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Margaret Anglln, well known to theatre goers for her beauty as well as
for her genius is in the new play at the Empire theatre In New York. "The
Unforeseen." The clevrr actress Is winning new laurels in the latest dramatic
success.
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HEATRES
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. With all due
deference to the Jersey Lily, we think
the most Interesting person who has
arrived on Broadway this week is "The
Sultan of Sulu," In the person of Prank
Moulan, who has taken AVallack's
theatre by storm. This old co-favorite
of the Castle Square opera company,
with Raymond Hitchcock, a recipient of
similar ovations here last year as King
Dodo, once before used to delight New
Yorkers In the old red letter daVs of the
American theatre. His KI-Ram, the
Mohammedan polygamist, who rules the
Island of Sulu is delightful, and Moulan
is continually funny In fact, he reeks
of fun. "The Sultan of Sulu" is a comic
opera version of the Lilliputian ruler,
whose submission formed a comic epi
sode at our foreign office during the Phil
ippine insurrection. Mr. Ade has con
trived, by humorous device and many an
Ingenious novelty, a play which, -with
the light-humored satire and clever In
terpretation, Is a lively winner.
Everyone seems to be well pleased
with "Heidelberg." Aubrey Boucicault's
play at the Princess theatre. To the
college element It Is a great attraction,
as shown by the fact that a letter has
recently been received by the Shuberts
suggesting that If the Hasty Pudding
club of Harvard could produce "Heidel
berg" at Cambridge, the seat of the
university, and in Boston, for a few per
formances, it would be a great stroke of
enterprise, and would no doubt redound
largely to the benefit of all parties.
"Heidelberg" appeals in particularly
strong fashion to students, because of
its interesting pictures of student life in
Germany and the most important seats
of learning In continental Europe, there
fore It has occurred to these bright
young men of two of the foremost col
leges of America that -Heidelberg"
would be Just the play for them to pro
duce at their annual spring perform
ances. "Audrey" yields "place, at the Madison
Square theatre, to "Gretna Green," a
.romantic comedy by Grace Livingston
Purniss, in -which Elizabeth Tyree
.makes her first appearance as a full
fledged star.
Enormous audiences continue to be
gratified by "Ninety and Nine." at the
Academy of Music
At the American theatre, "The Chris
tian" is the present week's attraction.
At the Columbia, in Brooklyn, "La
Tosca" is admirably presented.
Mabelle Gilman has taken her "Mock
ing Bird" to the Amphion theatre,
Brooklyn, and , Charles Frohman pre
sents at the Bijou "The Bird in the
Cage," by Clyde Fitch. The natural
sequence of this ornithological series
would be- "The Hot Bird and the Cold
Bottle."
Klaw & Erlanger will present "Mr.
Bluebeard," the Drury Lane spectacle
that succeeded "The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast," at the Theatre Royal in
London last year, at the Knickerbocker
theatre, Monday evening, January 19th.
This is the biggest musical production
ever presented in this country, and em
ploys an extraordinary large company.
Dan McAvoy plays Mr. Bluebeard, Eddie
Foy appears as Sister Ann, Adele Raf
ter as Sellm, the principal boy role,
Georgia Calne, Ima Dasher, from Chi
cago, and Florence Parker as Fatlma.
Klaw & Erlanger have brought to this
country all the scenery, costumes and
effects used In the original production.
as they did for "The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast," which made Buch a no
table hit in New York last season, but
the book and music will be original.
John J. McNally, who adapted "The
Beauty and the Beast" book, to the
American stage, and Frederick Solomon;
who wrote the score for It, have been at
work on the new libretto and music for
several months.
At the Belasco theatre "The Darling of
the Gods," Daid .Belasco's and John
Luther Long's powerful drama of Old
Japan, -with Blanche Bates In the stellar
role, enters its fourth week with scarce
ly a seat to be had for the next fort
night. It Is necessary to secure places
well in advance.
The Whitney opera company. In the
new spectacular military opera, "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home," is at
tracting immense audiences to the New
York theatre. This piece Is an innova
tion In amusement enterprise and a
great novelty. It tells a most Interest
ing story of the civil war in lyrics and
bright melody, and may, perhaps, be
most fittingly described as a "Shenan
doah," or "Held By the Enemy," pre
sented as an opera. It Is presented In
three acts, the scenes representing the
headquarters of Gen. Allen, of the
Union army, during a dance given the
Federal officers by confederate belles, a
plantation on the Mississippi, and an
advance post of the Union army at the
time of the declaration of peace between
the north and the south. The cast rep
resents a large selection of the best
known lyrical artists on the American
stage.
Charles Frohman's latest New York
production, "The Girl With the Green
Eyes," at the Savoy theatre, seems to
have begun a prosperous career. In it
Clara Bloodgood comes before the public
for the first time in a conspicuous role.
The piece deals with a young wife who
Is on her honeymoon, and it gives Miss
Bloodgood an opportunity not only to
show what a bride may be in the hap
piest moments of the first few months of
her marriage, but also to show how the
green-eyed monster may lead her a des
perate dance, even when the provocation
is of the slightest sort possible.
Mrs. Langtry's new social drama, "The
Cross Ways." tells the story of the
Duchess of Keensbury's marriage. Mrs.
Langtry plays the part of the Duchess
to a man much older than herself, who
becomes suspicious' and Jealous of her.
In order to punish her husband she pre
tends to become Interested In Sir Charles
Croff te, who succeeds In leading her Into
several perilous situations. The flirta
tion grows upon the duchess, and she Is
on the point of accepting Sir Charles
seriously, vhen her brother. Lord Scar
lett, seeks her aid in obtaining her hus
band's consent to his marriage with his
ward, Muriel. The happiness of this
young couple awakens her to a sense of
her position, and she rejects Sir Charles'
advances. The litter's finer qualities
are finally developed, and the duchess
soon becomes reconciled to her marriage
and learns to love the man she had mar
ried only for the sake of others.
Klaw & Erlanger have scored a big
hit nt Daly's theatre with "The Billion
aire," and Jerome Sykes, with his west
ern breezlness, comes like a whiff of
fresh clover to the patchouli-laden at
mosphere of Broadway. It is a perfect
maelstrom of comic Incidents and fas
cinating melods from start to finish. The
great feature of this production is the
theatre scenes in the second act, in
which all the foibles of famous "first
nighters" and a first-night audience
come In for very pointed satire. The
scene showing the auditorium of a thea
tre is the most realistic presented on the
stage In many years. When the curtain
rises on this part of the performance the
Illusion is so perfect that the audience
seems to be looking into another fully
equipped theatre, complete in every de
tail of stage, scenery: boxes, aisles and
seats crowded with mimic spectators.
Thi3 scene and Its Incidental satire and
burlesque of familiar sights of a metro
politan first-night Is very enthusiastic
ally appreciated for Its remarkable
novelty.
Julia Marlowe continues to command
large audiences at the Criterion In the
dramatization of George W. Cable's c
"The Cavalier." The delicious atmos
phere of southern scenes and the clever
depiction of southern characters which
have made the author's books so popular
is exactly reproduced on the stage and
Miss Marlowe has a part particularly
well suited to her temperament.
At the Herald Square Mansfield crowds
the house nightly and will do so until
his departure.
Another notable Shakesperian revival
holds the boards at the Garden, -where
Sothern Is appearing in Hamlet, much to
the delight of critical audiences.
The Keith bill for the coming week
has for its headline act "The Two Jul
iets," a one act comedy sketch played
by Leona Mervllle, Marlon Elmore and
Sidney Booth. All three of these people
scored successes In the legitimate drama
before venturing into vaudeville. Miss
Mervllle and Miss Elmore are old favor
ites with theatre goers and Mr. Booth,
while he has done muph good work still
remains best known as the nephew of
the great Edwin. The plot of this sketch
depends upon the striking resemblance
between the two women, Miss Elmore
and Miss Mervllle resembling each other
so closely that their best friends are
often puzzled to know which Is which.
The Eden musee always has a list of
good attractions but during the -month
of January they will excel. De Kolta
'has been re-engaged and each evening
will present an exhibition of mysteries
that is startling, to say the least, and
which marks him as the greatest ma
gician of the day. During the three
months he has been at the musee. the
large winter garden has been crowded
at each exhibition. Thousands of visit
ors have watched his marvellous feats
solely to try and determine how they
were accomplished, but so far not a
single explanation has been given that
in any way explains them and even
clever magicians who have been present
shrug their shoulders and say it is as
tonishing. HERBERT E. CLAMP.
RELIGIOUS PLAY A GREAT SUCCESS.
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In staging Mary of Magdala, Minnie Maddern Fiske, the famous actress manager, was taking a step vhlch critics
and brother managers pronounced as daring. The now famous play Is, however, still running in New York to crowded
houses. Mrs. Fiske's experiment has overwhelmingly proved that the public likes a sacred theme.
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