The sun., 1896-08-16
THIS WEEK ON THE STAGE.
THREE OF cUR THEhTBEs REoPEN
ron THE NEW SEASON.

The BeGinning at Roster - Riaps-
vaudeville Plenty Indoors and Outdoors.
The first Of the New York theatres to be re-
o,cued will bo tho GRrrick tomorrow light
The start OF the now season at that house will
No made with a revival of Thoroughbred"
,uh which English farcical comedy 1t was in
r.e nj last June's closure. All tho essential
members OF tho former FrohmRn company are
,e,aincd, and these include Thomas Q. Sea-
brooke as the staid English mayor who takes
IN ,he turf, Fritz Williams as tho volatile
rooer. iosegh Humphreys as the comic tout.
and Agnes Miller as tho wholesome British
r,r, Edgar Davenport. Jessie Busley. Harry
n put. Maud Nugent, William Norris. and
Maggie Holloway Fisher complete the cast.
Several new songs and nonsensicalities are to be
irtr.drced In the race-track scene.
A. .he Academy Of Music next Thursday
pi,rt nder the Polar star" will be performed.
Although this drama was written many years
rvo Is David Belasco ard Clay NJ. Greene, and
mel briefly in San Francisco, II may now be re-
Var,,cd as practically n new work, not only be-
cause II has never been acted here, but also for
the reason that the authors have radically re-
,tsed and altered It Presumably they have
brought it up to date rs an example of potent
sensational melodrama. II illustrates a polar
.xretltion, in which the voyagers encounter
tragic experiences and In which q love affair Is
carried along II Is promised that the Arctic
scenes shall be very impressive, and 1t Is GER
tain that William a. Brady. the manager OF tho
venture does not sickle at expense when he
sets out to thrill theatrical audiences. Among
the actors engaged are some of good New York
rppu,e. such as William II. Thompson. Neil
Warner. Grace Henderson, Francis Carlyle.
Ard Bjou Fernandez. Mr.. Belasco has himself
superintended the rehearsnls.
- mi entirely to Amert-
r, ,wil be given at Terrace Garden tomorrow
night II is named The Polish Count" and is
the work OF Louis Roth, who Is OF musical re-
mute in Vienna aud Berlin. Its story has to do
with the Russian invasion OF Poland in l7So.
hut the episodes are rather social and matri-
noniai than warlike. and a wedding Is the chief
eoIsoie Tho rehearsals have lasted several
weeks the best talent Of the Conreid-F Ferenczy
company has been drawn upon, and no doubt
full justtce will be done to the Roth piece.
A third edition Of" In Gay New York" Is to
brought out at the Casino tomorrow night.
This means that new lot OF songs. dances, and
various comicalities is TO take the place of out
worn matter in the jolly review" Tho hun
dredth performance will be celebrated on Thurs
day night with a distribution Of souvenirs. and
i,isexpected that the audience will be COM
posed largely Of bicyclists. Two weeks hence q
new political satire by Glen McDonough. as yet
untitled, will be produced.
The diversions down at Manhattan Beach
still consist Of q wel-srpointed circus. q fire.
work. spectacle entitled Cuba" the Sousa
concerts. and "EvanGeline." Besides those
comparatively conventional and accustomed
nmusements. there seem to bo queer goings on
By Bandmaster Sousa and Manager Rice.
They have become disciples Of Father Kuiepp,
the barefoot curist," the MANAGEMENT writes to
THE suS. and It IL one of tho finest things in
life to observe them gliding like zephyrs over
into a dirSe when, some sharp point ad-
dresses itself to his understanding, while
sousA endeavors 70 orchestrate the chorus
solo for the light bassoon. These matutinal
exercises ended. the musicians become
themselves @ ~ with M renewed viGor to the serious
affair of life. There seems to be something in
Rice snd sousa puil on tho seven league boots
" energy and set themselves bravely TO tho
sr..t @ n musical % centres OF tho world sousa. in
bis bsretooted walks the ether morning: fo1nd
ing. and afterwards show tho spot where he
found the anuscript; In the afternoon sousa
The weeks ten-hour programmes Of vaude-
vile promise good diversion. Lumiere's cine
photographic is . retained feature at Keith's
Union Square, but its views are constantly
changed. Over two scores of these moving pic
lures have been shown since It was first e1hib-
tied here. and fresh lot has como from France,
30 Mondays display will include . half.dozen
Unfamiliar ones a usual. George Fuller COL
den is the first of tho specialists. and perform
ors that have made their names familiar
are plentiful among the others. These are the
De FORESTS, Will F. Denny. Ryan and Rich
field, the Fenz brothers, tho Voldares, Ben T.
Dillon, the Quaker City quartet, Riley and
Hughes. the Whitney brothers, Maud Beale
Price. and Loring and Leslie.
At Proctor's Twenty-thrd Street VIII H.
bloane and William Curley have a sketch en-
ploying policeman and vagAhond that Is
similar to the one they did in "1492." Oceana.
an equilihrst. Is another leader, and among the
remaining ones are Norman, II. FinGleton.
Brennan aud Wheeler. Short and Edwards.
Florence Walcott, Ted Simmonds. Kit Foster,
lawson and Farlan. Bella Sacha, Valasca,
Annie Leslie, the FAbisni sisters. and Kitty
Clarke; Lola Mitchell and Lillian Kennedy are
To-morrow orr w T viii bring % to Pastors a new ap
paratls for showing moving pictures which Is
called the kneoptcon. and 1t will be supple
omenr, canasld and Carleton, the ''i Mdsieys.,
Casey ana lie Clair. the Metropolitan Trio. Lam
caster and Collins. Murphy and Burke the
Traveller, Mabel Russell. Curtis and Gordon,
and the Fremonts
The groups that gather before tho wax figures
OF Mex iuley and Bryan at the Eden MusGe now
generally contain someone that has seen the
hoy Rsnos' =, and nd these anthoTtie' pronounce
Morrtz Trout the catalepttc slum berer, 10 re-
famed at iiubers Museum. but a newer feature
convention of divorced women. nine OF
whom win he on exhibition. each one In search
q husband Franks broom factory and
klhber's Alaskan relics are other curiosities.
and the theatre has n variety show concluding
villa farce played by the freys
A sign that the season OF roof shows has not
much longer a in