New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-21
THEATRES PICKING UP.
MORE PEOPLE COME AND MANAGERS
FEEL ENCOURAGED.

have looked decidedly DeIter IL mas Hol OeeH al
uncommon thing. in fact, to see house pretty well
Allied Even attractions that have already had long
runs have shown a new and decided gain. But 1t
Is to be feared that it will not be for long Lent
will come soon, and then there will be more
trouble.
At the Garden Theatre tomorrow night r. D
willard will appear Hamlet for the first time IN
New-York He played the part few weeks ago
In Boston. The rest Of the cast will be as foio"s'
Claudius. Royce Carleton; Gertrude. MISS hei'h
Wakeman: Ghost of Hamets Father. Bassett Roe'
Horato, Vincent Sternroyd; RosencrantZ, Hush
Harting: Guildenstern. II. Gittus Lonsdale; Osric'
Jameson Lee Finney; Bernardo, II. NJ Pitt; Mar
cellus. Mr.. Dunbar; Francisco. Mr. Barring; FOOL
Percy Winter; First Player. Neil Leich; a boy.
Miss Maud Hoffmann a priest. Mr.. Barfoot; Sexton
r. II. Tyler: a clown. II. j. Holiday; sailor MT
Maxwell Polonius. II. Cane; Laertes. Charies
Nackay Ophelia Miss Marie Burroughs. There
will be five evening performances and one matinee
of Hamlet" Mr.. Willard making his final appear
ance on Saturday night as Sir Peter Luna IN "A
FOOLS Paradise"
Carmen" will be sung again at the Metropolitan
Opera House tomorrow night and "Semiramide
on Wednesday. for the last time A special matinee
performance of Carmen will be given on Thurs
day On Friday "Tannhauser" will be presented
for the first time tins season. with Nine. Melba
as Elizabeth and Nine Nordica Venus. The
Paris version will be used "The Mastersingers'
will be repeated Sat Irday afternoon. on Mon
day evening of next week The Marriage Oh Figaro
will be revived with Mines. Eames Arnoldson and
5Nordica and Edouard de Reszke in the cast. At
the concert this evening Anton Seidl and the
orchestra will be assisted by Nine. Melba Mile
Domenech NJ. Ancona, VI. Mauguiere and Edouard
de Reszke.
The present week at Abbey's Theatre will prob
ably be one Of the most interesting in the Coquelin-
Hading season of French plays at that house To-
morrow night THE Forge Master will be the
bill; on Tuesday night and Saturday afternoon the
Aioliere programme will be given, consisting or
''Tartuffe" and Les Precieuses Rdicues For
Wednesday and Saturday nights the Tanning OF
Che Shrew" will be the attraction; on Thursday
evening "I,Aventuriare" will be acted for the last
time and on Friday night THE Surprises Of
Divorce" will be given.
Mrs. John Drew Will play the part OF Mrs. Oakly
an THE Jealous Wife, at the Star Theatre this
week which is the last of her engagement The
cast also includes Sidney Drew as Mr.. Oaky. Mrs.
Sidney Drew as Harriet Russell. Clarence L. Holt.
Clarence Heritage George Osbourne. A. Harris.
Charles f. Werner Mr. Russell. ii. D. Gibbs. Ed
win Wallace Carl St. Aubyne. Miss Agnes Proctor,
Miss Mumford and Miss Kate Koran.
Poor Girls will be produced at the American
Theatre tomorrow night. with cast which VIII
Include several favorite players. The play Is by
Guy de Maupassant, and in the adapted form the
Aorigina Is adhered TOWN most particulars, except
the place of the story, which is changed 10 fac
,eory town Boston. In the company are Jo-
,seph Holland, j. W. Shannon. Miss Odette Tyler,
Miss Kitty Cheatham. Mrs. f. a. Eberle. Frazer
Coulter Frank Mills Charles Atwood. John Bunny
Max Figman. Mrs. Edna Wallace-Hopper Joseph
Humphreys and Charles Gibson.
The final week. which begins tomorrow evening
Of Miss Rose Coghlan and her company at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre will be an interesting close
20 the engagement. Merrivales "Forget-Me-Not"
will be presented during all the week. 1t was in
this play and in the part of Stephanie that Miss
Coghlan made of her most notable successes
as the leading actress of the Waack company
Since that time she has acted the part many times
The present revival will be doubly interesting by
reason of the first appearance here of Charles
f,oghlan as Sir Horace Welby. John T. Sullivan
will be Barrato.
There will be change Of bill at the Broadway
Theatre for several weeks TO come apparently for
the Bostonans seem to be pleasing the public In
Greene and Thorne's comic opera, 1.-The Maid or
Plymouth" Eugene Cowles's voice Is heard 10
excellent ADVANTAGE and Miss Jessie Bartlett Davis
has made @ hit as Masconoma, the Indian maiden
The others members of the cast are fitted with ap-
propriate parts.
The last three nights and the last two matinee
performances of the spectacle America are an
uounced at the Metropolitan Opera House Win
next Saturday nights performance, America
will be drawn a close. and then the historical dis
play with its baets pageants songs battle scenes,
professions and tabeaus. will be transferred TO the
Academy of Music in Philadelphia. For the final
SchauerS
features in their performances.
The audiences at Days Theatre. where James A.
tIerne is playing Shore Acres" have gradually
Increased in size for the last few nights The
play has been in New-York for long time but
9ust now II seems to be more popular and prosper
Gus than it has ever been before.
"Our Country Cousins" begins its third week at
the Lyceum Theatre tomorrow. The changes IN
the play are thought to have greatly improved IT,
and the acting of the Lyceum company hnds adj
ditional opportunities. comedy by Pinero and a
drama by an American author will be put in readi-
ness to succeed "Our Country cousins whenever
they may be required.
The last performance Of "Old Lavender took
place at Harrigan's Theatre, last evening, and to-
morrow night. announced by Mr. Hanley The
Leather Patch" another of Edward Harrigan's local
rlays. will be revived. with a considerable part of
the same cast that made this satire popular years
ago at the theatre in lower Broadway. The char
acter assumed by Edward Harrgan, that Of an UNI
dertaker will give him another opportunity 10 show
his versatility All the popular melodies by Dave
Braham will again be heard and the scenery has
been painted especially for this production by ID.
Frank Dodge.
The Empire Theatre will celebrate the first ami
versary of its opening on Wednesday evening. when
souvenir will be given out. Souvenirs are not
needed for Sowing The Wind which is filling the
Empire at each perform Ince.
At the Irving Plac; Theatre the repertory for this
week is an interesting one. Tomorrow night per-
fcrmance of Fallen Angels" will be given. to
satisfy number Of demands: Tuesday night
''Heinrich Heine." three-act comedy. with Herr
Link in the part of Hirsch, the chiropodist and a
ore-act farce by Kadelburg 'In Civil" will be pro-
duced; Wednesday, Sudermanns "Heimath" will
have its last performance this season; Thurs
day there will be repetition Of Moser's comedy,
"Der Veilchenfresser'; Friday and Saturday
evenings LArronge's domestic play "Wohlthatige
Frauen will have its first performance at the
Irving Place Theatre; at the Saturday matinee the
last performance of Fallen Angels will be given
for this season.
There will be souvenirs at the Standard Theatre
again in short time. The 10th performance of
'Charley's Aunt occurs on February T. when me-
rentoes will be given out. The good houses con-
true. In letter to Charles Frohman. Brandon
Thomas the author Of the farce writes that he has
heard with much pleasure that the Standard
Theatre performances of "Charleys Aunt excel
those given at the Globe Theatre, London. Mr.
Thomas adds that he is engaged on another work
1or Mr frohman which he will have ready soon.