The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-20

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| ES4SibIEl WIZ charm of plot. is
! t21eHfLf,ET- Inonotonous. unin-
/ kxN,xk VIA M teresting and SOM
WI bre. The principals
sing in French. but the old-time chorus was
/ Italian.
The sensation OF the season was OF course
/ NJ. Jean de Reszke. who made an lnstanta-
Moons hit. He is manly fellow, iuil OF ilre;
and his voice y wonderful combination OF III
the sweetness OF tenore dl graZla. with oil
the resonar c. and power OF a teDore roDusto.
In the tender portions of the opera his tones
are exQuistely SOFT and Tor passionate phrases
and cllmaxes there seems no end 10 inc volume
and strength ne is able to produce. yet never
losing that sympathetic quality SO particu-
larry Characteristic 10 him.
TIE roUB HUNDRED.
His brother. Edouard. the basso, has also
q voice of.phenomenal sizo and beauty. Nine.
finma Zines has improved during the last
two wears. but as Juliet she was cold. NJ
though very pretty Victor Capoul. who came
10 America first with Miss. IN n minor part,
showed himself finished artist.
Tie boxes were filled with tie 400 IN bare
back. unnasked tOsoms and perfumed
shoulders. and buds bellies. young married
women. wrnkied uD spinsters nnd lat old
and snickered without flicker Of shame or q
blush of modesty.
Frank Msyos new play, The Athlete, at
NibiO's. ID another attempt 10 condense all
the tragic mystery and weird romance or
Wilkie Collins Men and Women Mir.
Mayo himself conveys his usual originality.
force and pictures ueness, but the part OF
Geodrey Delrnayne is repulsive. The Attn
lets" is sure TO dsappoint DR.. Mayo's friends.
"Euchred" produced az the Standard Tor
the purpose OF starring Amy Lee. IS dis
tressng hascO, and. with the exception OF the
star herself the company offered by Manager
Lazarus was a disgrace TO Broadway. lie
play itself is devoid OF either comic or senti-
mental merit and is said TO be the work OF
Henry Noght.
DKAR OLD BROADWAY.
Dear old Broadway is again assuming holt
dav attire and the stream Of humanity that
flows up every afternoon. nurses. bundles Of
all sizes and descriptions. while the faces
beam with the cOntentment born OF the ae-
sire 10 make some one else happy. 1t Is not
exactly q period that brings unutterable JOY
70 theatrical managers, for the weeks before
Christmas - not a happy time with them, and
from now until the dawn Of tie new year
Christmas matinee and night are the only
performances at which brlmiu. houses may be
expected. IL taxes more money T. make old
Kriss hring.e walk than 1t does for the weekly
walk Of a healthy theatrical ghost. The cum
ming Broadway shOpkeepers are out Tor the
dust and generally gets 1t at lule-tlde ID
preference 20 the managers,
This year however. - Trip 70 Chinatown
1.-The City Directory and several other plays
have heavy drawing powers, aud whack up
even with the sh0pkeepeIs. and during the
Christmas week Nellie McHenry adds another
success with her new play. "A Night at
Circus" which is not alone play but circus
oil In one. The dear old thoroughfare never
looked cleaner than it docs now. with its new
pavement nor geyer with its snowy shop
windows garlanded with evergreens, It's hand
some men, and last. though not least, its chic
and pretty women, than which there are no
better in Chrlstendom-or out Of 1t, as q
matter OF fact.
ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK.
The attractions at the New York theatres
for the week ending December Goth are as fol-
lows.
Academy Of Music. Cinderella -; Amberg
performance in German; BROADWAY Francis
Wilson IiiOu, The City Directory" COL
umbus. "A Dark Secret Casino. The
Tyrolean" Days. las You Like IT. Gar
den, La Cigale : Grand Opera House, Rich
ard Mansfield; Fourteenth street. W. j.
ScanlOn. Harlem Opera House. "Thermi-
dor Harlem" Uncle Toms Cabin y Har-
rigans. The Last Of the Hogans" -; Dyceum,
Lazy DOQDtlll . hermann =. 1ut OQIlOI
Partner Madison Square. "A Trip 10 China
town" Metropolitan Opera House, grand
opera: Nibos. Sadie Scanlon in Ely,
Palmers Alabama" Park. Joseph Murphy
in shaun khue' Nellie McHenry in A
Night at the Circus Peoples. The Power
of the Press ITALIA, performance in Ger
man Tony Pastors, variety; Iwenty-thrd
street. Tho Lost Paradise" Third Avenue,
Master and Man Star, Miss Heyett;
Standard, That Girl from Mexico -; mon
Square. II. D. Mclean and Marie Prescott;
Windsor. 'FantGsma."
Langtry is not i'll ut all. and drives about
London happy that she has cancelled her
American dates, which would have made her
very H. Her disbanded company have pre-
sented her with a silver shield with the fol-
lowing inscription. Age cannot wither her
nor custom stale her infinite variety" No.
indeed
POPULAR MEMPHIS.
The pretty city of Memphis has turned out
10 he q frst-class theatrical city this season.
and all the companies booked there have
made money. Young Salvini did tremen-
does business for week and was given a
royal reception. But then Memphis stands
for the eoOd place or did some five thou
sand years ago, when it WAS built by Menes,
tie first historical sovereign OF old Nieland,
aud founder of the Ihnlte dynasty, who call
ed it Mem Meier Greek Pharaoh, who
PROBABLY llsped. called II Memphis Tor short
and now. alack adayl all that is left of the
namesako OF our tourisEing American city is
debris-bruken columns, stars and sculp-
tures-which the modern Egyptians use 10 a
picnic ground and call Teel-el-MOnf
HOYT IS LUCKY.
II is all right fox some writers to lab Charles
II. Hoyt. but all the same he is the marvel If
the century. lie has written ten plays each
one OF them success. and he is yet looking
for his thirty first birthday These ten PLAYS,
or rather nine OF them. tor A Temperance
Town has not yet been produced, have made
over a million OF dollars. OF course Hoyt
hasn't ali that money, but five other people
have. or are making a fortune out of them,
and Mr.. l!oyt himself has no doubt a quarter
OF million put away snugly for the rainy
day, which isn't likely - strike him. A
bunch Of Keys aud "A Parlor Match" have |
each made quarter OF a million dollars for /
their owner and SO far "A Texas Steer" Las |
cleared over $4,000 while the profits of "A |
IMP 10 Chinatown" has passed the $50, 900 |
mark for this season alone
MARIE WAINWRIGHT
Marie Wainwright returned 10 New York |
Monday evening ut the Harlem Opera-House,
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