New-York tribune., 1885-09-13
IN THE THEATRE LOBBIES
WHAT MANAGERS SAY OF THEIR PLANS

box-ofice shows steady nightly increase which N
destined In day or two to end In overnowng houses
have been assured By competent and we'll critics
that the third act Of the play Of the strongest thar
has been written. That play has faults am AZ
well aware one. but walt till have got through
with 1t. and then think you will say 1t Is really great
drama. have some alterations already planned which
shall carry into effect next week. all OF which tend 10
strengthen and improve It, had success which
pleased for the author dear friend OF nina
and right goodiellow, and his by his brother
critics In Chicago was ungenerous and unworthy. Nv
other theatre is doing excelently also. Indeed tha
receipts Of Nordeck" have far slightly exceeded
those at the Union Square. Meantime hard at worry
on Romeo and Juliet" The dresses will be done ths
| week and the scenery is beiue6ushed ahead"
Mr.. HILL is pleased with a reformation which has
| been effected mainly through his instrumentay io
| Union Square. The crowd OF actors and
hangers-on to the theatrical profession. which has
been wont almost to block up the entrance
the theatre has dwinded within the past week. Tba
manager says that he appealed the feelings OF the M
tors and pointed out how serious detriment to his
business they causing This, in combination with
the approach Of the busy season, has had the desired
effect Mr. iIiil has only to suppress the malodor
hints of the proximity OF eating houses occs
soDaly waited through the auditorium of tho Union
Square and he will have done much for this house.
1t was remarked yesterday by Hew-York manager
that the days OF socaed ns successes have
warness os the public the manager did ros state He
merely called attention to the fact that nowadaysr
took at least week for acknowledged success 10
play full houses The of Anselma at the
Madison Square is striking proof Of this Beginning
with first night house which, though cordial and sym
pathetic, not crowded one, Madame Janish stead
lily gained In public favor until at the end OF the weeh
the standing room only sign was taken from its cob
webby obscurity and hung outside the theatre
The Comedy Of Errors" did not the Theatre
until the close of the week. Speaking this 10.
seph Brooks said: Sew people know the size OF the
Star Theatre We have not yet fully tested the capacity
Of the house and yet weeks receipts far beyond
those of the best Wyndham week Union Square, when
people turned away nightly. This leads me to
correct q popular fallacy to the amount
OF money house will hold. This is probably
| the largest Broadway house except NiblOs and yet
It holds not much over 81 GOO"
"The Comedy OF Errors by the way, is running now
as smoothly be desired and the performance h
generally before quarter to eleven. Tie many
supernumeraries defty handled aud the ballet
Is always rcdemanGed Robson and Crane feel gratfed
at the result Of their expensive experiment. their only
being that they unable continue present
their play at the Star longer than the few weeks fof
which they have taken the house.
Maurice Grau hard at work his preparations for
the Judic at WallacEa Yesterday he was
anxiousy awaiting the that his star had actually
sailed Her departure delayed by illness, but Mr..
Grau received last week dispatch saying that she had
fully her health and did wish her first ap
pearance DELAYED had been suggested by Mr.. Grsu
During her summer rest at Chaton Madame Jude
wrote o pretty little pastoral song for which she alss
composed the music. The first of this little piece
which has net yet been published. runs:
"Te sourieHta de "a joWnSe
on tu dis que tu afnnaisf
Cftait au prtnteD,ps de fa,,nse:
Moi je ne roubiierai jupsais"
Mr. arau has brought with him from
Paris sketches Of the scenes and ccstumee
OF Theodora" which explain why the piece stil has
Judging from drawings, tho OF production may
easily have 900 francs which Mr. Grau puts
tho market Theodore Moss says his safe
signed and ratified wherebyhe Is its sole owner
for American production. He also says that Watts
Phillips play, which may be bought for 10 cents s
very similar TO Sardou's great work.
Steele Mackaye flashed last week the fourth act OF his
adaptation of Andrea" and expresses himself
tirely satisfied with It, Il have altered the original
play entirely" said he yesterday. and cannot help
saying that think It is for the better. sardon
ber, this play fifteen years pOtboier,'
there certain faults OF construction u Andrea
which would appear In play of his to-day. I
change the ethics well the construction aud though
hate preaching, and especially stage preaching. think
play will teach manly lesson. In Andrea tho
hero a weak, whining humbug In In Spite Of All
he noble fellow temporarily led asray cut thesix
acts down four and the characters down 10 eight.
played part ia New York does what tho TTct does
Andrea II is to him that the wife appeals and i is hs
vino finds the way out OF the difficulty The madhouse
scene j expuDge and In the last scene oring IN
second act she showed unwittingy the side OF the
husbands character to the wife, SO IN the last act she OF
best light aud him back the wife. have seiven
make the play earnest one and Is on that ground
that hope 10 he Judged on Tuesday night" Beside Mr.
Mansfield tho east OF I" In spite Of All" Will include
EDen Py@ptOn; who plays the & husband and sslSa
stella is rot a dancer. but an opera boune singer.
Lester waacK paid his weekly visit to town OH Friday
and found at his theatre looking as juvenile as ever
wsh said he, "you would contradict the report that
| am positively going act ths may out.
but it is not at all certain. have definitely OBJ
talned Hoodman Blind, and shall produce it here as
soon rs Ia HIS Power has ceased to draw. Bellsw will
hT,ytwo speasing parts and as many supsrnmierares
or the nature as The Lights o. London aud The
more lttery merit. am having strong play written
Tor me by weknown dramatist, which shall probably
put rs the third on my list OF productions"
In spite OF legal difficulties Miss Rose Coghlan viii
begin her starring at Nblo tomorrow night in
"our Joan" The original scenery. with tho flashing
light that used at Waack's, Will be presented.
Bachanans meodrama. "Alone in London" will have
its hrst production In Now-York tomorrow night This
sensatiana and spectacular effort taken round the
country last season and achieved falr success al
though it's are all laid IN London
Following Mr.. Irving's example, Lawrence Barrett 10
going deliver address on dramatic Art" before
the faculty ard studentso OF Harvard The date has been
fixed for March, whom he will be playing In Boston
Maudo Miller lnot Mulierl, daughter OF joaquin NIL
ler will play OF the principal parts in her fathers
play OF 40" which Loudon Mccormack will bring out
this season.
The Kirafys preparing for tho fray. "rhe Black
Crook" will be galvanized into life with new
costumes aud scenery and started ts wellworn way
In Baltimore tomorrow. Around the World will
begin its Journey Boston week later while harmony
beng restored between the brothers and Mr. Gilmore
their spectacle wil he produced at Nlbo's IN Mo-
yember. Rehearsals have already been begun. and
Hubert Wkie been engaged for the leading COMEDY
part.
Miss Morton. who wrote the clever parody on MAY
Blossom" which was performed by amateurs at the
Academy of Music last finished what is said
to strong ouract play It is In the hands of Daniel