The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-13
THE THEATRES NEW SEASON.
NEW AVID OLD PLAYS or WIDE
DIVERSITY IN TOWN

Two Germnn Houses-Tm ported Talent
IL Fienufui for the Vaudeville SHOVE.
There are two Irish plays on view this week;
that is to say two which deal with life and
character in Ireland. besides one which treats
of Irishmen In New York. Mavourneen."
which may be seen at the Grand Opera House.
was the play In which W. ]. Seaman made
fame and money. and now 1t seems to have
taken new lease OF life with Chauncey Olcott
in the chief role " Glen .da- Tough" Is at the
beginning OF it's final fortnight at the Four
teenth Street Theatre. where 1t Is interpreted
bya company Of which ]. X. Murray is the chief.
In " The Rising Generation" at the Park Thea
tire William Barry and his company tell the
story Of New York Irishman who lifts him
self from tho shanty In which he lives In tho
prologue OF the play to the wealth and power
which he is known to possess in the last act
The piece Is designed to show what can be at
tanned by a man who begins in the humblest
circumstances and has sufficient honesty and
perseverance, to carry him to tho goal Of his
ambition The Rising Generation" would
prove surprise to an old country Irishman OF
the type shown In the other plays mentioned.
1t would be hard for such one to understand
that so much could lie within the grasp OF q
New York squatter
The most important engagement in Brook
Ign this week is that OF Mario Wainwright.
who Is presenting the principal plays in her
repertory at the Columbia Theatre. Miss
Wainwright opened in "Frou Frou." will per-
form Camille " tomorrow evening and at the
Saturday matinee. and on Friday will present
for the first time her new play Tho Social
| Swim" The Grand Opera House, another IA
vorite place of amusement has for its audi
ences this week Eight Bells" in which the
and nea' the fiitS
Avenue Theatre Nat Goodwin is irving to con-
vince the public that he is not always n funny |
n, sometimes
and the success of I'm Mizzoura" depends |
aoana 'Ss'fs way n tSnh
b Gr the /. nG notable
chiefly because, Of the, ,performance Of
Mathilde Cottrelly: who, although no longer
best soubrettes before the public sweatnam
and and Wood who are also in this company; are
funny and It Is not often that two really funny
peopie aPp p. together IN the same scene As
On the as We 1s
place place. of aTTn s. In "l4s2" Waiter
vide the Ronors the former by Ss e@lo Of his
All ss Of the and tho
sonation OF Queen Isabella is also remarkable
II it, way Fay az TemRleton vii arrive New
q the engagement gen. Of Charles FrohmA!R's
lasting plays area fine assortment. "Sheri-
en as at rs to is f.
the Empire. is pretty nearly the periection Of
f Ss fSRsdy at ts ss aad na if SPs
s. ssp Il. Holland is SSSmpsed to make Portrait
made rresistibIy, comiesi By NJ HoiIPnd's
ean a aSd e sS of bsn Tr5a
iations" at llarriRan's. and ;Iohnstone ben
ard where, Loie Tuller's dance is given
SDs w.h hs comsSy MsTy
Snd ftp e Mars. g. NiS!o'se T fhhGsi e tfe
Sou P rS g t renains at
DaIy's. and The Prodigal Daushter' at the
at the Columbus. and The Pay Train . at J Ja-
cobs's.
Tho German theatrical season begins to-
German!a Theatre under the Phiipp manage maj nsS
m M h The play for is said t0
known members Of the stock com Company any and and
local ' eaeG Gasce 9' q
Avenue A." The attendance at the first per
large, and will probably include most of New
i1rk . "a who have achieved
as@ the art Gales Gg asd Gssl
Fl tie town stFs w be 55 tie ssi f
best customers on that night. and that there g
s Of 81 in thoss
G 5fnn d, is GENERALLY ay9wed. The irving :
nanf Mh hsh T later in the
serve not only as place Of amusement for
GfsrmanitsreakinS people but also sort OF
nn Of se WorNs for
BY giving one Of these pieces a Stage repre-
sentation in German he affords an opportunity a
judge OF its merits better than they could do D
by r iEread!ng the manuscrpt. and he expects L
into English, In the old days when the Thaila Il
its Performances We're carefuIly Watched Mit By
men interested in thentricals and a great 4
orig mated there Fully thirds Of the far Il
c 81 plays on which the reputation Of Angus b
and Acquired By Mr. DAY nns tn nna
ffR%onMf s wn0H wsr
: : The Mascot b.; The Bsssar r Stu.
not conduct his theatre as low priced house, t
because Tie Superior iaciites whieS KIT It ar
lords for obtaining beer between tho acts. win
'vent than that OF his rival '''''''A''' h
,.c ah q" wdI ts.t the
he sSsH ito the on wer welt Is
nanent place In the repertory Of the warde re
ma James company. Mr. Carleton is a man | CO
4 various talents. He first appeared before Al
he public as the author Of the "Thompson in
popular series OF sketches that Llte has pub tn
ished Ills hfst play was Victor Durand."
performed at Wallacks about n dozen years
'Ro, and praised by actors. managers and
rites as very few American dramas had ever
,een praised Everybody liked Victor di
)urand" except the general public. and W
% 1t was Withdrawn from the stage Gu
mt II the l9ymen had only enjoyed a,
as much as the professionals did it Would III
70 In nse yet. Later works of Mr.. Cartoons
re The pembertons," "Ye Earle I'rouhIn eV
nd The Gided Fool" Another good NAV tn
= town this week may be seen at the People's on
7ere offered al, the Lyceum. Mr.. Dazey's In IL
I'D kentucky" possesses merit, however, al de
hough by no means the same sort OF merit a
hat belongs to The Lone Mouth" itisa to-