New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-30
,GLANCES AT THE THEATRES
PASSING NOTES ABOUT ACTORS, MANAGERS
AND PLAYS.

The week has boon comparatively bs~>S
,,ac,d in the theatres. with few changes Oh o'h anu
'pi~'U ,nr,nrccm.nts that have startled the public
=. .xc,,cd expcctation. At the Fifth Avenue Ihc-
. Mr. Rooth has been seen in hts wondef1u play
d. ~ Dertuccio in q Tho Fools Revense, "llio VA,
Ds,ro,t has been acting in David Garricks forioAs
lave, and "The Kings Pleasure both aisonsus"'
players. with tAer strong company have ca"eo ou'
81. enthusiastic approval of large audiences.
:. Car,a,, svsfts ri the Madison Square Thea'T'
-, hccn crowding that charming lIttlo house the
going public having turned WIN fesh %os' :"
, diversions OF the playhouses since the Close VI o
great holiday Of Chrstendom
. little Lord Fauntleroy,' at the Broadway me
,e has not only kept the box-ofce busy and all the
seats in this spacious structure occupied but has also
hsen the cause OF extensive advance sales the whoie
house having been sold out for the New Years Day
matinee in a few hours after the sale opened.
Nearly all the theatres will yive New Years Day mat
snees as usual and since the famous Old kncherpocher
custom of calling has been abandoned among nearly
all the people who are willing and able to pay dol
lar ard half 10 play, the various places ol
amusement ought 10 do an excellent business on inc
AFTERNOON as well the evening of Tuesday.
Dut, holiday or holiday, The Lottery OF Love-
"a. palys continues TO draw large audiences, while
- Rchearsing Tragedy" the pictorial eccentricity'
a. Mr. Daily styles it, affords additional fuo ana en-
soyment and presents a number of the best known
members Of the company in parts which display thor
yersatnty by the conspicuous difference from the
REQUIREMENTS Of characters in the merry production
based upon the French farce OF Les Surprises De
pivorceo Mr.. DAILY announces that his cd comedy
revival this winter viii be an elaborate production
of FarQuhar's THE Inconstant"
Big as the Academy Is IL is none too large for the
Aosts of people who insist on breathing the country
air and renewing the associations Of their childhood by
seeing Denman Thompson in "The Old Homestead
and enjoying the fidelity with which the scenes OF
farmife and the characteristics of rural New-Hamp-
shire presented.
1t has been decided that 'Twixt Axe Crown"
IN which Kyrle Belew accompanies" Mrs. Potter,
shall be continued during the coming week at PalmePs
Theatre and on Monday evening" January z. Mrs.
Potter and Mr. Belew will favor the New-Norh
public with their idea of how great Shakespearean
play should be staged and acted. There is every
TO expect glittering entertainment so far as
scenery, costumes and setting are concerned. AS to
the manner in which q Antony and Cleopatra will
be acted first night house will be able TO judge.
Only a fortnight moro remains for the admirers
Of Gilbert and Sullivan TO repeat their experience of
euIlivan's music and Gilbert's lbretto In "The Yeo
men Of the Guard" Monday, January Ia,
"Nadiys will be revived, with Lillian Russell in the
part of the Princess Etelka. while Fanny Rice Will
return a. Nadjy. Many friends of the Casino would
be glad If it possible to bring out "Nadjy in
New.York for another run, with the company now
travelling as Francis Wilson and others have won
much applause and favor In Boston and Chicago IN
this operetta but the engagements entered into by
Mr. Aronson outside the city render that impossible,
those who liked "Nadjy' before will like her again,
and possibly she may rival the success of Ernnie
and may complete the season at the Casino.
The charms of Pneros deli ghtful comedy of Sweet
Lavender" and the excellent acting, the admirable way
IN which the play handled and set continue to test
the capacity Of the Lyceum Theatre and there IS no
reason at present 10 expect change in the bill this
season. "sweet Lavender ought to equal the run
VI" The Wife,
Edward Harrigan closed the third week of {" The
Lergaireo with the good business which seems 10
attend every Of his productions.
At Nblo's Theatre Nat Goodwin has been playing
during the week in Turned up and LEND Me Five
Ehfnincs" Mr. Goodwin has now bought house
In New York, and proposes TO become a staid ana
stable citizen of this capital Although during the
winter his travels may occasionally take him to
great distance from the Atlantic Coast he Will try
10 spend as much time in this centre of thought and
activity as possible. But he will have to get some
new plays or some new parts The pieces in which
he Is now appearing are hardly strong enough In at
tractlveness TO insure prosperous lSness in long
rua a, any New-York theatre.
Miss Margaret Mather will occupy this week at
Nblos and those who find satisfaction in the dramatic
WORK o. this actress will have an opportunity TO see
her in Romeo and Juliet" The Honeymoon The
Lady Of Lyons,s Leah" and Macbeth" The an
nourccmcnt time ago that Mr. Irving would
put Macbeth" on the stage of his Lyceum Theatre
in his uneQualled manner, seems TO have invited
various people TO attack Shakespeare's stupendous
tragedy and Miss Ellen Terry appears for the first
time in hcr-career as Lady Macbeth, her example has
inspired Mrs. Langry and Miss Mather to take up
this mighty task. The patrons of Niblo's Theatre
certainly complain of lack Of variety in the
list which Miss Mather offers them. Not only will
she appear in the plays already mentioned, in the
course the week. but she proposes TO take the part
Of Peg Wellington in MASKS and Faces" at the
matinee on New-Year's Day. J. b. studlcy, II. A.
Weaver, Dan Magnnis, J. c. Padgett, Marjorie Bon
nor and other people well known to the stage, are
in Miss Mathcr's supporting company There VIII
be matinees Wednesday and Saturday well as
Tuesday
Mr.. Hoyt's " Brass Monkey Will close its run this
week at the Biiou Opera House and a bronze souvenir
will be given at The hundredth performance Friday
evening" January 4. On the following Monday
" The Pearl of Pekln" Will be brought out at this
house for second
~ the Fourteenth Street Theatre, Mr. Hoyt's we'll
known farce Of " \ Tin Soldier" will be continued
another week. with Michael j. Kelly the somewhat
celebrated ball player of Boston, in the part of Robert
Graves. II would not be surprising If Mr.. Hoyt should
engage Jacob Klrain, Charles Mitchell, John L.
Sullivan, John Dempsey, and Mr.. Jackson, who has
Just pounded Mr.. Joseph McAuie into a Of
pulp, FOR The cast OF some Of his peculiar pro-
ducous. If sO-cacd en-thousand-dollar ball players
legitimate features Of farces the stages OF
respectable theatres, there 10 why the
Should not be Strengthened by the participation Of
professional pugsts.
Miss Annie Pxley has been seen In her well known
performance Of " The Deacon's Daughter during the
week the Star Theatre and will present cara" to
morrow night On Monday January Z, Louis James
and Marie Wainwright will appear at the Star IN
As You Like It' when Miss Wainwright for the first
time will act ROsalnd before New York audience.
Mr.. James viii be Jacques, while Mr.. Mosely
viii take the part Of Orlando. In the of their
n will
also appear in Much Ado About Nothing and
"VrEniuS.' TIE following week Miss Fannie Dayen-
port Will bring out La TOsca" at tho Star. Miss
Davenport is said TO have been highly successful In
real estate speculation recently, having sold for some
$4,000 piece of property Chicago which she