New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-20
HOW THE PLAYS 60 ON.
ATTRACTIONS OF THE WEEK AT THE CITY
THEATRES.


THEATRES
49,. rrsr.on bezins o-rnorrow the second
vaek ~ his engagement at the Garden Tneatfe'
where 1.-The Cricket on the Hearth ana Le"u INC
Five Shil,ings" will be continued MT. 'ehe'soh
Caleb Plummer, In 1.-The Cricket on the mem 'n'
annears TO be just as popular as ever ana MS 20
lightly. In Lend Me Five Sh'llings' creates "iu.n
merriment The management announces that seats
can no secured for any performance OF Mr.. Jener-
.or,s engagement which has only three more weeks
to , ,
At the Fifth Avenue Theatre on TUESDAY evening"
Nat Goodwin will present Henry Guy Caie.on
new play Ambition" This theatre VIII De cioseu
Tomorrow night the management having decided
TO use tina; evening for hnal renearsai OIL the "e
play The members Of the cast VIII be MT uoou-
win George Fawcett. c. F. Montaine. Henry Berg
man. Wallace Bruce. Louis Payne j. u sav''e'
Ar,hur Uoons John T. Craven, Miss Jean Clara
Walters. Miss Ethel Browning Miss Estelie Moru-
mer Miss Marie Curtis and Miss Annie Russeh.
His Excellency" Is drawing crowds 10 the pioau.
vav Theatre Its enthusiastic reception IN its hrs'
or here ia q nromlse of lasting popularity In this
country George Edwardes has sent over strong
company for the piece.
The three ma.nees n week OF Inc flso'.' "
Zenda" will be continued during Mr. sotherh h'''i.
cd engagement at the Lyceum Theatre. which ehuS
on November g. contracts having been made TOT
civ weeks in Boston directly afterward. The Ly-
oo,,r Theatre Company will begin Its ninth season
90 Monday November Is, with new pay ehtitiea
"Tbe Horne Secretary" written by r. Z. Car'on'
the author OF Liberty Hail.
On wednesday evening the redecorated Star Theatre
will be opened by Neil Burgess In Charles barha'u
,,os, nlav THE Year One" The piece REEVES us
name from the time of It's supposed dcuoh' the ia'
oo ~ the Christian era. The scene is laid IN
Do end tho characters represented are senator's
ostai virgins soldiers, slaves and Roman cit]ehS'
Mr. Burgess will himself impersona.e Tic i''''P
Octayius Caesar and vestal virgin
Charles Frohman thinks 1t possible that ne may
have to give few extra mathees a' '"e Imp
rheatre before John Drews season Is over. lot the
n,-,osa of presenting him In new play Mr.. IRON
an e. most anxious to have Mr.. Drew do TINS
NAV hut the success Of christopher, Jr' mas ue-
,orr,,red him to keep 1t during MIR. Dre"s pres
ent stay. ..,
Tomorrow evening "Leonardo. ne" operet'"
IN three acts will have Its first metropolitan pIese"
,at,on NJ the Garrck Theatre. The lbretto is by
Gilbert Burgess hitherto unknown TO America ne
{. q London newspaper The music Is by
Thomas Pearsall Thorne. The company is uhder
tho direction Of ]. C. Duff. j. II. Ryley Is the
comedian Of the company. There VIII De On au",''-
ary chorus of forty voices and an orches'ra uhue'
the direction OF Signor Moreiie'
.o-ha Heart Of MARYLAND" David Belasco's new
rla
day NIGHT nj the Herald Square Theatre The piece
RS already been rIayed In Washington and Baiti-
marc The long cast of haracters includes the
names OF Frank Mordaunt Maurice barrymore H.
T Henley Cyril Scott, Odell Williams, henry "eaV
err jr Edward J. Morgan. John W. Jennings, ocot.
Cooner w II Foy A. c. Mora, A. Pearson ROBERT
Mcintyre William Johnson Frank Stanwick. Edwin
Never. n. E. Bostwick, Edwin F. Mao. Master
Johnny McKeever, j. II. Hazelton. Thomas Mat
lock Frank Powell, Joseph A. Weber, T. j. boyce'
G II Robertson. Miss Helen Tracy, Mrs Leslie
Carter Miss Georgia Busby Miss Angela McCauii.
The beautiful music OF HumperdncKs hahse'
and Greter' will be heard at Days Theatre for an
other month The opera proves an especially excel
lent entertainment for children, who come IN
crowds 70 the matinees and greatly enjoy the musi-
cal fairy tale -. ..rA
Souvenirs Of the ffueth performance OF The
Capitol will be given at the Standard Theatre next
FRIDAY night j. VI. Hill continues to be sanguine
about the career OF the play, which ne believes VIII
remain at his theatre for a long time
Tn. Lao, nights OF The Chieftan' at Abbeys
Theatre are announced. In another week Francis
Wilson and his company will have brought 'heir
engagement a close and taken their departure lor
othter fields THE Chieftain" will leave this city
with a strong Endorsement and SUCCESSFUL io'u
tour seems assured for IT,
"-he Case OF Rebelllous Susan" presented by
Daniel Frohman's stock company. will be the at
traction for Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday ana
Saturday nights at the Harlem Opera House. An
Ideal Husband will be given Thursday ana friday
nights Miss Eliza Proctor Otis Will appear IN the
parts formerly played by Miss Cameron ASIDE
from this change the casts Will be the same az
those OF the productions at the Lyceum Iheaue.
1.-THE Wife" will be given at the Saturday matinee
The final week OF the Della Fox Opera Company
In "Fleur-de-Lis' at Palmers Theatre begins to-
morrow evening. There were two new scenes intro
duced into the opera last week. and the work Is
better musically and funner than ever Next Satur-
day at the matinee. the management VIII present 10
the ladies' as a little souvenir. photographs OF MISS
Fox in the various characters she assumes In the
,nera On each photograph will be Miss Foxs
autograph.
The Gay Parsians' has now been for four weeks
AZ Hoyt's Theatre and the French farce seems
destined for a long stay. Mr.. Frohman has decided
to organize a second company TO play Ihe Gay
Parisians" 1t will fill the out-of-town dates booked
for the original company before the extension OF
Its stay at Hoyt's was effected.
Last week is said to have been the biggest in
crowds and receipts that 'The Sporting Duchess
has yet had at the Academy OF Music where IT now
has been for two months, and where 1t is pretty
sure TO stay for long time.
A new imported feature OF the bill at Roster Il
Balls tomorrow evening will be Segommer. an
animal imitator, ventroquist and shadowgraphist.
from the Casino Paris. The remainder OF the bill
will include the Bale troupe OF five trick bcycists
and acrobats; the Royal Yokohama troupe OF Japan
csc juggers and balancers the Edoardos. the Vaids
Sisters In their startling mldair performance; Miss
Clara wieand in her new song, Sweet Little
Lady,: Granto and Maud wire performers; the liv-
ing pictures; Sam Lockhart and his five trained ee-
phants In their two pantomimes; Signorita Clo-
tide Antonio equillbrist: VI. Walton and his NINA
ture circus and Florence Levey. The third OF the
series Of Sunday concerts will take place Tonight
The principal solosts will include Mile Nellie Sell
ma soprano: Dante Del Papa, tenor, and Jules
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