The morning times., 1896-12-13
COMING TO THE THYATERS.

UVm1Nu IU T6E IH9AfAhO.
The ''Geisha'' Is said TO be the rnoss
brilliant and captivating Hight opera THAI
mas been placed before our public fOP
years It comes to the Lafayette this
week. The scenery Is novel and fasci-
mating, the effects OF light and color are
exquisite and unusual The cOstuming is
also Respondent, so luxurious and so I'M
bued with the magnificence and the subtle
| charm of the far East, that IN viewing th8
mimic scene and the crowd OF gOrgeOusly
clad peTsonages on the stage we seem
almost 10 inhale the spicy rragr ance 0t
the orient, the seductive aroma OF deli
cate tea, and the TiOwery perfuEned DreezeS
or Japan.
1he principal and most attractive OF the
English IaSSIes is Molly SeamOre, highly
original and naive character, who is Charm
lnEiy represented by hiSs Violet Lloyd.
The "GeiSha," however, is fully equip
peu with other strong, effective and
brilliant parts. such as Dorothy Mort0n.s
| lDNeiy y. MimOsa san. Marx Smith )
stately humorous. Marquis ImaIi, and
Mr Swain's drDn ChlnaInan, Wun-Hi
No musical comedy has ever appeared 20
me american public with larger or more
talented company than that which, with
ssheAt aTIlstS among the principles. mas or
lsliiated and maintained the wonderful sue
tess OF thIs piece Both the play and ths
| performance are deserving or tie highest
praise and viii impaFt the keenest enjoy
/ Heut- The Geisha'' Is both enchanting and
/ laughter provoking, poetic, dreamy, ex-
/ qulsite, etabSoluIefy tin.linga at every point
/ with the liveIiest kind OF fun ana tbrojbinls
/ with brisk, inspiring and happy melody
| Ihere VIII be matineeS Wednesday and
| Saturday.
| shore Acres one Or the sweetest and
/ pufeSSpla ~ ever seen upon the stag In this
/ CITY. begins a weeks engagement at the
/ New National IheateT tomorrow evening
| The slow moving measures Of this Deauti-
| Iut pastorai poem va .- den gnJetl Jne hearts
| u thousands or tneateTgOerS IN TINS cOun-
/ Try. ami the lCceSs tnag has crowned Mr.
/ HeFne efforts 20 educate, am Isa and enter
| tam his patrons is justly deserved
Whiie ~ IS true that the characters in
| shore Acres are more deeply inteFset-
| ing tnan the play, yet the story told by
| these hardy New England farmers IS fun
| OF the pathOs OF human struggles and no
! one can watch IT'S development and not feel
| the better FOR it. The httle children run
/ on and or the scenes as children do in lifc
| knowing little or the tragic episodes that
| surround them. The comedy element Is
| never ODtruslve and Is always a part and
pdrcei or TIE story evolution. Everything
| - extremely natural and truthful Mr..
| Hernc deserves credit for tie careful
/ staging or '-Shore Acres
! HtS players always act with discretion
/ and moderation, ard their work collect
1 lively cannot be too highly commended
| Among the players supporting James n.
! Herne THIS season are MesSrs. Robert
! Fischer. James T. Galloway, David NJ. Slur-
ray. Franklin Garland. Alden Bass, Guy
CFdmer, James '. Daley. Alexander Faul,
/ ana Misses Grace ga yier Clark. Lucy Morrow
Florence fnneEing. Edith TaliIferrO. Emily
| WakeTaGn. GLADYS CTOils Cola Clay Paul,
Jennie BarriscOle and Matte 81. John
Tomorrow evening at the Academy OF
MUSIC VIII be quite a gala event, ig
LeIiiS IN llssl &pptardGcs ~ the city OF
/ Tie N3rtiuetu-T anuehIu Company, IN a
new and original farce comedy. The
Nancy Hanks, from the pen Of Frank
Ianiieaill, lr, a very successful writer
| OF farce. and vino Il sal q 20 have established
| the fact that in The Nancy Hanks" he
must be credited with a n exCeedin ingly clever
| comedy ne opening VIII bc a souvenir
event, upon which occasion Dainty delft
china cops ana saUcers VIII be presented
! 20 the lafieS. they being exact rrprCdrC-
| tiOns OF the Nancy Hanks period, l S32.
| The principal member OF This OrGaniZa-
! tiOn Is IgndciO MartineUtL His great hits
! In 'DelmOnlcO at SIX, and as ZOu-Z1u
Nancy Hanks Mr. Martinetti is said 70
have part entirely cOngeniaL Frank
| IannehIli. JT-, q n exceedingly clever come
/ dian. plays the part OF the actor. Anna
| ROyd, welEknCwn as the original widow
/ In ~ Trip 70 Chinatown Is also mem
Der OF the company. Louise Muldener, +.
| ;. MOTey. and Miss Carrie Radcliffe. stuart
KObSGn's former leading lady. are also IN
the company, as well as Thomas II. Burns,
Lillian Florence Wickes, and others
FItz and webster's "A Breezy Time."
| which Will be at the Grand Opera House
| this week, Is a farce comedy tha5 ~ now IN
! Its sixth successful season It would
| scarcely Be recognized, however, by those
| who now see It~as the production OF last
| year AOOIr the only thing that has been
| retained in it is its plot and it's two prfn-
| Cipal performers, Z H. FitZ and kathryne
I Webster - - Breezy Time - is now made
| OF brand new scenery and costumes, / "
and pretty faces, plenty Of talent, bTi ght
and catchy music and a series II uluSing
bits OF by-play that are new and always
IN spite or the fac mat n Is q farce
comedy "A Breezy TIne" has plot.
The various characters appear IN anus
! iEg con DliCIttOnS during which thsAy pie
sent various novel a nd amusing S7t.CIaIti"s
Most notable among them are Fitz and
Webster. the Columbia Comedy Quartet. 7 no
I Dr.gve f4-vr -
Bicycle Swells-
! Ig.. IasI .it.f OF the comedy is devoted en-
tircIy TO the production Of the new TURK
ish bUrleSque OperetJa 'HaZemhdu, lntTO-
/ duCIng songs and dances, also the gOTgeOusly
costumed Turkish Belle Gavotte."
John A Hfmmeleins Ideals, a travelling
stock company Of good repur alton, CORES 20
the Biiou Family Theater this week, pre-
senting two OF The most successful pid : :
| IN Its repertoire, The Midnight Flood =
I for the first half OF the week. and CRIT.
or True as Steel after Wednesday even
Snexchangesay IS or the company: Prob
| ably the most complete company playing
| at popular prices IS John A Himnelein
I company, the Ideals. Everything about
} the Company Is first-class- The plays pre-,
seutc1 are mostly new. including GRIT
and The Midnight Flood, each play being
presented with special scenery. The MAKE
M OF the company includes the following
we'll kEo Un artists Beatrice Earl,, NJ
B Streeter Mate Louise stevens, Louis
son, the wonderful child artist. An I'M
portant feature of the company is HOwSon ,
| 2Oth Century Band and orchestra Of solo
| musicians.
1t takes quick brain and a barrel of
I money to make a successful play these
/ DAYS, but il seems as If several brains, 10
/ say nothing OF the enormous outlay Gl
| capital. ha We COnSDired TO produce V amt y
| Fair a most charming III clody anu
/ talent. jay New YORK, or Pun at tGEcJ
island a wonderfully arrayed spectacular
/ is play iuitSef.
VANITY Fair with the assistance Of
the following artists, comes TO Herman
Lyceum TheItSF this week RICHARD
; Mullen. Deltorelh and ChSSandO. musical
artists; Mile FaIeSca, Bessie stanton, Han.
I ley and Jarvis, comedians, MUlleu and
Dunn. comedy CluO.' The W Eiriigi@ Sisters
Weston: Emma Carus, knpwnas the Young
! Melba:'' Fred j. Huber, Lena NCCOGvier
the refined vital spark. Margie Tcheau
| Indy mimic. and SadiH Raymond, LIZZle
, | Weston and Marie DeWClf.
, ANNA BOYD'S LUCKY NUMBER,
Thirteen III as No TeTroFS for the
Fair Coincidence.
) As a rule theatrical people are super
! stitiOus Many cases have bcennOted where
{ managers objected to any one opening an
o umbrella in q tteateT. as IL is deemed bad