The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-10


to rcnrpear A. NJ. Palmer Is In Europe. whence
| he writes that he has bought n drama Tor pro.
| durtion here next winter. His stock company
viii stare next week or Pacific. ccrast tour,
| Daniel frohnian will return TO the iyccum
from London in about two weeks. and will send
his PLAYERS on II Western trip
william s. Gilbert. whose biting satire hsn
manifested itself in plays and poems alike. Is
a magistrate in an oldfashioned English viii
lagc. though few of his admirers have heard
1t. The famous librottist seems to enjoy his
few cmolumcnts as Justice OF the Peace for
Mlddicsex. too. His appearance Is described
b. ono who recently saw him on the bench as
that o. n wcll-to-do gentleman farmer rather
than bright humorst HANDSOME and well
bwilt., witt, hair lust turning cray Mr.. Gilbert
made himself very poputaramoni: tho officials
OF the court ana tho cOnstaOicS generally. one
Of WHOM newer w"ngn of tS Ty to oCE at
% e "G c6 sHsn u Gt Yf b nn%S ksS
ev veHi;ii credit thnt one cold morn.
ing i,c arrived hciorc tic court was, open. In,
down. waiting MS CHANGE VIII, To rest. on
he does make an ut, erancc il is to the point.
and is worth listening to. During the hearing
"kcte Hs on the sheet t OF " fooseap Sefore him.
not of the peoplo III court. but Ot fnncitul
heals, Thcs' sketches are much sought after;
and when tho court iscs arc eagerly scanned
10y tho officers and loungers, But whilc so oc-
cupied NiItert is koouy alvo to all that is
stopnirI from his drawing TO rut question to
the witness, short time ag1 a summons was
house IN an uninhabtahle condition. 1he
hefcndnnt's plea was that the structure was
self and did not mind it, and that, moreover.
he had often lived in worse ones. Thon. look
ing up with u slnilo. Gilbert suggested that
4, 4, 10 fan " G al
structures, had hccome irsensihle to their per-
lis. Manyhpotnt like this does the playwright
peace Justice make. aud II hearty appreciation
OF his wit is shown by the people in court. Mr..
Gilbert and the roico court missionary arc
after he had taken his seat, on tho bench there
on the M man eS who bad once
been rich and influential. That man is now
to s1fis an the II X na
tiCe Gilbert
"snbad." tho Gardens tinso burlesoue. has
been subjected TO quicken!ng treatment
since It's slow start. The farcical scenes have
been changed more or less and some of the
crudty eliminated. John d. Gilbert is bet
tered b. these alterations. and tho other prin-
cipals in the cast, whose opportunities were
rather dwerfcd in the ovcrsurplus Of matter.
s no sssr ia 6e ttS ho"s
lidsnee than on the oGenins night The chief
movements. enhin; with fill stage tablea,i.
The scenic and m"chanical effects now worl;
ars ,rlays tho, ehaIastsr q HarGSssAiIa
not I Raaf ale to ss and ss %e
role is filed by Ada Dare. Agent Stock ING OF
talk to thc,nakad LITTLE negro boys who appear
rs rismy cnnnibas. lie took the names and al
ii,t Ina ~ v. ,nfp ppI hn In w pui 9
exhibition.
Tho supply OF novelties in the variety houses
remains strong and firm. Kostor Il Pinl will
offer new importation tomorrow night in
NADIA Reyval. from Paris She sings and
dances specially. and during her performance
the stage is darkened. save as TO electric Of
fects. Another thing on this weeks bill is a
now serrentine. danced by Jenny joyce. the
shapoly buresGucr. Who rcircs from Rosters
Europe. Sho is to apnear At the Aihnmhra in
London nest lGmnth, The nutlespue, Foca-
h%mtas" is ,til Tips Ihs ,nS"iali lis H.
and the bI"t hc:s l!or"in. The programme at the
Eden tlus.. is diversified with new tricks in
MaIiiton. the last of the famous family OF fan
tistcs Of thnt name. powc!l'5 contract calls
for the rro, iuct"n Of something new each
wock. and lie manages to fun II very Well
Til" American Historical hal! is filed with in
terG;atn; wax groups: and tho charms Of the
caran orrhpstras srl.rtions. The usual
o kn w hs 20 sysn at d
cnces evcrywhcrc will be here Tor the first
time in years. They are Mcintyre and Heath,
manners Of the real southern negro are
natural and true. The singing section will
Thornton. Fun. dance. and melody will he
furnished by Wolfe Thompson. Frank triad.
kin. Lotto Elliott ana Trlnce and rrincess
TGnnka.
A feature Of the entertainment in the theatre
at WORMS Nus nm this week will be the reap
pearancc of the linnh family. five in number.
They styled '''fhc Feed Birds " on the bill.
Nellie Seymour. sesio-r?nir; George Shannon.
German dialect comedian: J. hurry. Irish
here Thc ca1o tall "2S ' Hsua
How a fortune may be made by an actor I'M
eIpectcd'y is shown in tho case Of James
ONeill and monte Criso" Ten years ago
ONeill was a competent but not brilliant
actor trying without avail. to win favor in
play called Tho American King" Now. al
though he has MT improved his acting. he Is
very rich and popular Ono day It occurred to
him that he had done pretty well in Chicago
. Monte Grisio." which Up to that tine line lad
been in disuse since the great fechter's day.
the q cd old obsolete play in rehearsal. Just
at this time John stets9n offer ID IT, hire him
ami this led - Stctson taxing up Monte
Cristo' instead. for he owned the Fechter
version of Tho story already. 1t last
ed seven .wee,eks at the Filth Avenue.
failure. Stetson's accounts showed that
he had neither made nor lost much
money. His, faith in III" piece was not strong.
but he decided to Try i IN II tour. lie paid
brei tour n"ttnd n out $4,000 Stetson was
surprised but he was not enough encouraged
O'NeiI!, who in every cnsmini: year continued
to accumulate profits. until he became the rich
man he is to-day, md the play 1T last OK
Lansted its. value. 49, other actor hps found
play was ilrst acted. in lStS. at IT,. I.ondon
DrIry Lane tho audience, incenscd by the
coalpan@, became n hnw!ing mob. The COM
rany went back to Paris insultcd and unheard.
In its form at that time two nights were re-
CURED to perform tn" play, on the first even
Ing tho troubles and suiferingS OF Edmond
Ua,,ies were exhibited: on tho second night
was depicted tho consummate, vengeance
taken by him in the character Of Monte GriSto.
Twenty years later even Charles Fechtcr and
Carlotta Leclcrcl failed to secure favor for it