Mr. Belasco’s interest in the psychic and the supernatural has been seen in other plays, notably in “The Case of Becky,” by Edward Locke, and in Henry Bernstein’s “The Secret”—­example of Belasco’s most skilled adaptation from the French, though we remember the excellence of his version of Berton and Simon’s “Zaza.”  That he thought Warfield admirably suited to this type of play was one of the chief incentives which prompted him to write “Van Der Decken” (produced on the road, December 12, 1915), a play whose theme is “The Flying Dutchman”—­and not thus far given in New York.[A]

[Footnote A:  Some of Mr. Belasco’s recent opinions regarding the stage have been published in book form, under the title, “The Theatre through its Stage Door” (Harper).]

[Illustration:  BELASCO THEATRE

FORTY FOURTH STREET near BROADWAY
Under the Sole Management of DAVID BELASCO

BEGINNING TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1911. 
Matinees Thursday and Saturday.

DAVID BELASCO
Presents
DAVID WARFIELD
-IN-
THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM

A PLAY, IN THREE ACTS.

By DAVID BELASCO.

“Only one thing really counts—­only one thing—­love.  It is the only thing that tells in the long run; nothing else endures to the end.”

CAST OF CHARACTERS.

PETER GRIMM..................................DAVID WARFIELD
FREDERIK, his nephew.........................JOHN SAINPOLIS
JAMES HARTMAN................................THOMAS MEIGHAN
ANDREW MacPHERSON............................JOSEPH BRENNAN
REV.  HENRY BATHOLOMMEY.........................WILLIAM BOAG
COLONEL TOM LAWTON...........................JOHN F. WEBBER
WILLEM.........................................PERCY HELTON
KATHRIEN.......................................JANET DUNBAR
MRS. BATHOLOMMEY................................MARIE BATES
MARTA.......................................MARIE REICHARDT
THE CLOWN........................................TONY BEVAN

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SYNOPSIS.

The scene of the play is laid in the living room of Peter Grimm’s home at Grimm Manor, a small town in New York State, founded by early settlers from Holland.

The first act takes place at eleven o’clock in the morning, on a fine spring day.

The second act passes ten days later, towards the close of a rainy afternoon.

The third act takes place at twenty minutes to twelve on the same night.

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