The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-06
rms WEEK ar TEE aRs14ahs

By one Of the four new plays TO be acted this
week. Recourse to the Law has not availed TO
prevent the production OF "Charley's Uncle"
at the Bliou tomorrow Nobody can doubt
thatthe change OF this farcs's name was meant
to create an Impression Of family relationship
with "Charley's Aunt" but. as there IL not the
slightest resemblance between the two pieces
and as the court could not be convinced that
folks will be deceived. the mum elton IL re-
fused. "Charley's Uncle" was called The
Noble Art" In London. The fun Ia derived
from an upcls's attempt to cure his nephew Of
designations. md his own transformation.
through hypnotisnl. into the liveliest sort OF q
sport In his own mlsgui led mind Edward J.
Henley has been engaged to enact a champion
pugiiist. and In the cast. too. are Rettins
Girard. George Woodward. Charles II Welles.
and Beatrice Moreland.
A novelty Of tomorrow will lie "Musotte" at
the Star It Ia dramatic version by Jacques
horiand OF q story by Guy de Maupassant. and
there is. no doubt. more OF the celebrated
Frenchman's own handlwork in 1t than In any
thing else imputed to him In dramatic ltera-
turc. for IL was reformed in Paris with his
sanction OF the use OF his name M n collab-
orator In the authorship. The English trans
laton Is by hrthur HornLlow. The theme IL
unclean. II being the case OF n bridegroom
eNpose rs tho cause Of young unm trried
mothers shame and death. and his forgive
meas 10y the newly welded wife. who takes the
babe to her bosom. The siuilarity OF this plot
to that Of Margaret Fleming" has been dis
cussed In TPE SUN. Nelson Wheatcroit has
much to do with the venture at the Star and
he lie to enact the principal male part while
the heroine. an artists model. will lie UNDER
taken by Edith Randolph. Edward ]. Had
cliffe is lent from tho Lyceum for tho cas-. in
which are Joseph ". shannon. Alfred Fisher.
sara McVicker. aud others
\ comedy announced as the wholly original
work OF Charles Coghan and named The
Check Book" will be presented for a first time
at tho Madison Square on Tuesday by lose
Coghlan aud a cast calculated to develope all
it's merits, for Joseph Holland. EfIle Shannon
c. u. Msrius Isabelle Evesson. and Augustus
Cook are among Miss CoRhlan's com par Mons
Tho play puts forward two married couples
each containing q person subsisting on an
allowance from the other and rich IN mber OF
the pair. One husband and one wife have
welded for money and are In receipt OF the
ank checks which are referred to in tho title
They form an innocent attachment. and from
that ceTain complications arise There would
not seem to bs much other than . comic inter-
est. and II good comedy roles are provided for
Miss Coghlan and Mr.. Holland Hrst-rate
amusement will ensue.
Tho entertainment ready for n trial at the
Casino on Tuesday 10 entitled The Passing
Show and 1t is made up OF truvesties Of cur
rent dramas and operas. specialties from the
vaudevillcs, original and selected songs. O
numerous ballet and chorus. and what 10
promised shall be gorgeous setting OF seem
err and costumes. We have never had any
thing on our stage quite like that. though we
used to get fun across the footlichts from
burlesdues OF well-known plays. and in Paris
thnra Ia hat n, ilaS No., tIol
Review" Sydney Rosenfeld. Albert Thomp-
son. and Ludwig Highlander have provided the
new ingredients OF the mixture. and those
gentlemen are clever in their different ways
The company should prove effective. II its
tasks are suitable, for 1t contains Jefferson
lilEins George A. schiller. Lucy DAILY. May
Ten Brock. Lee Harrison. ,Queenie Vassar.
VOID John MARI Maige L essin nsnS Seymour sMss
H.:S MagSie nalv Jessie Carlisle Mabel
the Thurgate sisters. and John L. Henshaw.
The tenacious life OF 'Adonis" has long been
q marvel in theatricals. and so there seems to
be no great recklessness in letting It take Its
renewed at Tslmers to. morrow with Henry
most everywhere else in the, entertanment
as OF old. Mr.. Dixey'seems to have put all he
nothins over Tor other undertakinGs' f Tor he
has succeeded in hardly anything else: but
Hdonss' have rsmansa unri1s. @pb bS any ~
comedian in burlesGue or comic opera, and a
sas xd e that nv ITO doaed awaits
will have fresh phases and that a general
ireshening OF the play will be Observable. In
Cottrelly Villa Knox. Irene Vera. Alexander
Clark. and Edward Chapman.
The season at the Iyceum will close with
the present month. and " Tho Amazons" will
be continued. OF course. during the three re-
naming weeks. Tho house will then be shut
until August. when the annual visit OF f ii.
Sothern will begin. In the mean time Daniel
FrohmGn's stock company after brief vaca-
ton. will make tour OF the larger cities. re-
turning home In Novem Der. Although some
OF the earlier plays OF last winter at the Ly-
ceum were not happy the excellent company
lost no prestige in them. and with The ANA
IONS" came success so great as to combine
artistic and material prosperity.
The last OF the performances OF " Sowing the
Wind" at the Empire. and they already num-
Der over $50. will be given this week. An en-
suing bill. made up OF Gucgeons" and Tho
Luck OF Roaring Camp" will Ill out the re-
naming two weeks OF the stock company's
season. The gudgeons OF the one play which
is the work OF Louis n. Parker. are Americans
seeking entrance to good London society and
falling into the hands OF social and CONNER
cisl swindlrrs, The other piece Is q dramati.
zRtion by Dion BoucicAult and ben Tsnl OF
Bret HArte's first story OF a California mining
camp The casts are com posed OF favorites in
the Charles FrohmAn stock.
Ahbey's Ia, for ~ time. the New York home OF
British extravaganza in the extremely rich
and ornamental form OF Cinderella" I'M
ported direct from Henry IrvinGs theatre in
London. Nothing spec'acularly liner has been
exhibited in this city for many q year. It is q
big show, with an abundance OF many kinds Of
sights IN IL.
At the Academy Of Music, The Girl Left
Pehind Me" Is still further con tinusd. During
the year and hall si1ce this drama was first
acted ut the Empire. one or more companies
have played IL without in ermlssion. butt was
not until 1t was brought 10 the Academy that
ITS spectacular possibilities were realized by
the Introduction OF companies OF infantry and
cavalry. The same thing Is 10 be done in .
London representation OF this American play
OF soldiers and Indians,
Al the Fifth Avenue, Hanne!e" passes into
q second week. IL has been discussed with
more disagreement than any prior play OF the
season, and at all events. nobody need 20 to
see II unaware Of its nature
The gAYety and glitter OF 1892" still MI the
stage OF the Garden. there Is new nonsense in
terminRlcd with the old. the com edians are