The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-04

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ls.dpT role Fanny Rice after this week goes out OF
the east for vacation. and IVA Johns will take her
Mace AZ Wdnda In "Tho Grand Duchess" htss JOINS
Il bright and pretty Jswess, and has areaay paJeo
wanda once or twice Isabelle UrquhArt will spend the
summer in Europe returning to the Casino In the TAIL
A NAV announced as the work OF Mrs Hsnry orssve,
and called "Rxpiaton," will be tried at q Union square
| .n.oIaI n.tlnEe next wednesday Henry J. Sargent
| international manager and theatrical SPECTATOR,
fosters the and he has engaged for the cast
| Adelaide FitzallAu. Helen Leslie jack Ahen IAN
! RotrssS Clarence Ilandvsdes and others MIA
Graeve rather conventional title Ia old not only In this
! country where q play of that name was done some
yenrs ago In England; still there need be no
fear that injunction can be- procured as mas oeeh
unless the American author Of the earlier
| "E1piaton'-which was also II memory serves At hrst
called THE Old Ud story-oan prove actual infringe
mont upon his dramatic material Tho CONFLICT OF hte
clearly appears 10 have been unprecedented indeed
It Is altogether likely that the Librarian OF CONGRESS
dollar copyright certhcates OF huhureu otueE
| plays called "BXpiAtion"
THE Old IIomestsad's" long sxstence At the Aead.
envy must end with this weeks performances hthore
ia any city playRorr has neglected this drama let
him be warned OF his last opportunity to repair the
omission lie may be assured that eVen now, IN tho
| second year of Its run the charming piece - Stll
MAYED with unnaRging vim. with perfect care as TO ue
| tall and with unaltered success Denman Thompson
will 90 with his company to Philadelphia for short
season after their close at the Academy Then he VIII
take rest until his fall contract with Gilmore Temp
kInp shall bring him back to the Academy. Next week
the big play will art Its series OF summer enter
| ta,nments with the Dun opera troupe as the urst
comerS They are to revive "rinatoro' with the cast
which Chicago opera lovers aRoR not many weeks
ago Then there be elaborate features in scenery
and costumes help make the airing Of the ouceloved
| melodies uncommony notable.
Stuart Robson and The Bourletta have fortnight
left to them Proctors Twenty third Street and there
will not any visible during that time,
II the the revival thus far indicated can
be takon a basis for prediction The quick accept
of the play In Its present form is sgnihoant
tribute to Robsons popularity with New York theatre
roera lie will nninh a very profitable season with
handsome compliment from this public The Fay TEN
peton engagement announced for Proctors 10 on" as
| everybody expected from tho nrst
Al Roster Bats Garden the appearance OF no per
former Is looked forward to with more eaRerne" or
| enthusiasm than that of Carmencita. the Spanish
dancer. she is still reiRninR favorte, aud will no
doubt retain her present position for weeks to come
The burlesquo - Our Belle Helene 10 also continued
Tho variety programme includes Wilton and Nora
EymnaSts; Ella wesner malo impersonator A. O. Dun.
can ventriloqu,st Max Pstteugill and his educated
dog Jim, and otherG
The Senator" win move West after this week at the
Star. Flushed with success that has been honestly
aud well merted William H. Crane will take the
Lloyd Rosenfeld drama to the Pacific slope where
duplication OF its Eastern popularity 10 almost certain
The Star has been comfortably filled every night snoo
the piece rst performed there and is season has
been cut short only because OF the urgency
of the San Francisco contract But there
will be The Senator" and of
Crane the same stage In the early fall Noxt
week the Star will have novelty In The shatchen.'
comedy of certain features OF Hebrew life, written
by Charles l. Dickson and Henry Doblin for NJ h.
Curtis and Lewis Morrison Dickson will be remem.
bered as q capable light comedian, formerly at the
Lyoeum. The conjunction of Morrison and Curtis
brings together two actorS Of widely divergent
methods aud temperameuts They have organized =
good company, and have tried the new play out Of
town, so that 1t ought to be in shape
The failure of Tho Blue uhicer" at the Madison
Square last week was qualified by improvements made
In the later performances II IL said that the play will
be offered TO the public again in better condition and
under more favorable circumstances There In some
good material In the work
Manager Hills faith In Money Mad " 10 sustained by
the fact that the Standards audiences continue to
evnce by their size and their conduct thorough approval
Of the stirring play and 1t now seems likely that there
will be no change Of bill before Juno Is.
The County Fair" Ross avav from Us when May
goes and June comes IN. Meanwhile, the Union
Squares audiences Of late do net show any such de-
crease In size might naturally be looked for In
dsei, there have been several audiences within the
past fortnight which have almost taxed the theatres
seating capacity. Neil Burgess and Mrs Burgess who
10 heipmest in the best Of the word will 20
down to Atlantic Highlands for their usual summer
rest but It will not be entire vacation for Bur
because he will probably assist Importantly in the
arrangements for next seaSons various productions of
The County Pair on other stages besides the Union
Squares which latter he il monopolize again. with
excellent reason. It Is not likoy that the worry
valuable horse-raco effect in this drama will
be stolen outright from Burgess who declares that ho
has It we'll protected will stornly resist anything
that looks like infringement yet there has been AIeaSt
0ment that indicates q rival effect OF the