The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-01
THEATRES REOPENING.
Points About AL the Lead
ing Plays and Players.
BARRETT ON THE OCEAN.
The "Great Metropolis" and "Man-
nd"---Helen Dauvray's Re-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Notes.


Lawrence Barrett is on the ocean on his
way home. It is reported that the baths
at Kreutznach, Germany, cured him Of
the trouble with his neck, which bothered
him when he left home. Now, if Mr..
Barrett will find something to take the
kInk out of that old familiar leg, he will
indeed be the pride Of the American
stage
1.-THE Great Metropolis" by George 81.
Jesscp and Benjamin F. Teal, had its
initial performance last evening at
Proctor's Twenty-third street Theatre,
New York, opening the season at that
house. In the cast Harry Meredith, G.
| w. Couldock, Ida Glenn, Annie Mayer,
| Mrs. w. G. Jones, w. G.. Beach, Harry
Hawk, Newton Chisnell, Mrs Owen Mar
lowe and others have important assign
ments. The story of the play is sensational
and rather CORY, but 1t is well acted and
handsomely staged.
Little Olive Berkeley has started for
Australia to play in Mrs. Burnett's Lit
tie Lord Fauntleroy" Company there.
| Willie Edouin denies the statement that
! his wife, Alice Atherton, is demented. He
states that, on the contrary, she is in the
very best of health.
| Now that Helen Dauvray has given up
| her intention Of acting next season, the
! question arises, what are we to do with
the handsome Mr.. Robert billiard, who
| was to be her leading man. 1t is said that
| he will star
! Sol. Smith Russell has an excellent OPP
| portunity as Noah Vale in "a Poor Re-
| lation, now at Days. Those who have
regard to Mr.. Russell's ability as an actor
| legs viii greatly enjoy his performance.
1t is to be regretted that he resorts to
| variety methods in this play at all, for it
has real merit upon which Mr.. Russell
could safely rely.
Mankind" melodrama on the old
| lines, is having good success at the Four
! teenth Street Theatre, New York
| Captain Swift drew large audiences
| to the Grand Opera House, New York,
last week. 1t had exactly the same cast
as it had at the Madison Square. And
| they do play it to admiration despite Mr..
Barrymore's execrable elocution. Why
will he not permit somebody to teach him
| the elements of that art. He has great
career before him whenever he iswilling to
| stop hitching the last part of one word
on to the beginning of the next.
| Madison Square audiences have taken
well to Bottles Baby" Both Kate Clax-
ton and Mr.. Stevenson are seen to advan-
| tage in it.
1t is said that Mary Anderson will spend
the winter at her stepfather's house in
| Yonkers, N. Y.
"Paolo'' is doing well at the Fifth Az
enue. Theatre. New York. The music by
Jacobowsh the composer of "Erminien
has little real merit and no originality,
| but somehow it takes. Harry Paulton's
libretto is laughed at in manner which
must be very to gratifying him.
"The Oolah" Is doing exceedingly well
at the Broadway Theatre, N. nrsi-
ness has been of the most sat-
nature, and Francis Wilson is
| graduated on his immense success. Inc
! Oolah" has some weeks yet to run.
| Rehearsals of Systematically please
Bronson Howard immensely. He says a
better class of people could not be found.
| The cast includes Wilton I.ackaye, Henry
! Miller, Harry G. Howard, Morton Shell
don, George w. Bailey, James o. Bar
rows, William Dennison. Harry Rose,
Dorothy Dorr, Viola Allen, Elite Shan
non, Nanette Comstock, Minnie Haw-
kins and Alice Haynes
Fred Wilson is the first man to turn
the interest in electrical executions to dra-
matte uses. In a play called 1.-TWO to
One, or Penalty Under the New Law he
will introduce the death chair and the
| dynamo.
| Robert Campbell, son of the late BARLEY
! Campbell, is to be connected with the
business management of Siberia" one
of his fathers plays. Young Campbell is
q shrewd, gentlemanly lad, with many
friends.
| AT Albany, N. Y, September 16, Hele n
Barry will commence her second season
| under the management of J. NJ Hill. On
this occasion Malcolm Watson's romantic
military drama, Love and Liberty,n will
have its first American production, with
the same company, scenes chorus and
auxiliaries which will mark its presenta-
tion at the Union Square Theatre, New
York, for two weeks, commencing Sep
TENDER %. The plot of Love and
| ftrijf c 11rn n al nj
dent of the Franco-German war, and Is
full of entanglements.
George w Thompson is directing the
rehearsals of Shook Il Golfers '"The Blue
and the Gray" which will be produced at
Jacobs Third Avenue Theatre, New York.
is the company:-W. N, Murdoch, James
Macready, George w. Thompson, Samuel
4. Ryan, j. w. McAndrews, j. G. Kline,
w. J. Thompson, Harry Cotterill, Harry
4. Wagner, Marguerite Fields, Stella
scenery has been painted by Voegtlin
and Dayton.
It is settled that the stock season at the
Madison Square, New York, will open
with Aunt Jack, - which A. M. Palmer
recently purchased in London. Agnes
Booth-Schoeffelw will have the chief role
w. j. Florence and Captain w. NJ. Con-
ner returned from their European trip
last week. Mr.. Florence will visit Joseph
Jefferson at BuzZard's Bay, Mass. and
then go to New Hampshire before open
ing his engagement with the Jefferson
Florence Company, October IA, at the
Star, New York.
Buffalo Bill arranged some time ago
with William NJ. Cary for painting Of
himself and horse Charlie, and offered
to take it, in case the painting was salts
factory. 1t was not and suit was begun
by Mr.. Cary to recover the value of the
picture. The case was referred to A. G.
Brown, who decided that the suit should
be dismissed
Hands Across the Sea-" an English
melodrama that ran long at the Princess
Theatre, London, had its first American
production last night at the Walnut
Street Theatre, Philadelphia, with a cast
including Edna Carey, Percy Haswell,
Lizzie Seaman "a sister to w. j. Scanlan),
W. J. Ferguson. Gustave Levick, John c.
Blackstone and others. 1t will be pre-
scented in New York at the Standard
September 16 The Boston Museum
stock produce it this week also.
Wise Girl.
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