The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29
THIS WEEK ON THE STAGE.
TIE NOVELTY rs HAUPTMANN,B
NOTED PLAY, 1.-THE WEATERS.D

Revival or .Hyw,nttv O-S.vernt 1rhon-
tres closed Untii Easter Monday-The
Current Bills In Drama aad Vaudeville.
Only one play will be new TO the New York
stage this week. and that IA Gerbart Haunt
mann's frat noteworthv work In realism. f" The
weayera" yhirb made him famous I'm Uermany
as a dramatist of A new school. IL ia to be per-
formed here in the original uermnn on wednes-
day night at the Irving place Theatre. Its
theme Ia poyerty's sufferinRs as caused by low
wages and aggravated by employers' cruelty.
A revolt by starving workmen is shown in real
istic scenes. These depictions are said TO DO
true TO life, and powerful in effect.
A revised edition Of the Lady slavey" IL
offersd Mt the Casino. and Walter Jones. An in
renious maker of fun, Joins the company. Not
a few Intersections of new matter are promised.
The seventv.aftb time OF the burle,ou, will be
celebrated on Thursday night nv n fasblieht
photograph OF the audience. and orders for
copies will he given to the women.
reproductiou OF "Hu,nanItv" IA offered at
the Academy of Music. This ia a typical Eng
lish melodrama, In which British sold iers and
others are transferred from home scenes to those
of warfare in Africa. IL was seen la,t season in
town, and is now enlarged in the number OF its
troops and the extent of its scenery for the
Acndemy's big stage. Dore Davidson will re-
sumo the mart of n comically good hearted Jew.
and the hero and heroine will be played again
by JOseDh Grismpr and phnDe Davies.
A transfer of Excelsior Junior" takes that
extrayaganza over To the broadway for three
weeks. berinninR with its hundred and fftieth
performance in this CITY. or course there will
be souvenirs. and they are said to be pretty. The
company Is not changed from its more recent
make-un. The important members now are Fay
Templeton, Yyette yiolette. Irene Perry, Sey-
mour Hess. Arthur Dunn. and the danclng Deyo.
The late Rart,av Camnbell'a drama NJ the old
,.,
SOUTH en'itieo Inc "nite oiaVo' IL III use
Opera House. The play itself ia fourteen years
old. but in the manner of the present produc-
ton IT is said to have been brought quite up to
date, The new scenery includes some spectac-
ular effects, including the burning of a steam
boat. and q large chorus sings ballads.
In a matinee bill arranged by A. NJ. Palmer
.na Neasoh " heatcr1,' ior she oo T.a ;. .h II
A.c. sisterhood. at Palmer,s on Tuesday. the
pa;a,ss auoinontn ma .Tha E,v,ns
MAJORS Appo'h,meh.. anu NV r rly.
Dramatic school. Nav irwin will sing negro
Iuu"ua go. n mss IN 80. snS 49,
paliads, fetite Adeiaide Will uance' anu Nlarle
Cote will give an original monologue entitled
"Miss o'Flaherty's Pink Tea"
a week. strange au'on.uieo - "io'
House. That is the farce which we had for two
months at a downtown theatre. and which was
n cry nuCn TOlOTR buCCcSS III lOnuOu. n
first. it's principal character, that of a British
army officer masouerading as a Young woman
in a boarding school with his bride, was played
by a serious actor, bu. now it is intrusted to .
funnv comedian. and in other WAYS the farce
has been Americanized into briskness.
The realistic drama Of "Th Slaves Of Gold"
is at Sanford's, In Third avenue. A scene show
ing the operation of q deem coal mine. which at
the climax of an act is flooded by the bursting
of great water tanks, constitutes the eptSOQG
when IS mehht 20 .naiit ~ oenoIae's, n =
theatres. At one j~uncture the heroine dashes
through a window OF genuine glass and swings
6G.%nes an u ~ - tbo snrt ~ thin9 a. 'uo ~
The Garden will be closed this week and re-
opened next week with His Absent Boy,"a
ufnnnne IL t,r;,h fanci"aI tand.nc;as iii he
brought here after a week of practice In Wash
ington. In the English version the scenes are
inH po nS a wa wat ssab P.a CO. IN isad ia q cdm%anv
formed by A. NJ. Palmer for this production.
After an idle Holy Week the American will be
reopened with 'The Law Of the Land" a now
American meiodrama by Walter Sanford, who
says that 1t is of a kin with some OF the success
FIJI old plays of Sou t her life; but up Dot to + the
again on the questions Of slavery and the war
suitable to them.
"
Seven plays in which I" stars" shine are with
va thts a.ot Iobr NAV 10 attn IN. maker and
us TINS week: 'ohh Drew Is I'll tno =, ~ u
squire of Danes" and will be until the end of
t -. -. lite 1It. Al.
Ais term at the uarrick on April To- an roie
and the play together are quite to the liking of
that considerable portion of the public which
.,.i-o. .h,. oon,.ai.n ub.n.vor ha ia bann;,v
admlreS TINS comedian whenever no 10 happiy
placed on the stage.
May Twins managers offer a reward of $50
-. - ~ ha,..d =,
Tor the oest design TOT u souvenir 10 oe useu at
the 300th performance of "Th Widow Jones'"
tho idea m be derived from something said or
no 80.
done IN ,hat farce, anu supnItteu oy Apr'i =
1t is all but settled that Miss Irwin and the Nc
Nauv MACE will remain ut the Biiou until hot
80 .. 80. 30 H.
weather. Inc negro character sohRs oS Ihe
Rose Coyblan nasses into the second and last
.nIn1n.,r - ", p.Iu,an,s Sha Ia oon,rIh.
uting to the welfare otthat new drama an artis-
tio ard forceful nerformance of the principal
Wv ~" -,
role, In which a great oeal OF interesting ie",-