New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
CHRISTMAS WEEK PLAYS.
HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS OFFERED AT THE
CITY THEATRES

and Saturday matInees. and "Hansel and Crete; ;,,
be given at O'clock every day except wednesday
and Saturday and OH those days at ll;% a. H.
The following plans have been laid for the week
at the Metropolitan Opera House: Tomorrow even
ing Tristan und Isolde; Wednesday, AIDA
Thursday 'Fideiio": Friday. Romeo and Juliet
Saturday afternoon. Carmen; Saturday evening"
'Tannhauser." This evening The Messiah wlIl De
sung. with Mines. saville and Brema and Messrs; Mess :,
Galloway and Wallnefer sooists, and chorus OF
300 from the Euterpe Society, OF Brooklyn ana tne
Metropolitan Opera House orchestra. Anton oe'u''
conductor.
John Hare who has been OF the most es-
teemed and admired actors of London for thirty
years will make his first appearance on the Amer
lean stage tomorrow night at Abbey's Theatre.
He has chosen for his play Pinero's THE Notorious
Mrs Ebbsmith, in which he VII be or suppOrtedI I, py
eur, c. Aubrey Smith, Charles Rock FREQ ihorhs'
Prince Lloyd Charles Carayoga, Miss nd ELS rs Jet
fries Miss lie Bert, Miss Helen Luck ana Mrs'
Charles Groves.
Miss Olga Nethersole will appear in the title part
of Carmen" at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday
night This will be the first presentation on any
stage Of Prosper Merrimees story which has been
so long popular with opera-goers Members or her
company who will have parts In the play are Ernest
Leicester, Thomas Kingston, Luigi Lablachc. Will
lam Farren, jr.. Forest Flood John Blair. Charles
Forest J. Carter. George Humphrey, Miss Ehie
Shannon Miss Kingston, Miss Meadows, Miss En-
merson Miss Leighton and Miss Clayton. The En-
pire Theatre Stock Company Will follow Miss
on Janqary g. II W dbse 9Ren Win ana pag Hs
Lost Angel" The company will also present In the
course of the season new play by Henry Guy
Carleton.
The third English company which George Ed
wardes has sent to this country this will be-
gin an engagement at the Broadway Theatre to-
morrow night. when AN Artists Model will have
its first American production. This organization
numbers over sixty Among the members OF t are
H1ssfT omfrey NeI. Louie Pounds Nina cadz Marie Stud
home John Coates Maurice Farkoa, Lawrence se
Wright jr. and T. " Garden.
THE Home Secretary" is still going on at the
Iyceum Theatre. where 1t begins its fifth week
Though a play Is ready, no date has yet been
set for it, There will be no Thursday matinees Tor
two weeks but matinees VII be given n9 on "euhes
days Christmas and New Years instead
The Empire Theatre Stock Company will return
to the city tomorrow night to begin weeks en-
gagement at the Harlem Opera House. where The
Masqueraders" will be played all the week III IN addi
extra matinee on Christmas Day.
THE Strange Adventures Of Miss Brown has
become so popular at the Standard Theatre that
Messrs. Rogers and Hin have signed new contract
to continue the of the farce for an indennite
period There is an active demand for seats for the
two ard three weeks in advance.
Several large theatre parties have arranged to
see The Heart of Maryland" at the Herald Square
Theatre in January among them mn, beng runner hummer
of military companies. Inere VIII De so1'e""
night on January H.
Christmas week at the Irving Place Theatre will
bring three performances of comic opera. They
will take place on Christmas Day, Thursday and
Saturday Strauss's The Bat" has been selected.
and among the specially engaged singers are Miss
Minnie Landes. Miss Carla Engander. Miss Helen
Won Donhon and Paul Siegel on Monday ana
Tuesday nights and Saturday afternoon the farce
For Charity's Sake" by Schoonthan and kadel-
burg will be repeated. An extra matinee at. pop
ular prices will be given Christmas Day, when
the amateur performance OF ieinrich helhs,
which was given last Friday will be repeated for
the benefit of the German Press club. FRIDAY nign.
''Mnna Barnhelm" will be given at popular
prices
.The Shop Girl at Palmer's Theatre had Its
arteth performance last Monday night. Only two
weeks more OF its time in Broadway remain.
Christmas matinee OF The shop Girl Will be given
AZ Palmer'e and FOR the final matinee, on January
4. there will be souvenirs
Miss Odette Tyler. W. ]. Ferguson and other
merrymakers in THE Gay Parislans' are still at
Hovt's Theatre The farce had It's 1ooth perform
ance on Wednesday night. 1t has only two weeks
longer to remain at Hoyt's. On Christmas after
noon there viii be an extra matinee.
Tony Pastor does not fall behind other managers
in his preparatIons for Christmas For this week at
his theatre he announces Iiaines and Pettngih.
O'Rrien and Havel, in the sketch, THE Newsboys
Christmas: Binns and Binns. Miss Bessie Bell
wood in new character songs; Fields and Wolley,
who will tell some funny stories and sing new Ger
man and English songs; Harry and Dollle Carbon. in
THE Canvas Man and the Texas Girl Edward and
Louise Lorrett. with their shadowgraphs; Major
Newell the skate dancer and Tony Pastor in some
new Christmas songs. There will be holiday
n,t- Tnnc nc1l ftnr-
noon every woman and child who attends will
ceive a handsome doll. Mr. Pastor has secured an
attractive list of volunteers for the benefit tonight
among a2S'.S tRnm: l sam Banard Matthews and Bul-
ger comic singers; Miss Lydia Barry, daughter OK
Wasner 5iy @i! eCar IA and leslie Feds and Woey. the
Olympic Quartet, Edward Latell Dore, Farmer and
West Symonds Miss Lille Laurel, the Beasey chill
dren. Gus bruno. Cunningham and Slatery. Miss
Blanche Nichols and Murphy and DAILY
Tomorrow evening James A. Herne will enter
the last two weeks of his present season at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre in Shore Acres" There will be
extra holiday matinees on Christmas and New Year
afternoons, and on Friday evening, January g. the
1,COOth performance of Shore Acres" will be cele-
brated in fitting manner and handsome souvenir
md engraved jewel casket, with scenes from Shore
Acres In relief on the cover and sides.
THE Sporting Duchess" had its 10th performance
at the Academy of Music last Thursday night
Popular interest in the melodrama has not yet dis
appeared The cast remains intact and the Derby
race still has twenty horses in It, An extra matinee
will be given on Christmas afternoon.
Excelsior, Jr.." continues to draw good and ap-
preciative audiences at the Olympia Theatre
Walter Jones has assumed his former place in the
cast and everything goes on merrily The fl -ieth
performance OF Excelsior Jr.' Will occur
January 6.
The Founding aud THE Man Upstairs" at The
Garr,ck Theatre last week drew large audiences The
Hollands who to come into the Garrick for
two weeks, will not be there, and these two
farces will remain and fill out the time There Will
be Christmas matinee at the Garrick
F. +. Proctor has big bill for the Christmas