New-York tribune., 1885-02-01
THEATRE PRICES REDUCED.
NEW POLICY AT THE UNION SQUARE.
REST SEATS IN THE HOUSE FOR $l-eENEhAh AD
MISSION rs CENTS. .

REST SEATS IN THE HOUSE FOR %i-oh'
MISSION 75 CENTS
rov rIav. entitled :" Prisoner for LlIe'
s,,l he produced at the Union squrae Aheaao 49,,
Wednesday night The play has been aaap'eu no"
French by Louis Lathal and will be produceu ~
ner conformabe with all the TRADITIONS Vi Wv go
souars Theatre This 49, however. one OF tne ie'
- -, ,na honn.niups ON that evening. radica.
CHANGE win then take place IN regard to the p. %
admission. the announcement OF which cahnO' litter
cause widespread surprise. Messrs' ohoo iaora,ion
,,sr having Given the subject the closest a,
have decided materially to reduce the ~
this one of the leading Aheatres OF the o ~ within
Tn T,,v rp,Rt,NE there have at various 'li.o on,
IN. ,.oars anneared articles which poh'ou ou'
,h, ,b,,o during that dime the prices oi al ,s tho
ana al, juxuriss OF life have been s'eau' .h o,,t
rates of admission theatres still reh'aneu s LIVER
N which they had been raised during ''o sn me- have
n. times Hitherto the leading manaso .,
cA. .,,r ros,ton upon the broad ground IhaI IL
80 d,ro,,t enourh even with those prices W nun
ON, uonev and that II they were reduced the 'I o
os enrichiae themselves would become in -.
Msssrs Shook Collier however, h"'o 80, .V ,hoso
different conclusion and the ripe experiehoo o n
pom,ar managers cannot have led the '"i ''r;oos
mpst moi be supposed that the cheapenns % =, tho
orrosnnd,nc lowering OF the standard OF tne
aptsraiament they will present. Iher olu nstmi,ed
retained its entirety; the ne & py iye: the scenery
the avalanche scene in particular-oeng r ere While
anything that has 81 been se charged for their tenn
norary possession will be much more roons ed with
@ % ,he Wsckave patent chair. which is moe
simple In construction than the oiu ono """ e
mqre rST Vi 9 scale Of prices will come into force Cd
Wednesday night: General adin a.; sanity circle
o cent admission to family circle 20 cents IL coscd
$40 and Ss on Tuesday night the ~ the new play.
Mr. Shook said last night; Itays ssye i0' and have
been contemplating aaH;sedly adS am convinced that
many people who few years ago a Sif by reason Of
our theatre & are nSw SSve ee Stood myself the box SGe
and heard people discussing the nerably close idea of
ts,0S se prsyang pr sentiment among the one p"h has
You see the ipcO%s Of that every of actors and
actresses and they have to reduce the s With the
economizing the necessities Oi moi,er sum for
their evenings or paying none az M oercd 10
have hitherto only had the latter need hardly add
that theatrical Salaries aust ollown the hem baeyer is
onestion which at present, at least need not l!
'H''' "gS .ggE EXAMPLE NOT TO BE FOLLOWED.
The only three stockcompany theatres when continue
q, hre birb nrlces are wallacks Days and the Mad'
.on sonare for the Standard the Bjou ana the OdSo
are de voted exclusively to some form OF muSica
ton Lester Walack was asked ias' llIsn' -
thought OF the new step on the part OF the ohoh
management ,, .,,r
"Ifyon mean have any intention of following ther
.ono - sa,d he "I can tell YOU in very few words
hat nothing ia further from my thoughts Mr' shooA
and Mr. Collier have presume come to the cone9sSn
that it will be their advantage to DO ths ~ 'cu,
very much to my disadvantage 30 iar io"i b%b II
the price admission to my theatre feei as aS be-
any change is to be mace, ddrection M have
never spoken out on sa. this SEssS, We Say inor TT
can give you my views IN Few % worGs are ns In any
other country the worn. We pay more or our @
MS wSoG r oTr Tcb rSn sn orr rent CHER and
in the face of All this We are askea II we rnad lover
by lar than those of cues such as london or or
Paris, which have already snch ;Nt a. a. now
S.srer Ssr three than two thousand dollars there
fore what once good business is now & TGeH ny ,orr
the quality Of my entertainment or close my tsen.re ar
IL The sr an So is .n% % s S%n c a@
company is every whit as good as o MS .censry %ury
On 'GG the % stass Of BAYS tho Union square
or my own theatre as Mr. Irving .n ,-ndnr' has
sssad put ofiCTS oos oe o onH E ns as
ana an accompse stage manager ana ne ;b IshH tS n
American public have perhaps been M,,e &c tbr o
sssla oar, see Ms Trns there i no their de-
nsnd to lower our prices TO less Ihah nan INA"
Dalys Theatre was packed to the doors last night and
therefore seemed almost superfuous 10 ASK MN II nc
no, :" said he | should be inclined TO raise them
while New York maEagers are under heavier p" es
wares they find myself that my highest priced
seats sen IL ad sance the Others and while thai nunus
10 be the eas shall certainly dream Of reducing my
scale of prices. 1 have never thought seriously
of such move and do think there Is any prospect
of my ever doing so. Amy move make Will be I'D an
upward direction One thing wish you wonld say a.
itbears on the subject have not reduced my prices
but have last conquered the ticket SPECTATORS ana
the public pay the advertised PIlce only lor lhe
seats speculaor has not been near my theatfe ior
seven weeks" r.
A. M Palmer was not at the Madison Square Theatre
last evening but his views the question decided
Talking within the tweny-four hours on the same
subject he said - do not believe that IL Is good
policy for q manager Of . hrst-class stock theatre
TO reduce the present price OF his seats one
fraction OF a cent | have found that nine out
OF ten of my productions have Appealed
only TO the occupants of the high priced seats and while
these have been full and constituted the Income,
tho cheaper seats have been sparely occupied People
who pay 81 so would not come TO the theatre any the
more often were the seats be so cents cheaper We
cannot afford the reduction do not think should
get any larger audiences by SO doing