The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-18
MID.WEEK DRAMATIC NOTES.
VIEW PLACES At THE CITY THEA TRES
FOR OLD SUCCESSEG

Mansaeid-The BAD Fortune of = tom.
many Engaged for Unproduced Meio-
drass-IIsys at the Combination Houses.
Welcome visitors in town this week are
-Jane," at the Standard. and Richard Mans
fsld, at the Garden. Jane" returns to an
engagement OF three weeks. which may be too
short for the drollery of this FARGO Is as potent
AZ ever. The cast shows no changes Of note.
tombstone Bennett continues to lead the fun
with her clever and breezy impersonation OF
tho title character. while the acting OF Paul Ar
thur. r. +. Cation. Maggie Holloway. and Jo-
seph Totten is still marked by skill and care.
Mansfield has offered no new play as yet,
although 1.-THE Weather Vano" bears an I'M
familiar title II is Don Juan" wisely re-
christened and trifls revised. In the Nuns
asld support the veteran Harkins. Miss Cam
.ron. Mrs Brutonne. Adele Measor. Frank
Lauder. and A. @. Andrews are employed: but
Emma V. Sheridan. who has been conspicu-
ously valuable actress in all his plays. is out
OF the casts at present owing to serious illness.
Tony PASTORS eagle eye still sweeps the
British horizon for talent. He has added
Brton this week to the list OF comic singers.
in which Jenny Hill. Peggy Pryde. Bessie
Bonehl and dozen or more foreign sisters
are recalled. most OF them clover and all of
them agreeable. Nellie Mcguire is Pastors
latest Importation. She is not beautiful. but
she is smart. She is what is technically called
4 character singer. and. like Jenny Hill. whom
she resembles in personality and methods
she is faithful coryist Of extreme types OF
English and Irish characters. Miss Mcguire
isa lively little brunette, quick in speech. with
The true accent OF Cockaigne. Her first song
her Gst rough Irish g 9nst
she wore a jockey costume and sang a horsey
ditty. and that 10 turn was followed by a re-
Mer foupt nn ast Change Ws
to the knee skirts Of an English dancing girl.
Miss Mcguire can dance better than she can
viii ike her. The chief fault noted in the work
tate e. very t elaboratey. and no doubt faithfully.
types unknown to the American public, The
slang G Seraps
may find it prudent to lncnliHe her impersona-
lions, or at least to simplify them.
Harlem.s change Of, plays this week has,
Natural Gas" ths variety show; before large
Gas Is at tie Opera House. with no dimnu-
ton in its abundant measure Of grotesdue
inC '' 6irard. the m odern TOTO. and Donneiiy.
round and ,rosy-aced. still dominate I'll, this
a aSSy FAST Sus reHss o." the lament.
public: May Howard wh1 has boon an attrac-
r rec. I? tho husband from whom She
place her again at the head OF his burlesIne
show and they may remnrry in tims ThS
s1s'de /,
lonson" and Gus Heege. the Swedish dialect
performer. In the mediocrity of this play no
to Heege. who's" impersonaton OF n simple
but honest Swede Is an artistic and we'll sus-
TUNED character study.
Tho east side theatres. where q fresh pro-
gramme Is weekly necessity. arethn Peoples.
houses las. secured 2 large and faithful sup
Er and thapg only PM an eXt1a1rdnar r At
has nate, Claxton as its star and . The Two
yrals Since for It is ssr et swe DF
rhe!ins first drew tears from Union square
AUDIENCE. The power Of this play is not yet
aprMuuei with rs much fervor as il the woes OF
Lon.se.the brutality of La Frochard and the her
Sim q ascn saa oe pns t ts ts Er
with no loss, Of tn. skill and care which long
ago crowned her with her best success. In her
ham. Lillian Lawrence. John Glendinnng Ia
notably efficient actor in any r6lel. George ).
Robinson. Florence Robinson. and others. At
Lacohs's, The Cruiskeen Lawn" which has
Dan Mccarthy. an agreeable and and nimble
t vf I rny OF
$eS; y are e NE
not failed Of efr.ct upon JacobS's assemhlages;
tai tlarendon. n competent leading man: and
Actress s ias.e specay hsptul IN
s,sn The rsy IS as Ssen
%"s fs s % T9e cat G s wSeh
pTobaasly suggested it, Good actors are em.
%nf H% %PRe Gs9i 'sy%s
and intelligent actress. Wills in lesser charac ,
tiers are Milton g Barlow, as an aged negro:
Mrs. tBarlow J. Hay C9ssar Chayss Waite;
worthy Of note that Webster. whose acquttal
Of murder charge will easily be recalled has
ID Rs if ie before the blight
Across the Sea-. is visible at the Grand onera
hep wh ts It is Ths ssn
hoimely. and the characters arc mostly. pup
Rsss qac fRg9 3 old in the service OF play
applause Tor Hanis Across the Sea- Viii
JR Farisns. ": Il. Wallis HS conk
lin4E A. and nd Henry Pierson head the cast; $780,.
wh two G err are to the front
Wssk thu f%a sn Ics aSf Kaia s
SSe e4nt nd last night appearins in Hans5"
be missed: His Scholarly S impersonations. his
remarkable versatility. and his magnetic force
1 9s MI! t slna iSvlnal ssys q the Thslq
1ers' for his farewell. Tomorrow night
the koscnfed brothers. who manage the Thalin
Win shrcwdness and daring. will present
sSno ot German newcomer In tho person OF
SIarl WeIser., Niennesc actor OF some note.
d hs will make hs debut in tho Historical
IIralned actress. Anna Haverlnnd. who came
thtn avor first ms P0rtia in tho Aeiningcrs' pro-
auctlon OF Julius CRsar." was upplauded
sts n,ght as the heroine in lbsen's tiresome
s y OF "Hedda Gnbler" On Tuesday night
n a.. Brpphild." Miss Haverland. it is un:
%Serstood. has become a permanent member OF
sne hmberg company. in which her ripe IT, ent
III Sna ne nar effective personality should be vulua
~ broadway will lose Tho City Directory"
M ;Ma straight Tip" after this week. The
n11n and tho Park owe much Of their popn-
iSrlty to variety farces like these. constructed
Gut OF harmless If utterly frivolous material.
ttn.erpreted by clever and conscientious per-
..ortners A recent change in THE City Di-
soceG3ry route will tako 1t to Harlem next
arranged.
BoStOn's now theatre the Bowdoin Snuare