The morning times., 1896-04-26
Coming to the Theaters.

"A Tammany Tiger new mclodrama
| ment of Jacob Litt the weil-known pur-
| eyorofmelodramaticen ente rita inment, comes
To the Academy tomorrow night.
The play is said TO have ior its basis
| story OF political intrigue and tGu cheS upon
some phases OF metropolitan politics. but
| only incidentally. Running ough the
| play is strong story OF love aud devotion,
| while the comedy scenes are said to be very
| clever.
One big scene is a representation of
| Broadway and Fifth avenue in front OF
the Hoffman House on the night Cf q Eotly-
| contested election, requiring the presence
! on the stage OF over 100 pc ople The crowd
| is seen, while the action oil the play goes
on, reading the eIection returns which are
| thrown by means of a StereopticOn upon
| the side OF hu!dmg. Tie cAcitenenJ is
! increased by the appearance of torch
! llSht procession, and plenty OF music, red
! lire and noise combine TO make this one
| OF the most realistic scenes yet presented
| on the stage.
The company is big one and includes
! among others Frank LoSee, Ma son Mitchell
! Samuel Edwards, Charles Charters. Laura
! Burt, A gnes Herudon, Marion Elmore, Una
Abel and Mildred st. Pierre.
1.-The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown
will be the attraction at the New National
! Theater next week. The story tells OF the
many ludicrous complications which result
/ from an attempt by young Capt. COurtenay.
/ OF the English army, to abduct his wife from
! Cicero House Academy, near Chichester,
! where she has been iDcarcerated by her
! guardians since herelopement and marrag &c.
! Her romantic attachment Tor capt. Courte-
! nay is accentuated because OF his uniform
and his equestrian accomplishments. A
! correspondence between the lovers results
| in the eloltement and marriage, and the
! marriage leads to more serious complica-
/ tioRs, as the ward in chancery has not yet
reached her maturity. The happy pair dis
! cover that their marrying without the lord
! To avoid arrest Capt. COurtenay, with the
/ assistance OF friends DISCUSSES himself as
! young woman, and from that time on the
farce begins to roar.
The company is said to be one of the best
ever engaged Tor farce comedy. Among
! its members are E. A. Locke, r. f. Graham,
/ ling, Clara LipmaD, Sarah McNlc6or, Jen-
me Satterlee. Ollie Redpath, Carrie San
ford, Annie DaCre and others.
Everybody will go TO see AN Artist :
/ Model WHEN ii appears at the Lafayette
: Square Thcater Monday night for a week.
The piece is intended only for diversion,
+ and from start To finish there is Il tlut-
ter OF skirts. flow of melody in music
and song, and Kaleidoscope change Of
color.
] There are two acts, the first showing "a
studio in Paris, where there is a misoel-
! laneOuS and motley assortment of painters,
pupils and models, and the second act be-
ing laid in ballroom in England. The
;
logue unexpectedly witty.
John Coates is said to be one of the best
barytone singers London has sent us. Miss
! Alison Skipworth is a finc-looking eX-mod-
el. Fred Wright, jr., is an extremely in
dustrious little comedian and a marvellous
dancer. Lawrence D'Orsay, Maurice Far
/ koa,. E. W Garden and Others will all i'm
press themselves on the memory of the
/ spectator by clever work. The costum-
ing has never been eXCelled in point of
/ richness, it is said.
Monday viii be u souvenir night OF "A n
Artists Model" and coupon holders on :hat
! occasion will receive superb Sarony photO-
graphs of Marie Studholme, the famous
! beauty.
Tomorrow night at Aliens Opera House
the summer season opens with Charles A
! Shaw's Musical Comedy Company in - Doc
/ tor Flam, new two act musical comedy.
! The company engaged by Mr.. Shaw num-
bers twenty. including the following peo-
pie: Charles T. Aldrich, Richard Quilter
! Daily, j. Liberman, Matthew MenZie, the
Misses Dorothy Csner, Clara Washburn
Bobbe Burns, Anna DAILY, Lucy Pixley,
/ Jessie Holden, Alberta Hadey, Caroline
Jacks, and Clara Keller
Mr.. A. w. Maffin is stage manager. Mr..
Mafflin was stage manager at the New
York Casino under Aronson's management
! for twelve years, when the company in
cluded Lillian Russell, De Wolf Hopper
| Fanny Rice, Marie Jansen, Francis vii
| son, and other artists who are now stars.
! Mr.. Fred A Arundel will be- the musical di
! rector. The above mentioned people are
| comedians, singers, and dancers OF merit
| Sunday night, April 26, a concert will be
| given at Allen S Grand Opera House by Mrs
! Gen. Tom Thumb and the members of her
| American Li!hputian Company. on which
occasion Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb will de
/ liver for the first time lecture on her life
before the public. She has been preparing
this address for some time, and IL will
cover the whole of her professional career
Capt. George Liable and Miss Annie Nelson
. will sing a duet. Nine. TraZour assisted by
Miss Jennie Quigley, will demonstrate the
! Hypno-Eiectro AiaGia, wonderful eXliib
/ tlon, which has raised grave doubts in the
! minds OF thinking people. Piano recitals by
Prof. Van DeGrift, vocal selections by
! Count hagri, wonderful wiiistng sole
/ by Baron Magri, accompanied on lie piano
! by his brother. Miss Quigley in vocal Sc
/ lcCtlonS and also solos by Miss Nelson and
! Mr.. Liable will be given. The perform.
ance will conclude with an address, de
| livered by Count Magri. The concert will
be given at popular prices, 20 and sc
! cents Seats now on sale a I the box office
FIELDS and Hanson's Ora wing Cards is
| the magnet Mana ger Herman offers at the
Lyceum during the coming week The
headlines OF the troupe are, of course
| Fields and Hanson. the past grand ma Stcrs
| of musical minStrelsy, in the eccentric
| sketch Waiting for the Train and Joe
Flynn, the peerless monarch of all come
| dIiifiS. who possesses an unlimited Iuntlss Il
| humor, and whose witty parodies on The
| popular songs possess laugh in every line
Then there are such eminent speciality
| artists as Phyllis Allen, the contraito bal
iadst, Daly ana Hilton, eccentric sketc,
| artists: Blocksom and Burns the bril-
| liant acrobatie dancing team; LeonZo, the
| wonderful french Iuggier: Laior and
| Chester, as the Irish lords; Stack and La
Dell, on the horizontal bars. and the per
| formance terminating with an afterp.,ce
| speciality, constructed to display the par.
ticular abilities of the entire company
| Taken rs a whole, this is really a very ex.
cellent array OF vaudeville talent, and or.
which will no doubt prove more than nc
| ceptablc to the patrons OF this popular pla Y
house.
What will probably go down In drama tic
history as the greatest event OF the nine
teenth century is the presentat ion OF ''Th.
Rivals" which is to take place at the La
fayette Square Theater on Saturday
night, May g. at the ha nds of those dist in
| guished art lists Nat C.. Goodwin William
IL. Crane, Robert Taber. Francis Wilson
E. M. Holland, Joseph Holland. Mrs. Johr
Drew, Julia Marlowe Taber Fanny Ric,
and Joseph Jefferson.
The management OF this extraordinar r,
all-star company desire to announce thai
the advance sale OF seats and boxes for the
single night performance to be given in
| Washington at the Lafayette Square Thea
ctr will begin at the box office OF that thea
ter at 9 u. m. Saturday morning Nav 9
| and they furthermore desire to have
known that no orders will be received
filed or filled to the date OF the opening al
| the sale given above.
! Truly Helpmate