The sun., 1895-02-03
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New York tests tomorrow night They will
take places In Fourteenth street, the Bowery,
and Harlem. Neither OF them will add a line 20
dramatic literature. They are all low down in
the scale OF intellectually, and proud Of II.
They arc devoid OF ethical value or moral pur-
pose. They were made for the entertainment OF
tho populaoe. and TO that end are repletc with
such matters as have proved enicacious In
amusing indiscriminate audiences. sutton
vAne's Humanity" being an importA-
tion from London, contains, as matter
OF course. arrangement Of those
familiar characters and motives which no
writer for tine London multitude would dare to
leave out OF his work for the stage But for the
excitemcnts In such pieces new sensational cpl
sodes have to be invented. In this instance.
broadsword combat by mounted antagonists
and the destruction Of house by bombs cx-
plosion are the rousers. There Is = fox hunt,
too, with many horses and dogs. II Is at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre that Humanity"
will be performed In a realistic fashion. Joseph
r. Grismer, Phoebe Davies. Dore Davidson, and
Harry Davenport arc in the cast.
A horse race drama entitled The Derby Win
ncr." will be a novelty at the Harlem Columbus.
This Is not the Drury Lane turf play Of the same
name, but Is OF the American mako Of Alfred
ii. sphinx, editor Of the ST. Louis Sporting Ne,cs,
and therefore should be an expert and correct
treatment OF the theme. OF course. q race on the
Derby track is the chief thing in the show. 1t
IN promised that seven horses with racing
records will be used aud that their run will be
spirited. Another realistic view Ii that OF q
tsohs s'soie' wiz" '"ine''' s'oo"i'' ""U "'''s'
a-plenty In Il.
A kuklux outrage, q lynching. . shooting In n
gambling house, . mobs attack on Jail, and
other narrowing things are in "on the Missis-
sippi." which William Haworth has cooked up
fory axvith for drar nati In
food. The Peoples Is to give this new entertain
ment to the Bowery, and 1t Is a safe prediction
that enthusiasm will mount high. Mr.. Haworth's
attempt. it would seem, is to reproduce In imt-
tation the stirring and lawless life along the
Mississippi River in the incompletely civilized
days of that region. More tovial, probably, VIII
be the promised representation Of Msrdi Gras
festivities in New Orleans.
Well along toward three hundred years old is
Ben Johnson's " Epicoene; or. The Silent Wo-
man." which was acted in the time Of James l..
and will be revived by single performance at
the Berkeley Lyceum on Thursday night This
"a & sn na NJ VI sroont o sa1sb. bas h..D heined
by several experts in preparing the UNIQUE re-
production. The actors will he bis pupils
renewa Wal h, nc t ,, a. dn,sn 49, 10
of disuse, a Harrigaa comedy which will be
fresh and strange to most OF those who 70 to see
~ mere ale many peopie, salu az u uiig uManager
fnr fear ~ somethine that might offend Their
tastes. This is all mistake. for. while Mr.
ahrriRan aetans Win care tue iowes. s'Is'Hm IN
subject while faithful. is Absolutely without
anything that could CRATE upon the eye or ear of
the most tenhed woman, Now' you squeamish
OF actors whose names are printed as big in
the bills as the titles of the plays IN which they
$500 h.v. . ,ood v.r,s,v IN orr .,.o. mi.
.ppo~.' 49, 'a.s' ~ ou. 'ease .n''
week, ana tho entertainments tney ouer arc un-
md
several members of his company have done 50
that no change Of play will be made this week
Mr.. Tree and some Of his actors will make a fiy-
80 20 ~ 49, '
ing trip to Washington on Friday. to take part
in . cl arity matinee, returning In time for the
evening at 'Aebey''.
William Gillette still fools the mother-in-law
an, 80 - w. h.. h..n o,,, 49, S.rm.n ,or 49,. W ~
youy lAroe mas oeen pu. .h'o "einHn iol use IN
out at the Paris Cluny in French. The parisisns
Iii than nav, an onnortnnitv IN ipdos of Mr.
CmI..s, ..on I,s'.aa ~ W ~ " 80.
va, .oted in Pari, several Years AGO
Fanny Davenport will continue the highly
dramatic and pictorial representations OF Gis-
mond.. four weeks longer at the Fifth Avenue
s,.",,Ss.s ~ Tns az Ts,,.s, ~
with HI. wife's Father a comedy thor
~ ~
oughly AmericaniZed by Martha Morton from .
German piece that has been successful in Berlin.
Kathryu Kidder Is still enactine At the Broad
hAtn'sn huo' - " os'.- =, e-". ~ ~ s11
way, In Madame sans-Gene. the semi-historic
woman who rose from laundress to countess
.na e1,,ad a, IN. cour, n, Sanol.o, pon.n.,,.
-, 80 Ae 70. ~ '.o . 80 =. 49,.
This comedy is fortunate to be here at time Of
revived interest in Napoleonic subjects II is q
good illustration OF people and scenes in the
period OF the first empire aud so Is q lesson as
well as an entertainment
Ada Rehan is dividing honors with Henry r.
comedian in The Orient Express" and he is
the chief burlesquer IN "A Tragedy Rehearsed."
Mr.. DAILY has written his version OF The Critic
up TO date putting in some Jokes of what he
would probably style "contemporaneous human
interest" and providing preteXts TO travesty
"Trilby and other current things
Denman Thompson Is on his legs again and
they are not lame enough TO hurt bis perform
ance OF the New Hampshire farmer in Tho
Old Homestead" at the Star; The long life OF