The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29
VIEW, OF 1nE rHrxraxs

Four plays are ready for their nrst per-
formances before New YORK audiences to-mor-
row night. Two OF them are the works OF
Americans These native products are By
william Gillette. Brander Matthews. and
George II. Jessop. The other two are OF Eng
Iish authorship Ninety Days" to. be put
forth at the Broadway. IL the first play by
william Gillette since Held BY the Enemy"
Information concerning ]. indicates that 1t
may be classed as q spectacular comedy. The
Impression that 1t mbl Jules verne's
Around the World In Eighty Days" is doubt
less erroneous. ana mas arisen from the faint
resemblance In titles as welt as the fact that
parties OF travellers figure In both plays.
Those who make the Journey In the
Gillette piece are Americans, including
an adventuresome girl from Chicago. q man
deeply Interested IN baseball. anu several char-
acters distinctly ianRec- Ihey start from
America anu thoy come BACK TO America. nav
ing In the mean 'ine oeen SHOWN ID iiVeiy ex-
periences in Aiexandria. Cairo. Burmah. ON
shiptonrd. and on nm iceberg The only simi-
latity TO AROUND the world IN Eighty Days
seems to he conIhed 10 the TACT mat tourists
are shown IN thelr )ourneyings. ana that they
travel for a speeih" purpose Ninety Days"
and entcrrrising enough to make all the nee
anu "oe-
..o.t ,,cnl 10 nj a big stage ,nr threo honra
with very numerous actors in many elaborate.
,o,,r.four sneakinp cbarnc,ers and n ia saiJ
,,,, ~, ,.ss linn o5o nersons arc am n,ovad
inc,,I,nc n ,arg. ballet'
william IL. Crane will begin his annual sea-
,on NJ ina Stnr With "On prohatinr ,, ,vr,,,on
torhlm nv Drnnder Matthew's nnd Gsorva n
Issson, from whose collaboration wa ara
bound TO exrect not only d character utilizing
,',,t ~" a nv,' cnt.rte n,,i Out u |" r shon IN az "ou WAY
,,.n ,i,srarv mari, and n"n,,nr d;rars;on Mr.
M ,r' ',h ".S.".1 pe es has avn" wor p1ru maa u,V eleasura a,I,
stores as WEI, as mueh exeellent erl.'sal mat
era, plays that have proved effective in actual
u.e, The rnrt for MIR. Crane in "On TroLn.
, nS i. !" Of a Chicago & as: millionaire. and it Is
."'i thu, the authors have endeavorea to
money. Although tho scenes are In Franco
aud Fwitzerland tfor Matthews and Jcssop.
~ a., 90 80. "e nv
tome o'i world us travellers. the play IL said
4" TO essentially American in spirit and per-
Z IMAGES run Is me rrlhcipa, aim or should
J.. in my piece written for Mr., Cranes pur-
,"s, In this ATTEMPT to supply u new vehicle for
h', c1mle abilities; ,,.,, . .
on tl'9h az" W ~ aS,ou urit' ,,ut
pse, for r a ,sE Esar e; or :, 80 in in l.o is ISlep,da-
teontll street. Its author is Edmund y. Cur
nsy; ana II IS desGrihed az differing from tie
irish reor!e with more OF dignity and less OF
eTnRg ration nan wo ore accustomed to.
Inc iitle comes from q lake N picturesque
Wicklnw, and the author has tried TO write
something iccomlngiy romantic, while the
nlanag.men promises that his work shall be
se, 10TH VIII sIitaole picturesque scenery;
waterfall. where one 81 the chief episodes is
enacted. The hero VIII he impersonated by J.
n: MURRAY: who has never been seen in this
have found Western favor. He used to he In
u" Carleton niera COMPANY. whore his good
BARITONE y,icc was serviceabie. and where he
should have gained proficiency as an actor.
several songs 10y +. Nichols Crouch. author OF
kathleen Nlavourneen.'' as we'll as q rear
Engagement Of that familiar ballad, are to lie
sang Ivy Mr.. Murray.
4 horsr-rnco n!ay OF London fame. entitled
The outsider" wifi be performed at the Park
~ Charles Barton's comrnny formed for that
] uii ose. The dominant feature, II the care
Inl lrrpurstiOns come to u successful issue.
:, III ga representation Of. q Hteeplcchase on
imitation Of. tn" actual event in 1879 Four