New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-24

some figures which tended to show that the amount
expended on scenery was conSiderab abyoycrfl0o,ooo
About o'clock tall man With a big dark mus
tache and short man with little fair mnstachc
game into the room and were cordially greeted Nv
man, After session. of half an hour or so ne pc
whole party adjourned TO the bar and thence 70
the regions north Of Union square, Mr. Harrigain gii
settled, but not altogether So
wiiAf ARCilitfcf RiNBtfL sAYs-iiir LOSSES
Before this Nj Kimba 81 the FORMER firm OF
Kimbal h Wisedcli. architects 0f The Theatre,
was Seeb, aud tabcf ii5te acctttte statehent oi
the talue ~ the budfp 6b,aiiieh. ar. NmNal
said " ihe faeaae 81 he theaite was bhili bt ~
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lhe iAtsiiHi, NNi ~ ~ y " Nv 'tht tE,.Yt
eiNleal NaNAt' iBsslNlf fehSS'geHt aHnh ia't'9l
sssslesa F$SooHN 'YaH's5aplf @wa' WIN" pHl
pe as@ soGaGs 9ppeei ese'.NlN y ,ea W. Tux @
| irom uycry portiun syeely aud easl deeess ~ le
slWcl Was pSsSiVIG 'Ihcre Wa' 'Hq Nihgr 'h,aFe ~
| the city which had the same unmbeG " side eA,Is,
| tIi course there was liro-prool wall between the
stage and auditorium, and though the destruction
Of The theatre was apparently ae9onsnan ,o y Gr.,
outbreak of fire and the gonora' ooniiagIallui
enough time elapsed for the place 10 have been Gu
| tirely emptied had II been full OF people.
| From we-informcd sources the loss sustained bD
| llarngan a. Hart is put down rs between TIoUVo U
and $4,000 scenery beng apPra,ssea pPnseo ~ 5o0o0
| The company all lost their wardfobes, cstna'ou.aV
from 500 60 81 900 :apece; the orchestra their IN
/ strunlcnts. among them fiddle valued by Mr.
| Braham mt $500 ex-,udCe Hilton loses the value
| of the front Of the house. say xlOOOO, ana me
Actors Fund Trustees fixtures worm aoVMt won %GV ~
the X-oice, which is probably intact III inc saic'
HISTORY or THE THEATRE.
| Until score of years ago the site in Broadway,
| which is now occupied by the still smoking RUNS
| of the Theatre Comique, was tcnantcd by a gray
stone church, built by the Unitarian Society
which has since built the Church of tho Messiah IN
| Park-ave. he last minister TO preach III ts pulpit
tion of Broadway was the amuscment-centre OF New
| York and theatres below and Immediately abovct
moved therefore it was considered good specuia-
tion on the part of A. T. Stewart TO build theatre
on the site. This theatre was bnlIt Tor MISS i.tcy
Rushton, an actress Of considerable muscular
! beauty" as one who knew her well said yesterday;
Her managers name was Davis. aDd she appeared
in round Of semi-spectaealar plays until her o II
his his purse. Then the Worrell Sisters.
she lsnS known "na ss M1s SnnS George s. Ksh wsG
| leased it and produced buIlesGues including
' Aladdin and The Field Of the Cloth of Gold"
| melodrama, "New-York 10y Gasght.' After Mr.
| DAILY had retired, with small fortune to take the
Fifth Avenue Theatre in West Twenty-fourth-st'
under Robert Buiers management. When When
moved DndEs down to- SPssa hs sid quarters HG with his
pany but failed to meet with his former success,
cess, though he had in in his company Cara Nor
ris, Fanny Davenport and Mrs Colbert Mr.. Daily
soon moved uptown again and the Broadway
Theatre was held by many managers whom the
same mvariablc i-luck pursued. Robert Heller
made a little money there, bnt lost II
during second tenanicy, calling the house g. " Hel,
ler's Wonder Theatre" Later II was know Tor the
second time as the Globe Theatre and leased for
short seasons by companies wishing TO secure the
New-York trademark at small expense. IL was
held at different times by George Wood VINO called
il Woods Broadway Theatre; Neil Bryant, who
christencd il Bryants Opera House; Jean burnside;
the Lingards Joseph Hart, John A. Stevens and
w j. Fleming. Robert Stickney turned IL into
circus, and the uses TO which it was put were
manifold.
Finally in 1881 IIarrigan and Hart, who had
given up the theatre IN which they elfi Az naHG i tig,,
Guards the old Opera Comisue, opposite the ST.
Nicholas took the dnPy looking Broadway
Theatre and transformed it into the bright cheer,
fnl house which IL was until yesterday morning. IL
was opened by them iAupust 20, 1851, with he
| Major which had long run Since tiien tnsy
| have produced "sQuatterl sovereignty" !" The
Mulgan Guard Ball aud Picnic The Black
! bird Morteca Lyons" "CQrlelins A.pra,
| tions" "Ibe Muddy Day" and !" Investigation
| all of which excerpt The Barkbtd' aud Nor
| lrrin LYONS have been extremely successful