New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-16
PLAYERS BEGINNING WORK
EARLY THEATRICAL SPROUTS SHRIvELLEp,
BY THE sun.

BY TILE sun.
with darnp defiance Of the season several theatres
have opened their doors within the last two weeks and
some OF them have already suffered from the mistake
Tho attendance at the payhouses has not been alto
oeihcr and universally bad, but managers generally
were ANYTHING but pleased with the hostile attitude OF
"a. SIM toward their enterprises last week. Other
theatres however will now open In rapid succession
and those that can hold out against discoursgements
I'M the weather is little cooler may find reward.
The most important opening OF this week and OF
Tho season tbus far will he Miss Rose Coghlan In
q Dorothy,s Dilemma at the New Park Theatre on
Thursday night. The play is of different character
from those I'm which Miss 'Coehlan has been most
commonly seen, and her approaching appearance In
q has aroused Il good deal Of interest Her present
engagement is short-ony three wecks-but she Will
return 10 town probably later in the season.
"Tbe Grand Duchess will remain mt the Casino for
weet and a night longer and the final performance
,c he Given on Monday, August "a Miss Lillian
Russell will continue 10 sing up to and Including neNC
Thursday night. on Friday she will rest and early on
Saturday morning she Will sail for Europe on the
saaIe. on Tuesday evening, August 25, Johann
strauss's "Indgo7 will be produced. The cast VIII
incude Miss Pauline l. Allemand, Miss Louise Beau
det. Miss Eva Davenport. Edwin Stevens, Ferdinand
schuetz, Harry Marlborough, Max Figman' Edgar
smith and Jefferson DC Angels. The call for seats
for the first performance Is said to be in excess OF all
records for this season of the year. over ~"
letters have been received each calling TOT TWO
or more seats No more than four seats VIII be soiu
10 one person. and in order to avoid dissatisfaction
Mr. Aronson has divided the seats in lots and given
number 10 each lot. When the purchasers come 10
the box office, which opens for the sale to-morro"
morning. they will be asked to select a number ana
the corresponding number on an envelope containing
the tickets will show their allotment Of seats.
At the Garden Theatre Richard Mansfield VIII give
ranlx
and Mr. HYDE will be repeated Tuesday ana satur
day prince Karls on Monday and at the SATURDAY
matinee "Don juan on Wednesday "A Partisan
Romance" on Thursday, and Beau BrummeH OH
Friday Next month a new production VIII be gwen
Miss Emma " Sheridan has been re-engaged by Mr'
Mansfield.
The whole of this week will be observed as festival
Mt Palmer's Theatre. account Of the loom per
Torrance Of The Tar ard the Tartar which occurs on
Tuesday night. The house will be decorated, souvenir
programmes win be used, and special features Will DC
introduced in the opera On Tuesday night the sels
silver spoons that have already been described VIII o9
given away ans hashlght photograph OF the auuehce
will be taken.
The prosperity of "Jane' at the Madison Square
Theatre despto the intensely hot weather OF the last
week. has induced Mr.. Frohman TO arrange Tor TWO
travelling "Janer companies. His new Boston STOCK
company will also present the comedy as its second
production at the theatre now building. hecene
reports from Australia say that "Jane' has been well
received there.
The sixteenth week Of De Wolf TIopper's engagement
IN aWangs at the Broadway Theatre will begin to-
oov, night The opera is now two-thrds Of the
wav through rs run. having had 1oa performances
already and having fifty yet before It, Mr.. Hoppers
friends have stood BY him strongly through inc summer
and soon more of them will be in town 10 heip MN
through his remaining weeks.
A NOW star and a new play will be made known al
the Windsor Theatre tomorrow night when Miss Lillian
Kennedy makes her first appearance In this city IN
niece called "she Couldn't Marry Three supported
hv Iobn 7 Kennedy. The management promises an
unusually elaborate production Of the new play ana
several realistic will be shown including hs"
honse parlor scene Of silk plush, Gin scene Sho"
ing the ruins of an abbey and railroad tunhei "i'
train of cars entering il.
"reminiscences OF the war are stirred IN those WIN
have Them 70 be stirred by "A Fair Rebel" at tho
rourtaonth Street Theatre The scenes Of army ana
nrison lie are given with much fidelity ana inc
dramatic elements Of the play prove pleasing TO tre
audiences some of which have been exceedingly large
for this season.
"a High Roller" is in the middle OF It's course at the
Ri,ou Theatre After weeks more 1t will go ont 10
try its fortunes the road. Billy klce Is IN III
porant addition TO the cast and there have been other
changes. both IN the cast and in the piece
Fred Solomon's new burlesque, " Dick Wilmington
and His Cato has passed successfully It's hrst week
AT Roster d Balls and promises TO have long stay
there CycIops and SandOw, the strong men the
Ouartete Toulousan. the Austin Sisters OH the NY
i,c trapeze F. W. Dale in his musical speciality, and
Teyarcansa lively dancer, are the spccaliies THIS
week surrounding the buresque On Monday sep'e DIR
Milo Eurenie Follgeles chanteuse eXcentrique, from
tba Ambassadeur in Paris. will make her first bow
TO an American public having been specially eneaGc1
TO appear az Roster & Biaps concert hall concert
will take Place tonight at which Les Ioulousdh VIII
appear 1890. t.
,ha no, comic opera "The Kledve," at NiblOs tiai-
DON ON August "a: Iottic Gilman, Bettna Padelford'
Augusta ROthc Sadie Davenport Hattie Makart'
Iouse Holmes Louise Freeman, MessTs Ferris Hart
man. W. F Rochoter. Wallace McCTeary' Joseph Durcb
j. j. Rafael. and Harry Mcdowell
smart Robson owns what it is thought may posi-
blv he the original prompt book OF She stoopS TO
Conouern 1t bears the stamp OF the Covent Garden
rbeatra London December 4, 1873 The signature OF
Co,man the manager is distributed literally through
the manuscript
"Niobe- closed It's nine weeks run at the Boston
Museum last night, and the company VIII come on 10
New York and have two weeks rest before the open
ing at the Biiou on August 81. The monotony Of tho
rest will be varied by daily rehedisdIs unuer ''o
direction Of Ben Teal
Co,oroi Miuiken has a new scheme for an opera
.onnouv He means to form good a company as
he can and play a single opera in one-night STANDS
for four weeks At the end of that time he proposes
10 begin again and go over exactly the same G:ouhu
with different opera The process VIII be repeated
brourh the season and In this way he hopes to win
favor and reputation for his company and give a
number Of small towns number OF different light
operas.
Uammerstein's Columbus Theatre Will be opened for
The season on August "a. ~ and II will be the
onenIng attraction, with John T. Kelly, Dutch DAY.
Harry Kelly. Miss Florric West and Miss Adele EScc
I'm the pripcipa parts. Following and H. Lillian
Lewis will nppear in Credit Lorraine "a Fair
Rebel will be the attraction for the third week.
The rchearSals Of "The Black Masquc," which
open. the Union Square Theatre on August "a, arc
in daily progress and the development Of the play
stimulates the confidence Of all concerned. The
h..nncn cnln ~ GOATS Will al thea box