New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-06
AUGUSTIN DALYS PLANS.
CONTEMPLATING A THEATRE IN LONDON.
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN
HIS BROADWAY HOUSE.


HIS BROADWAY HOUSE.
nh .r-oistb rocn,ar season Of Days Theatre will
ora on Saturday of next week. with single farewell
production of the Railroad of Love-" Until that fat9
Loves Iabors Lost" will be given every neht una aV
both matinees The season has covered httIe over
elk months and six plays have been presented Ihc
nlays. with the number OF times that each has been
acted are as follows: New Lamps for Old" "a
4The Last Word 1O1 "The School for Scandal 90;
aTbe ProdiCal SON." 7: "A Night Off," %; Loves
Iabor's Lost" the present attraction. When ~ Is
taken from the stage Loves Labors Lost" VIII nave
been acted seventeen times All these plays nave haa
now productions except a Night or Much regret
has been expressed that some OF the pieces were kep
on the stage for such short periods but it has always
been the managers policy vary the attractions at
his house often and he calls attention 10 the fact that
the expenses Of his theatre, which are larger ulSh
those of almost any other place OF amusement III inc
clty except the Metropolitan Opera House. do not
Justify him in rsking long run for single play
even under circumstances that might warrant TIE coh-
tinuance at any other house.
The annual tour Of the company VIII begin on
Anrl 10 at the National Theatre, Washington where
an engagement Of one week will be played. This VIII
he followed by week at Abaughs new Lyceuih
Theatre in Baltimore and this again by week at the
Academy of Music Brooklyn. There will then be
4av of two weeks at the Chestnut Street Opera House.
pbiIadaphia and visit of three weeks to the Hollis
Street Theatre Boston, and the tour VIII emu WIN
three-weeks engagement at Ho9leyS Theatre lineage.
In each of these cities the repertoy Will consist OF
The Last Word" The school for scanoal' AS 10"
Ike IT. "The Railroad of Love- seVen-IWenN-
I,i,bt +. q Night OFF and Loves LabOrs Lost"
Az the end of the tour the company Will have
oet of several weeks well deserved after long season
NJ careful and hard work. 1t is likely That Few Oh
the PLAYERS including Miss Rehan, Mr. Diew anu M
Lewis will spend their holiday abroad ana the o'hctS
LIN sau for Hamburg about the middle OF August
will moot
the Arst engagement Of the European tour VIII nc
n,aved II will last for a week, and the time VIII
he divided between The School for Scandal me
shakespearean plays and the Gehnan conedes Vi the
repertory week in Paris will follow, ana nero inc
same course will be pursued, except that french
comedies will be given instead OF German one VI
these will be Les Surprises du Divorce" wheh MI
DaIrs conpapy PLAYS under the title Of The Lottery
Of Love-
This will bring the time mp to about the middle OF
september, when the engagement i'll LONDON VIII Desi
at Henry Irvings Lyceum Theatre. Mr.. irving WIZ
at this time be making tour in the Ehglis prov
Mr. Daly's opening play will be "The Last Word
,I,s ranertorv for the London season is undoubtedly
mueb stronger than last summer, when his company
created one Of the most profound theatrical sensations
that has been known in London in many years by te
performances of As You Like IT. and "seven-IwehW
EIGHT 1t cannot be doubted that with such acqisl
lions TO the list of plays as The Last Word" Inc
will be added to the already great popularity OF INC
eompany in the English capital. II is probable, TOO
that a new modern comedy will be produced iii LONDON
and will form the opening attraction OF the next reg
Mar season at the home theatre, which VIII Deglh JUST
before Thanksgiving. , -. .,., .,,,o s,r
large alterations that are to he made IN TIC tneatIc
Mir Daly has gained lease OF the property, 3nH
n enables him 70 make many long cOntenp!a'eu auu'
1ors Nearly everything behind Tie curtain VIII Dc
improved this summer Inc sCtee wiz nc SraSiFobs
and there will be new dresslng-roOms, new WasuIoDc
siOI5, ge-rOom and q studio ana "oThmI, Io'lH
tor ne scenic artists Within year or tN0 the nous
win also have a new front, aud the auutoIh"" 80
ne rcnodelled and redecOTated. But uicse i"V'o'
changes will not all be made at once. H.. 40 +ioo
Primers have found circulation from lIlC 10 un!c
spco Iast summer about the likelihood OF NJ DIN >
having theatre Of his own in Lonooh "lInim f" ~
time offers were made to him in the course oi NE
last visit there which were tempting ~ M sTniorf
NJ the nromi,es they held out, but tOr sumCIeH.
seasons Mir DAILY did not think ii pOhuc 10 accepJ
them new proposition has since then eeeli iaIe
which seems 10 have better chance o. DeimS CuI
ont II includes the formation OF an aHiahcee "
tween Mr. DAILY and a manager ALREADY estaOiish ~
In Iondon and the building Of new theairc 10 NC
coDtrond ard occupied Jointly or aiternateN 10y Ine
two managers This would not materiaIN aHSCI MI
Daiys seasons here which would 90 on aS now.
ONLY Mr. Day's final assent Is now ns e lOr v
CARRYING out Of the scheme, but this ne mas not ye
defntelv decided TO give. IL Is said that inc AZ"
Theatre IL bujlt will bc OF the finest in LONDON.
Tho company which Mr.. DAILY taxes upon Ihe to you
includes some new members VINO are UPON uial
and who will return with the regular COMPANY open
inc here next autumn. but the most Satisfactory ~
formation we can give our readers VINO lOOh 10 ba1
Theatre for their chief theatrical enloymenus eaCm
winter IS that Miss Rehan. Mrs Gilbert, Mr. Ore"
and Mr.. Lewis viii stu head the ore'thi~"'"" -"
they have for the last twelve years.