New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-15
LENT AND THE WEATHER.
CONDITIONS THAT HURT THE ATTENDANCE
AT THE THEATRES

"a
tendance at the theatres within the last week 1t has
hoon attributed I'm some measure to the influence OF
Lent and much more % the bad weather, which mas
undoubtedly kept hundreds Of people within doors.
Some Of the theatres have done well, NOTWITHSTANDING
and il is gratifying 70 note that the most excellent
business Of all last week was done by houses present
ing the highest order of attractions
The plays presented at the Broadway Theatre oy
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett have also drawn
audiences that filed the large auditorium almost com
pIctcly The programme for this week is an extremely
interesting one on the first three evenings ana al
the saturday matinee Richeeu' VIII be played WIN
Mr. Booth in the title part and Mr. Barrett as DE Man
prat and on Thursday and Friday evenings ''"0
beth Will be given. with Mr. Booth as Macoe'i ahu
Mr. Jarrett a. MacduG. Mr. Barrett VIII give
double bill On saturday night cohal'tlb VI i0''"
Iovcr and David Garr!ck'
Final performance, of Wagner for the season, and
g.. ,o,odv l,pows how much longer. will be given at
the METROPOLITAN opera House this week. Inc Fly
ing Dutclmanr will be given tomorrow Night anu
=" Tannhaeu ser" Wednesday. fHuay VIII " ~,
last ght Of the opera season. and tristan anu i'u
will be sung, AMI the season VIII chu VII" '''o p
,a,co NJ TIL, Ma,,ersinger' on saturday AFTERNOON"
~ rTh, pb,r;.cc . by Malcolm Watson and Mn. Ian
oos,or wallis will DE played at the MANSON
-, Tho,,re tomorrow night. The cast ihcluucs
r,,v,rd rcll Maurice barrymore Charles H. n"'''
Frederic Robinson. Henry Woodruff H. ray H. 80
Mis- May Brooklyn. Mrs. +. ). Philips anu 'l9
Agnes Miller The play will be preceded Oy Il
niece bv J. A. Richie called "Dinner AZ riS".'
which will be PLAYED 10y H. IL i''"'N' .
and Miss Maud HarriSoH. ,
rntcrc, in Mr.. Wizards aptncs' In cohcelVlhs anu
artistic skill in portaylng the diverse character "H
ne undertake. has been again renewed Dy MS p't
formancc of Matthew Euddock in Wealth Al i 'io
fourth production Of his season at Palmers inea,,
AVID many Of those who have seen it have been leo
the M
personations thus Far.
=. >or,,-- will he continued at the Lyceum Theatre
o,, ain Eas,er week when il will be succeeded by
re,v production Tomorrow afternoon william d.
henderson will give a talk at the Lyccnm Oh Inc
Romantic and Classic In Piano Music whlch AeA
ander Lambert Will illustrate with selections on tne
p,no Mrs Abby sage Richardson will lecture on
Tuesday afternoon on the drdHats's ''l"P''' '
ton Dckkcr and Webster.
An album containing the autographs Of the mem
hers Of the Casino Company sent to Carl Mllloccher
in commcm0ration Of the l1Oth performance oi Ioo'
Jonathan last week The opera IS likely TO be
PLAYED Till late in the spring or early In the summer
when it Will be succeeded By new work OF Joseph
Iclmsbcrgcr
Tho friends and admrer, Of Mr. IIarrigan continue
10 fill hi, theatre and % give evidences of delighted
apprrciation OF " Reilly and the 400 Large theatre
parties are common. and many of them come from
out of town.
Many promises have been made about The production
TO morrow night of The Power of the Press at the
Star Theatre There are many local scenes and they
are said To have been prepared with great care ana
attention to absolute correctness stress Is laid on the
fact that there IS newspaper man represented III the
play as it Is not desired that the title should seem
misleading. Tho cast shows the presence of twenty
nine characters.
An extension Of time has been made in favor OF
All The Comforts Of Home AT icrrmannS Theatre,
IA, ,ft,tn IN
be good and many order, for seats have been received
for the Tooth performance. ON April 10.
The week at the Amberg Theatre will begin with
The Girl with Money" in which Miss Paula Loewe
will appear to morrow and Wednesday and Thursday
nights On Tuesday evening " The Journalist Will
be played for the benefit Of the German Press Club
Friday and saturday nights will be devoted to new
piece called "SOdOms Ende,' by IL. Sudcrmann, the
author of Die EIrc."
Tho domestic and martial OF d" Love and
War" will be continued at the Garden Theatre this
week "Betrothcd' by Aphonsc Daudct. is promised
for March 30 The cast contains many familiar names
and the stage settings announced unusual efforts
men and Women" has two weeks more TO stay at
Proctors Twenty third Street Theatre. The fourth
souvenir night of the run Will March %, the
occasion being the 2O0th performance of the piece.
The company will at begin an extended tour and
will be absent from the city for about five months.
William Gillette's Mr.. Wilkinson'S Widows will
follow " Men and Women at ProctOr's.
THE County Fair at the Union Square Theatre,
also enters on its last two weeks tomorrow night.
II has made a long stay and will not even yet quite
tear itself away from New York City. but will spend a
little time at the Harlem opera House.
W. }. Seaman stays for one more week at the Four
teenth street Theatre. playing The Irish Minstrel"
lie will Introduce several Of his including Moon
ight al Killarney Love Music What's in Kiss
over the Mountains and My Nelly's Blue Eyes
There will be special matinee Tuesday st.
Iatricks Day.
Hands Across the sea- will be played at the Coum
bus Theatre this week. II has been in the city
frequently. and has usually been extremely popular
With admirers of melodrama.
Miss Lizzie Hudson Collier is still playing the lead
ng part In Barbara" and The Nominee" at tho |
Bou Theatre. In the former piece she sustans the
thief interest Of the story, there is no part for Mr.
GOODWIN. The houses continue 10 be satisfactory and
he end Of the engagement is not yet announced.
"a straight Tip" will he the attraction at the New |