The sun., 1890-01-02
MATTERS AT THE THEATRES.
yo NOVELTY IN PLATs. YET PLENTT
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GOOD EhIbh1AANmhNAs
-.-.o,.l News or vnriousiy Inserestine
1s.-CorUers - Miss Dhvenport Oefenda
s..ao,,s Dramas-Two American Stag
-. In London-Arrival or Mrs. RyIey.
Tho subscription night this week at Daly's
rhoo,re revived the DAILY version OF The Sur
,.isos Of Divorce and the DAILY condensation
y, ,Tbs Critic" In the first piece Isabelle
T,v,np played Josephine. the part In which Mise
Rshan had not found much matter worthy OF
bsr talents Miss Irving Is young and very
nretty girl with ability quite sufficient for this
,ask and the substitution was therefore ad-
Outrageous because the audiences at Days
do not like to have their fRvorite leading
actress in an inert role. Miss Rehan was again
The TIb,rrnia OF Tho Critic" and her bold and
eopouerinR burlesque was admirable.
II has been q rather uninterpsting week at
the city theatres. whore the continued sue
oosses have Jared botter than the reviv-
ala Of familiar plays by visiting companieH
Over at the Peoples, In the Bowery. My
Iack " has mot with noisy but genuine ap-
nlause from pretty large audiences. demon
stratlng its value ss melodramafor rough
and-ready playRoers rather than fer critical
ones. It will be sent over to Boston nAxt week.
and after that its fate Is uncertain. 1t could
not very we'll go on o long tour with itspresent
bIeh-priced cast; and. indeed, less co,tly but
equally available substitutes could eatily be
procured for some Of the actors. Annie Pixley
has brought most OF her city admirers a iaith-
m, and very numerous following. to witness
her frisky work as the giddy actress In wa
Second Floor" at the Grand Opera House.
Hartmann. tho smoothest OF modern magic
workers has thus far pleased tho spectatoraat
Hammersteins new theatre In Harlem. 0liSer
Byron has reproduced the sensational AcroSs
the Continent" at tho Windsor to the intenAe
delight OF his audiences, and Ada Rehan's sis
ter, Kate Byron. hos again demonstrated tha,
genius isn't evenly distributed In the Rehan,
family Up at Jacobs's Third Avenue Fanny
Louise Buckingham. an actress OF varied ex-
periences and sin gular perseverance, is going
through the ornate scenes OF "Mazeppa." to
the accompaniment OF vociferous plaudits,
twice day. The Hanlon spectacle, Fantas;;
features Of scenic prettiness and mechanical
clevorness and ingenuity but there is only one
S e difiicuit to to excuse lack OF novelty In it's
srecialty interpretations Now that we have
been educated up to good things In this direc-
tion we expect great deal from managers.
Fanny Davenport's reproduction Of La
Tocsa has started we'll as to large audiences,
Miss Davenport writes 70 THE Sun: VIII
Kindly KIM h advertise the fact that 1 have Theo-
dora for next season; l have It. With my
two other plays It will constitute dSds d think &
dora But you are mistaken In asserting
Theodore, has been failure everywhere;
The strongest er % card Mme Ber16ardt had IL her
perhaps not satisfactorily played BY Miss 6I-
'Thaodora a tremendous play. and was en-
eo4raged BY Bernhardt herself i e take it. she
fSRs 4goadps the sasn sapep
knowledge no weakness in the play. nor do
know yet whether l shall accept the new
some new thing in 1t that l could be the
s n f. ia rdSse fS sss Sa
produced. because friends who Witnessed its
fret production mistake emily informed me twas
It will be an important production with me. and
my desire is to set those iriends have ON the
5s Woat6y
The ppblics. as all I have done In the past has
II Mrs. J. H. Ryley can find Q manager who
will put good opportunity before her. she will
sse eSs ha sS RSs ndstb he ol
nal and only one. as her marriage papers seem
pretty Madeline Lucette to learn OF the arrival
10 this city OF Mrs. J. 3; Ryley. for It had been
] had BEEN ae
sistant and counsellor to the comedian. and his
trust in her Is indicated by his transfer to her
have lived for years. Mr.. Ryley has prospered
n this country For ten or or DO dozen years he
been in lively demand for comic opera. This
taking an Interest in the, Arthur Rehan
fSS%psa Sag TaGn on hf EneS
Mrs. Ryley is q bright little body. full Of vim.
and yiyaclogs in speech as In manner. She , is
fight for her rights. She is under legal advice.
and 50 she avoids reoapitqlation OF her do
trouble for Ryley is Inevitable for she has
boldly announced herself as Mrs. Ryley. and
XII cling to The title Her dstaEeR "a and
When iSssGGI she sang The QUAKER song in LONDON
Thompson envied it's popularity. and. though
she couldn't use it in London. lhe tried 1t here
once though she failed in It Miss B9rnum is
visited US She has relatives in this city. and
can't gel on the American stase right away
oPs Of her friends said Yesterday that
came face to face with her husband. The
SeCoGnition wesss quick. but It was painful to
discreet silence since Mrs, RyleyS arrival
PANEL Frohman. and T. ID. Sothern y TO pro-
ouco 1t In the spring.
New Yorks new music hall. the. Lenox
Lyceum, will be dedicated tonight The
affair is important, and 1t will be appropriately
oonsummated. Theodore Thomas's orchestra
viii interpret a brilliant programme. andtheIe
VIII DO numbers by prominent soloistk or
course. the spacious and splendid hall wll be !
crowded; We grow rapidly. but our amgse-
ment balls keep pace with our progress. This
latest addition Is. archItecturally and ar'is-
ucally. worthy Of our people and their cultrfe. !
Lawrence Barrett is still an inmate OF tie |
Loulsburg Square Hospital In Boston. whee |
he VIII remain for some time; Notwithstanding
he!s gradually msnding. The comforts THAI |
come Of wealth are his to command, and he Is
assured Of gentle nursing. Tor the hospital is
select and quiet. 1t is in the conservative West
End OF Boston, and faces q long and narrow
park hemmed in by severe brick houses. from
whose roofs you can catch a glimpse Of the
placid and sometimes picturesque Charles.
Rhsrei There is probably no Jess noisy spot within the
that the operation on the glands OF Mr.. Bar
Fetts throat Is likely to prove in every way sat
hiactory. and that Ihe patient has passed the
9anger point, tho doctors are free to admit that