The sun., 1893-10-22

| amount OF persuasion or warning on our part
sonted property rights in IT, or lead him to I'D.
init init IL. It's German sGnres He actually brought icr
snee from ono lapeusge to the other was so
bold that We had little difieulty in enjoinine
but L sa besS
and again and called Poor Simon The Poor
and SO on About sIFses. gnt
q the Tyo in San Eanneseo nso
o %
adays we have less OF this sort Of trouble. Our
manager with hout transiatine It at all until he
M mas q expressed an opinion on the synopsis. IL
into il oen
that portions are deemed valuable than the
wnoe Ths is fGr BY the wlds 5 di
merely two hours Of nmusenent they want to
water which cannot 10 used here Is tho CON
counterpart on this side It thus happens that
play which pays sroyalties to German author
incidents which are not original with the
American playwright Herein Is the reason
Hence our EVEN to the nd ee
ing that, little is enough" In an.
to the ThnSr %% o",s
oostve hs ansWe You cant sss
anything by Offering fixed sum. FOR the
bou w n."u
sSa yCG S@Rf witt sHs sick @ sss s09
WSs ha the sPaSss dpera A
which the Dun opera company had. and for
hS;s we S5 Ni to
rights. 1t was Indignantly refusedE,spurnsd.
let tho opera paid its author In this country
the German. though do not know its Ameri..
can title, is to he produced By Mr.. Palmera ut
hS o He nword By Moss seer
and was big success over there shall give
1t in German at my theatre hero.
Three OF tho stage shows in Broadway are OF
that resplendcnt sort which appeals to the
eyes OF tho public. but they are OF quite differ
ent natures. Erminie" Mt the Broadway is n
comic opera. and Francis Wilson is the life OF
its fun. "A Trip to Mars" at Niblo's Is n fairy
spectacle. with the Liliputians for its pigmy
characters. "14Y2" at Pa,mers is an extrav-
aganza with multiplicity of interpretations.
All three nre extremely successful. because
they provide slightly. melodious, and farcical
diversion in forms to make nobodys head
ache with thought. and with only so much of
strain on the consciencce as arises from tho
ness OF 492" is shameful. OF course. yet bur-
lesaue and comic opera have mato 1t rather
habitual attendant 1t must be conceded
S snsso sss,, Of r;ts.% sSsssstsa
sketches. and scenic displays. and with a com
pany In which tho best OF tho members are
bers Theresa Naugn as highly cultured
vocalist only. with no apparent acting ability
roleklnG. and singuiarly eaptivat ing; yet she
is all that in the Glitte1lnE hodge. podge at
for him-has developed tho buresque wonder
iu{ since # cane there last spFinf smpGSy tS
nF ourent in Hero ind
making an altogether pleasing show for those
prosperity for the opera that it is as likely as
Rs R6e sfy Tp o
by reason Of the comic and musical midGets
are exceent. and tho fact that the language
spoken Ia German does not seem TO impair the
amusement Of those visitors who do not un-
derstand the language.
Harlem gets at its Opera House drama
which lasted the Empires first season out. and
which has since been In continuous use by
two companies in Chicago and elsewhere. The
play is Tho Girl Left Behind Me-" the ele-
ments Of which seem to be such rs otake hold
upon moro sorts OF people than can often be
interested In one entertainment. or the origi-
nal cast, William Morris. Sydney Armstrong.
Frank Mordaunt. Theodore Rober is. Thomas
Oberle. Jamos o. Barrows. an katherine Flor
encs nre 10 be in the Harlem performances
The prior we'll known piece In the ree!EssstoTyot
Paradise Is at the Peoples in tho Bowery, with
Forrest Robinson and Mabel Bert in the parts
hsr s M pe
f%Ma Ths HnoP P.s @si0
popularity In the Bowery already. nor"s up to
the Columbus for a week. while the other east
side theatre. :Iafobss. presents realistic rail
sence OF farces from the ou,skirt theatres is
to be noted. The four dramas mentioned are
Behnd ri Mo- and The e lost paraii.e being
totally different from that Of the sensati1nal-
ism q The Power Of Gold" and The Dan;
trivial. Can it be that there is growing de.
mand for seriousness on tho staget
James A. Herne. who has OF late been Cos
toms accepted apostle OF nsturalism in the
drama. and who has rcaly distinguished him
self as an able follower OF Henrik lhseh is
making ready for the production OF his Shore
Acres" at tho Fifth Avenue q week hence. 1t
will DO an interesting experiment Minnie
Seligman is to be the heroine in Olaf" an
English version OF q German romantic drama
to be given at Niblo's on Nov. d. No place
seems to have been reserved in the cast for the
actresses husband Robert Livingston Cutting.
Jr.. and 1t is to be inferred that he will take q
rest. Modjeska's recent leading actor. Mr..
ThalberG. is to be Miss seligmans chief
nOte. .IduI heBter Is preparing u play
called lamar. the VagaGond King" and OF
Spanish origin. tor use by young Alexander
Salvini at the star next month. The elder SAL
vini has gone to see the Chicago Fair, after
countered by a Sun reporter in an Italian res.
taurant. he had no ASPECT Of tragedian. nut
looked like q solid. unromantic. portly gentle
man He ate macaroni in the lta Ian manner
and drank chiant; lie said he had no thought
OF ever acting again in America. though some
thing, had been said about sing le anpearanre
in Chicago with Irving. Slnco ho was last in
this country lie had played Ia9o for the first
time and had made him an impnlsive. heed
less rascal. instead OF the subtiy deylish
character whom we are ,nccustomed to. \
new UdUli" by j. S. Willard IL regarded
by the Boston critics az unsatisfactory. for
the reason that an effort to be Perfectly
natural resulted merely in commonp place: but
the actor showed skill in. giving what is de-
Tor which Booth set up a standard OF distIn.
guished impressiyeness; The Honeymoon noon
was produced at Rochester, by faulne Hall,
and the accounts agree, that ip words and
it at llarrigan's late in the wlnter ba1 bApother
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