The evening world., 1893-11-04
4 THEATRES NEXT Week.
dus and Terry to Open Abbey's
New Theatre.
u.,u Makes It's First Appearance,
at Niblo's.

,-v Irving, Ellen Terry and the
Eon Lyceum Company will open the
,,tiful playhouse at Broadway and
,rtv-eighth street, hat is to be
"wn as Abbey's Theatre, Monday
a, This will be one of the most i'm
liant theatrical events of the season.
,JiI he pleasant to welcome Mr.. IT.
10 and Miss Terry to the city, 1t
II he even more pleasant TO see Henry
Abbey. one of the most indcfatigable
N praiseworthy managers in the
arid. established as the manager of a
,ndsome playhouse Of his own. The
,sntng performance will be Beckett"
late Lord Tennyson's poetic drama.
will be presented Thursday and
nday nights and at the Saturday mat
,res. Saturday night Mr.. Irving will be
saen in his well-known and well-liked
,r,srpretation OF the title role in Louis
XII" Irving and Miss Terry Tvs met
With colossal SUCCESS in San Francisco
and Chicago. New York will probably
outdo both Of those cities in its emune
alive appreciation.
The Compromised production of "Olaf'
at Niblo's Garden, is the theatrical
event Of Monday night. 1t has been re-
nearsed for three weeks, night and day,
and the first performance will undoubt-
edly be a very smooth one. The drama
Is the work of the late Roderick Fels,
and II had a great success In Germany
several years ago. 1t Is In five acts,
and while making 10 bid as a spectacu-
lar play, 1t will have magnificent seem
cry, new costumes and a large. force of
nople. There will also he Incidental
'usic, especially composed for it. The
st will include Minnie Seligman-Cut-
lg, Mr.. Thalberg. Charles Hanford,
lmore Scott, Eric Dunbar, George
lwcett and a number of capable peo-
Joseph Jefferson, the famous old actor,
tn whose name everybody Is familiar.
gins a three weeks engagement at
e Star Theatre Monday night, and
ring tina engagement ne will play
thing but RIP Van Wrinkle" He will
supported by george i. Nash, Ed
christopher. Ryley, Walter Howard,
nnie Mack-Berlein, Blanche Bender,
innie Parker. Baby Parker. Nanon
bwler and Mrs. Cameron. This will
2. MIR. Jefferson's only engagement in
ew York this season.
Miss Marie Jansen will make her first
p~pearance in New York as a star at
hay will be a new comedy by Glen Mac
bonouBh, entitled "Delmonico's at g."
fd in this city. Miss Jansen will play
part of TriXie Hazelmere, a famous
kriety star. In the cast will be Frank
William Morris. charles Mason. Fred
". Peters, Miss May Merrick. Hope
The Councillors Wife," a very charm
ing comedy. by jerome K. Jerome and
Eden P~hillpotts,, which was tried, and
mlrable stock company. This includes
Henry Muller, Agnes Miller, Viola Allen
y M''H crom pa%er' eyPli 9 scott J myasr; y
Hayden and May Robson:
Sol Smith Russell will continue tc
Theatre during the coming week. Tht
attendance on the opening night was
not very large, but since then 1t has
steadily increased. Mr.. Russell Ger
He is an artist, marred only by the fac
that he insists upon one-part plays, q
form of entertainpe1t not popular witt
the public.
The exquisite performance of 'Shor'
Acres at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
must be set down as the most worth,
event of the theatrical season so far
Nobody who goes to see this play Will
forget 1t. Its beautiful Incidents
glowingly realistic characters and nat
ural setting will live in the memory
James A. Herne, Katherine Grey. Grac,
Gaylor Clark and Charles Craig all d.
most admirable work.
The Corncracker" enters upon tn,
fifth and last week of it's engagement
at the Fourteenth Street Theatre Mon
day night. This is good news. New
ton. 1t will be followed Nov. 10 by {
"semi-war play" entitled Maine anG
Georgia, from the prolific pen o
Howard p. Taylor. dame ant
Georgia" has been successfully pro
duced in San Francisco.
Jane" played for the first time will
IN artist In the leading role, will be mex