The sun., 1894-01-28
,u,, WEEK ar rnE rHEArnEs

rn.rs will bs three productions Of new plays
1, town tomorrow night MaRda" will be
In,.,o,rosd At the Filth Avenue. Prince
an AZ the Casino. and Tho Rainmsk-
~ AZ the Park. Helena Modjeska will
,.r.rsonate in "MaRda" woman who having
n.i,,sd her home rather than marry the man
u,i.,tsd by her parents. returns at the end OF a
,.,.n Years, wealthy and famous. but OBJ
s,,..tslv retIcent regarding the life she has
"a The play is by Sudermann. one Of the
"nr,oost and cleverest disciples Of the
ss.matic school Of which 1bsen is the chief
.ao.,Is. The purpose OF the author IL to show
..oneict between the strong individual char
..,.r o, the woman and the conservatism OF
~, father. thereby teaching that sin may be
.,oosd for even when the sinner happens to
woman. The piece has been acted In this
sIty in its original German form.
Omit. A different entertainment from Suder-
r,nns digniHed drama Is comic Prince
Kan which will be presented at the Casino
h.. com pany OF which Camille D'Arville is the
Mad. The text OF the opera Is by Charles A.
p,rns and Louis Harrison, and the music by
o1,tave Kerker The scenes are In far away
ThIbet and the clouds. to which vapory re-
zion the princely.hero journeys In search OF an
id.sl woman lie finds her in the person OF
y,nus. and his passion for her is reciprocated.
10 the great annoyance OF Mars. from whom
she was divorced 5000 years before. Mars
them to engage In the task Of cutting down
weeds, which spring up as rapidly as they are
.Sd return in Company with Venu.
Thibet, where the marriage takes place. The
will pHlnd9 ld9 M.s5 MMlsn nDis sEst as5sy Mo
an The PARK offers some ethinR new to New York,
Sss SO been on. a tour long enough TO get into
he best possible eonditi9n. 1t Is vaudeville
cs emitted The ~ a. r. and was
Ing abilities OF Donnelly and Girard, comic
actors celebrated through their years OF fun
besides the usual assortment Of song. dance.
and ioolery. q number OF ambitious scenic
effects
At three Broadway theatres revived plays
will vie with the new ones in interest Will
liam II. Crane will reappear at the Star in
The Senator" which will be given in a man
ner that seems sure to restore It fully to It's
former favor. The partly new cast has ex-
csptlonal strength and interest Agnes Booth
has been engaged. and so has Frederick dc
Belleville, while other roles will be filled by
Joseph wheelock, Jr.. J. c. Padgett. and the
three pretty girls. Amy Busby. Gladys Wallis
and Annie o'Neill. tho latter retaining her
place at the front Of the Crane company.
Tho Garden Theatre is given over for week
to the Professional women's League. and
members OF that body will appear In their en-
With VIII hes st sae last
east. entirely OF women, will be precticslly. the
suschek as Jdrques. Mary Shaw as Rosali,ld,
Grace Huntington as the !idn'shed Duke.
Msude Banks AS Orlando. and hate Davis as
Tho Coquelin- Hading week at Abbey's has q
varied programme. affording unusual oppor-
tnfNt RiNNal NJ I'M nj finF,
Tomorrow night Les Surprises du Divorce" !"
which has been seen here in Enali.h under
psrfoTmed per % on Tuesdsy Ie Maltre de- ForgesS -
will be repeated: on Wednesday and Saturday
rrAdrienne, Leconyreur." on rhSrFday :, From.
Precieuses Ridicules." A Country Sport" has
been laughed at go much at the Bijou that it
At1rst expected. 1t has been materially altered.
and another change will 20 into effect to-mor-
row night, Ehen Andrew Mack will assume
scal sketch called A Scene from the yaude-
VILE Club" There is no change In the spon:
his chief associate. hlss Irwin, nor have tho
grotesaue dance and walk OF Miss. Lewis
ceased to be very comic.
Among the Broadway permanencies Char
lsys Aunt" at the Standard Is still drawing
crowded audiences. made up in large part OF
women. especially at the matin6es- Its humor
is OF the sort that women can understand and
enjoy. and the glimpse which 1t gives OF un-
dsrgraduAts life at an English university ap-
peals as strongly to the gentler sex as does the
mirthful spectacle OF ayoung man masluerad-
ing In woman's attire. "Charley's Aunt" is
essentially . woman's play. and is therefore
At the Empire Sowing the Wind" has
Proved its strength more successfully even N,
presented there a fow weeks ago. The iHdica.
tons are that no change OF bill will be required
h. RaRiF Tor aRh hat
HGGdgeons will have to walt until spring.
The first anniversary OF this theatre was cele-
Our Country Cousins has been materially
altered since its first representation at the Ly-
eelm, and probably 1t will continue to attract
fashionable people to the house until the end
The Leather Patch" will hold its place at
Harrigan's until the time fixed for the depart
prs Of the Harrigsn company on its annual
tour. This local play. like others by the same
author Is remarksble for It's humorous and
sscond: hand clothing district that centres
Ing. Tho arrival Of a one-horse cab. from
Which emerge thirteen persons who have
sq aHwr Ss Unou M
Mr. Harrigan has In his safe new local drama
o. his own which he will save for production
This is the last week Of "l492" " at Palmer's
before it's removal to the Garden. when q
largely new version OF tho burlesque will be
A Texas Steer" has two weeks to remain at
the Madison square IL has been welcome In
The series OF revivals OF Hoyt plays. and. as
peiore. has been regarded as one OF the very
best OF them.
The Bostonians are acting and singing their
pest which Is very good indeed, in " The
Maid OF Plymouth" at the broadway. The
termination OF that new comic opera has not
been announced, but We are to get another
piece from this company before they go away.
The Corner Grocer" the local German
comic play, has passed into its secohd hundred
performances at the Germania-
Several OF the dramas continued on the
stages which they have long occupied are sue
esssful through pictorial qualities allied to
melodramatic strength OF popular calibre.
People who know little about TolstoI or Tour
ssnien, 90 to the Fourteenth Street to see tho
romantic pictures OF Russian love. adventure.
and political intrigue called Darkest Rus
slA' The play begins fourth week at this
mouse and the indications are that 1t will re-
main long time.
In Old Kentucky" an excellent piece Of the
scenic sort, blds lair TO hold the stage OF the