New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-26
THE DRAMA.
1RVING's AMERICAN TOUR.

Henry Irving. Miss Ellen Terry and the Lyceum
company. OF London sailing from Southampton on
August 81. will proceed 70 Montreal where Mr.. lrv-
ings hnh American season Is TO begin on septem-
Der is. The company is numerous. and for this tour
MT Irving has chosen an extensive repertory. To-
rono and Boston are 10 visited Immediately after
the Montreal engagement but on october Is MT
Irving Miss Terry and their associates VIII appear
In New-York at Abbey's Theatre. presumably In the
new play of King Arthur" by j. Comyns-
Carr. The is to last until May Is. 1896 Inc
repsrtory will include Macbeth" King Arthur"
''Becket" The Merchant OF Venice" Much Ado
About Nothing" Louis XII" Faust" Charles l.
The Lyons Mail" THE Bells" The Corsican
Brothers," Don Quixote," Nance O.dheid," Jour
ney's End in Lovers Meeting" and "A story or
Waterloo" Six Of those plays have never yet peen
presented in America by Mr. Irving and his com
pany. and four Of them Will be to the American
audience. Mr. Irvins's lmpersonation of Macbeth Is
a work Of rare Imagination. and, during the hrst
three acts at least. OF extraordinary power ana
weird beauty. His performance OF the Waterloo
veteran will prove 10 many persons deightlui sur
prise. for by mary observers II has not peen u"-
derstood that this actor s an exceptional ih,erpre
ter OF human nature in its simplest forms ana cnar-
acter in its homeliest aspects. There are many
features of the repertory which. obviously, promise
uncommon pleasure. Mr.. Irving Is great actor ~
wei as a great manager and the more ne ma" pee"
seen the more this fact has been appreciated py
the American community. He Will Visit twenty
eight cities in the course Of his tour ana VIII pay
two ENGAGEMENTS in New-York. Boston ana fhlla-
,leinhia closing his season Abbey's Theatre Inc
yceun, organization includes the following persons
,f,ss Elton Terry Miss Julia Arthur Miss Mary
Rorkc Miss Maud Milton. MISS brehud "'u'''''
Miss Alice Denvil Miss May Whi'v MISS "a,y
I-,e.or Miss + de Silva. Miss Asa Craig, MISS NJ
o,I,o,' Nice II Rail Miss NJ Holland. Mrs. Cooper
Nc Valentine Mrs r. Holland, Mrs. Lacy MIS-
pvrre Mrs Mellish Mrs. Howson. MITE AHeh' 'H'''
Barnett Mrs Innis. Mrs. Marion he"ry 49,
Frank Cooper II. Howe F. H. AacKIn pe"'a,'"'
Webster : Johnson. Valentine L. isd'''
once Hague j. NJ Harvey Sidney Lacy. r"'ie'
Nellish John Archer. George Black Llone' ne'Io
Rawson Buckley. T. ReynQloS' Herbert INNS
Godfrey Tav,or X Rvington, n. for'el' -
Graham. r. F. Tabb. Miss f. DAVIS r. W N"'''
ing Mrs Gushing. Mrs Tabo' MIS-. ,.,
Fsninosa w Stanley. f. Morgan N.ss Hsp
Mics Brandon. J. Meredith Ball j. Pit. huioe, ,
ca,ers Mis- Y Phelps C. F. Howson' r. Hurs'
= Alien n K. Barnett. n. Cook. W. Bruh'on
" Marion G. H. Fox Mrs. NJ. Reid. MIS-, b.o" ,
" collinson. Mrs g Holland. A, fllIetGE, w Bur
J. Russell. G. Filery; a. Arnoi 9le r " Tempeton
J. Alexander. c. Powell, II. D. Ho'''
si Tse following shows the order in which the sew
oral cities will be visited: ,,
September 70 to q Moasa a As9d'@ 9ge Gs Hase
september 30 oct her York Abbey Theatre
Deccmher ~ 10 January us96'-Phiiade'p"'a
street Orera House ,.,. ~ Music
January Is TO li-Ealtinore Nca"'"' W
Inuary 20 tn 25-Richmond Charleston Sa'a''A'
Ianuary 81 to February l-Ne~-orieans ''@"1
t,.bruarv 2 IN Memphis Nashville; loui CUISINE,
iret-,arv 10 to l5-S, Louis. Grand Opera vnnse
g. Cincinnati. Grand Opera nous.
retruary - - N,rcb oi"t'hcago Columbia Theatre
March ~ 10 indianapolis Detroit,
March 20 to Ap-i i-Cleveland, buna'o
Anil & to 11-Pittsburg. . c,ro., Onara House.
Anri IL 10 is-Philadelphia. 'hesrnul So 'P-'
An % 10 oJ-Roston fremont Theatre. s,-ronsd
s,nrT 81 10 MAY 2-Providence, Worcester 'f''o
Hartford New Haven.
Nav 4 To- New York. Abbeys Theare'