen in "our Betters' altogether ignores
Cousin Kate" in which she made. a, the
Hudson Theatre. one Of her first sue
, cesses.
: T. wisney Pe-cival. who was one Of
the authors of Grumpy" has not only
4 ,collaborated with his partner, Horace
j., Hodges, In writing The Little Lady
! in Blue for Frances Starr. bu, will act
with Miss Starr when the piece is given
at tlan City.
Marguerite Farrell. who has made
such a success IN step This Way" will
Z remain under the management OF the
:. Shuoerts for a term Of years. She Is the
I hest successor 10 Adele Rowland which
= the New York stage has seen.
= One Of tho newspapers has declined
to print n announcements OF the run
Of Tho Fall Of a Nation" at the Lib
crty Theatre, on the ground that II is
n pac!hst organ In principle and is op-
;. posed 20 the advertisement OF anything
3 so military as this fi,m. This was the
Frenino Post. which would not advcr-
, tise THE Birth Of a Nation" Before
going to Los Angeles yesterday to start
The Fall Of a Nation" there, Thomas
Dixon said:
I'm view Of the criticisms o, certain
scenes I wish to rciterate the statement
that The Fail of a Nation is not di-
rected against any nationality, class or
racial element In this country. MY
, friend s Stanwood Menken. is quite
l mistaken in saying: Your picture is
manifestly anti-German.' Against Mr..
Menkcn's expression I would put the
!. opinions OF the local German press,
! which are uniformly as favorable 10
my play as the great majority Of the
English language papers, The entire
point of the play is that all the nation
alities here, whether British. Irish. Teu-
tonic, French. Italian or Eastern Euro
, pean. should be fused into a unIte6
=, Americanism.
ut is alleged that the largo number
Of German faces in tho hosts OF the
invading army ana In the cast In The
=, Fall OF a Nation convicts the author Of
, cherishinE ant!-German preJudices. ON
: the contrary. ! chose these men because
=, they were out OF work and hungry.
. Five hundred Germans. many OF them
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