The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
NEWS or THE THEA TRES.

D.m
dlrercnt kinds o! stage Entertainment They
comprise n comedy, a comic opcra. mclo.
DANA. and a variety farce. There may vol
he expedition Of fine artistic quality in the
comedy. for 1t is n work ot Nictorieu Scrdou.
ard in its representation. for II is to be played
At tie I.yccum Theatre. Its title Is "Ameri-
cans Abroad" 1t was written for America
and about Americans. although the scenes arc
IN France. The great French dramntist onco
wrote a piece called" Uncle Sam" That was
many years ago, Immediately after ho had
made hasty excursion through our land and
misin,ormel himself as to our characteristics
Tho conseiu onco in his case. as in that OF
runstlnccs. was that ho cnricatured us ruth
i,.,y, 1t not iccklessy But time has
ss% ard it mfi only wh. year n, ago t that
reformed once riotonsly ard then inter.
dictrl n Paris. was acted n this city
es, PROBABLY this newer. experience may
have convince. NJ Sard.n that we are not all
II nun 9s a, SO 'n nhto he has I hat
H fMe. tot in. "Amcricqns. Abroad no has
rrrratns 'o hc soon. for hardly anything has
ic.I told "f the nature 81 tho rinv. Its Ancri-
can riaran,.rs are an artist, a millionaire. and
fw"g lr- TAO other rersnnugrs are French.
sn,i ill., three acts are respectively Mt u resi-
denrc IN amos. studio In i,aris. and a
tnt members of the lyccum company. and
post Of mo Win'r ones. are named IN the cast
scenery has been painted Nv l.. q. Unit there
/. Incidend music by ". rucrner. aud all tue
a,tsldi reduces usual to lyceuun proGuc-
ions may Ue counted on.
The comic opera to l." offered to us to-mor.
Pow is Tho Islc of Champagne.' for which
Charles Altrsd Byrno and Louis Harrison
have written tho language anu W. W. Furst
has composed ths music. Quite as much fun
ssmusit may he Anticipated as the result OF
tu- treble collaboration. for rractised author
g1i an originally comic comedian have been
into the liace than the single musician could
iulce in. rh" central concsit is that ship
wicked crew IND the Ms on an island
where their experience, are OF q kind that
may he imagined in u general, why, il
thamlasno" will Tut forward Thomas =.
seatrookc nc It. principal comedian. He has
figure: on our stage In farce and comedy. but
this vii! hc hi, 'lrst appearances hero in u
mGsica!! role; 1t is,rromised that tho SPACIOUS
stage Of the beautiful Manhattan Opera House.
during thu two weeks Of Mrs. Bernard Eoero.
shall re fall 0i sayly costuned people in
scenes q mimic sr'"nd1r; IT is certain tina.
showines- in whatever Is dom behind its foot
lights. ana it is likely that with The Isle OF
Champagne an adequate entertainment will
he provided.
The Ensign" is tho now melodramn. and it
will he performed al the Fourteenth Street.
The author is William Haworth. an actor, who
has already shown skill in putting together
plays Of popular calibre. This piece is nau-
teal in themn and its ma N incident is that OF
Ill ensign in the American navy killing on the
SPOT m Encltshmh who tears down the
Ame,i'an Tax. \ love story leads up TO this
roMt and then away from Il. involving some.
thnG q. romantic sentiment and n numb of
stirring scenes, Tho p.ayis pretentiou:ly pic
tOriui one view gives the main deck of a war
Nesselwith the gun deck underneath enabling
the SPECTATORS to see the rrac;ica!, workings OF
shir, Tho" model from which the artist
work.d having been tho American man-of-
war kearsarEc. some OF the action OF tho
o., Jason S!ide affair in 1851. A court mar.
ta! l.oneni the incidents on shipboard. and
II d"ath Tor his mortal assault on the Briton.
:: .feAt ''nnl o; s!lrite! matter IS indicated in
dent. 100. that there has been u determination
I" duplicate in naval warfare the essential elo-
inen,s Of ..Shenand!,Ah, In land fighting.
cess remains to he determined The rrepara-
tiOns nre extensive.
Tn" fresh decentralization OF Il variety show ia
placed at the Bijou. whore one of the best OF
such entertainments. Tho City Directory"
oncc had n whole prosperous season. Ths
prescott ar4ir has hsen named "A Society
yuiersl and ing is that ,ohn II. Russell. who
ir,erpoa ed matter into The City Directory I"
WITH Paul ro'te, DECLARED SI thas he so4ldnt
he sam. way with * Society Fad l." Mr. !: Rus.
sin later Of songs. dances '''' witt I rs
and contemroraneous too!cry. 1t has been
announced that Mr.. ilson, wrote in n satir-
i"a vein concerning tho tollies Of iash;' nahe
society. Hos murh ri the satire caches the
audience depends Oh tho time Ief' between the
i"Nve.minmtc srsaini,irs that NJ. Kussei has
transferred to the stage Of the EiIou from
sources s"Sm as Various as Tsnderlon nar;
bill contains the names. OF Luke school
fGra, tt Ame!iH GloYsT Julius i,Y WtmHrk. Dan
avg city %"o f MSrs nG Towe1
Ssrceder from, Augustin BAYS company. and
lydia Irhmans-iitus. that membcr Of the
the London concert nails. are engaged These
are particulars, which vii! !enh 20 n ,!isap;
pointment II Society Fad is not Il ca pital
hodgepodge OF farce ana variety.
ls the Theatre OF Arts and Letters devoted
solely to the interests OF dramatic literature. or
Is it business concern with money as its
chief ain? II. b. Mcdowell. the Secretary.
said 10 n SUS reporter yesterday: II serve
without COMPENSATION. and am not trying 10
ma II cent out Of the business. directly or
Indirectly. the assori4tion is INCORPORATED
.imp""sip." for Us 20 divide profits. If there
w"rrHny. We have the good Will OF most Of
III. managers vi th" city. and have all tho
Ertors We ned. Our NrSt rorfnrmnnrs Will
cNp!,y then rymutOn. Charles Waicott John
heIi'm. Nelson Wh"atGroit,, Adelaide s,au-
bone. Julian 'ircec. Dorothy Done. Mr.
Thomas WnIitcn. Julian Barton. John G.
Eucks,on" J. l., Ca.hnrt;, Mary shaw huhne
E"vcridg". and Nn.s Why'al These arc
raia n' nIiees hat Nre adequate, even when
y" tinIr Tor r"hcnr-als is taken into account.
we author. too. j. :, .ct Il royalty. SO that IN
s'"hu OF bong tali 10 produce II play We
''tUtIly fnH III" writer tor tho privilege OF
Ir"aurlnE i, tngethcr il costs US as mucl,
Tor one r"rto?ntnce "a It would II theatrical
Inanagrr to lrohnc" aud run play two wsoks
am n"' ~ thisthlng FOR money. and If That Is
uhiht"uGihir !" managers who are IA ;unstr.
ca" i1r money It - ecAu-o s..ch Il man is ult.
inielligih.o 10 taciu." 50
IN tho scheme OF the WhnA'r. Of hrtsarI
Letters reliance was PLACED up0n tn, man.
R,:ers Of tho stock companies n this city 10,
assistance in making UP the casts for tho play.
produced. 1t was not feasible to keep mayer,
tnder salaries i'r ono Performance. u month
4 way out Or his difficulty seemed to hav,
hn"n found when Managers A. ". Palmer
Charles FrohlnGn. Augustin DAILY. and DAME
lionnan permitted their names to DO place.
on III" Advisory Committee. and promised t,
their m n to AL rta ,,, .