New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
THANKSGIVING PLAYS.
ATTRACTIONS OF THE COMING WEEK AT
THE CITY THEATRES.

ATTRACTIONS OF THE COMING WEEK AT
THE CITY THEATRES.
The Home Secretary" which will open the
Lyceum Theatre Company's ninth season tomorrow
night, is announced q comedy drama OF hEs'ish
social llfe treating lightly OF politics III is III iour
acts. and all OF the story takes place between D
O. clock in the afternoon and midnight. The cast
includes Herbert Keicey. W. j. LeMoyne. Charles
Walcot Fritz Williams. James X. Hackett. Fer
dlnand Gottschalk Ernest Tarleton, Jameson Lee
Flnney. Edward =. Wilks. Miss Isabel irving Miss
Katherine Florence. Miss Elizabeth Tyree and Mrs
Thomas Whifren. The plays which Mr.. Frohman
has In preparation to follow. required. are new
comedy by A. W. finero and comedy OF Ameri-
can life by Glen Macdonough.
The second week OF the opera season at the Metro
politan has been planned as follows; Monday,
"Phiemon and Baucis' and "Cavailerla Rusticana !;
Wednesday, Tristan and Isolde In German with
Jean de Reszke Tristan, and Mime. Nordica as
Isolde; Thursday, special Thanksgiving perform
ance Carmen: Friday, La Favorita"; Saturday
afternoon, Tristan and Isolde; Saturday even
ing Faust" The first Sunday concert Of the
season will be given this evening, under the direc-
ton Of Anton Scill the soloists being Nine saville
NJ Piancon and Franz Ondricek volin.st
This will be Interesting week at Aobeys
Theatre For the first two nights "Faust' viii be
the attraction, with Henry Irving as Mephistophees
and Mss Ellen Terry as Margaret. the Merchant
OF Venice" will be put on the stage on Wednesday
night and repeated up to and lnciuding the Satur-
day atinee and for Saturday night Mr. Irving VIII
repeat his impersonation Of Louis NJ
The regular season OF Augustn Days company
=. the home theatre will begin Tuesday night.
when THE School for Scandal" Will be revived. with
Miss Ada Rehan Lady Teazle. Mile. Jane May,
who has been seen at Days Theatre for the las'
week Will 20 on the road tomorrow when she and
her company will appear at the Park City Theatre
in Bridgeport.
ccloxr anna a d.
way Theatre still delights large audiences with its
performance OF His Excellency" MI the members
of the cast are suited to their parts and are good
in them and Mr.. Glberts book is one Of his bright
est.
John Drew has only more week OF his time
left at the Empire Theatre This week was to be
devoted TO Q revival Of The Baube Shop" but the
popuarty of 'Chrisopher Jr." has been SO great
that It Will be given this week. and The Baube
Shop" postponed until Mr.. Drew's next engagement
in New York. There Will be three matinees this
week an extra afternoon performance on 1nanks-
giving Day being added to the regular Wednes-
day and Saturday matlnees. Miss Olga Neither
sole's appearance on Monday evening. December
2 will be the beginning Of what is expected VIII
be annual engagement at the Empire lheare'
under the management OF Daniel and Charies
Frohman. Miss Nethersoe viii present Tor the
first three nights and Wednesday matinee OF her
first week Dumas's Denise" and the latter part
engagement she will appear in Romeo and juliet
Camille" and Carmen"
James A. Herne, with his play Shore Acres,
will return to the Of mis- first New-lork pro-
duction OF this work. the stage Of the Fifth Avenue,
tomorrow evening This pay. 1t will be remem-
bered was moved from the Fifth Avenue to Days
Theatre. where it for the entire winter. 1t has
in it's absence from this city been presented in all
the principal theatres of tine country, making runs
in Boston, Philadelphia. Washington Baltimore
and Chicago The cast for the present engagement
will include Robert Fischer James T. Galloway,
Franklin Garland. Ernest Lamson Augustus VOL
ford John V. Daley. Alden Bass. Horace Newman.
Thomas Ince. Fred Johnson william Meicalf.
Lawton Graves. J. II. Haley. Lawrence Wilson,
James Duffy Alexander Gentle, c. c. Blanchard,
Grace Gayler Clark. Miss Grace FNkins, Miss Lotue
Gentle Mss Helen GOoli. Mss Belle Theadore,
Miss Eleanor Morgan. Miss Florence Enneking,
Little Edith Taafcr1o. Little Gentle and James \.
Herne. There Will be Il matinee on Saturday after
noon and an extra performance on Thanksgiving
Day
The popularity of 1.-TWO Coats of Arms. or Stars
and Stripes versus Imperial Eagle" at the Irving
Place Theatre. still continues. Ii Is having the
longest run AIr. Conr.ed has ever achieved at this
theatre. The play Will be repeated at every per
Torrance this week being the fourth and last Of
It's run. An extra matinee will be given on Thanks
giving Day.
night. with all its varied attractions of
theatre music hall and concert hall An account OF
the building Will be found in another column.
The few English innovations that intro
duced in "Trilby" now playing It's last three weeks
at the Garden Theatre, have been abandoned. The
last act. for instance. was altered somewhat by
a transparency in which svengali supposed to
be seen. This is an idea of Beerbohm Trees. Il
was tried ct the Garden Theatre. but aban-
doned few nights ago
The Gay Parlsians' continues to make the audi
ences laugh at Hoyt's Theatre. 1t has recently
been presented In Berlin and revived in Paris. The
is 10 be continued for few weeks more.
stage for his farces
Three feet Of the promenade back Of the seats In
the Herald Square Theatre will tomorrow give
way to extra row Of chairs designed 70
part OF the overlooking attendance nightly present
at THE Heart OF Maryland" The new play has
undoubtedly gained much popularity. A special
matinee will be given on Thanksgiving Day.
4 considerable run is still before The Shop Girl
az Palmers Theatre. This week the usual Wednes-
day matinee Will give place a special matinee on
Thursday, the regular order being resumed next
week. Edward Vroom is to follow THE Shop Girl"
at Pamer's Theatre early in January. with his
production Of Francois Coppee's For the Crown"
A strong company is promised for the pay
The continuance OF Sins of the Night" a; the
Standard Theatre Is announced FOR this week, with
a special matinee on Thanksgiving Day.
The meodrama, The Fatal Carl" which had
long at Pa.mers Theatre and the Academy OF