Evening journal., 1889-03-18
The PHILADELPHIA THEATRES.


'Peck's Bad Boy" is at the Kensington
with the Atkinson Comedy Companv.
which has been running this farce for a
long time
At Carncross Eleventh Street Opera
House new burlesque win be put on
this week entitled "The White Caps. .
The favorite sketches of last week will
be retained.
At the Lyceum Theatre lovers of bor-
der drama may see the Queen of the
Plains, adapted by Len Grover from N ed
Buntline, with Kate Pursell, favori te
California actress, as Calamity Jane.
An interesting spectacular dramatiza-
tion of Rider Haggards "She" will be
brought out this evening at the Grand
Opera House. In this piece the possibil-
tiles for display are great and will be
taken advantage of.
At the Continental Theatre the three
act farce comedy entitled "A Soap Bub-
BILE" will be played with Edward j. Con-
nelly as the centre piece. This play was
first brought out by Baker & Farron
and has been successful.
"Rosendale" will be brought out at
the Standard Theatre to o-night. The com
pany is composed of well known artists
and the play is produced by special ar
rangement with Arthur Wallack with
new scenery and costumes.
At the Central Theatre this week the
attraction win be the Mary Howard Bur
lesque Company, which has been SO well
received heretofore. Three Card Monte. /"
with new comedians and number Of
new specialties have been added.
A sensational melo- drama by Dominick
Murray entitled, "Right's Right will
De the attraction at Forepaugh's Theatre
this week The cast is remarkably
strong and Mr.. Murray thinks it is the
best play Of its kind he ever performed
AT the National Theatre Sid France
Will present for the first time in Phila-
delphia Jealousy, "a new comedy-drama
The scene is laid in Kentucky and the
piece is in many respects different from
any that the average =theatre-goer has
seen.
Natural Gas" will be given at the
Chestnut Street Theatre for another
week. This house has been crowded
every night since Natural Gas" was in
troduced, and Donnelly and Girard have
made this one of the most successful
Of the modern farce-conedies.
Maude Granger makes her reappear-
ance in Philadelphia at Herrmann's Broad
Street Theatre as Ethel in J. K. Tillot
sons new society drama, Two Lives. "
The play has met with success in New
York and is highly spoken Of by the
press of that city.
''The Buckeye, story of simple Ohio
home life, which was intended by Den
man Thompson to succeed 1.-THE Old
Homestead, has been put on at the Arch
Street Theatre with Miss Lizzie Evans as
the comedienne. A number of new songs.
medleys and dances will be introduced by
Miss Evans.
At the Walnut Street Theatre Mrs.
Langtry is expected to appear in 'Mac-
beth, although she is in the hands=of
the doctor. The plsy will be given with
the same cast, costumes and scenery that
will be used at the Fifth Avenue Theatre,
New York. Mrs Langtry win appear as
Lady Macbeth, with Charles Coghlan as
Macbeth.
Miss Mary Anderson was to have
opened at the Chestnut Street Opera
House tonight, but by order of her ply
sicians, she has cancelled her engagements
for the rest of the season. In less than
two hours after this was known, Mana
ger Zimmerman had secured Partners,
with A. M. Palmer's strong dramatic
company. Partners is dramatization
Of Daudet's novel "Fromont Jeune ct
Risler Aine, the English translation of
which is known as "Sidonie." It viii
prove a strong attraction.