The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-25

Herr Barnay finished Iast night ts hrst ssrfes 81 M
psrfornancss In New Teri. He leaves an agreeable
impression. Those whs saw hin viii r~nsmSsr . grace
full aad picturesque nGurs and methods thss were con-
prshensibis and clever. Bis best performance was
Lear. and Othelto was his enc characterization that ear.
ried q suggestion Of unpieasantnesa OF course there
are all sorts of tastes In otheios bat there Il no reason
why Herr Bsrnay should not Trstify . better one. His
Richard Ill., was interestingly wicked In appearance,
and censum mated the bedsvilmsnt Of LADY Anns in the
funeral seems In . fashion to take the breath away. Herr
BsrAay was Toast Geod - wtutsm Tsil and II
must In caadsr be said Aise that his Txi fer the most
part was csmmsnplsos In action - we'll ~ In appear
ancs. his Marc Antony was almost wholly oelorlsss;
and that suggests that there are some thinn which Herr
Barnay seems to take very literally. Because onets
alleges that his speech IL rude and unvarnished Herr
bArnay makss him talk haitnkiy and Ia . converse
tsnal manner whom he IL describing his wooinr Of De-
stnona, and because Marc antony modsstly dsprsoiatss
his own powers the German actor o~onstrains him to pro-
nounos that wonderful GRAFTON with no more sioeution.
AIRY fervor than II would get from = proof reader. or
from an Antony saying II on At rehearsal. Tho truth 10
that blank verse Of the exalted hind In question ought
not 10 DO treated 50. II 10 plain enough that Herr Barnay
could make these passages eloquent II he chose He
nsgiects to do % because he II un willing 70 do vtolsnos
to what he considers the logic Of the charaetsra His
audience would bless him II he would sink his logic and
let his sloQusnes have full play.
cerinns expects V pat away arcadia" afsss uh
weeks performances at pookstadsrs Theatre and 70
replace u WIFI Aonto Crtht JT- On Apfu y U
maininE weeks OF her season here. She has engaged
Harry Brown and Bisis Gsroms 70 play leading roles in
the burlesoue.
The Academy will fan into the line Of popular prios
eombinadsn theatres again this week. Daniel 4 Band.
mann will b the star, and the play his ewn version Of
'pr. Jskyll and Mr.. HYDE" trial Of this
piece a. Nioo'a, week before last, even under entirely
unfavorAsls weather circumstancsa convinced him
that there was . pusno demand for another impsrssna
ten of the good Jekyu and the bad HpdA His audiences
were large generally. and enthusiastic always His
transfer OF the strange play 70 the Academy will b IN
tsrssting In every way. There viii 10 new sesnsA aad
We may expect that all the ingenious mechanism will Be
effectively worked. By this time, toe, Bandmann ought
to have acquired greater celebrity In making the change
from Jehvu to Hyde or vice vorsA fhs attrsctivsuess
Of this piece 10 the average ~playkoer b oon1ned - this
episode Of stage triekery. wheu B%andmann was At
NibioA and his Jekyl was nightly getting ready to
shrink into Hyde you could hear your neighbors breath,
Perhaps his NEST valuable adjunct In accomplishing the
change Is . sort Of reversible viz, which. worn ~ ordinary
wigs are, gives Jekyu the appearance Of . somewhat
bushy. headed and csmmonplacelookinE Individual: bat
when. as he begins to crouch into Hyde he dcxtersusly
conceals his head In his hands for . brief moment he
somehow manages - turn his wig wrong side to- and .
mass Of unk' mpt hair frames the face that now looks
30 awful In the green light lsvelled At Il from the side Of
the stage. After Bandmann has increased the speed Of
this mstamorphosia there Il no reason why his work
kAAy NV w Spu&hy - - u.hS - Nv -
xtvsn to the book much thought that IL certain and In
the construction Of the play he has shswn marked
olevernesa The company that will support him q the
Academy 10 not materially changed from that seen At
Eible'a Louise Besudeti IL Its leading actress and IL
contains good performers also In Rose Stahl 4. r. eulli.
van. Thomas J. Herndon. and J. n. Celvilla From
the city BandmanA win 20 directly On tour. and " he
follows his custom Of past seasonA he will make . leng
and profitable trip before the metropolis viii see him
again. With bis departure the Academy Will BE- ready
for the American and Italian opera seasons that are -
occupy II for the ensuing i've weekA
"Ths Pearl of rskin Is planned 70 run . rosA part
Of the summer At the buou- Its chance Of fulfilling is
managers hopes is good All Bijou entertain ents are
purposev Of An elastic style; that IA there u 90 little
serious material about them- and % much that 10 made
to please merely tho eye, that with . fair start the
snow can he put In = shape entcing enough 70 make Il
last long. In the cast Of THE Pearl Of Pekin. " how.
ever, there 10 not now any actual need OF added or inter
poiated featured What u required. rather. II that the
comedians now In the cast and the Actresses intrustsd
with the leading roleA shall put mere VI what stage folks
call "ginGer" into their work. Tho improvement 10 al.
ready far advanced Joseph ". Herbert for instance.
10 = disappointment He seems IN have modelled his
role Of Sesor,kt the handann's right hand man. on the
plan Of some Of De Wolf Hopper . impersonationa Orig
inaiity Of conception would have male his work much
more agreeable. He played koKo here once % we'll.
and In . manner 80 thorouRhly novel but consistent
that he surprised everybody who saw bin. and there ID
Toronto manager who thinks so we'll Of him that he u
going to star him next season. Louis Harrison who In the
TtJno. or the leading burlesquer Of the piece. has not
been seen here In about four years A great many who sat
In the Bijou last week remember him ~ about ~ funny .
comedian a. We used 70 have In this city Yet upon his
temperance, even after this brief lapse It seemed AZ
II be represented an old school Of testers He had ap.
parontly grown heavy and dabby: the former comic
sharpness Of his voice had disappeared and his singing
qualities had certainly not improved. He rave . GOOD
topical song In An enjoyable because serious way. but al
~ Atkar ftna r-r h Il. h - R,-.. ..
he used to be. Both no and Herbert however. will prob.
ably strengthen their work with repeated performances
Since Thursday night Clara Lane has been the peari Of
the opera Edward z. Rice oostumsd Tho Pearl OF
PeEin" as expensivsly and As effectively A. anything OF
the kind ever seen hers
James ,. Crossen. Ida Lewis George }. Maddsz. Anne
LewiA and Others will pressnt "A Celebrated Case " at
Poo,e s this week. The old meodrsmA has had frequent
performances At this house, but its repetition seems TO
promise pront Next week " The Colleen Bawn" I'LL b
tho play.
Tony Pastor has organized his new company for bis
annual spring and hummer taur. and the people will
start WORK. a. usual with . week ~ the home theatre
The roster seems stronger than any Pastor has out TO-
gethcr In some voars. Little Itch IL back from England
to rsjoin Pastor; Annie Butler. the ride shot will make
her nnt appearance In q theatre with the company
Beane and Gilday, we'll known already; the Dsnneils
who were ons OF iasisaaAops vaudeville hits; Mao Pct
tinEill and his trained dogs: the st. Albert sstsrA Ene
hb newcomers; Hsvene ana AthoA AcrobAtA and Far
rsll and Wilmot Irish vita also new. and from England.
srs bright lights Of the party. On the road Pastors
company, like Rich 1 HarrsA plays ~ nutelass the
aires
"schoene Helena" ella Belle Hslsns'3 win b. ths
opening bill Of the week Al the ITALIA ~ . ssnsnt Il
Ferdinand schuetz Of the stock company. Possart vii
appear during the week
At Roster I Biars schwierEerlinEs hundred ed
nArionetten In pantomims and ballet. viii continue next
week. Performers who will contribute 70 the olo are
Weed and Shepard, musical people; Amy Boshell,
soubrstte; Leonzo. ~tuxElsr; the Gregory Brothsrs 40
robas, Folly Cusick, singer, and Annie Wilnuth, ballard
captatrAce.
The Broadway continues La ToscA" With Fanny Dav.
export A. the picturesque singer. Tho scene VI the kill
ing Of the villain 10 still brought TO . climax BY the re-
liEious decoration Of him at Ia Tosea's hands Miss Dav
enpsrt finally concluded that the episode could not sert-
ously offend most Of the people who would see It. The
run Of " La Tosca' will end On Saturday night April "a.
when It will have had 1.-TWO months stay. That 10 .
period shorter by four weeks than was take about ear.
iier BY Miss Davenport The theatre on April 30 win be
given over to comic opera for the summer. The an.
nouncemen is made that "a m from the Amer.
lean Institute visited the Broadway recently. and after
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