The sun., 1895-05-26
.r,. WEEK At THE THEATRES.

one o,o rho broadway Theatre has "A
,,.r NJ the Re>virtion." by J. Cheevor
D"nSwin and Ludwig EnEander. who have
,.sII,ncc for Camille D'Arvtlie tho character
-. patriotic spy who ventures into the British
,,nr IN male attic Of course, and has adven-
. .""., cnlminctins IN the discovery that sho is a
s,r,n Mr.. Goodwin is known by his previous
,rx M n vncgisn author os nonsense. Mr..
r,,Jc,lcr has composed lively music for sew
'Ttrovcstes something jovtal and jnElng
~ In cxpectcd OF their collaboration. Annie
Iy,. nellcn Nicstyn. and Harry Macdonou:h
.rin Miss D'Arville's company.
II .many years since we have had any our
,s,orlne of Shakespeare on cur taEe' ana hot
in., ,he late Grcrge l.. Fox's memorable per-
I-Irn Of "Iinmlct" has :hht tragedy been
.sso,cI disrespcctf,lly. "Harlet H." will
,rercfo,o be u novelty at the Herald Square to-
r,orrow night. The managers announcements
Indicate a genuine bu;lcsqnc. and not raud"-
I'M. show or nm extrnvnganEa. Tho material
4. sall to bo altogether originGl with II. Gratthn
nnp,cv as TO the words AID Homer Touijre ms
,,,h, music, Thoy huvs taken the Grent pas
.,yes OF the play In hand. AID made :hc step
win hem from the snbli,nc to tho ridiculous.
Ir,y omusinEly they have done It remains for
,,c rprtormauce to disclose. Every character
a., the original drama rcappears. L. J. Henley
will be the new Hamlet. jacques Kruger the
p,iortus, George Brodcrick the Ghost, and
Ca.harne Lewis the Ophclid.
The first of the roof gardens TO open will bo
mat OF the American next Saturday night.
nrotrsion Of towering plants and rearrnnge-
men, of the electric illumination are calculated
tcmake the place gayly attractive Vaudeville
performances will be given. and in the Arst lot
Of srecaties will be the dancing % OF ,anmai amelia
slonG with other things to NIL out long enough
p!,v!-..t,i. a. f,,r,o,n.s rcrformnnce of 1.-THE Ri
va!s'' ut the Fifth Avenue 1heatre, by Messrs;
Jefferson. Crane. Goodwin, keene, Hopper. and and
. SrnLrooSc Mrs. Drew. and Miss Allen, for the
Ten"ii, Of Charles ". Couldock. will be II notable
affair Tint i has aroused much intsres, MS Is
sod, although the theatres regular prices were
more thau treblCd.
This is tho last week OF several plays that
have had prolonged prosperity The final per-
f,rmance OF His Wice's Father" at the Fifth
Avenue on Saturday night will be the hun
drrlth Mementoes will consist Of albums con-
taaing portraits OF Mr.. Crane. the members of
his company in the cast. and OF Miss Morton, who
put plenty of original matter into this version
OF the LArronle comedy. for Fair virginia
Is TO follow at this house.
Tno long season of TOO Much Johnson '" will
end on Saturday at tho standard. The son-in-
law farce has been acted there 100 times. Mr..
Gillette was fortunate in obtaining comic
French piece and clever in so transferring its
principal character into English as to provide a
p,rt in which to make an individual success.
He will be able TO travel a year or two as
".tar" very prottably with this jolly play.
The Mansfield season at the Garrick will ter
inmate with the present week. There will be
rep,titions of Arms and the Man." Prince
Karl" beau Brummell." and A Partisan
Romance After that the theatre will be de-
voted to burlesque. "Thrilby." in which the
Dn Maurier book and Potter drama will be made
fun of. Matter from Trilby" sketch by E.
+. kidder. recently used at a Lambs charity
r,atinee, has been interpolated into Herbert
The eolnb in . The Fatal Card will explode
.Oous ~ W. o'clock on Saturday night. This melo;
trama is one OF the better examples OF kind
fessiul with the n.ullitudes here as it was over
there. The notably able company now In it will
be sent at once TO San Francisco on a tour which
week ha. Heen added to the term oa.n, of little d
fresh jokes to crack, and Miss Ruth. recently
% Iec me a feature Of the show. After the dc;
par,Nrs Of the extravaganza the theatre Will
probably remained closed until August. .,-,,
Will quit Eay's on Saturday, their time having
E"rn shortened from the long term that was
palned The theatre will thereafter remain
closed until August.
The visitors at the week stands quite as
varou,ly interesting usual Chauncey Olcott
Is At the American with The Irish Artist" in
wnich his new and old songs of Irish brogue and
melody have made him widely popular. He is
a. agreeable actor. too. and the play contains
many things to recommend 1t to Irish people.
Frank Mayo is at the Harlem Opera House with
"PIdd' 'nhead Wilson," directly from six
weeks stay down town and in the improved
condition to which Mr.. Mayo's steady work has
bFoIgnt it. The salient points Of Mark Twains
whimsical story. both serious and jovial have
been wrought into the play with generally good
effect, and to the making OF an admirable char
acter for Mr.. Mayo himself to perform.
Tie Lyceum company is at the Brooklyn Co
lnmbia for the closing week of the season Mt
that theatre. The plays to Re presented are
AN Idea, Husband" and " Fortune" comedies
new last winter in the Lyceum repertory. and
THE Wife," which was the first drama acted
by Daniel Frohman's assembly of players at the
house in Fourth avenue.
George Munroe and John c. Rice have come
together again in My Aunt Bridget" for an en-
means OF new vaudeville interjections, as they
% oer :" 49, mus Tenderirs II nj enterInment
iuaie audiences.
pAmes Herndon is at the Peoples. She "a
EU%rTy tavorite. rs we'll as an irreproachably
%e B.s ssys Nsris arg Not ARD
Rom tragedy to comedy, wears gorgeous gowns,
ami anu Is atogether impressive in ways that REQ:
ssmthehd her to a not inconsiderable number OF
Helrenters of theatres.
r,is, lnat .itgqrgdly strong melodrama of English
make, The Wages OF Sin,' known to east side
stnMnces, is the weeks play at Jacobss Third
Avenue i contains the liberal quantities of
,ftue and sin. pathos and fun that we look for
~ ~ Ihe works OF It's author, Frank Harvey, who
Ingredients.
Fach Of our variety theatres makes an almost
,,nApe'e change OF bill, but the general shift
S''mE' lew unfamiliar performers. Proctor's
a'uences will listen to the Don sisters and Hill
a"a 'n'', and view Dorothy Denning's graceful
,Sa"ces' Frank Onkes Rose gives an illustrated
| n'.ure called "Thro London with Dickens"
,o'yer and Mack appear in comic sketches, and
,"'' are contributions from AL Reeves. Camp
.tn ana Beard, Knox Wilson, Raymon Moore.
a. a. "nll2 the fonr Richards. the Brannigans.
''"lN Nutrn., Prince FlntO, Kennedy and VIII