New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-26
THE LONDON SEASON WANING.

BILLS AT THE THEATRFS-THE LEEDS FESTIVAL.
london. June 25-WiC the exception OF The Royal
rcnUlisb Opera House where sarah Bernhardt con-
nues TO pack the theatre all the other houses are
doing 4 moderate business The season IS now lfpuIS
drawing TO a close The Haymarhct Theatre, Where
BeertOhn Tree, IN Hamlet" and Peril has had
s,,oassful season, will CLOSE on July O. The ~.
Jasnos's GRrrck and Lycculn theatres WI" cio9c "0"'
tho middle OF July.
About tho middle OF next month at the Criterion
Theatre Mr. GiIbert's musical comedy entitled
9TH. Wedding March, Will succeed The Fringe OF
Society In which Mrs. Langtry Is appearing.
Whi,o the theatres playing to bnd business the
audiences at the music halls were never larger IWs
Is owing 10 the greater patronage OF the middle classes
which formerly aboOed the music halls. In 'he
thest1csl world the poor business Of the regular
houses Is explained as being due TO the exorbitam
salaries demanded by the leading actors lot Ihe
music halls able 10 pay large salaries anu sun
mako MONEY! The management OF the Empire Music
Hall has just engaged Arthur Roberts {" 90 nightly
snrn for which he will receive $50 weekly. Among
tho novelties the Empire Is the new plan adop'eo
of COOLING the atmosphere Huge blocks OF ice are
scat.-rd about on pcdcsals In various parts OF me
place. ~
p c. Buruand Is preparing an adaptation Oh L"cocl
aCr,r Of MAN, Which produced at the rams
Sovcautes. THIS will be put OH at the Lyme 1hc"'re
10 follow "Ile Mountcbanks'
aThe st. Janes's Gazette" announces tiat MISS
GERALDINE Irmar Will no longer ngnro III Tue hsi''
Theatre Company, and that she VIII be succN"e" ny
sootaor American actress. Miss 5edohr Rhodes.
The last performance Of The Independent Ihea'ro
(oo,nanV for the season Will take pace dt o
Snya,, rbootrc ON July 8. Mr. Ciren. the manager
m NJ. COMPANY has selected for that occasion Won
Nouh,,ys,s three act play THE Gold FISH," ~h'c1 II"
PRODUCES the "emanclpated woman" Won Nouh"Ss
Il A.. Dutch author and "The Gold Fish, wheh II
was brought out in Rotterdam Ia March iast Is s"iu
10 have taken the city by storm
The Prince OF Wales and the DUKE OF lorh ha'o
h..r wishing tho Earl of WARWICK The Earl adopted
severaa Ingenious plans to entertain MS guests ao"e
usn being the utilization OF the the&rophone. form
NJ the ordinary telephone, which conveys Tor long as
tances everything audible that goes on upon stage
or elsewhere. ON saturday night last the party III
,be IN se heard over the wire performance OF inc
cnAo,lcss and on sunday they listened 10 the service
In Chdst Church, Birmingham The Prince OF Wales
dsslred that the instrument be connected Win INC
cov.ot Garden Theatre. This was done and on tues
6ov the marty I'm Warwickshirc heard the whois OF INC
opcra Romeo and Juliet
rr-,rrck Cowen the composer. objected TO inc c,S'
NJ vccausas and tn, choir for his new cantata Inv
Water Iiyp TO be produced at the Leeds fesuV"i anu
.Uersd IN withdraw the work. The committee accePeu
IL oNsr rather than to change the artists. IL %
,,nde,.tood that Mr.. COwcn objected 10 Ben Os.i'0
ana plunket Greene, but the grounds OF his oo'e'
Hnu are unknown. Among the artists who w'ii up
n.ar a. the festival are Madame Albanl MsS S Ni.
htyro Nils Anna Williams, Miss ii,ioa T T,y,.s
Nrnsn a.hnm,d Andrew Black and Plunket Greene.
~. InMsSfans Harris has engaged the Afne S
tenor Bisphsmh % play kg ,r b. Meisisranger
Amscsn singers hkely to be largely ensHsUa IN IN
a. ZnSuauss projected season Of wsSner operas IN