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Show 1 In Playhouses of New York f - fflig NEW YORK, April 10. The thcatri- . cal season is drawing to a close, but notwithstanding the fact that this was the last week of Lent all the play- t houses were crowded. Many of the successes of the season will leave tho city after this week. Maybe that Is the reason that so many theaters had such big crowds. James K. Hacketl. opened his J united un-ited souson in repertoire at the West End theater on Monday night with his favorite play. "The Prisoner of Zen-da." Zen-da." Many theater-goers from tho lower low-er end of "Manhattan journeyed to the West End to eo Hackett, who has not appeared in this city this season, and the house was packed. The nctor received re-ceived a very cordial welcome and made a graceful acknowledgment. . . E. H. Sot hern announced a chango in his repertoire for this week and next at Daly's theater. Owing to the great demand to see him as Richelieu. Mr. Sothcm presented that character on Thursdav night, and he will repeat the pcrforriiance on Saturday night, April 17. m So far as famous names go, the professional pro-fessional matinee of Robert Hilliard in "A Fool There Was." given at the Liberty theater on Monday afternoon in honor of Miss Mabel Taliaferro, was one of the most extraordinary in the history of theatricals. With ono exception ex-ception every star now playing in New York city or the vicinity and every well-known actor or actress in supporting support-ing companies was present. The four boxes were occupied by Miss Mabel Taliaferro, who had as hor guest Miss Ethel Barrymore-Colt, her husbaud. Russell Colt; Frederick Thompson and Mrs. John H. Tennaut. Porter Emerson Emer-son Browne. Miss Elsie Jam's, hor mother, moth-er, and Miss Eloisc Stcelo in the third box, and Edward Aboles, Mrs. Abeles and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Herford in the fourth box. Among the 2000 professional pro-fessional folk in tho- audience were Miss Blanche Bates. Miss Frances Starr, Miss Julia Marlowe, Frank Mc-Intyrc, Mc-Intyrc, Edmund Brcese. Miss Helen Ware, Miss Anna Held. Miss Violet Dale. Robert Maul ell, Augustus Thomas, Eugene Walter and his wife, Charlotte Walker, and Marc Klaw. a Maude Adams continues to draw at the Empire in '"What Evcrv Woman Knows." There were good houses tliorMSjilh throughout the. week.. Jttll ( jSrat?"1. At tho Now York theater Miss AnnajjwH1"; Hold, in "Miss Innocence," had great( crowds. yJai Blanche Bates and "The' FightinpJh, Mr Hope" at the Belasco started on itsjfejse last, woek, and tho house was sold out.n-icc. "The Easiest Way" continues to bo ajfooOB' success. "The Girl from Rector's" islLj as bright and snappy as over and onoJpQrlVt would never have thought, after secingj the crowds this week, that it was in its'ijr third month, Jr""," William Collier and "The Patriot" was also one of those who started pn p. the last lap of tho theatrical Marairia "I! thon. Robert Mantell also was in hisnf v1 gotaway week, lie played fKinif',tS' Lear." "Richard 111," " OthelIn'fgd "Richelieu," "Hamlet." "Macbclh"jr.. .. and "Merchant of Venice." Ncxtyltl week Ravmond Hitchcock returns-ijfttils the Now Amsterdam theater in "'TjSiHJj-Mascot." "'TjSiHJj-Mascot." ,tT.nn Y T ; k. Theater-goers are still finding CIevc- Son th land MofTott's play, "The Battle," at-Jbuid tractive. Eleanor Robson, in "Tho Dawn of Tomorrow," at the Lyceum, j' jiacked the house right along, and thojj- Chicago show, "A Stubborn Cinder 2J; clla." had good houses. ft Li P.c - "A Gentleman from Mississippi" iij, still registered at the Bijou, and NewjEx c Yorkers liko him so well ho may sta.r Gi for some time. v "The Queen of tho Moulin RoRc'cr'E still attracts many willing subjects tTojj j her throne at I ho Circle. Jfe ia "Paid in Full." Eugenc "WaltersLjjj popular drama, which ran so long in;r Broadway, returned to town and haat a prosperous week at the Grand Pera fEnc" llOUSC. 5 'Pin ! ' joe c "The Wolf," Eugene Waller's ro Romantic Ro-mantic plav, was (iresented at the; u Metropolis theater. Tho attraction -u which is offered with tho original cast,? n , headed by Frances Ring and WiHmmfli"" Coi-lcnay, senilis to meet with ""y j limited a'pprovak )' "Flashlights of Broadway" is thoj anfl lit'y of the musical burlesque PrcVl : senled by the Pads and Follies comiJE(,"' pany, which opened for a week at thoja Continued on following page. irjfc CHERIDAH SIMPSON. x f tfc ' American prima donna. Late star of "The Red Feather," etc., a . Orphoum all this week. . l u- j i .i IN THE PLAYHOUSES OF NEW YORK Continued from preceding page. Olympic theater. It is ouc of the best shows seen here for some time. H Two amusing burlcttas were, presented pre-sented by Weber & Rushc's "Dainty Duchess" compauy at tho Murray Hill theater before crowded houses. Charles J. Ross, in a unique vaudo-villo vaudo-villo offering, "Chuckles," by his wife, Mabel Fcnton, was a bright aud breezy novelty this week on a bill of fifteen acts at Blancy's Lincoln Square theater. the-ater. "Chuckles" is an adroit monologue, mono-logue, and rendered in a typ'cal Ross manner, full of keen wit. As a head-liner, head-liner, Laurence Trving and Mabel Hackney, Hack-ney, in Mr, Jrving's version of Do Danville's "Gringoirc," headed the bill. At the Alhaiubra. Pat Rooney presented pre-sented for the first time iu Harlem his new act, "Hotel Laughland," a musical musi-cal comedy in which there are fifteen people. Joseph K. Howard and Anna Laughlin offered their lively skit, "Entertaining "En-tertaining My Big Sister's Beau." An act which is new to America is called "The Master Mvstcry." This was presented pre-sented bv the 'fomsons, English illusionists, illu-sionists, who came here from the London Lon-don Hippodrome Vs a mental manhaltan to tho iaded theater-goer is Vesta Tillcy, and her new songs that came to tho Colonial theater the-ater this week. Sho has three new ones. "The Time a Fellow Wants His Ma." "Sidney's Holiday" and "Jolly Good Luck to' the Girls." There was much to provoke the risibilities risi-bilities at Iveith & Proctor's 125 tb street theater this week. William H. Murray and Blnucho Nicols havo a travesty filled with mauy laughable situations' sit-uations' in their sketch, "The School of Acting." Sam Chip aud Mary Mablc mado their first Harlem appearance in their dnintv and delightful skit, "In Old Edam." This was physical culture week at Keith & Proctor's Fifth Avenue tho-ater. tho-ater. Charmion has returned thcro after af-ter a lour of the world. t At Hatnmcrstcin's Victoria theater an excellent programme was given, headed by Pauline, tho cmineut French hypnotist, in demonstrations of hypnotic hyp-notic suggestions. Claire Romaiue, London's Pet Boy, appeared in the characters char-acters that made her famous in Lou-London. Lou-London. s . ' . Constance Fletcher's new piny, fouuded on Balzac's "La Duohessc de Langcais," in which Maxiuo Elliot is to appear hero, has been named "The Double Conquest." Rehearsals of tho piece have begun and its production at the Lyric theater will take place in about four weeks. Miss Elliott plays tho part of i ho Duchessc to tho Monlri-vcau Monlri-vcau of Lewis Walker. H -fl Laurence Trving will bo seen at the Hackott theater at two special matinees;, mati-nees;, the first, on April 28 and the other on April 30, when ho will pro-seut pro-seut his adaptation of Bneux s comedy, come-dy, "Lea Haunctous," which he has renamed "The Incubus." |