Show REOPENING OF KNICKERBOCKER I AND GARRICK PLEASES PLA PLAYGOER Herald Square Region Resumes Resumes' Its Theatrical Activity With the Return of Th These e Houses to the Active List With Warfield in The Music Master and Le By Si The Tho Special News Newl Service WITH the opening of Le at the Garrick and David Warfield's revival of The Music Master at the reconstructed reconstructed recon recon- ted Knickerbocker nick theatre that section of Broadway beginning beginning begin egin ning at Herald square its theatrical activity Playgoers generally were pleased to see the theatres alight again The same section includes the Casino Maxine Elliotts Elliott's and the Thirty-ninth Thirty Street theatre M Warfield Is a wo worth worthy torch bearer of art to the traditions of ot the tho Knickerbocker The late Sir Henry Irving at that time plain Henry Irving was the first star atar to appear at atthe atthe the Knickerbocker when It was opened In 1893 Mme B Bernhardt who is to follow Warfield also played a long engagement there years ago as did the Bostonians including Henry Clay Barnabee Barnabee Barnabee Bar- Bar nabee and Miss Jessie Bartlett Davis Sir Herbert Tree then Herbert Beerbohm Beerbohm Beerbohm Beer- Beer bohm Tree 33 E. S S. Francis Wilson and Nat C. C Goodwin Goodwin's Goodwins Goodwins Goodwin's Goodwins Goodwin's Good Good- wins win's last appearance with Miss Maxine Maxine Maxme Max Max- ine me Elliott was at the Knickerbocker in The Altar of ot Friendship and there George Lederer produced The WIldRose Wild WildRose Rose Ros with a cast Including Eddie Foy Miss Elsie Ferguson Miss Marie Cahill Miss Marguerite Clark and Miss Evelyn Nesbit In this theatre too Charles Frohman produced Rostand's Rostand's Rostand's Ros Ros- tand's L In English with Miss Maude Adams as Edward Harrigan owned the Garrick for many years year's years and it became one of the most important producing houses In Broadway while Richard Mansfield was its lessee To Mansfield the theatre theatre theatre the the- atre was always a a. temple and he al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed no one to take liberties when alluding to it When one of his business business business busi busi- ness staff r reported ported for duty one one ne day Mansfield gave some Instructions anc and started for his dressing room Ill see you after the show said the busin business ss lieutenant in parting After the show repeated the manager actor with dignity N Are w we acrobats After the performance replied his associate humbly The 1 0 Per performance exclaimed T Mansfield Are we ants Im Im very viry sorry mumbled the crushed manager Til see you after the play sir sirI sir I 1 shall b be pleased to o see you then answered Mansfield Last weeks week's announcement that George Arliss is preparing to revive SIr J James es Matthew Barries Barrie's comedy mu The The Professors Professor's Love Story brings back fragrant memories of the first presentation of ot this piece ever made In m this country or on any stage for that matter as the American premiere preceded the London production by two years It was written for the late E. E S. S Willard Wll Wll- lard and the first performance took place at the St Star r theatre then at Thirteenth street and Broadway in December 1892 1882 At that time Willard was presenting an extensive repertoire and The Professors Professor's Love Story Stor was only given for one week Subsequently Subsequent Subsequent- ly Willard revived It it itoc oc occasionally but it is doubtful If it has been played in New York more than fifty times The play had an extended engagement engagement engagement engage engage- ment at at- Hooleys Hooley's theatre Chicago during the Worlds World's fair The following year Willard produced It in London at atthe atthe atthe the Comedy theatre and it continued I thereafter almost the most popular piece In his repertoire In England The revised version which is to be used by Arliss is the one now now being acted at atthe atthe atthe the Savoy theatre London by Henry B. B Irving The only changes made are the elimination of the asides and the soliloquies which were quite the thing at the time the comedy was written Arliss will be that quaint and alarmIngly alarmIngly alarmingly alarm alarm- absent minded character Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Goodwillie It is altogether dissimilar dissimilar dissimilar dis dis- dis- dis similar from the eccentric or orthe orthe orthe the subtle Disraeli Miss Margory Maude will will- willbe be the Lucy White and Mollie Pearson who last season had th the leading feminine role in Hobsons Choice will appear as the Scotch lass Effle Effie Miss Kate Moffat now Is playing the part in London Curiously Curious Curious- ly enough she originated Bunty In London while Miss Pearson first fir played the same In New York Among others who will have important roles will be Giant Grant Stewart Edgar Kent Arthur Eldred Mrs Arliss and Miss Keith Wakeman Miss Maxine Elliott played the so called Dowager Lady when ting The Professors Professor's Love Story first was produced by Willard WillardIn In 1892 I |