The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-14
NEWS OF TIE THEATRES.


theatrical season. with our best supporters oil
the theatres. Only one OF our stock companies
remains with Va, and that Is Charles froh-
mans party OF able players at the Empire
where they are still engaged in performances
OF The Girl l Left Behind Me-" At this time
OF tho year. Mt the middle OF springs last
month. the fancy Of the amusement seeker
turns to light and trivial stage doings. or NJ
least. tho managers think so. and in consc-
auence o spell Of burlcsque. light opera ana
rurce sets in. However. one OF tho two novel;
ties to DO put forward Tomorrow night Is IN n
serious vein. Alexander salvini. who begins
his nna! week at the Manhattan. presents
"Cavalleria Rusticana" In n translation oil tne
play as Il was written originally In stai-
Ian. without the music that turneu u
into Mascagni's opera. and trltH. IN
an English version OF the French play as writ
ten.by Erckmann-C hatrain. Ofthe lhst-nam"u
piece we had q version with inierpoiateu
music performed not long ago by MARIAN
Manola and her company. Mr.. salviil VIII
play the Sicilian lover in "Civaileria husti.
cana" with william Redmond as the SenEe'ui
husband. In "L'Ami Fritz" MIR. Salvini viii
represent the Jolly bachelor. who believes that
he is a bnter OF women aud matrimony. nut
who falls in love and marries with easy iacillty.
A revival Of the week to be esteemed as a
good thing for tho welfare Of the stage. as well
"a for tbe amusement OF audiences. 10 that OF
.Tbe Henrietta" with which Stuart Robson
will MI out the concluding week OF MS term at
the Fifth Avenue. No play has combined IN a
more facile or effective manner than this the
a a,vsrle and wall street. NE. Robson's role OF
H.,iip ne Lamb In raptivating. and no dombtthe
day We shall get a biz play, something gneom;
monty spacious and pic,orialnat the DELAYED
sThn brnliIvnl Illyhtnr' AMI is n rnC6-
course drama OF the London, me~lodrsmatic
order. depending uron the realism Of n horse
Inlify. scene < race ,ef Is a run nr IN ahs t urea act 70 by pG nine
trained stecplechasers. including Roquefort. q
MAJOR Pickett. who won, at Ceaarhurst in 1883;
Genuine Jockeys are to be In the saddles. and
The story Of the play mixes love and %villainy
IN a quite conventional fashion. but the play
srs should .ina be able to I, %aSs the s"cb ms Msil i na@n
Julia Arthur. Jefferson D'Angelis. and Walden
will be Eugene Benson. the English sports
man and spendthrift notorious as tho Jubilee
Plunger.
Nobody expects OF a new theatre that It will
be opened on the day first appointed. and SO
the postponement from tomorrow until Thurs
day OF the first use OF the American is no dis
appointment 1t Is understood that every
thing connected with the play to be used.
THE Prodigal Daughter" is in perfect order.
but the house itself is not ready for an au-
dience. The po~stponement." said Manager
n msds necessary $ n!S 81 ttSSs0s siexnsss ss q The ae Sss
rators VINO are finishing the interior Of the
t h@sF' work "& Until HpI late Nt'' W Hed es aye The II "f the.
atre will be n beauty when the last touches
in red 1'e and eDi ivory or i; yellow. ' and lisht ef.
fects of marvellous splendor will be- oh
rainea ah. ey luc G1nSsa,,"sl a .np sSs eins hidden gt the the
hind tho architecture lines Of the auditorium.
the house Is freproof. too. You might stnrt q
steel" the buildings on the alto OF the pro.
eighth street. are RACED. ana the erection OF the
new mouse will begin at once. but Il does not
the announced opening by Henry Irving. in
October next. A Sun reporter saw the archi-
snd pset sGeS1nss th ys q az t tHe a nery 'S1se
corner Of broadway and Thirty-seventh street.
to be built tor use next winter as a vaudeville
TONY Denier would 6uili a theatre near upper
.isn sst y ! IS Ss s'%saaa eu! Hsdsi Y Bsh sas sp S hay:
building. and they intend to make very extern
siss n @''s'f beins e 20 81 ed S by the bui pifns
Commissioners and as s9on as approval ygi is
P nre to o. be ~0f fowere ane PGsaai"sii sn With s'a IKE
fi nsss. thi Tse is pr TO 3. 3 d a9sh IS Is to sw coms eSt.
boxes win be increased from forty t9, 10
called b theatrical ars'hi!sets tie lines Of
sight will be rearranged. This will do away
is contemplated. and. while there will be but
BE- materially Increased. The broadway front
Wi! be handsomely and expensiyely deco
band Sandse %nel I'll tiled tpG and " deco Or aSn0' fhe IN ,h f,as:
Ire Seus %ili ana BE- o fGn sdpts g, Is f,y q Me9m o6m
will be only an occasional week. Of variety.
Prices will remain at 20 cents to ST.
Mrs. Cora Urquhart Potter and Kyrle Bellew
return to town for the last week Of their
season. and will devote it to Zola's "Therese"
at the Fourteenth Street. In a communication
to The SUN Mrs. Potter's manager mentions
Zola's work as morbid" as one OF the
most feshly OF creations" and rs having
provoked, an onslaught Of criticism Thus
Sus i I'll, ,is Tor e intelligence idftsase m lss many and w yalas;
Potter: Mr; Bs!lew; and iThsresec may lind
ter for which actors seek publicity. but hardly
ever anythinG more strange than a printed
Lyllinn and Tennye Poole. Across the page
devoted TO I.yilian Is written: "Lyllian's
funeral May II. 800 F. M-Dr. Rainsford's
Church: PIP East sixteenth street Please at
penhed E"'' "T Pe 1ne Da Man ftspl Sn sn=e eepnpe u
now" The latest assault on the drama ,by a
prize lighter IL at the hands. or. fists. OF Peter
Jackson; the negro, ~pngi!ist, who is PERFORM
NE IN Uncle Toms Cabin In Chicago. John
on The Real Shakespeare" at the Lyceum
next Wednesday afternoon. villa Knox has
married Albert Roth. Margaret Reid, an
1Spns a : Soprano pr has arrived from Europe.
original or adapted. for sale on ROYALTIES.
oGurtlcs POUNDS. the pretty, tenor whom our
OF q travelling, comic opera company now
msElnG a tour II England. Emilio Pizzi sailed
LOT rance on Wednesday last. and will there
SSem p = ons'ast opera for Patti to . libretto
/, journalist. John Ernest Mccain has sold
play to tho London, actor and manager.
!. ScGGntaIns 4 leading part for him to succeed in.
Alhhsre F 4 rrynnn. James A. Waldron. and
can SnaI rsmsips FE1s!EiS; Of which APPLETON Nor
the author OF 1.-THE play which j. X, Emmett Vii