The sun., 1896-09-20
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
ALL TEE THEArREs BUr rWo WOW
OPEN ron THE SEASON.

squnre-A Fine Variety OF Older Pieces.
All the theatres of New York city will be
omen for the season this week excepting two
The OIympia and the Casino will begin with
new American plays, and the Herald Square
with a freshencd version of an old one. Oscar
hammersteiu declares himself tho sole creator
of santa Maria" which We shall get on
Thursday in the theatre Of hts big establish
ment in Long Acre square. He describes It a. q
romantic comic opera. Not only are the words
aud music his own work, hut he has do
yjscd some scenic things that are meant TO
r,ndcr the performance great sight to
,ea One setting of the stage 10 made
wholly of aluminium, from the lighting
OF which unusual brilliance is expected. This
metal represents the Ice with which king has
built u winter palace. Tho story which Mr..
Hammerstein has undertaken to make melodi-
ous and spectacular Is that monarch of Hol-
land, being childless, sends forth q young man
10 search for a son which gypsy falsely de-
clsres is in existence somewhere. The advcn-
turer returns Mt length with q sweetheart dis
rused as a boy. aud she confesses the impos-
iurc, but is happily adopted as an heiress to the
throne Camille d'Arville. Marie Halton. Julius
steeer. aud James T. Powers are in the Olympia
company. which, it is planned, shall be per-
nanent comic opera organization.
The start OF the winter season at the Casino 10
10 be made to- morrow with The Gold Bug" q
poiticaI satire by Glen McDonough. 1t is Q
regularity OF theatricals during the present
Presidential campaign in this city that McKn-
ley gets the pats and Bryan the wbacks. In play
and vaudeville, whenever q reference to the
election is made, 1t is for gold and against silver.
Whether It will be so in Tho Gold Bug" is not
told beforehand. The management says that the
piece is not full of politics. and that the theme of
office. &c. ting and Office holding Is only founda-
ton on which the author has piled up q lot OF
entertainment in the Casino vein of semi-vaude-
Vile Public life in New York and Washington is
trayestied. Government officials and others are
caricatured and the whole intention Is to mako
fun OF things The first act is in front of the
Secretary OF the Navy's residence and the sec
oud on board n war ship. whose name gives the
title TO the play. OF course there will be an
abundance OF music. and Gustave Kerker has
composed 1t. No doubt an effort has been made
to gather q lot of singing and dancing come
dians whose talents are equal to the peculiar
requirements. and Max Freeman has had them
in hand more than month. Among them are
Virginia Earle. Pearl Andrews. Henry Norman.
Frederick Hallen, Mollie Fuller. and many
others known to be expert In coinicalities.
The Herald Square offers for its reopening to-
morrow reproduction OF "A Parlor Match"
in which William +. Hoey and Charles Evans
were laughable for many years. Mr.. Hoey's
tramp was one of the earlier stage delineations
of the wandering American vagabond now so
familiar in faroes. burlesques, and vaudeville.
Mr. Evans was q pioneer among the cheeky
and humorous book agents who have become
numerous behind the footliGhts. Theso come
dians will be found again in the roles which
Charles Fl. Hoyt wrote for them when "A Par
lor Match" was only an hours sketch In q va
rety show. TO DO subsequently developed
Into Q very successful evenings enter
tainment. Minnie French will again enact
the funny daughter Of the invaded house.
hold. and only one name in the present
cast has not appeared in past ones. But there
are some specialists to be introduced to q New
York audience for the first time. and particu-
larly Anna Held. who has been imported from
Paris Miss Held is truly beautiful in the pic
lures which have made her looks familiar
during the past summer. She 10 Q Parfsian
celebrity and . songstress in the French lam
guage. although Pole By birth. Much 10 e1-
pected OF her. Considerable vaudeville has
been put into the farce. and an outfit of new
scenery and costumes provided.
The regular Monday change of bill ut tho Co
lumbus brings back to Harlem, after two years'
absence from the city, The Girl 1 Left Behind
Me-" This romantic drama of soldiers and
Indians after whole winter season at the EN-.
pire, and more than half q second winter at the
Academy OF Music. has been In constant use in
other parts Of the United States. It also had .
year in London. and is now on o tour Of Eng
land. The authors were lucky enough to put
enduring elements into their play.
Tie other Harlem theatre. Hammerstein's
Opera House, has q newer and different play in
Il CAPTAIN" the comic opera which De Wolf
Hopper and his company brought out last
spring In Broadway. Mr.. Klen's libretto and
Dir. Sousas music have not had time to get out
OF date. and the actors come to their work
fre;hened by an idle summer. The cast re-
mains unchanged, and the original scenery and
costumes have not yet become frayed.
That lcng popular vehicle of ballet and yaude-
FOR travelling tour. and 1t brings It's things TO
the ourteenth Street for this week. Stress Is
@ ,aid In n the he announcements upon the attractive.
kraskee and Micuri. and who appear In novel
ballets. one Of them a Trilby AFFAIR. Some of
cnp SpecialteS have been Imported for this par
One q last years English melodramas 1.-THE
House. II is one Of Frank Harvey's many plays
~ ~ primitive yet generally appealing interests.
end with, and between those the action is taken
70 the African diamond fields. where virtue and
ysiee ysiee have the liyeiest kind Of tussles. 1t has
ioahd favor in Eighth avenue before.
An American melodrama- Human Hearts,"
Ry R Hal Reid, now pays another visit 70 the
scqusintsnces to the audiences at the Peoples,
but no doubt welcome. because they do many
exceedingly exciting things, besides some that
ol are lapghabe. Tho author 10 the principal
actor his role being that of an innocent man
accused OF murder. and all but hanged before
The truth In revealed.
IA second native melodrama 10 with us in
wilson and Winslows In the Heart OF the
Storm" II is said TO have been markedly Inn
proved since Its first trial In Harlem, and 90
me performances down town. at tho Star. may
Recount be counted on as doing Justice TO the authors.
Mlllard Leo enacts the hero. and passes
throuRh q series of sorrowB and perils. all OF
which are enhanced In the representation by
scenic and mechanical effects.
Among the plays that hold over 10 sue" at
Hoyts Nobody who has read Bret Harte's
storiea without being charmed by their racily
American sentiment and humor. their humanity
OF characters and episodes. should 60 TO SEQ
sue" for 1t is the most faithful transfer of
harte matter to the stage that has ever beon
made. To admirers of Harte's realistic ro-
mances, however, 1t 10 delightful. The second
act had an awkward climax on the opening
night but that has been amended. and now tho
whole action is harmonious.
Tho new musical farce at the Fifth Avenue.
Lost. strnyed. or stolon." is another case Of