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THE . SUN, . SUNDAY, j NOVEMBER 3, 1912.
L SEASON IN THE THEAT
been employed on a New York naws
paper, to bring .about universal peace.
Henrietta Wakefield, Jesslo Bradbury,
Alice Yorkc, Arthur Dejron, John Hen
rson, Ernest Torrance, Frank Pol
lock And Thomas Hardy are some of
A New Supply
of Dramas
the ringers.
At Wallack's Theatre to-morrow there
will bo performed "Our Wives," a com
edy In which Henry Kolker wilt have
the leading role. Its authors aro Helen
Kraft, and Frank Mnndcl. Tae central
flflguro In thn story Is a youthful li
brettist, who finds that he Is most suc
cessful when ho eludes the fascination
of the opposite sex. So he and s6m of
his associates forego tlio society of
Woman. He falls In love, however, with
a composer, who helps him to some of
his most successful work. Pamela, Gay
thorne, Gwendolyn Mors. Vera Flndlay,
Isabel MacGregor. .William Roaelle,
George Graham, Mark Hmlth and John,
Flnlay arc some of the actors In"' the
company. ' ,
WHERE BILLS CHANGE WEEKLY.
-snow XHHKfl m t r ' .
Henry James's earliest memories of
the play famous In this country under
the name cf "CamMe" were strongest In
Hie knowledge that Armand and Camltls
were supposed to be "engaged," nnd
this vague bond was sufficient to excuse
any unusual degree of warmth In their
relations. The same p!rlt of hypocrisy
has been asserting Itself lately In the
comment concerning Sc'.inltr.lrr's little
p!ays Involving the adventures of the
youthful Viennese who trod with some
grace and considerable virtuosity the
primrose path, which never led Wm,
however, to any enduring happiness
with the ladkJ of his eholce. They
were always wiser or colder or- more
worldly than he. The hero of the
cplrodcs at the Utile Theatre was suc
cessful In settlnrr ahead of his loves
only In the last Inilcnce. In "llls-Wcd-ling
Da' It. was the young woman left
disconsolate. Hut she had the advan
tage of breaking a few thins before
the parting c-nme.
Perhaps had .inutol been described as
"engaged" to these llc ladies the pu:I
tan conscience would have been iJrl ns
well subdued as It was when the Lady
of the Camollas was supposed to stand
In th'ls relation to her young lover rf
Paris. It Is only dbheurtcnlm; to and
that after so many yecrs such a spirit
should survive. There Is no element In
the affair more disconcerting than the
thought that It Is altogether American.
The blend of nations now proceeding
In our land will leave no room In thq
national character for the false mod
esty which has forbidden the stage of
this country to assume at any time the
attitude it maintains In other nation.
Whatever the melting pot may finally
do In the way of developing n national
'character. It Is certain that the Puri
tanism which came to this country
from England will not be represented.
KUlniiiailn'g that trait will be one of
the blessings of the effect of the proc
esses of the melting pot.
One never hears the protest of ihe
Irtelligent against performances which
frankly make nn appeal to only the
lowest feelings In nature. While the
df'lci'te wit and fancy of "Anatol"
so far removed from actual life as to be
In a realm .of gallantry which the au
thor alone created have aroused the
"hjettion of those who have never
been ljcard. to protest nsainst the ex
hibition with which Mr. Ziegfeld an
nually entertains a large part of the
public. Mere physical display reaches
lis extreme limits In the present per
formance at ths Moulin Houge. It can
not be said, however, that this produc
tion any more than three or four other.
Is especially designed to appeal to the
lowest Impulses In the natures of their
hearers, It Is quite true that all the
o-cftllod burlesques, reviews and other
iindarslfied productions make'thelr ap
peal only to flio emotloni ,whlch could
but remotely be suggested by any of
the elements of "Anatol." 'But there
will rarely be protest against' produc
t.ons of this character. Did anybody
cry out when "The Pink Lady" was
performed? It was based ' on "Le
fa tyre." It may have been .that .most
r the spectators were In Ignorance
of the drift of Its episodes or that
i ley were so much occupied with Miss
IJanp'f beauty or Mr. Lalor'e fun that
t iere was no time to realize what the
rliaracters were all about. Perhaps that
Itnoranco was more or lesa .blissful.
Objection to the obvious vulgarity and
wurso of the spectacular pcrfeirmnnces
I lately If over heard from American
audiences. Once theie Is something In
t'lllgont or sprightly, something out of
" uruinnry in theme or form, theru is
he usual feiirch lor immorality of
'me kind In the play. This Is espe-
ts'iy true of the plays of foreign origin.
It Is not by any means certain' that the
suggestion of evil In "Anatol" Is post-
T.verfiaTrt
,'sJu.lxus Cwe4er
tlve. He may have been "engaged" to
these five ladles, who pass again through
j his life. The difference, between the
present and the era of Mr. James's per
formance of "Catnille" resides alto
gether In the fact that the announce,
ment of the engagement is not con
sidered necessary. Forty years ago It
had to be emphasized. Nowadays any
visitor to the Little Theatre who fears
that thero may be danger In witnessing
the bright and grateful humor of some (
of the episodes which Mr. Ames Is'prc-
sentlng need only assume that the hero .
Is engaged to every or.e of the five
I nrtlv 1o,1Ij.h nt vnrtntlu tlmti. Thttl'
ought to protect blm from any danger
of evil consequences of a visit to this !
charming performance.
"The School for Scandal" Is still such
a classic that tho New Theatre' selected
It as one of the English dramas It
would produce. It has survived a cen
tury of puritanical theatregoers nnd
now it seems comparatively safe. Any
modern llrltlsh author, howover, who
wrote such a play would never got n
hearing In his own country, while 11 Isj
certain that ho would remain among Uie
large army of the unacted If ever ho
should cpme here to try Ills fortunes.
Yet England has been delighted In the
farce called "Tho Zebra," when It was
played here in the adaptation of Paul
M. Potter. lt has proved so popular
InEngland us' "Tho Glad Eye.'; that It
has also been' given In a musical form.
So has "The Girl lu the Taxi." Yet
'music Is regarded as on effective sort of
disinfectant In such cases.
It Is quite forgivable here to reveal
.woman as wantonly as may be proflta
ble to tho producers of the piece In
which she Is seen, to neglect no sug
gestion of evil which may servo to
detract attention from the absence of
real fun or wit or originality. Oneo
there Is combined with piquancy, dell
cnte fancy, humor or novelty as well as
some deferenco to literary quality a
story which may not bo altogether
conventional there Is certain to bo an
outcry against the Immorality of tho
play. It Is a wonder that nuthors In
thls'counlry confine themselves to the
Mm
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conventionalities which are seen with
such disastrous results week after week
during the theatrical season? They
are at hast sure of escaping criticism
on the grounds of Impropriety. Usually
they escape every other satisfaction
of the playwright ns well.
'
Tile scurry to supply with plays tho
numerous theatres In this city Is more
frenzied than It ever was. No theatrical
expert rou'd have prophctlcd that so
early In the season It would be nvce.i
ary to hurl ou to tho stage the
dramas which are revealed every -week
with so little chnni'o of success that a
person of little or no experience might
have seen what their fate would lis.
What will be the fato of the five new
ones that aro to be 'revealed on Mon
day? How can any entrepreneur In
thn theatre suppose that a public can
take sufllclent Interest In five plays on
ono duy to really enjoy them, read
about them or learn for n long time
that they even exist?
THE NbVELTIES OF THE WEEK.
I neoiniuoii llnterprlne In (be Tbr
ntrlrul tVo'rld A Nlinkespenrean
Ilerlvnl nml I'lve Other Ilrnniaa
to He Morn
William Favrrsham Is to grullfy his
ambition tn revive Shakespeare's "Ju
lius traesar" nt the Lyric Theatre to
morrow night. He lias collected tho
actors best suited to tho roles nnd
promises a cast which shall perform
the work with more than tho etflclcncy
which Is so highly praised In the con
temporaneous Shakespearean produc
tions. The list of pluypra Is encourag
ing. Mr. Faversham will appear us
Antony and others In the cast aro
Tyrone Power, Frank Keenan, Fuller
Hellish and Julie Opp. More than '.'00
persons will tulio part In the represen
tation. Mr. Fnvershum will use tho
erslnn of Edward Hooth. The Inci
dental music Is selected from tlio com.
positions of Christopher Wilson and
the late Coleridge Taylor. The scenery
will consist of seven masslvo scenes
which were painted In thn u teller-ot
Joseph Harker. who sent to tills country
from London tho pictures of "Kismet."
James. ISemnrd i'.igan, who wrote
THE NOVELTIES
New Plays of Varied Character to Be Offered to the New
York Public.
MONDAY:
Lyric Thsnt re "Julius Ci'sar." revival by William Faversham and a
' notable cast.
Harris Tlic.it re "A Rich .Man's Son," by James Forbes.
Wallack's Theatre "Our Wives." comedy, with Henry Kolker.
Astor Theatre "Hawthorne of Ihe I). S. A.," with Douglas Fairbanls.
Fulton Theatre (matinee) "The Yellow Jacket,", Chinese play.
Broadway Theatre "Tit? Dove of Peace," operetta by Walter Damrosch
and Wallace Irwin.
Daly's Theatre "The Point of View,"
THURSDAY AFTERNOON:
Little Theatre "Snow White," fairy play of the Brothers Grimm for
children.
"Hawthorne of the l S. A.." which
will bo seen to-morrow nl;ht at the
Astor Theatre, describes his work as
a romantic farce. Douglas Fairbanks
wllf play fhe leading role. The four
nets of the play .concern the adven
tures of this lioro In a small rmmti'y
of the llalkan peninsula. Judging by
the advance .rejiorts, the drama tie3
more or less in the same field tint
"The Prisoner of Zenda" so success
fully occupied for n number of year.-1.
Tho hero Is said, moveovcr, to bo self-r.-icr!flc!ns
in affairs of the heart.
Among tho actors to bo associated with
Mr. Fairbanks are Irene Fenwlck, ltuth
Allen, Annie Hughes, Allan Pollock,
Ivan Simpson. Walter Howe, Louis Lo
Hey, Sam B. Hardy. Martin L. Alsjp,
Hnpley Holmes, W. Lconnrd Howe, ,,
Hotlon. W. Mayme Lynton, Uric Hlin l
and Frederick Powell.
The pressure of plays this week has
led to the Introduction of n novelty,
"The Yellow Jacket," at an afternoon
rather than ut an .evening performance.
Tills play Is the work of George Hazel
ton, who wrote a play cullod "Mistress
Nell," which brought him fame a decade
or more ago, nnd J. II. ltemlmo. The
play Is Chinese and thn management
announces that It will be acted In ac
cordance with tho traditions of tho
Chinese stnge, Advance accounts of tho
Intrigue make It appear ns highly
utlental, The tvent)-slx characters
Juliette J.y. .ntoineUer .Wllcer
OF THE WEEK
are engaged lu developing a sonuwhat
complicated story of Jealousy between
two wlver, the final triumph e,f virtue
over villainy and the ultimate glorifi
cation of the loving and affectionate
sou, George Itnlph, who p'ayed tho
r.woriKr.ian In "Klsmt" last season;
Glovnunl IVrusIiii, Juliette Day, S.'.xone
Mnrland, Grace llcrbnur and Antoinette
Waller aro some of tho actors.
James l'oibes's fourth play, to be
called "The Itleh Man's .Son." will be re
vealed to tlio New York public to-morrow
Slight at the Harris Theatre. Mr.
I'lJilies'M ierii is tlio spoiled son of a
wealthy Ve.Mier;i man. who comes to
New York to live. The disadvantages
of his wvaith aiul his doting paront, his
dissipated nature and his ultimate salva
tion through a clash with his father's
will form tho chief motives of the three
acts. Italph Morgan will incarnate the
. Dutlif ill hern, white his associates will
be Jessie Italph, Paul Everton, Walter
Allen, Louise Itulter, Lillian Slnnott,
John Cumberland, Joseph Hieder, Gideon
Ilurton, I'kigenle Woodward, Untold
Gran nnd Jane Corcoran.
William A. Hrady produces to-morrow
night nt Diily'a Theatre n play called
"Tim Point of View." whlili was. acted
experimentally last week nt tho Forty-.
eighth Stteet Theatre. Kmliy Slovens j
ihl again play the prlnclpul role, whllel
.nd Gra.ce V.itTni
Georgia O'Raney will supplant Mabel
Kennedy.
WJuthrop Ames will produce the first
of tho plays designed for children next
Thursday afternoon nt the Little The
atre, "Snow1 White and the Seven
Dwarfs," which has been made from
the fairy story of the Grimms by Jes
sie D. While. Mtislc of appropriate
character has been written by Kclnond
Hlckett, while. the dances and other
manoeuvres have been staged by '.Caro
line Crawford, who Is responsible for
the successful features of "The, Blue
Bird." Marguerite Cln-k will act the
part of Shoiu U'iII Hlalnc Incscnrt
that of Qnccn Jtranyomar and 'Ada
I'.oshell will nppenr as Mic W'lteli.
Donald Gallalier, n few years ago the
mos fatuous child cstor on the Ameri
can s'tiigo. now grown to youth, will ap
pear aB Wf.icc l"lor'monl, 'Frank Mc
Cormack Is the court chamberlain, Sir
)(iiidl;ir(if Uomhiit: Arthur Berry Is
the chief huntsman, HrrfioM; Hdwnrd
See appears as the oldest and biggest
of tho seven dwarfs. The Fairbanks
twins, Madeleine and Marlon, seen tn
"The Hlu-i Bird" and "Tho Piper"; Har
ilet Ingulls, Jemiuetto Dlx, Dorothy
Preyer nnd Madeline Caletfo appear as
Siio'tr H'ilfp' mulds of honor: Harry
Uurnham, Marie Stanley, Emmett
Hampton, Charles Everett, John Davles
and Dorothy Farrltr ns the other
dwarfs. Mr. Ames has aimed at sim
plicity rather than elaboration In the
matter of scenery, nnd tho pictures In
the story book of former years have
served as the Inspiration of the scenic
artlHts.
That "The Dove of Peace," to bn
heard for the first time to-morrow
night at hto, Broadway Theatre, Is al
together American may be understood
when a description of the scenes Is
rend. Ono act passes on the veranda
of a fashionable summer hotel In New
Hampshire. Then the scene shifts to
the waterfront on the Island of Guam,
with the palace of universal peace In
view. The 'ramparts of the Island, a
tropical Bcene In the jungle and finally
the I'nlted States Senate chamber In
Washington complete the lltt of char
acteristics views, Walter Dantrosch
competed the music for the new work
and Wallace Irwin, responsible for
the text, decided that the national char
acter of the operetta must be preserved.
The prlnrlpal themo of the text is
the adventures of an Irish peace com
missioner from ' The Hague, who has
Election ttrtarns tn fir Head Vrmm
the Varlona Vanilevllle ft takes, J
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Victor Moore and Emma Ltttleflsld will
bo thn leading attractions this. week at
llammersteln's Victoria. They' wlll,"b
seen in skit callsd "Chines Youc'Ajtit."
Edna Auir, who his been abroad. for .tart
years, will be another feature. Thn thara
will bt) Mabol'.Adams and company. 'Hart
nd .lohnton. .Peggie I.ennle.Tom JMhgU,
the Esmeralda sisters, the Three- EraMU,
Drown and lltyler. .Mullen and. COoga.
Prevou and Rosairc. Item Brandt. Ana
the -Power, 'llammersteln's TtOof 0rafc,
wlnterproof nnd comfortable.- wlll-j re
open election night with a special pro
prxmnio In conjunction with the regular
bill in the Victoria. Election return from
both stages. '
Mike Donlln, the ball pUyer, and. the
romadiin Tom LawU have Joined part
nership ar.'l hive arranged a comidy stilt
which will bo sien this ivo?'.t at B. V. Keith's
Union Square. Theatre. Wilbur. Mactt'and
N'ella Walker, who are nuking (heir re
appearance alter an absence of Mmril
months, will appear in a nan sKit rrtllsd
-The Dollar 11111." A third feature will bn
Tom .TerrlM... .Associated wlthjlr, Jcrslt
will he fifteen r.nirllsli olaver. nnd Mr
will aive an adnntntion from "A Chrjltnu
I'nrol" called "Hcrooge." The balance. of
the bill will include Will P.oetim'a Athltto
llrl, a el-imt'.lT pliyl or the Moxicin
borderUni nil'.ed " Story of the Hllli."
oTered by Kran'e P. JlotileomeiT and Ileitis
Medley t'otnpnny: cbniles Cartmell and
buurw Harris, the Kugene Trio In n comedy
bar performance and Irene D'Arvllle.
Kor election woek l'routoi's Fifth Avenue
Thcatie has Hecured (.'liff tlordon,,who In
addition to his monologue will announce
election returns on Tuesday night; Mason
and Kecler and company In Porter l'.mer
hoii Browne's skit. "In and Out": Bonlta and
1jv llearn in "llriKht Uits of Musical Com
edy": Diamond and Ilrennan, Powell
Pantomime Company' lu the wordless
play "In a Quiet I'ootn." EarPand Curtis
In "The (llrl and the Urmnmer" and Marcus
and (lartelle. A special midnight per
formance will be given election night.
At Proctor's Twenty-third Street Thsatrs
for the first half of the ueeli Minnie Palmer
ill make her American reappearance In a
comedy a'setch. "lit for Tat." Other on
the hill will be Alfred Jackson, Dorothv
Meuther. Hint and Itenilniitnn in ncomedv
sketch. "Notoriaty": Cresconl Trio, Morrl
uinl Clark and motion pictures.
At Proctor's 12.1th Street Theatre ths Ten
Musical Rough .Riders w)11 head the, bill.
Others who will'appear are Mabel Carow,
"My liady lou," a eomedv sketch; Mahoney
Rrothera and "Iialsv ." Maxlne. fireaolr.
F.lrnlua and company and Gladstone and
Talmage. '
At Troctor'i K ifDveTghth Street Theatre
Paolo Cremonesi and compauy will pre
sent a singing aketrn. "Curing the Tnor.
Others proeranimed urn Weston's Modals
aHMfiv
i laucie lioioen, Kane ana.iiarry, 1
W li.
nauou ami ne uaruner iaiuuy.
"The Trained Xurses," Jesse Ijj-ky's
new miniature musical comedy, will be seen
this weak at 11. I Keith's Alliambra Theatre.
Ray .Cox, recently of "The Charity Girl";
Gertrude Vanderbilt and George Moore,
recently with "The Red Widow" company;
Ed F. Reynard, Jessie Busley and com
pany in "Miss HIS." the Australian Wood
choppers in a tree felling contest. Du Calion,
the Wood and Woods trio la "An Eloos
ment by Wire" and Merlin will complete
the bill.
At 11. P. Keith's Bronx Theatre for the
coming week Lillian Shaw will sine new
songs. The Philip Barthotomai Players
will amuse with their pantomime burlesque
called "And They Lived Happy Ever After."
John P. Wade A Co. will give n one tot
sketch In "Marse Hhelby's Chicken Dinner."
Another comedy will be offered by Ed
Dlondell and company entitled "The Lost
Doy." The remainder or the bill will In
clude Matthews and A1liayne In "A China
town Fantasy." the HHon City Four, l,a
Veen, Cross A Co. and Van and Hchenk,
At II. V. Keith's Colonial Theatre Blanche
Walsh will head the programme in a ittl
ISusslan drama called "The Countess Na
dlne." She will b supported by Theodora
Ilabcock and George Howard. The liendli
Unsemble Players, Laddie Cliff, ths Provi
dence players lu n skecteh called "Who's
Brown'r" tho Avon Comedy Four In "'Ihe
Now Teacher," the Eight Origin! Berlin
Madcaps, l.eo Cnrrtllo, Iteed brothers and
Sherman, Van and llyninn will also b seen.
A elaborate revival of Henry Miller's
druma of the' Coliteii West. "The (treat Di
vide," will be the attraction this week at D.K.
Keith's Harlem Opera House. The princi
pal feinae role will be ciiuyed by tha new
leading womau of the stock company,
Priscllla Knowles. She will be seen a
Rutli Jordan, the girl who regenerates
Htrphrn Uhrnt. and whom she afterward
marries, (leorgn Soule Sponeer will have
the part of Sttphrn. Tho oilier r6ls will
be Interpreted by Louise llnmllton. (ierald
Itareoiirt, WilliainK. Honney. W. it. I'.audall,
I.ydla Knott and Parke I'atton.
The attraction at tho West Tnd Theatre
this week will be "The Master of the House,
Which has just completed a loug Uroadway
engagemcat. '1 ho first New York presenta
tion occurred at the Thirty-ninth Street
1'healre.r.nd when it was no longer possible
to retain the production at Hint pluyhoiiM
its Uroadway engagement was lurther
extended by transferring it to tho 'Lyrio
Theatre, 'the piece moe to tlnrlenniow
onlv because or William lVvcrsham In
"Julius Crosar" having a previous contract
which gives him the l.yrlo Thoatro tor tha
next lour weeks.
"Over the Itlvcr." which had a long run
at the (Holm Theatre enrller in the season,
will be the attraction Hits week at tho Grand
Opera House, Kddio t oy, w ho wns starred
in the original production, will appear
us the uinu who told his wile that be wa
going to Mexico, when lie was reoll"
go ng lo Jail for thirty days for disorder!?
conduct, i lie story oi tho musical comedy
wusadspted trom'Thn Man from Mexico,
la which William Collier wus starred,
"The Merry-de-llounders," the burlesout
that run nil last summer ut the Columbia
Theatre, will return to that theatre for ono
week, eommonrhw to-morrow afternoon,
(leorgn P. Murphy still heads the compauy.
In the cast besides Mr, Murphy aro Hay
r eaten, Ldnu Iteming, Irene Duke.Ja
lluycs. James 1!. Itowe, tho Apollo Trio
and Dixon and Doyle. Election returns
received by special wire on the stage will
lie read to the audience Tuesday night,
Tho usual nflernoon and evening concerts
will be git en to-day,
"The World of Pleasuro," Gordon ami
North's burlesque production, will be all
the Murray Hill Theatre this week. Thai
compauy Includes Will Kox, Harry Marks'
Stewart, I'd Dwrer. Itob Watson. 1'hrynetU
Ogden and Lanier De Wolf and there Is au
unusually large chorus and ballet. Eloctloa
returns will bo read Horn the stage Tues
day night.
"The Columbia llurlesiiuers" Is this week's
offering at Huttly A Seamon's IMth Street
Music Hall, 'Iha piinclpalsin the company
are ( harles Howard, Nellie I'iorede. I'annle
adder, Abe Leavitt, Joe tmerson and
Dorotny Hayden. "i he Love ftoje' j tha
title or the new two act burlesque that, will
be pretenUd.
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