The sun., 1895-02-24
rms WEEK Ar rHE rnEArREs.

Tho dramatic promises for this week ARE
abundant In novelties. Five new entertain
ments will bo placed on the stages Of as many
Broadway theatres. Mime. RCiano will bRig
out French comedy William II. Crane an
American comedy, Charles Frohmnn an English
farce Camille d'Arvllic n comic opera, and Au-
sustin DAILY work of Shakespeare unactcd for
nearly half a century.
The American debut Of Nine. Reianc will not
Occur until Wednesday. but tho four other dis
closures will bc made stimuli, aneousy tomorrow.
The French actress hns been before the Paris
public for twenty years. but only faint echoes
OF her fame reached this country before
the success OF Madame sans Gone" Sardou
and Moreau are said To have written the role OF
the low-manncrei and hgb.mindcd coUntcss
with her In view as the Interpreter. She made n
triumph with II at the Vaudeville. and again in
LONDON. That she will I've equally well rewarded
81 Abbcy's IL hardly doubtful. New York's
earlier acquaintance with tLc play IN English,
and the current revival OF interest In Sapolconic
subjects have prepared the way for Nine Re-
Jane 10 cngross us with the piece In its original
language. The whole OUTFIT Of company and
socrsry IL imported.
Tic comedy which William II. Crane II to
present at the Fifth Avenue is His wife's
Father" The author. Martha Norton submitted
ITO Mr.. CraEe only six weeks ago. and lie was so
well pleased with IL that he put 1t at once into
rehearsal. A trial performance in Washington.
and one repetition each in New Orleans and
Louisville. seem to have confirmed his iudg-
meni,snd he cut short his Western tour to bring
the piece TO New York this season. The char
acter assumed by Mr.. Crane is that of fond
father who undertakes to look after the happ-
ness Of his daughter as assiduously after her
marriage as he has done before. That makes Of
him II father-in-aw with the traditional attrlb-
uteS of IL fIOtlpr.in-laW Handy nt n nI
merry humor are understood to render the role
suitable 10 ine rurpossS Of tho comedian. His
ott paget Kate Denim Wilson. George +. De
we're. Percy Brooke,J Joseph Whcelock, and other
mem oers of his large cOmranv.
Tie farce with which Charles Frolinan will
start his season at ioyts is tine Foundling,"
" william le9tocq, who wrote Jane, and +.
~. Robson. There IL reason to conjecture that
IL is Of French origin. IL puts young man
through laughaOc experiences in his search of
his unknown mother. whom he must fnd licforc
his prospective mnther-n-lnw viii permit him
10 MARY into her family The quest takes him
and II friend into various cscapades and pre-
Gcamcrts, which are understood 10 be racy
aud eytravagnnt. The tun, that is in the play
far,ctl experts as T.. ~ Holland, Joseph Hum.
phreys. Kenneth Lee, nid ;. Miller Kent. while
Craven, Georgia Busby. Helen Tracey and Mag.
gle li0iioway., Includes tissy Fitzgerald. who
dGrrsd KIN her fee, ana eyss in He,
., . concert hall beauty TO enact. besides dancing
The bill contains Le'he," short sentimental
Annie Russell has tie part of gentle girl heart
broken by mistake in II love affair. Thus the
on at 9 Miss PFSiTs 's ao
extremity and Miss Cissy's toes ut the other.
d'Aryille, and other. at the Bijou,, Madeleine;
or: The Magic Kiss Inns words by Stanisiau
liHGt'ehe mentioned in the title is a village |
belle. and The "masic ki.s is one which. II re- |
Sy on his
man befor.; will hSe quarter OF II century of |
hs Gss e ~ nron'si TO- defer f AL al her
man. and keeps her promise which implies mar
riase TO him --notwithstanding that she has
more suitable wouer. rho first kiss rejuyenates !
the ccatenarian. n second sets him hack to |
nifty. third to twenty five, and rash. and ar
dent fourth would send Lin backward out of
lie, only that he bethinIs himself OF the conse-
Gnences IN time :" refrain; As he is now,
abstinence is difficult, and the librstto makes
fun out OF il by methods that are essentially |
have doubtless worked Themselves into facility
With the material. BESIDES Miss D'Arviile, they .
lnclrdc George &. BOnifhCc. Aubrey BOucCault, |
Marie )rcsslcr, j. h. Murray, and others. be-
The revival II 1.-Two Ger tlcmen Of Verona" at
during forty nine years. will be OF keen interest
noi'seurs. whether or not it shall make enter
tainm"nt for the more general public. 1t Is one
plays. some experts asciiGe portions OF II to
other pens than his. In II are easily discernihle
sented ' In in bis later works. Never neg resarded
highlyus literature for readers. II was Z: om the
ilrst 4 d!sreEarded hy artcrs. 100, and less than
lar quotations Of its language arc few. All these
iacts should tend to enhance the Importance OF
MrDaly's sexperiment IN the mi nds Of people with
literary or dramatic tastes AZ this is the man
ayers regular Shakespearran reproduction for
J S35. and his annual undertakings Of that SORT
have been Invariably ORNAMENTAL much merit is
expected in the matters Of scenery, costume.
has !c"n abridged ard rcarrangcd Tie part
Tor Ada Iehan. that OF Jui.d. seems congen.al
/ he performance. Tic : names Of Clarke, Her.
bert. WorthinE. Craig. Ell OFT. and Carlisle are
n tho crast; The mrsc has been prepared by
4 whim Of \. E. Lancaster is to write ranci;
fu; @ddtticl 10 ShsEes?rar"'s ~" Romeo and
lu!ei. giving Il scene between isOmcI and that
fair MAIDEN OF Verona with whom he is men
ilon,G ~ the tragedy as having been IN love be-
schooI next Thursday att:rnoon. nesides two
S'her hI g.. .h"rt Ti rfw pieces Uncle Nodney and
Among the unchanged bills are those OF the
Frohran stock companies at the Lyceum and
Empire. where two plays by Henry Arthur
Jones are enjoying excellent Interpretation.
'The Case NJ Rebcllious Susan" has no terminal
date fXed yet. and not even the namo OF its sue
cess or is announced.
The Jones drama at the Empire, The Mas
oueraders." will have to give place to "John-a'-
Dreams" before the end of Lent, and by that
time will nearly have rcpched = l50th repeti-
tion. The acting OF MIR. Miller Mr.. Faversham.
and Miss Allen does not flag, the dresses OF the
women Mt the reception are kept extremely
modsh, and the card emitting for wife is rs
thrilling asever. Mr. Furst's organ concerts are
between the acts.
In two weeks tho vivid illustrations of crime
snd its punishment, as given in THE Fatal
uarl," will disappear from Palmer's. 1t is an
Intensely literal and realistic drama, starting
with iynching and ending with n destructive
explosion, but fine acting has forced 1t into the
respect NJ broadway audiences and held it
there very firmly Futurites Mt ralmers are
Lille lahEtry, The Director" and perhaps
The uramatiYRLiOn OF "Triihy."
The turbulence of Humanity" will lie Guclled
OIL saturday night AZ the Fourteenth Street,
after which that British military meodram
WITH its Gr0adswnTd combat and its bomb will