The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
A NEW THEATRICAL WEEK.
nj SEASON DOES o FExo I'M
INTEREST AT THE END.

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The Last or Several Popular Pieces
The only new play billed at our theatres tni,
week 10 The sunshine of paradise Alley" Tn,
title 10 FAMILIAR rs that of n popular sonR about
an east side girl ard the fellows whom her love.
illness bewitched. and tho theme OF the piece /,
understood to be like that of the ballad. Tha,
Ia to say. life among rough. inixedly tender and
tough people has been dramatized for the pur.
pose OF entertainment The authors are Denman
Thompson and George Ryer. who evolved " The
Old Homestead" into a famously pleasing dc.
piction of rural life. and II may be- that they
have done as well with New York city scenes
and characters. Paradise alley itself lie shown
In one OF the acts, and the three others
nave been located in q tenement. on a wharf,
and In Bronx Park. Songs and dances have
been worked into tho plot, and AN uncommonly
good lot of specialists is said to have been en-
gagged for them. The list of actors. too. indicates
scompetent company. under Ben Teal's direc-
ton. Home r. Emens has painted the scenery.
AUS production will be made at the Fourteenth
Street Theatre tomorrow night.
Henry irving and his English company will
terminate their American tour at Abbey's on
Friday night and sail for home the next morn
ing. Their bills give King Arthur" for Mon
day and Tuesday, The Merchant OF Venice"
for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday night,
a VI W ohu u tilb "
Wednesday night. and Don Quixote," Jour
neys End In Lovers Meeting "A Story OF
Waterloo" and THE Dream OF Eugene Aram'
for the Friday farewell.
Sarah Bernhard and her French company
will return to Abbey's on Saturday night to
stay q week before her departure for Europe,
She will begin with q sinsle performance of
"YZeyl," and next week will revive "Adrienne
Lecouvreur," La Tosca, ~" Camille" and "tiis-
monda" one time apiece. She will also appear
for the first time here in La Femme du
Claude" The bill for the final Friday night has
not been settled upon.
A season OF operas in English will begin at the
Grand Opera House tomorrow. 1t will be the
third spring term of the Tavary company at
this theatre. Tine ,~revivals OF the first week
will be Lucia di tammermoor." "Cavslieria
Rusticana," III Trovatore.' Martha"
Bohemian Girl" Carmen" Faust" and II
Pagliacci." Among the singers will DO Marie
Tavary. Anna LIGHTER. Sophie Romani. Helen
Won Doenhotf. Katherine Rose, Payne Clark,
Chew del Papa, William Stephens, Signor Tag
liapietra, Arthur Seaton. l.. Sartori, and WILL
liam Dudley. A full chorus is promised
The shifting of plays among the theatres gives
Oscar Hammerstein's Marguerite" to Oscar
Hammerstein's Harlem Opera House. The piece,
as everybody who has visited Olympia this year
knows. Is an operate ballet paraphrasinR tho
legend of"Faust," and made especially attract
i've by means of beautiful tableauI, from which
the figures step out to execute Characteristic
dances excellently.
An exposure of the frauds of spiritualism. or
an imitation Of spiritualistic phenomena. which
ever the spectator may choose to regard 1t. is to
be a part Of Wizard Herrmann's show at Pal
mer's this week. He also promise, tricks with
silver dollars. producing them seemingly from
cir in great profusion. anu this may, be meant
resplendent dances are retained. Of course.
The Palmer company which has been travel
the Academy OF Music. In this cast Mr. Lack
aye still retains the part OF the hypnotic, mu-
hemians' lodgings. and Miss Walsh is the model.
SO the Academy is bound to give as good a rep
South before the war. The Law of the Land"
theatres. and may be found during the week, at
the Columbus, 1t has appealed strongly, thus
stratum of farce, and it surely gives q plenty OF
both. The same company and scenery which
IN The Harlem representations.
Efhe Ellsler is an emotional actress equipped,
METHOD meth en- and an eso a BHs1 po%er. w sRot dees not ct
remember her as the heroine Of Hazel Kirke"?
She has asd T1 ,h,s va in facility gu AN and h strength ss n a. since nee
brooklyn Park in Camille" AS You Like It."
"Fanchon," and Doris" Frank Weston is her
" hStoL u. z
The Newsdealers' and Stationers' Association
has a charity fund. and for that benevolent
Palmer's tonight by such talented volunteers
as Andrew Mack. Nelson Wheatcroft, J. T.
ellison, Bonnie Thornton. Florrie West James
T Ihn hnn,, sam Bern Nsnd jeanette Gnnt,s,s st. yH Renry;
The last matinee this Season of the Empire
Theatre School will take place on Thursday.
As summer approaches, continuous vaudeville
is recruited from the travelling dramatic and
operatic companies. At Keith's Union Square
the transference in some instances brings no
change in the recruits method. and so
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew will be en-
ployed In a new farce entitled my Uncle
Simpson" A strange specialists in the bill is
Refugio Meza, a contortionist. and the Freder-
icks are now at this house. Familiar at nearly
every variety theatre in the land is "old' John
Hart. who is now paired with Arthur Moreland.
Among the others are Florrie West, George e.
Austin. Mcintyre and Heath. Thompson and
Bush. Grant and Norton. Lew Randall. Harry
Marion, and Barry and Bannon.
Proctor's Twenty.tnird Street. First OF all is
Charles L; Ellis: who yod!es, and sings descrip-
babes that never fail TO warm his hearers.
Then Lnttie Gibson seems to have a new song
With Clara Moore. the Don sisters. and Eleanor
Faik or. the list Specialties are contributed.
TOO, E%.n by Sh9 sDs ws snd N M1rf6is'f Ri,p RsT ve HnOIs
buckley, Florence Emmett, the Carriers. Fisher
and Lewis. and the Mnjiltons.
James T. Hoey IL to lead the weeks jokers at
PaStor'S. In his speciality he announces an imi-
tation OF Henry Irving. which he makes very
unlike the English actor. but his following Is
loyal md applause Is his return. When tho
handclapping has subsidized a bit the specialist
retorts. you lie! you never seen him. Then
there's another outbreak. Hoey's companions
are Katie Rooney, Lucier and Greve, Maud
Raymond. the King sisters, Estelle Wellington,
Gnnll and Rurt. the Whites. Mile. Carlini
Albini. Wallace, the Wood sisters, the Dono-
vans. and BarbOur's illusions.
Mile. Pillar NORM and her companion pan
tomimlsts continue In THE Flea" and in the
creditably abbreviated form of "Orange Bios
SONS - at the Gaiety. The roster OF specialists
contains no followers.
An event in the music halls is tho first ap-
pearance in this country AT the Olympia of Free
Roli, n European vocalist, who, II reports OF his
performances are TO DO believed, is a whole
show In himself. His voice is SO unusual that
no can sing bass. tenor, alto, and soprano. each
unsteady and without apparent effort. His