New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-05
MANAGERS AND PLAYERS.
PLANS AND PREPARATIONS AT ALL WELL
KNOWN CITY THEATRES.

brooklyn Bridge, or as an excursion to bedlows
Island and the Statue Of Liberty will be. One
may see in the of Mr.. Hsrrigans company an
explanation Of the decline of negro minstresy in this
city MIR. Harrigan gives part Of q drama OF city
lie all the features of negro mnstrelsy which were
attractive in the old FORM and all that tedious
and chestnutty" is eliminated. The audiences at
Harrigan's are themselves study. Even on the hot
test oil August nights the horse packed from pit
to gallery the boxes hed nightly, and by people
whose countenances indicate intelligence and whose
dress and manners show that they of the wel-to
do classes of our population. person who goes to
Harrigan's with the idea that he is to encounter
people from the slums will be much surprised 1t is
the slums which Mr. Harrgan illustrates on the stage
but the characters ne portrays do not have prototypes
IN the audience. Mr. HarrIyan has just copyrighted
The OReagans." a comedy in three acts, which il to
be his next production and which its title betokens
DEPICTS phases Of city life among the lOwly.
The Openin, performance on Monday night
at Wallack's Theatre was somewhat too
long, the curtain Dor falling until haf-past l l. 30
Colonel McCaull called the company together for
rehearsal on Tuesday morning and attacked the opera
and hbretto with doubleedged pruning knife, lop-
ping OF piece Of unnecessary dialogue in one place
verse ct song in another. and so arranging that
without any loss to the audience or mutiation OF the
score the opera now ends before IL and everything
moves with more vigor and dash. After the season
closes on October Q, Josephine will be taken to
Philadelphia. The opera will open the regular
season at the McCauh Opera House and will probably
run until the Gilbert and Sullivan work ia ready
for production, which should be some time in Novem-
ber though there some doubt az to its being ready
much before the New Year Colonel McCaull has
therefore fortified himself against any delay by secur
ing several new operas. among which are Lorraine"
by Dellinger the composer of Don Cesar"
@Wademar." by William Fullerton. Maurice Barry
mJre and Beattie- Kin gston " The Ambassador" by
Kremser and last but by means least, a new opera
concerning which the Colonel displays 30 much ret
icence and mysterious secrecy to make one partic
ularly anxious to hear and know all about IT,
Wait and yor shall see" however ia all that can at
present be elected in answer to all questioning
Mrs. James Brown Potter desires set at rest for
ever the constantly recurring that she is to go
the stage Mrs Potter will for time, now
that she has returned to Ncw-York. but will be active
in the fall all charitable movements in which her art
an amateur actress can be called into play
new American play by David and Milton Higgins
of Chicago will be brought ont in the newly decor
ated Fourteenth Street Theatre tomorrow evening.
1t is entitled Ouc Rich Cousin and will be played
by strong company which includes Miss Georgia
Cayvan Miss Louise Mudener Miss Fanny Addison,
Mrs. Sol smith w. j. Ferguson. 7. j. Herndon and
a. S. Lipman
Just before his death Samuel Coville had entered
into arrangement with Miss May Harriott to pro
duce comedy drama written by her entitled " The
Olive Branch" The play had been specially written
and arranged by Mrss Earriot for the metropolitan
debut of Miss Jane stuart. who made hit lat April
L. /. I If NnIdo " Miaa
art is young girl of sixteen who is yet at school,
but she has remarkable voice and, Mr.. Colville
put 1t. She can't help acting" The arrangement Of
the PLAY TOR her waa peculiar in that she was TO play
child of ten in the prologue and young woman OF
nineteen in the next act " She can look and play
both with equal art" said Mr. Colville. Since Mr..
Colvle's sudden death Miss Harrott's agent here
has been trying 70 arrange with some other manager
Miss Harriott IL with Days company in Europe and
her absence delays the production OF Inc OuYe
Branch"
William Stuart formerly manager of the Winter
Garden and the New Park Theatre and recognized
everywhere az a dramatic critic Of ability is
to prepare for a syndicate OF papers through
out the country "reminiscences OF tie stage each install
ment to he based current mater III the thea-
rical world The first will be printed on the advent
of Mrs Langtry at the Fifth Avenue Theatre III
October, and will naturally embrace Mr.. Stuart ;
recolections Of society ladies' and professional beauties
who have adopted the stage ~ a profession. MI
Stuart has an inexhausuhe fund OF theatrical anec-
dote never before drawn upon.
The full company for the production of Gunters
play. "A Wall Street Bandit" at the Standard
Theatre. on Saturday. September %, has been en-
gagged II consists Of Charles Wheateigh W. D. Fer
guson. Robert McWade, Charles Bowser. Frank
Losee, Atkins Lawrence Lysander Thompson D. H.
Farrall Misses Georgia Cayvan Sadie Bgeow'
Fanny Addison, Marion Russell, Lesley ComsJock
Edith Bird. besides dozen children headed ~ !on
10y Russell aud little BijOu Fernandez Al oil 'nc'e
people are we'll known in New-lork
In the last few days there has been rush Of aspir
ing singers to the Academy Of Muse to try to Obtain
admission to the chorus and other minor vocal posi-
ton in the American Opera Company The trials winch
embraced the hearing of 25i American voices, showed
again what excellent native material there Is available
for grand opera 1t asO showed to some extent "hat
the American Opera Company has done to create am
bitipn and encouragement among musical people
in all parts of the States. Among those heard on
Wednesday and Thursday were yonng men ana
women who had come at their own expense from bhr-
lington. Vt; Portland Ore Harrodsgnrg ny
Detroit Chicago. Cleveland, Baltimore. Washington
Cincinnati Boston and Phiadep ha besides scores IRON
New-York and BROOKLYN The most remarkable
feature OF the trials the unusually arge
OF American tenOrs. and good ones at that, Severn
comic opera companies could be well stocked WIN Ien-
ors out OF those who rejected because there were
only three vacancies In the male chorus. The chorus
j. now complete and will assemble for rehearsal on
Monday morning. Mr.. Hnrchs asserts that there -
even more fine material in this seasons chorus than
in last
The American Opera songbirds are homeward flying
after two months rest aud recreation to begin work
again in studyD their roles for the season re-
pertoire Miss Emma Juch has been spending the
summer at SwampscOtt She returned to the CITY last
week refreshed IN body anu voice. Madame Fursch-
Mad has been spending the summer at IanneFsViAe'
in the Catskill Mountains. She has returned to the
city make preparations for the opening OF the next
term of the National Conservatory of Music of which
she direcress and the time TO prepare iOr
her appe dramatic soprano OF the American
Operl Company. Pauline l. Allcmand has been IN
Germany MISS Phillips has been during the heated
term a. the Phillips homestead near DuTbury. Mass
Myron Whitney and Alonzo Stoddard have been Tor
over SIX weeks at Long Pond Mass., fishing, riding