The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-25
TIEATRICAL NEWS NOTES.
ENVIRONMENTS or THE WEEK IN
AMUSEMENT MATTERS.

rhere ia already lack OF harmony In tho
..,,ara.ory work Of the new stock company
rh,cb has been engaged by Proctor 4 Turner
,.r ,bcir Twenty third street Theatre. Two
=, the leading members relinaushed their
s,roocmepts this week. ]. B. Mnson retired
,,.o lays ago. and Mercedes Millett MRS. p. T.
runner, vito OF Manager Turner. has also
concluded not to appear in The English
pose., tho new play to be acted March
= II is not difficult to trace tho source OF
,be disagreemcnts although all the com.
,laints hay not DO justified. The stage
airer.ion has been placed in the hands
n ,ubrcy Boucicault. The aon OF Dion Bouci-
ca,tt is clover and ambitious. but he is also
vary young. and the actors with whom he Is
associated declare that he Is unnecessarily ar
l5,rary and even harsh In his methods. That
why they now complain bitterly OF his man
nor at rehcarsals, and assert that unless he
acts differently the new organization will
start with the weakness OF inharmony in
,bc ranks Young Boucicault's friends arc
ou;ck /, defend him. They say that his youth
should be no weapon against him. He has
neen placed in power. and he is trying to use
Nwlsely II Is only because older members Of
the company feel nettled because they must
accept instruction from him that mplalnts
arise. An old player invariably hates to be
told how to act, but the stage director ia
;ustiNuble nutocrat. John Glcndenning. the
, English nctor. lie among those who have OBJ
jctted to young Boucicault's methods
II these importations OF So called - eccentric
singers" continue. the Now York public will
An the end be satisfied with nothing save the
. ,urcsenco OF Yvette Guilbert herself-she who
I has for several years held the Parisians undor
. the spell OF something little less than night
, mare aud little more than bad dream. Maria
Pncrn is by far tho most accomplished vocalist
the ssf ss bonS H' an ns'ra % 5
,mez2o.soprano OF much sweetness. i'aera
: 6as been a pretty woman. no doubt.
hut 9a"y ssens sSpsEsss S sts3HG
&. She has neither The seapty q vallarez nor the
s d ia see dtss n wsh g shns
charming. though matronly archness Unfor-
tunntely. these nupbers do not llna favor with
; aloud Tor her cosrser- laden character songs,
sccompaned with all the monkey shines and
tssS,g1a and doaSt they viii Insist
s .f.SF sD' 8!
IS she ospsrs sS aDout the stses bat
ss s has snS%sn N hH Se
mains" Of comelness to make her a very
! pleasing comic singer. and many Of her de-
Sne in no wise ofrenhs by tho scantiness Of her
dresses and her m uth while in the act OF sing
unsi i several cuts above hor predeces 50
| sors US an artistic. ana cannot. 1t would seem,
! fail to make. friends among the freauenters Of
Three entertainments long ago endorsed by
changes at the lesser priced com binaten the.
aires, which sooner or later get all the APP
proved sSs ana %G %d G TIE S2s BARNES
ssP SSsSaSs III %sdsss
been a succession Of laughing audiences since
the ~, week ,9}pssned ustiyin,g the ntroductoen
Eau Tpupinsl is oe as brsk as Z Is
thno Zen moreover: it T. emphasized
Frohmnn's company; which has few eQuais for
artistic harmony and painstaking care In their
s y comedy
;Si5it q thy FRENCH piece; %nu =, its saSSsst
I TiSEe,son: Seymour q. Hess a. Henry; Neiii
Ms William bavidssl as me 1S"i: Min.
ME Tittelrs susanna is not without points
s 2SsH 4 au Mss # ala as sdstsh IL
WOOD az ssve at Proeters. Money Mad. n the
Is current at Sibio 5. with some changes in It's
cast and two or three improvements, IL its
ss"s aT 81 t @ff nas s tns T S2s
great share in the material which constitutes
this drama an effective thing with the multi
its pictorial outfit. and its wholesome sent.
FFen't Tne east brings forward ns the heroine
!, hardly seems possit!s dat Quartz;
her captivating sister Betty. helped to mako
V, The Black Crook" theme for Mortified
to ae2gt and s"
have passed since Emily RiGl abandoned
FIGHTS and tarletan for long skirts and the
gent and sincere, 1t is excellent in Money
na%.er The h Hstr1 has aHS,he5
saiseies eantrlbutea 0n By Steve A BrodS s
actor. il the title belongs 70 him, He Nils out
So m Of in as emnas nd
horses are in tho fre,plays. He has to jump
into rive. to rescue the nnrdcrer's intended
den no has a fstic bout with professional
Of the OF Ton Green In h,h
Tee
many OF MS admirers at Niblo's on Monday that
. .tsr APPLAUSE almost made OF him the
n N Sssnss o Wv h %m0Ss Sne
VI many current examples OF q BTOhuWay pro-
dvction which has found its best success out
OF town and on, tho combination stages IT
opened a weeks engagement ut tho Grand
Opera House on Monday. and since then it has
enjoyed substantial favor from west side
audiences. The quality Of, this drama-an
Ger trletale graphically told and pointed with
asensibe moral-hns already been described
s; ol It is not work to make fame
hheined to make money for him. and 1t
na l, Afforded employment to worthy actors. rs
well as pleasure to that portion OF the public
wis which does not accept tho drama too thought
}ully. The present east contains. rs the titn:
Er hero, Hugo Toland. whose acting is at all
ZINES discreet and often admirable. He Is
Young. bcsdcs. and he is rising rapidly in his
fr9'essii99n. Next season he will desert Mr.:
nMnrhrs' for moro Responsible field: May
EMheeleT ripo and powerful leading lady, and
Emma Field AFRO the impersonntOrs OF the chief
cellent.
o Several important changes In the casts. OF
current Successes have been made since the
i MEX opened. Henrietta Crosmnn. whose de-
"SHiti9il psriormance OF the principal role IN
iTi'n n success for that Jolly ray has been
MAS 70 have appeared with Henry Miller in