The sun., 1888-09-02


a burissque company. There Ia Opera House in A
bury Park and in II dramas OF an indubitsbly mors
character have occasionally been acted. frehiden
Stokes of Ocean Grove has all along protested 70 Pres
dent Bradley Of Asbury Park against theatrical
whatever. but Bradley has maintained that rigid cen
sorship under which meretricous things should b
excluded, would obviate all difficulty. He favored
"Uncle Toms Cabin" standard, and that piece ha
been given oftencr thnn any other Bcsides he sai'
that the Opera House private property, and wh
the singular charter which he had obtained authorized
him TO exclude all traiic in inoNcnnts prevent th'
stopping OF railroad trains Sundays prohibit boating
the lake tbs sabbath and regulate the costumes
and conduct Of bather he doubted IL he could exclud'
| theatrical entertainments lie would conto nj himscl
with seeing 1t that nothing bad said or done OF
the stage. To that end, when "Pinafore" was given
the song and chorus "Hs Said Damme" was omitted
at his request. lie Insisted that no immodesty cos
tuned pieces should be represented declaring that th'
same authority which empowered him to enforce pro
prety dress on the beach extended to tho theatre
Nevertheless, yesterdays entertainments at the 0perr
Honse consisted of the buresquo "Adonis with all III
audaoty of actresses in tights Henry L. Dixey mad,
therein his first appearances since his return from
Europe md II burmised that he would not have
been sorry Bradeys censorship had prohibited the
performance because that would have vaiuably adver
tsed him for tho ensuing season But It happened that
Bradley on foreign tour and his representa-
Hves at Asbury Park rested their opposition with oh
tanng from legal counsel the opinion that probably
DiSey could not be lawfully restrained. However,
posters picurng tho Glad actresses were not al
lowed on the walls OF tho pious city.
The doors Of threo more metropolitan will
thrown back this week for the fall and winter Al
another there will bo q change OF programme to an
opera that. by reason OF revision viii be practically
and at several Of tho whore combinations
do congregato there will be visitatons
OF the best Of tho current travelling troupes So tho
week will be altogether busy any that has pre-
oeded It in this remarkably brisk midsummer. The
houses that will commence work Harrisans Park,
the Bijou, and Dockstadera wallack's will have q
virtually opera and the Peoples the Grand tho
Windsor and both the Jacobs interesting combi-
nations will appear.
There can DO more brilliant occasion In . years
theatrical events in this city than the inauguration Of
season at Harreans Tho affair annually calls forth .
crowded and nosy approving house. which generally
overwhelms with flowers and pauds ts favortes with
an excellent stock. Refreshed by q summer that has
not altogether been spent in idleness HarrRan will
morrow night greet his friends In now role. new
play and surrounded by some people. Every year
the value Of his work increasing In power in nnish
and In its influence. The play. In six and
four acts has been called "Waddy GooRan" after
its chief character, New York hack driver, which
Harrigan will impersonato In the earlier sceneA
though later In the play he viii shift his dialogue with
his clothes, and become italian yender Hctro. The
drama Is entirely local; so much 30, indeed, that
at first Harrigan had proposed to call It The Meropo
Lis" Soundor and business eye to the exactng
nature OF tho demands Of large portion OF his clientele
induced him to mako "waddy Googan" the title. Tho
disappearance from Harrigans stock Of John Wild and
Dan Colyer cannot possibly harm the racveness of
the that viii be offered there this ason
because in them there will darkies Of Importance
Indeed, IL would not be surprising ultimately to dis
that the negro had his best days In Harri
gans pieces But other old friends viii appear in
sidary roles In "waddy Googan." There will be Mrs
feamans for one playing Ars 6oooar an Irish woman
OF the type she long created for city pAyeoers
there will be equally congenial roles for Frank
Aiken Harry Fisher, Joseph Sparks, Peter Godrch,
William West and that younger but less uvelier Yea.
mans Emily. or course there viii be tho usual accom-.
panimont Of now melodies by David Braham. and new
and careful views of local scenery by witha Of
these depicting the launching Of yacht in the North
River. Not likely to be sighted additionally
tractive feature Of the opening will be the congenia
presence and benign influence OF Manager Martin W.
Hanley. under whose discreet direction Harrgans Is
having prosperity both financial and artistic 1t is
hoped and expected that "waddy Goocan will run q
number of months When the proper time comes 1t will
bo succeeded, probably by n drama that viii be wholly
Irish all its occurring in Ireland 1t is from Har
rigans pen. of course.
In the continuance of Philip Herne at the Fifth Av
enue, the acting of Joseph Haworth and Joseph whee-
lock has appearance Of hearty rivalry equal in
value OF material tho two roleA and
the efforts OF the two actors The little girl by
the boy Eddinger Ia rare in stage 1uvenity.
Fskcs striking play will be to the
The company OF Day's is stil In tho Old World The
foreign tour has been advantageous as boom for tho
ensuing season at home and 1t is understood to haye
paid Its own expenses which Ia more than is often ac
complished in such ventureA Ada Rehan has had tho
favor OF London for her Kdthd,ns in The Tanning OF
the shrew" and her has furthered her int.r
ests to the utmost Last winter Daily bought of Hillary
Bell tho artist \ fu-length portrait Of Miss Reban in
that and was said to have paid 81 COO for II
He has now this picture to the
Memorial Society of Avon and It has bean
hung in tho central place of honor on the wals of tha
art gallery there
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