The Evening critic., 1885-01-24
NEXT WEEK AT TIE THEATRES.


Nine. Ristori's eventual and triumphant
season AZ Albaughs Grand Opera House
will be followed by weeks engagement OF
Miss Maggie Mitchell, the universal and
fascinating favOrite, whose "FanchOn" and
Pearl Of Savoy" have won for her the
affection and admiration Of American au-
diences and whose fame aud success in
crcases with her expanding repertoire aud
her succeeding seasons. Next week she
will play Jane Eyre" on Monday; Pearl
Of Savoy" on Tuesday; Little Barefoot" at
the Wednesday matinee; "Lorle' on
Wednesday evening" maggie tho Midget"
on Thursday and Friday evenings, aud
"Fanchon" at tho Saturday matinee.
At the National Theatre the charming
little drama of May Blossom" that has
awakened the sympathies aud called forth
the applause of large audiences every even
ing this week, gives place next week to the
burlesQue extravaganza "We, Us & Co. at
tho Mud Springs" w. A. Mestayer and
Theresa Vaughn are the chief merry
makers, but IL is n company Of comedians
Of high order, and tho ingenuity aud in
vontive genius Of playwright, actor, scone-
painter, costumor and property man have
been exhausted In creating the most ire
sistible Of burlosques and prolonging The
laugh from the rising Of the curtain until
the going down Of tho same by series oil
surprises and comicalities that have never
been exceeded in boistorous fuu. The
scenes in New York and at tho Mud Springs,
and the mechanical effects Of the revolv-
ing hotel" are among the triumphs OF
modern stage novelties.
Rises Surprise Party will take posses
sion Of Ford's Opera House in most uu-
cefemonious manner on Monday and pro-
ceed to surprise tho public with series OF
tho gems Of music, fun and novelty, for
which this happy band Of artists arc IA
nous. "A Bottle of Ink" is the name of
the new production, and through the
skeleton Of a play and with as few as
possible of the connecting links of plot,
the company will delight their audiences
in their own original and inimtable
style.
John A. Mackay, ono of tho cleverest
comedians on the stage, still heads the
company and plays sort Of an impecu.
nious editor Of Western newspaper In that
peculiarly unctuoWs manner which is en-
tirely his own. Among the other mem
bers of this admirable company is Miss Ida
Mule, Miss Vernona Jarbeau, Miss Maud
Beverly and many other artistes of dlstiu.
guished merit. In the second act of the
piece, which is supposed to be the stage of Q
theatre, a brilliant melange of spectacle;
is introduced, and Mackay gives MS Ia
nous limitations, not forgetting his "Nice
Young Man, at Fourteenth street and Sixth
avenue" Scenes will be given from "Orpheu'
and Eurydice," "Princess Ida" "Iolanthe,
"Romco and Juliet" "rhe Tyrolean
WARRIORS" "The Swells of the Day" The
Dude" and many others.
Tonight is the last of Dominick Murray
in Escaped from Sing Sing" at the Thea
tIe COmique. Monday ushers in au oppo
site show from the present weeks enter.
tainment; in fact, next week the ComiquC
is to have circus-Austin's Australian
Novelty and Circus Company, with "Aimet
the Human Fly" "Ormah on the High
Wire !" Austin Sisters five Russian ska
ters the Persian athletes Rench and
Wood aud their pet giraffe, and host o
others that will recall visions of sawdusl
and the arena. Colonel Snelbaker is truly
an energetic provider for his patrons.