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Belasco's newest, comes to us like a
genuine breath from the Orient. In the
opening act 1b shown the garden of the
Prince of Toshan, one of those quaint. J
enchanting places one has heard so much f
of. Another Is a state hall, on the-night
of "The Feast of a Thousand Welcomes,"
while yet another is laid In the shoji of
the neroine, among the moon flowers.
The sword room in the palace of the
minister of war forms another setting,
a rained shrine another, the tryst of
death in the red bamboo forest leading
up to the last of all, the "brink of the
river of soubi."
The daintiness of the plot is character
istically Japanese. It involves the falling
in love of Prince kara, an outlaw, with
Yo-San, a darling of the gods, or Mlko;
who in engaged to a nephew of the min
ister of war. Minister Saigon entices
Kara to his house to thank him for res
cuing Yo-San and on the way he is al
most slaughtered through Saigon's
treachery. Yo-San helps Kara to escape
but betrays his followers to save him.
Kara and his men kill themselves and
dying, the outlaw agrees to meet Yo
San a thousand years hence when she
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HEATRES
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. The coming of
Julia Marlowe to the Criterion, under the
management of Chas.B. Dillingham, is
the latest dramatic happening of Im
portance. Miss Marlowe presents a dramatiza
tion of Geo. W. Cable'B southern ro
mance "The Cavalier." The play is a
eomedy-drama of war times with the
southern sentiment prevailing. Miss
Marlowe ha the stoagest and" moat at
factive fart she has ever played, outside
ef the' stasstes. The play begins in an
eld LovfaSM; maasibn, the headquarters
e' Geaeral Austin's' confederate Brigade
en the eve of Charlotte Durand's' mar
rlage te captain Francis Oliver, Charlotte
is a handsome'' southern girt who has
had a soore ef admirers, among whom
are Lieut Edgar Ferry, a confederate
officer,; and Captain Robert" Jewett, a,.
Union prisoner whom 'She" has v nursed
hack te We. But she plighted her troth
to Captain Oliver before he has been
captured by the federals, and on his re
turn keeps her word. The marriage
ceremony takes place and she finds out
that Captain .Oliver has come back to
Austin's brigade, as a Union spy. She
sends him away, resolved to keep his
secret since he is her husband. While
Charlotte is with Ferry's scouts at
Hazlehurst, Captain Oliver, pretending
he has been sick in a federal prison, is
exchanged back, really to carry out a
strategic move on the part of Captain
Jewett, whose men surround the place.
She cannot betray Oliver, to Ferry her
lover, though she manages to defeat his
plan, by some clever manoeuvrelng.
Oliver's subsequent death and the end of
the war make it possible for Charlotte
and Ferry-to be happy.
Miss Marlowe has surrounded herself
in this play with a company of unusual
distinction.
Wra. Favershara's new play, "Impru
dence," has been well received at the Em
pire. The plot of the book Is unfolded In
an English; country house, the owner of
which, James Greaves, a young man
who has sown his wild oats, has settled
down as .the husband-of 'an alderman's
widow. The evil star of the young bene
dict. Is an old sweetheart, Lady Duncan,
with whose name his own bad been un
favorably connected. Lady Duncan vis
its the wife intent on mischief. Her
presence in the household leads to Its
ultimate disruption. Letters between
Greaves and Lady Duncan are discovered
by the wife and there is no explanation
forthcoming, so that Lady Duncan
breeds mischief on mischief until the
husband Is driven from his home. In
the end the Interloper's perfidy is ex
posed. The successful production of Mans
field's "Julius Caesar" at the Herald
Square makes another step forward for
the advance of the standard of Ameri
can dramatic art made under the Shu
bert management In F. C. Whitney's
"Dolly Varden" and "A Chinese Honey
moon" the Sbuberts showed their Inten
tion of catering to a cultivated pufcKc
and "elevating the stage" by the only
practical means. Mr. Mansfield's pre'
ductlon is excellent and Ms support, the
best obtainable. The scenery' and cos
tumes from designs by Sir Alma Tadema
R. A. There are nine elaborate pictures.
'Several hundred people give enthusiastic
and picturesque realism to" the profes
sional at Caesarto the Lupercal games
and to other scenes.
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'When Johnny Comes Marching Home." the latest military play now being produced at the New York theatre, one
Gethara'a leading playhouses. Is already pronounced one of the big hits of the season. The above photograph
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The leading cities of the country
will have another operatic treat in
the forthcoming tour of Mme. Schu
man Heinck, the famous operatic
star. She is now singing In grand
opera In New York, where her mar
vellous vocal powers are said to be
now at their best
escapes from expiating her crime in
hades. The new play out-butterflys
"The Butterfly" in dainty effect
There does not seem to be anything in
the theatrical line which can come along
and put even a temporary or partial
check on the business of "A Chinese
Honeymoon" at, the Casino theatre. The
rollicking conceit moves along as tune
fully pretty and bright as ever and the
audiences 'are even more appreciative
than ever.
Viola Allen's success at the Victoria In
"The Eternal City" has been unqualified.
The majestic melodrama has completely
captured the city, and seats continue
selling a long way ahead. It looks as if
Miss Allen could stay out the season in
town If desired.
Similar success has crowned the efforts
of Mrs. Fiske with "Mary of Magdala,"
every performance being crowded with
most important and appreciative audi
ences. Mary Mannerlng will experience no
difficulty in keeping the Garrick filled
until compelled to yield the way for other
engagements there, "The Stubbornness
of Geraldine" proving a powerful attrac
tion. The end of the year will bring the
termination of Ethel Barrymore's en
gagement at the Savoy to a close, and
also her most successful run In New
York.
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