Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-27

NEW YORK, August 25.-This weeh
the theatrlcal season has made a Rreai
lamP, for number OF playhouses thai
have remained with their doors closed
Al summer have joined the number that
nave already begun the season. Added
30 Tie Reople's, JacObs', the Academy
Of Music. Proctor's, Tony Pastors, the
BroSdway, the Garden, the Madison
square, the Star, the Columbus, the
LYcsum and the American was the
Gra0d Opera House, Days. the Empire
and PRlmer'S And next week the new
Roster Il Bial's. the Park, Harrigan'S,
the Fourteenth Street. the Standard
and the Fifth Avenue will join the pro-
cessl0n, making twenty. two playhOuses
In operation.
There Is a deal Of grumbllnR among
the local managers about dull times;
but n they only knew 10 they are much
betsar of than their London brothers.
From al accounts the English metro
polls is 10 o bad way so far as the the
aires are concerned. Even the best
plays OF the day have failed to be great
successes and managers are In despair.
Last year the music halls made heavy
threads into the business az the legiti-
mate houses, bCs at present even the
music halls are nOtin an overhourishing
condition.
don't wonder g that. however, for
of en- idiotic performances thai Of the
average English music hall ''srtist" Is
the greatest They have been imported
here by several managers, aud the lat
ter wish they had not done 90. il self
confidence aud cheek were needed in
pIace OF genius, the "cOmic" singer
from London would absorb the entire
bakery, so 90 speak.
Many road attractions have already
started from New York, and they will
be followed az short intervals by those
which viii begin 70 tempt fortune on
Labor Day.
Lawrence Hanley, ia Blanche Mars
den's adaptation aud farce comedylza-
tion OF "Dayid Garrick, which has been
rechrlstened The Player" has been
holding forth at the Star Theater with
but Indifferent success. Wherever Miss
Marsden has changed David Garrick"
&c has been for the worse.
Mr.. Hanley introduced the second and
third acts Of Hamlet" condensed into
ono. This OF course served 70 afford
him the opportunity 70 appear To the IA
nous player scene, and to say that he
did 10 poorly but mildly expresses IT, dc
appears TO not have the slightest con-
ception Of what Shakespeare Intended
the melancholy Dane TO be. His read
ing Of the lines would have been better
suited 20 the character Of Othella, for
be fairly siZZled with rObustuOusness
and posed heroically upon the slightest
pretex6 Mr.. Hanley was, / believe, at
che time IN Edwin Booths company.
While be will never have the opportu-
nifty TO again observe the methods OF
the great master, hemightsit through
one OF Walker Whlteside's performances
Of Hamlet" and closely study that am
bilious and conscientious young actor
with great profit to himself.
In en- ~ "Tke Player" except the
"Hv 5FtrUn Mr.. Hanley was eG-
u,llent, altl 1ugh by no means remark
ade. He lysimply a very good heroic
EcsOr and it Is beyond my cOmprehen-
sion % understand upon whist the young
man bases his hopes OF permanent sue
cess az tragedlau, for he Is unQues-
Nonably not OF stellar caliber.
Incompetent especially for the require
meDts of tragedy. There are, however,
Beveral bright spots in the cast, the
most competent OF which Is Miss VIC
Tory Rateman, a beautiful young wO-
man with easy methods and particu-
larly graceful delivery.
Lole Fuller, Alice shaw, Olga Bran
Ion aud Isabella UrQuhart are the Prin-
sipal members Of a company OF Ameri-
cans organized by Robert Grau 10
Europe for a short season 10 New York
which has proved very successful from
O Decuniary standpoint, as the Garden
Theatre has been well filed at each
performance. On the opening night
Olga Brandon's play, "a VISIT" by
Charles Brandes, was practically Kissed
OF the stage. The hrst act was err
ceedingly talky. la fact, 10 Is the tax
Test thing seen on the stage 10 this city
within the memory Of oar Oldest theatre
gOers.
Paul Arthur forgot his lies and
stumbled and Numbered around 70 such
an extent that he made JOha hellard
nervous. and he quickly followed Mr..
Arthur's bad example. A little later
the curtain was rung down, ana MISS
Brandon vowed she would return 10
England Immediately But she was
greatly annoyed so the time and prob
ably ala nos mean half OF what she said.
The little that she aid in "a Visit" was
exceedingly well done and showed that
she had not forgotten how to use her
wonderful "midnight" eyes and soft,
but strong and effective voice.