The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
THIS WEEK ON THE STAGE.
mar DOzEN PLAYS THAT WILL
= N ~ VEN 10 OUR UDIENCEs.

A inlay 10 OF utWAy ~ " ~ ~ NiV n OuTNEtnNn
e,z,s, Theatre tomorrow bears the title Of
.rhs village Postmaster" II Ia the Joint work
,rce 4. Ives and jerome II. Eddy, who have
a.J,,,aken to transfer certain things from New
zealand rural life to tho theatrical stage. A
General training day" In New Hampshire
,.,,y Years ago Is the subject illustrated par
,Iruiarly. A Postmaster is tho principal humor-
az. character. There Is q plotted story concern
In, the love " 4 country maiden and her two
...sthearts. one good and one bad, but the
,cenes are given up largely, 1t Is understood, to
,.rIo-comlo representations Of Yankees. For
Ie.t Robinson. NJ. A. kennedy, Blanche Weaver,
opeeuio vassar, and Edwsrd ]. Morgan are In
tho company. which has been rehearsed by
Eugene ". presbrey. and 80 should DO In con-
di,ion 10 do It's best.
At the end Of the week q Saturday night test
ofAnew play will be made at the Fifth Avenue.
Tho title Ia THE Spcculator," but the only rev.
.lation made as to the author is that this Is his
first work for the stage. Thomas .. Seabrooke,
whom we have known of late only as o
comedian in comic opera, is the sponsor for the
niece and its chief actor. The theme 10 specula-
ton. A corner IN wheat 10 the immediate sub
iect depicted. A scene in the Chicago Board Of
Trade will DO exciting, so 1t Is promised. Two
rival gamblers in grain are engaged in n des-
peratc deal. which involves hearts as well as
pockets MIR. Seabrooke enacts one OF these
men. lie is an accomplished player, and very
probably such a role will suit his talents admi-
rably. Among his stage companions are Atkins
Lawrence. sydney Booth. Lorraine Dreux. and
Blanche Moulton.
A new edition to the series OF Fritz " plays,
which the late Joseph X. Emmett started, and
which his son is inclined to continue, will be
brought out at Sanford's tomorrow. 1t Is
called Fritz in Love-" and A. ID. Hall is its au-
thor. The present Emmet's title as heir to his
fathers amusing abilities is pretty generally
acknowledged by the multitude. and 1t is said
that the fresh piece will sustain his claim.
A new piece OF nonsense will be divulged to-
morrow in the Bowery at the Peoples. II is
labelled The Trolley Party" and is warranted
to contain a lot Of fun. Comedians Weber and
Fields, who have caused q vast deal of laughter
in the variety shows during the past ten years
or more. are the principal factors In this effort
to smuse audiences by means of farcical jollity
mingled with songs and dances In the popularity
approved quantities manner.
Theodore de Banvilie's one-act comedy In
verse. LIZ Baiser," will be acted in the English
OF Charles Renauld, and with the title OF Tho
Kiss" at the matinee in aid Of the French Hos
ward Vroom has volunteered to assume It's
principal character. Also in the bill for this
Msurel. P~lancon.. Selma. Powell. Dan
gon, Gordon. and Pizzarello.
he GERMAN comedy OF inc Passing hegl-
ment.' which may be remembered as one OF tho
many DAILY adaptations. in English, will be the
vehicle of GsorG EnRels's Talents at the Irving
Guilderstern" on Thursday. His other play of
the week is The Chiidren Of Her Excellenoy.'
actor has met successfully all the expecta-
tons which had been raised here as to his ex-
ceptional ability.
Not only is this tho single week allotted to q
number of travelling dramatic companies in
town. but it Is the concluding one for some of
the plays that have been with US a Ions time.
John Drew will finish his engagement at the
on Saturday with The Squire of
and his place on that stage will next
be taken by a company which Charles Frohman
has formed to present Thoroughbred" q
newly imported farce.
The final week of Excelsior, Junior" is
reached at the Broadway, and probably the
burlesque will not be allowed to flag in Its re-
manning repetitions there. The next produc-
ton at this theater Is to DO "El CAPTAIN" q
comic opera by Charles Klein and John Philip
Sousa, who have written 1t for the amusing
purposes of De Wolf Hopper. 1t will have had
the benefit of a weeks use in Boston before
being tested in New York.
Rose Coghlan will lie at Days with Madame
10 the close OF this week only. Her acting III
piece is strong. able. and etfectual. The
which she portrays is a singular and
engrossing figure in q combination of love az
and sordid business, thus making of her a
:" new woman" Of O peculiar type. Madeleine
has taken the place Of Miss Busby in
the company. which is an efficient selection Of
actorS Tor the PURPOSES OF the play.
Kathryn kidder passes into the second and
week at Palmer's with Madame sans
Gene" which she is presenting there in almost
the same manner that was generally
praised when she first gave the comedy In this
city. AS IA reproduction in excellent mimicry
Of the court and domestic life OF Napoleon. this
IN rlnl NAV ia tFna 10 historical InEldpnta Anl |
characters at the same time that II is q very
Lillian Russell's season at Abbey's will close
On Saturday night, with THE Little Duke" re-
tanned to the end. Her successor on that stage
san tour with his London company since he quit
Abbey's. ln addition to "A Pair OF Spectacles"
s ss s G1A sE,B DisS SE. | %Mana he t has SySn e Gra hsGs;
version of " Les Surprises du Divorce aud u
piece called odd Clonies;"
The Holland brothers., Edward NJ. and Joseph,
finish their first season together with a week at
the Harlem Opera House. where they were
early in the winter as the fashionable con-
cial Highwayman.'" They have used that play
ten ter tS wsef 81 IN Ssw York r EAST The a, H !Th " are TO
May, and thereafter remain under Joseph
management.
Harlem Columbia. He is no stranger there, and
is bound TO get n welcome the instant he opens
b hl' ms!od!%H, mouth to sim; one Of his Irish
songs in Mavourneen." the play in which he is
TO appear. which contains about all hat
lovers OF Irish drama demand in the way OF
sentiment aud humor, heroism, and comicality.
The prosperity of "Trliby" Is not yet ex-
hausted. The Palmer company which played 1t
90 long In this city has been on a tour ever since
us departure, and with no important changes In
Its makeup, Wilton Lackaye being still its hyp-
hotiZer and Blanche Walsh It's hypnOtized.
This Is the cast which tho peculiar drama en-
Joys tins week in Brooklyn at the Park, and 40
the performances may be counted on as being
quite As good AS ever.
WIN the drawing power Of The Two Or.
phahs' never exhaust itself2 Here II comes
agaln to the Grand Opera House. with Kate
Ciaxton az its blind girl, of course, and with
I harles. stevenson once more restored TO lts
cast Although written by D'Ennery u quarter
ot a century ago, IL was such a decided master
piece IN romantic drama that many people have
never outgrown a liking for It. 1t is a solid en-
te~rtalnment Itill.
There Is the usual long list OF indefinitely
continued plays. The breezy bohemia" is
within a week OF n souvenir. as one will mark
us AItieth performance on April 20. This COM
Guy a. briskly acted at the Empire by a selec-
u'h OF trohman actors. must be set down
among tile successes OF the season, and II will
last 'here until the time arrives for the depart
uIe oI The comp any on its annual tour.