cXT ^/l?k of Many New Plays
7 ti "Zf?er?v &/S " *? ?&e ??nepers.
FOUR NEW PRODUCTIONS
New Plays Deal with New York, the Shadow Land
and an Old-Fashioned Love Story?Operetta
and a New Theatre.
ANNOUNCEMENTS TOR THE WEEK.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
The Palace Theatre Music Hall, St Brondwav and 47th street, onenj.
At the Park Theatre. Eva Tanguays novelty company.
MONDAY NIGHT.
At the Astor Theatre. Ernest Poolers play, "A Man's Friendb."
At the Fulton Theatre, Owen Davts's play, "What Happened to Mary.'*
At the Forty-eighth Street Theatre, Francis Wilson's comedy. "The
Spiritualist."
THURSDAY NIGHT.
At Weber & Fields's Forty-fourth Street Theatre, a revival of "The
Geisha."
? \ Man'* Mends," the now play :
presented by the Lk* my at ih>
Astor Theatre l*J ?aSJiUW has a prSBSSt
day plot of love and pohth*J Is New I
tt Is ?aid to strike a new not" in dealing
with the power of friendship, rather than ,
money, ne a political lores Money la the
ssuipslllng and encircling i ond ?
friendship but the pride i
with one'a triasses, of keeping proi
?whenever possible, and the phllosopby of I
aaaassfomlsa ooinpromlss not onlj with j
gjgsj entroy, but with one's conaeiencse?
!-nd themselves to a attttStlon of COsapll- I
cated morals aim q I
which Bsrvsa to reveal human nature it:
both Its frailty and Us Mi. ngth.
action of the pi p. c -itres around the
District Attorney of New York, who,
standing almost al?n? in the tni'ist of po
Utical corruption. giv.? batth to the ma?
chine. Bribery has be ti . mployed to d?
feat a proponed new building code which
will wipe out lire trapa in th.- city, but
will also cut out the profits Of tl ?
real estate gpeculstora, The D.
torney gop;i after th? "boss" and
bribers, and succeeds In uncovering the
fact that their tool has been a certain
Inexperience.! young lawyer who is the
husband of his daughter. The sympathy
of the spectator Is BfOUBSCl In behalf of
both the "boss," Whalen. and the Dlartrkot
Attorney. The cast comprises Frederick
Burton, Katherine Gray, Vincent S'.rrano,
Roy Falrchild. Lily C.ihl'.l. OeorgS Faw
cett, Joseph Sparks, (?eorgo Backua and a
number of other players.
To be endowed with the powers of a
natural medium Is rather an unwelcome
gift to one for whom communication with
the Shadow Land is only a terror. This
is the plight of Stephen Atwell, the char?
acter that Francis Wilson portrays In
'The Spiritualist," a ceanedy In three
nets, written by Mr. Wilson himself,
which will begin an engagement at the
Forty-eighth Street Thestrs to-morrow
night under the management of
Cort. In eplte of abhorrence for his RM -
diumistic powers. Atwell courageously
submits to a seance to save from suffer?
ing the woman he loves. The lady in
'lueation had rejected Atwell'a love
>ome years before because he would not
or could not give up his belief In the su?
pernatural. 80 she made a wretched mar?
riage, and at the opening of the plav re?
turns to America a widow, ri h and
voung and beautiful, with B pretty little
boy. The child, so the spirits tell AtW? l.
is being; slowly poisoned In a doctor's
sanatorium. Ho rescue* the boy and wins
his heart's desire. Mr. Wilson's com?
pany will include Edna Bruns, Harriet
Otla Dellenbaugh, L?ela Fisher, Dorothy
Owynn, John Blair and Wright Kramer.
"What Happened to Mary." a new play
by Owen Davis, will be given for the first
time In New York at the Fulton Theatre
to-morrow evening. Olive W'yndhain Will
have the leading role. The play is intend, d
to entertain people of ?Imple tastes who
?ike plain, wholesome fun and love stories
of the old-faehloned kind. The flr?t and
last act? are played on a little island oft
the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay.
Mary lives there with an old skinflint who
??Alls himself her unelo, but never gives
her any information about tier real parents.
Her only friend on the island l? a retired
?ca captain, who helps her acquire an ed?
ucation. She runs away in search of a
livelihood and in the hope of finding her
parents. The second act shows her advent
urea In a New York boarding house, and
the dishonest designs of a young profl??
gate. To her surprise, h?r real frisad
turns out to be a rude and surly lawyer,
who gives her employment. The third
act takes place in hie office During his
absence for a brief time Mary is act used
of theft. After her return to the lslan-1
it turns out that ?he is the daughter of
1 he rich woman whose money ?he had
been accused of ?stealing and that her
uncle bad kidnapped her and hidden her
on the island so that his waMrel non
st.f.iiui inherit the rnoney. alias Wynd
ham is supported by Ahnn Krt'Kcr, Prank?
lyu I'tidcrwoofl, Kate JepeOB, Horace
Newiiian. John f>. O'Hara, Just ph Man
lneT, Aline McDerraott, Morris Foster.
II irktarct Maclyn and others.
The Palace Tneatre wtn open Its ?loors
arrow afternoon. La Napteriuiwaka,
ii t,.,ii'-h pantonumtet, has been brought
from London in an Arabian pantomime
called "The Ckpttve'' for the bmuffural
- amme The Eternal Walts," a mu?
sdy In two somes, by Lee PsH,
? - ,,r "Ti>' Dollar t*Ttacess,N will
ser-,e to exploit the Ides of brief musical
. atas, '?The Eternal Walts*1 Is a
the VI? nnesc waits erase
! Th? CSSt If h large one, with Mabel P.erra
? i:?,| ('?< 1 Chadwick in the principad roles.
I Misa Berra eras Imported especially for
the performance, as was Jules Bpallty,
Woo playi the role of th? Viennese Walts
JIv .Mayor will make t?S theatrical
playing in S novel way the tal
? gataed him prominence
as a cartoonist The former violinist at
th? court of Spain, Profe sor Ota Gygl;
a one-act playlet by George Ado, called
"flpeaklllg to Father": "The Kintr*?i Jest?
rr." a farctcal skit, by Bd Wynn, and the
Poor Vanls will compose, UM opening rro
graan
The comiMT week will brinp an tatereet
Irijr Sad a varied hill to th? Irvinr? Place
Theatre. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
th? dramatic StMOSSB "Mutter I.and
1 (YafMbonds), with Mathilde
Brandt. Rudolf Christians, II, ir.rlch Mar
low and ?ufo Ht'cke!; W< dnesday the
farce, "Das lavschicre Nest": Friday the
roasady <<fMndenb0eke,M and Saturday,
for the last time, "Kean," with Rudolf
Christians in the title part.
The attraction at the <?raml opera.
lit us? ???- th- eotntag week win ha
'liliestones," which comas tiirect to this
bOUSe .ift- r Its loag run at the Liberty.
?day will be Riven with the entire
origina] cast, of KriK?sh players.
At th. Harlem Opera House. Phillip
Bartholomt efe etnaedy "Over Ntgat/' win
hold the Stags this week. All cute and
attention have been given to the staging
tt t):, pfeoe, Bad som*; of the members
of the ?artgtaal cast have le en eni?tiKi d to
augment ti.? r<miiar eompaay.
This week at the West Dad Theatre
I'mma Trentlnl appears In "The Firefly"
with the company that supporter bet at
the t'aslno.
THE CONTINUING PLAYS.
Com. dies and ssrtous playa:
BkUth Wynne Matthls"ii in "Every?
man," at the Children* Theatre.
?'Littl? Women," at the Playhouse.
"The Ohost Pr< ak<r," a romaiitl? melo
drams by Pan! Dickey sad Charlee W
Qoddard, ru the Lyeesua.
"The Muster Mir.d." at the Hams The?
atre.
"Uhcrty Hall." at the Kmpirc.
"Years of Discration.'.' a comedy by
Prederick Batton and Fanny lx>cke Hat
ton, at the Del saos,
"Joseph and Mi-- Brethren," a pageant
play Iv Loull X Parker, at the Century
Theatre.
May Irwin, m "Widow- by Proxy." a
romedy by Catherine Chlsholra Cashing,
at i ii orge m. < 'oban'a
"Fanny's First Play." by (?eorijc Ber
nanl Shaw, at the Comedy.
Pauiette Taylor, in "Peg o' My Heart,"
by .). Hartley Manners, at the new Cort.
Reher? HUlhvrd, in "The Argyle case."
at the i'rit?ri"n.
"Within ttie Law." St ,ho Httage The?
atre, Sfltfa .lane Cbwl In th? leading part
"Slop Thl.f," a three act fare by Car
lyle Moore, at the Galet]
"Toe l'onspiraev." by .John Roberts, at
i ht- Carrirk.
"The Poor Little Rich Oirl," a play of
fact and Caney, by Eleanor Gates, at the
HadSOn Theatre
"The Five I'laiikforters," from the r;er
man of I arl Bossier, at the Thirty-ninth
Btll et
The Princess Tbestre, Ths Switch?
board," "Fear," "Fancy Free" uno "Any
Night."
"The win. Drary Lane mslodrainsi
nt the Manhattan Opera rlouss,
'?Romance," a drama, by IMward Shel?
don, al tho Maxlne BHIott Theatre.
"Milestones" at the .?rand Opera House.
"A Good Mttlo Devil." a fairy play by
Mme. Fdinond Rostand and Maurico Ros?
ta ml, at the Republic.
The musical comedies and musical plays
that continue to hold public favor are.
' The Lady of tho Slipper," at the (?lobe,
Globe, with ElSle Janls and Montgomery
und Stone.
Julia Sanderson, In the musical comedy
"The Sunshine Girl," at the Knicker?
bocker.
Sam Bernard, in "All for the leadles,"
at the Lyric.
"Ohi Oh! Delphine!" musical comedy,
at the New Amsterdam.
"The Beggar Student," at the Casino
Theatre.
Fnima Trentlnt. in "The Firefly." at the
West End.
"The Honeymoon Kxpress," a musical
review, with Gaby Dsgtyg and Al toison,
at the Winter Garden
?
IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVE8.
Barnum & Bailey's circus at the Madi?
son Square Garden.
The Hippodrome spectacle, "I'n.ler
Many Flags," "The Hallet of Flowers"
and Qypgy Ufe."
The engagement of the Paul Ralney
African hunt pictures at the HIJou Thea?
tre bus again been extended.
"The Making of the Panama Canal"
and pictures of the Bulkan war, the mur?
dered King of OreeOSi etc., In klnema
eolor. at the ?'armgie l,y<etim.
William Morris's Wonderland, with a
variety of entertainments, including mov- I
lug pictures and novelty features.
EVA TANGUAY AT THE PARK.
Bra Tanguay, fresh from a tour of th?
l'nlted States at the head of her nov?lt>
company, will let New York push Judg?
ment ?in her entertainment, which she
calls "volcanic vaudeville," at the Bark
Theatre, Which was recently leased to
John J. Collins and Joseph Sullivan, fk^om
Fmpk McKee and William Harris, dur?
ing an engagi'inent of two weeks there,
beginning with a matinee to-morrow.
MkM Tanguay has surrounded her?elf
with a company from the legitimate stage
as.well us with a number of well known
heavdhners la vaudeville, she win aing
some of the old songs that made her
famous together with many new ones.
She will close the entertainment with her
own version of Salome.
INDIAN DANCE AT A LECTURE.
The chief of Miss Marhury? attractions
at the Berkeley Theatre this week will
I??'? Lawrence Scott, who, with the aid Of
moving pictures and colored views, will
describe SBf national parks. Glacier and
V.-iiowstone. Mr. S"..tt Is ?in Kngllshman,
fitted with a niono.-le, which has w<>n
till 11 ainonsT the Indians the fsobrlquj t Ol
"an eye in an ?070." Ptagan Indians Will
execute a daace in connection with lbs
i.cture. a profosaloeal matinee v.in be
ihren by Mr. Scott on Wsdneeday at n
a in.
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ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA
_
Strange Conditions Give a Tang
to Theatrical Life.
The production ?if Kniest POOlSa "A
Mati'H Friends" nf the Astor Theatre
brliiKs an old favorite, Katherine C,rey.
back to the MeW York stage after a
considerable absence. BtacS She war- last
seen here gftag QrSJ* han mad" an e.\t> B
slve lour of Australia antl has eetSbHSbed
herself as a potent drawing card In tlu>t
continent. n.r tour lasted two years.
"The first thin? a stranirer notices about
Australian theatre"," said MtSS Cr.y dur?
ing an intermission In a rehearsal of the
new play, "is their size. The only small
theatres I met with In my tour wer?
some Pi small New Zealand towns. Her
Majesty's in Melbourne seats ::,hh) aixl
the Princess IjMft Prevalllni: prices, from
one to live slilllltiKs, necessitate commo?
dious glnifiliiiag
"One travels i|uite as much by coast
steamer as by rail, and finds little com?
fort in either. There is no arrangement
for heatlni; either steamer or railroad
ear, so that the passeager must carry
rugs both by land and sen. Notwith?
standing this, professional life in Austra?
lia Is very pleasant. The men ttehlnd the
scenes are universally eourteou.s, and, ex?
cept In some New Zealand ?smalls'
what we call 'one nl?ht stands'-?Stage
accommodations are excellent, tinco or
twice, however, I bad to CtTOSg by candle?
light in a cupboard and to [day bch'nd
a curtain that was pulled up, slowly ami
noisily, by hand.
"As Australian audiences will not pat?
ronize untried plays, none but Aiiieilci?i
' are pi educed. The
hi my repertory wer?
I ' .. ,,.-| t.,.
i But
Paid in i'-iir and
Ds - : row '
"On I .is a delightful
?
' Pitiful
...
? i. ti Aus
. ? a vv. ?k to i ?
i ?:. ??? ,tn only a
: the district, but
: nted me.
.?' loi :? i. Mile.
: gold mines, Was cx
?
life In Austrsils ins ths
latlofl of Inducing matrimony. Only
? tvv ..f the sroraen la my eosspany
were unmarried. The hushauids, srrrss
und ebUdren gar? the theatre g plesaanti
thai:, tie aspect snd social element onen
m n... i a it?. :.... Th.. audience
make a point of ssprsa mg their friend*
Un? i ip qis tit ;-itt- of Bowers and
dainties; whk h ..!>? pasaed orar the foot*
lights The Australian gaUery-god has g
terrible reputation Qsorge Ads should
h. ar sosos of his picturesque slang nut he
treated me pretty welt, occasionally n
tense soene erould be ruined by s laugh or
PI inailv. but this <lhl li"f happen a? often
as 1 had been led to f> ir.
"i eonaider myself luck] In that i have.
returned with my digestion unimpaired.
The Australian, rou know, make.-, n point
of sating aeven times a day and drink !
Ing tag With ? . ?i of the seven meals.
Bart) m..n,ing toa Is brought to your
room before you arise; then eOBSS break
last, mognlng tea, luncheon, aftsfwoonl
tea, dinner snd sapper. Bran in busi?
ness houses Intermissions for morning
and afternoon |OSS ?re provided and all
business Is suspended for the lisas being."
AT THE CARNEGIE LYCEUM.
Presented m natural color motion pho?
tography by the Ktnemscolor Company
of Amsries, "Tii.- Making of the Psnsma
< anal" and "ActUSl BoSlaSS of the Baikal!
War," supplemented i>y sesnes from the
Inaugurstioa of Prestdsnt Wilson, con?
tinue to draw crowds to the Carnegie
Lyceum twice telly, including Sundnv.
Matin. . s are now given at I'll o'clock, In?
stead of t'Mk M lier, lol'ore.
"THE GHOST BREAKER'S" RUN.
"The i ?host Bi.ak.r." with H. Ii. War?
ner as the h' in, goes along at a highly
BUCCesatU] pace at the Dyceiim. Since tllO
opening night the house has been practi?
cally sold out at every performance, and
the prassnt indications are that ths play
will stav at th.. Lyceum for the leinaln
il.r of the m ou.
&?. ?/?g. s?r?or
MACH1AVELL1 IN PARIS
His "Mandragore*' Produced at the Odeon in a French
Version, "La Nuit Florentine," by M. Bcrgerat
?Moliere in a Music Hal!.
Paris. March 12.?One of" the must dar?
in.: an.i successful of the classical re?
vivals at the Odoon has b. eP. M Her
gerafs adaptation of the "M.indrugore"
i,r Machlavelll, luMbtc ttm tit;?? of r.a
Nuit Ptarantlne." By how many of 11s.
Uaerudlte In the literature of the quattro
?tstfe, has the role of Machlavelll as
dramatist been quit? Ignored: To most
the name of the author of "Th" Prince"
..11 Parisian playnllls must st -ein suffi?
ciently incongruous. Bet n In Its SS?
performaaee at the Odesa, the piece pre?
sent.? two distinct charms?one as an In?
tim,it? picture of the Ufe and manners of
Renalseanoe norsnee. 'ho otht r its gen
ulii? conuc power, of which the continu?
ous laughter of a modern audience la Hie?
best testimony.
The "Mandragore. ' which forma so
strange and brilliant a eontrait with "The
Prince" and ths "History of Florence."
flrst played In Ploreoes by the aessW*
tnl< lane and young people of th? city. It
1 soon acquired such popularity that Leo x
had the actors brought vpecta'.ly to Home.
where the comet? y was played repeatedly
before hiss. Again, In lili, when he
1 through Florence ta meet Prsacis
I. be ordered a performance of the play
111 that city.
When one has read this piece, tt has
been said, there Is nothing, further to
learn about the manners t f the century in
whl, h it had so great a success, or about
the men before whom it was performed
the rnannere and men. gt ue remember,
that accepted so tightly the works of
Beccadelll ami Art tino, and upon which
Decameroa" ts so 1 harming a com
nientary. it has been supgoeed that ths
fare? bad a peculiar plg.ua.ney In contem?
porain r;,,rtnce. whero the adventure It
relates was known to be no*, puro Inven?
tion. Since then it has never lost Its re?
nown m Italy Voltaire went even so far
to BSy that the "Mandragore" alona
was aorta perhara all the worka of Aris?
tophanes,
MnchlavelU'a comedy is constructed, of
coursa, on the strictest classical model.
It* plot Is typical of the literature of the
period, especially of the author of the
"I'tcameton,*' in whose pages It might,
Indeed, well havo found a place. Much of
It Is, of cours?, ?{arte rrrttdlfted In the verae
adaptation of M. Ilerg rit, lui It must
e said that Little of the Rabelaisian free?
dom of the original has be.ti eacrlf?oed,
'('..lisian gudieaces being no inora fas?
ti it,m-, m (aal rtfc.ird than aere the Pier?
cntlnee The change is chlefl) in a cer?
tain mt>deralsiBg ami ?dabo?ratk*n of the
dialogue; the unity of place and action
has been destroyed, too. ami much of th?
intricacy if the orlKlnul plot Is missing.
However more agreeable this gggj r?SMaST
th.- play to a modern popular au?llence,
"ii? cannot make the acquaintance of this
delightful old relic of Rerssissaaec enpsty
aiid beauty without wishing- to see it per
formetl according to its original intention
th? unchanged scene, with tlio houses
which the actors leave ami enter, the
"Hire? unities'' strictly ,?rescr\?d and ?ill
tho asthetlc satisfaction cf the iAttti
comedy on which th? "Mandragore" was
modelled.
An event of the dramatic week was the
tiioiintinK of tho "Malade Imaginaire'' on
the stair? of the Bobino Music Hull. The
Interest of this event for critical and
theatregolng Paris was not that of a mere
revival of the masterpiece so often heard
at the Odesa ami the QfasSfsase Fran?aise;
the peculiar character of theatre and
aii.lbiice was what made It extraordinary.
The house la one which mounts a new
play everv week, mostly written for the
.tension, and all appealing to the highly
seasoned populur tasto of Montparnasse.
These pieces are given with much spirit
by a little troop of excessive actors, who
pat no limits to freedom of buffoonery.
Tho presentation of Moli?re to the "peo?
ple" by these artists of the Caffl Concert
was naturally a novelty to be awaited
with some curiosity.
on the whole, the offering was well re?
ceived, and the denouement, always pop?
ular with the "pit." had an Immense suc?
cess. Throughout the rnmlllur relations
between actors and audience suggested
admirably what must have been the per?
formances of 1S73. This was especially
true In moments when the actors spoke
to the publie. In ordinary theatres noth?
ing could b? colder than the reception
of such atldressee In the old comedies.
At tin- Hoblno, however, It was quite a
different matter. Th? audience had clear?
ly the sense of being Spofci " BJ
Isnghsd and answstad; ill knew ths ae?
tors. everyth?tiK B
ful No Jouht it was I
thai bound htoUt
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