The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-04
,yJs WEEK ar 1Hs THEArRss


Daan Howells, and Lincoln J. Carter are the
Americans who supply to our stage the new
NAYS OF the present woek. Mrs. Dasoot" is
NJ liryce's first public effort as a dramstist.
The pieco seems to deal boldly and broadly
9TH the subject Of connubisl crime. 80 far "a
e.n be Judged by the sparse announcements.
and the authors reputation points 10 a worthy
addition to stage literature. His work will be
r.riormed tomorrow at the Firth Avenue
Theatre The role OF an adventures will be
assumed By Knthrine Clemmons, whose debut
At this house has been interesting. The next
thing after that Mt the fifth Avenue will be
Loves Extract" atransfer from the French.
Mr.. Coward's new play Is Hearts are
Trumps." Its frat performance will serve =
charitable purpose at the Berkeley Lyceum
next Thursday evening and for the remainder
Of the week. It is comedy OF the
last century. The actors will be volun-
t.ers from the strollera' Club Of more
than ordinarily clever amateurs. An occasion
a, benevolence will serve also to Introduce
Nj. Hovells to an audience at Days to-mor-
,oV afternoon. as the author Of Bride Roses"
rnemployed actors are to be the ben nciarics,
and the bill includes Shore Acres" The
cause is good. and 1t Ia hoped that the money
earned will DO the same. There is an
inKling that the Howells work Is Ibse ulan.
and what in Boston Is called verltable. SO to
. Certainty ia Mr.. Carter's The Tornado"
vhich will strike Niblo's very hard tomorrow;
hut Mr.. carter Is not a playwright who relies
on CONGREGATIONAL realism. His works boom
and roar much more loudly than the biggest
voiced actors can speak. He has made q for
tune by putting railway wrecks on the stage.
In The Tornado" he dramatizes n storm.
Native American plays OF various qualities.
from jovial to emotional. from q good grade
OF romantic drama to tho most mechan-
zeal OF thrillers. and from the admirably imae-
NATIVE works to tho bsldest OF liberalism. hold
a majority Of the stages In this city and Brook
lyn this week. some Ct these works blend most
the characteristics mentioned. and such 10 the
ease with Dasey,s In 9ld M Ksintucsy;"wh,ch
viii be The Girl Left Behind Me-" with
season at the Umpire. but with . new and very
pictorial outfit OF scenery. with company OF
sny. sightiy' and with a General reRsrd TO BIC
American comedy. has pleasant example in
where John brow. Maud Adams. Olive May.
Harry Harwood and others portray an amus-
lar. but all consistently native. The demand
for hs pa a .ns
Ths distinct Americanism of the Hoyt plays
Is not to he questioned for q moment. and
touches that suggest Paris. It is San Fran
ciscodn through and through. Marx Smith
mains unchanged. The mirror dance is a Bit
TRIP to Chinatown" is the last Of the seasons
REVEALS that will be made there.
A renewal Of Matthews and Jessops's On
Probation" is made Dy William II; Crane for
we have an essentially American play. al
though it, characters are shown In European
when ThS Rss S S M San is t.
year at this same theatre. Anne O'Neill and
others of his company are assigned to gener-
New York actor and author. the late Lester
Wsllack. will be brought forward at the star.
and the Same company will come to this city
Native comic opera Ii alive among us yet.
although the death rate in that iield Of amuse-
vivsa Robin Hood is given at the Broad.
ability vocaly and in the acting, They are to
remain two weeks longer. and then the neE,
M he ppodneed WITH Ss mpo4ted cumesnv
and with duplication Of the London repre-
sentatlon in costumes ana scenery: r
Hudson's A Man Among Men," which THE
sun reviewed upon it's production last Mon
day In Harlem. comes down town to the Four
dependent pom the vivid REPRESENTATION OF a
disaster to impress the beholder and its ex-
purpose. It deals with the antagonisms OF
eap.tal and labor r, toe. and on this point the
dency to com bine capital and place IT for use
IN the hands OF salaried inter I'm ediaries. all
once existed to a greater or less degree be-
tween employer and employee is lost in the
the further comDlicati0n q ' the iaSor,eapitsl
son will be brought to the Fourteenth Street
,liu:tistsd in Yon ionson. the play at the
: swsdishe American dialect eharse s was
,:fSr and q i; still The log boom WITH &: a.
essential thrill required by Column bus audi
s sSsmd Thus the requisites for pleasing are
:. A play resembling those old favoritss.
" Uncle Toms Cabin and The Oetoroon." is
in which the theme Of Slavery Is iiiustrsted In
scenes OF Southern life and character. This
piece is revived at the BROOKLYN BLon. The
negro blood. and her sufferings are acute By
reason OF persecution until It Is discovered
played here b By May Newman. ms i0's !"
AMERICAN farce merge!s itself into vaudeville
Casino is Little more than variety show: but
and there has been a liberal SUBSTITUTION Of
sss dfs :Stea
NH utbCIlDob a race Win humorous
tpirit: and another comic thing is Linger
The specialtiss embedded In McNally's "A
Country Sport, employ Peter i, DALEY and
May Irwin, ht the Bijou Opera House. to the
I'll bent Of their very original and comic abil-
OF tho songs and dances used at the outset OF
the season refuse TO wear out. and have been
copied into other shows. too Three weeks
more will finish the McNally farce at this thea
z S and then Marie Jansen will come In with
y Delmonico's at six"
. In tho way OF native buTlesqus we still have
49, at the Garden. with its rapid and
abundant fun rendered piquant by capable
lot OF comedians and with It's music sung
agLeeahly. The 25Oh New York time OF this
loyial play to morrow night will give a bronze
stAtuetta OF Columbus to each visitor. Matter
Jones's extravagances and Theresa Vaughn's
songs remain the thiags most encored.
= HeIne's Shore Acres" is undisturbsd at
Da!y's. with the author enacting one OF the
most loyable Tustics ever put on the stage.
Foreign plays find an open and unprei udiced
market with US. Our audiences do not care
"hsre piece came from. or who wrote II. or
course. as between works OF equal IN srits. the
American product usually has an advantage Of
easy cOmprehensiDility: hut thA eNcaDtions