The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-24

Tor a hundred New York audiences, nthe plays
and other doinRs In theatres and At other pub
lio shows have their usual amusing effect
Afternoon performances will be given IN all
the theatres excepting Abbey's. and. with the
attractive variety Of plays, new and old, mo-
body need fail to suit his taste At q holiday
matinee. The museums. vaudevilles, and
other resorts will be open. too. and hardly ever
have our advertising columns shown better
lot Of announcements.
Two new plays Of merrily divertlnR nature
ere to begin to- m orrow, and q standard COM
sdy will be revived. Mrs. John Drew, whom
We know best for her inimitable Mrs. Maldprop.
will introduce herself at the Fourteenth Street
IN the different eulse OF Widoto Warren In Hol-
GRATIS The Road to Ruin which has seldom
been acted In recent times. and which, there
fore, will have an especial interest. Only one
week will be given to It. as :" The Rivals" is set
soyn e.. nan m Sss
latest WORK g that genius q populs! fun Mr.;
the BiJou. Mr.. Mentally went into the field OF
.ins ss f IN i b. a PROVIDING plays IN
ss sn' No sss ssi Is rec rsauso for that sort
%stP 'nH sssef PsS MAKE iOlts weep
than laugh a. the thsps .s II ths case ss Whom S
eS %cNsl RSf has devoted bis pen: M Mr. DALEY
IL q graduate Of that nrst-rate school OF faIci-
SpcS so@. ,% ago % since
we'll known as q COMPANION Of james 4. POW
ns :SyI5s gsss IN Nf *.
,SS IN sSs e M D.s Sss' II SSsPf
f!wip. too Il lot loose will sG9triSate s3%s
her %s mag GET Hits
there e sssSd b Wien NJ 4 /. the
odd blend OF farce. vaudeville, and spectacle.
CLAY NJ Greene wrote Il originally. but George
solutions probably overbalance what was at
hfst written. The ann ounoements describe It
thing that viii tickle an sadlenSe M.
ment ali BY himself but there seems 70 be .
iot Of things besides him In Africa" includ-
ss he 10 In his.
That intersstins drama Of the common
place. with an adroit interlopstion OF intensely
theatrio matter. Shore Acres" IL to be re-
nswed tomorrow at Days. and. simultane-
ously with it's presentation on that stage OF
hsbitusl obliauity in authorship. we have to
publish tho discovery that the late James L
Murdoch was tho originator Iof much OF tho
play for which we have been praising James
A. Herne. The work in its FIRST form was en-
titled Lighthouse Cliffs" and was acted on
Hsrne IL The 'G GSis Of the sT s @ hero
In the Murdoch drama were two brothers. one
Tossther they cared Tor iiahthoSse on the
cliffs. The daughter Of the harsh brother
liked, and she eioped on a small vessel.
which the enraged parent sought to wreck
lowed much the same struggle between the
brothers as In the newer version. and the
ha So the the
ihs55 Ms: h S m Marsh .s is q
the par. tot Of har ,hbieeOGss and played !, it all
lasted three or four weeks We had the light
hSSse scene ard the storm storm but the
sSe5t time: In those asysaMit was ISIS Or
after : few DsrfGrnS99css, slthoagh can r.;
IN nav the lighthouse. and Herns Climbed Ss ae
coward The sadissse Of
the back Of the stage. The daughters sweet
Tor. and they went away together AZ the boat
that came near being wrecked. There was
farm. whish made trou6i among the brothers,
sSors 'f Raas Ai real iss u
course: too. the features Of New England life
part at his benefit. He sent the part, and said
wss III 10 bed and as his sP benst came S IL two
or three nights, feared would not be able to
nssS Ga 70 h swns 10
wss the psay s and nHg Psyed
but with some Of the LANGUAGE changed. Of
s sST e., Sun reDSr,sr found anqthsr actor
CIif:." and he SAID; It was In viTeinla City.
at npsss 9Dsrs HSTse Swey back nineteen
now. one Of the very best character actors on
are soncerned, they appear without. essential
the desire Of the stern father to let tS the pair Of
young lovers drown In the storm, the inter-
iishthouss, and the saving 81 the imperil led
bostLaii th9ss thipgs and more resppssr IN
'nsturaiists' Of Boston. II Is no mere resem e
blsnee. nor case OF basing new play on an
S ssn sasnsi Sss E. sotuA solid unbushng
Two OF the actors conspicuous in Brooklyn
this week are alike In personal vigor however
much they may differ In their stage doings.
They arc De Wolf Hopper and John L. sulIi-
van, and nobody will deny that Mr.. Hopper's
antics as the bull fighter in "Paniandrum"
possess about as much vim a.. ehsractsrizes
The pug 4 az tRe BroSsyn IN B shS Prs IL Rs
Man from Boston" piece written for his pur:
Satisfactorily TO those who are curious to see
the pugilist on the stage. Mr.. Hopper and his
company are at the Columbia, where all the
eomponents Of modern buTlesque may be en-
ioyed at their best In " Panjandrum."
Until this winter Richard Harlow was the
only actor whe could. and would. closely imi-
tate feminine Rraoes and mAnnerismk He
was the only one who. though surrounded by
burlesauers and comely women. chose in
every possible way to obscure his own sex and
be as like the women among whom he was
placed as he could rather than to exagRerats
the marks Of femineity which have ever been
the burles1usr's stock In trade. But as a
handsomely w9manly man, Harlow has rival
IN bsTtram de Lancey Drake who appsa red In st
week as danseuss with the strolsrs formerly
Inc Columbia College Dramatic Club Mr..
kEake was IN sight for only few minutes In
Iyanhoe UP TO Date" and had nothing what
ever 20 say. so that his sex was not revealed by
mAscuiInity OF utteranee. With his face cara
fully Touged and powdered. a wig which must
have been its makers pride. black tights
EEiFta lnW hOdiPa and ling oil NJ.