New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

"On with the Dance" follows tina
fortunes of Nina Lawrence, dance
mad girl, married to a man who wants
. homo and children. This phase OF
contemporary American life Is pre-
scented in four acts by Michael Morton,
the author Of "The Yellow Ticket" and
other successes. The company includes
John Mason, Eileen Huban, William
Morris, Julia Dean, Edward Abeles'
Corinne Barker, James Spottswood'
Merceita Esmonde and others.
Broken Threads" a new play by
Ernest Wilkes, will begin an engage
ment at the Fulton Theatre on Monday
night. The new play is the initial Of
fering of Lodewick Vroom, managing
director of the Pacific Theatre Cor
poration. The play is described as
comedy drama in prologue and three
acts and relates the story Of the meet
ing, tragic separation and subsequent
dramatic experiences of man and
woman of to-day--a tale Of love, ro-
nance and adventure, in which dar-
ing man, filled with the spirit OF the
West, and winsome and attractive
CT baret singer arc the central figures
The scenes are all laid In California.
The play was given out Of town for
two weeks and possessed sufficient
merit TO induce Mrs. Henry B. Harris
70 book it for an indefinite stay at the
Fulton. The two chief characters will
be played by Cyril Keightley and
Phoebe Hunt. Others in the company
are Robert Cummings, William Ro-
selIe, Guy Hitner, Harry Redding, Paul
Stanton, William Pringle and Florence
Carpenter. The play was produced I'M
der the stage direction Of Holbrook
Blinn.
William Faversham will make his
first appearance on the New York stage
this season at the 39th Street Theatre
on Tuesday night, when he will appear
in a new English romance, "The Old
Country" by Dion Calthrop, a nephew
Of Dion Boucicault
"The Old Country" tells OF James
Lane Fountain, English by birth and
American by training, who has spent
his life amassing wealth so that he can
return to England and buy his native
village. bringing revenge on those who
treated his mother unjustly at the time
OF his birth. The drama shows the
clash between energy, wealth and de-
termination and ironbound convention,
tradition and the fragrant charm of
English country life. Woven into the
story is a romance between Fountain
and the schoolmistress Of Dormer st.
Nicholas.
Supporting Mr.. Faversham in The
Old Country" is an excellent company
including Jane Houston, Maud Milton,
Katharine Brook, Cecilia Radcliffe,
Russ whytal, Edmund Quincy, Charles
Wyngate, Edwin Cushman, Robert
Pigott, Herbert Belmore, Charles
Hanna, Margaret Moser and Masters
Buster Henley and Kingdom Brown.
The scenes of the play are laid in Dor
mer 81. Nicholas, small English vii
lage. The first act takes place in the
parish schoolhou5e; the second act in
Parramer Hall, the manor house, and
the last act in a small cottage on the
Parramer estate.
At the Criterion Theatre on Tuesday
night Klaw & Erlanger will present a
new comedy by Sydney Rosenfeld en-
titled "The Love Drive" On its pre-
/ liminary tour it bore the title Of I'm
der Pressure" In "The Love Drive"
the author portrays a Southern gallant
whose unusual magnetism and charm
make him an instant favorite with the
fair sex. He believes women are easily
won, but he finds out his mistake in