The morning times., 1896-07-05
READY FOR NEXT SEASON
Managers of New York Houses
Disclose Their Plans.
MANY COMIC OPERAS
Grand Opera Will Again Be Given.
Lists Include Many Good But
Few Great Offerings.


seems to have turned youngster and pa
triotic this morning and are holding
festival of firecra ckers iuEdcr my window
at this very moment, whent they know that
l want TO hurry this letter To my Wash
iugtou readers. But t. our muttons; the
play, not the iirecra ciler, is the thing.
During the past few days l have becn
Interviewing the managers OF the dlf1ereht
theaters as to plans for Eext year. 10 oe
sure, in most cases II was siCe-d'or
operation for the front door of all but three
1heaters is sealed with the summer sealing
wax In some cases l couldn't see the head
or the house. for no glasses, not even these
plate-class nose-rubters that ornament my
physioen,ny can see aCTOss the ocean. and
there is where are Il number OF our umuse-
me nj caterers.
August in DAILY is Il hard man to see these
days but he gracefully outlined his plans,
up to date, to Your merry Sans-@ene-
August Augustin was only Temporarily
on this side. His company closed last Sat
urtlay night in Chicago, and on "Wednesday
last l hade them au rcyoir as they sailed
away for England DalSs Iheater VIII
upen with a preliminary season oi Inc
Geista'' - which is current III irvlngvilie at
prcsent Tie stock company Will follow
in the long promised revival OF Henry
"" which the Tabers dressed but CouldGt
act Mr DAILY has "A numbe ror German ctal-
edieS in process Of translation. On'y
"Gucki'' ard Love ou Crutohes" will DC
givcnin London.
ABBEY ON HIS FEET.
The Abbey finances have been all fixed
uD, and the impresario himself Is about
well. The plan Of rcuperation was
skillfuI triangular affair. Mr.. Schoeirel
went to Boston and kept tenacious grasp
on the firms affairs in that city. Mr.
Gr-,u ,,St q To t1ut iuuhut nd Undue sI
the operatic Olympians not to sign 'till
we hear from Abbey" and they didn't.
and Mr. AbDey rem ined here in New York
and reorga nized the business. Now Il Is
assured that next winter will bring al
the old favorites and the same splcndor
Of opera that has marked past seasons.
Al Hayman arrived from Europe the
middle OF the week, but Kept hIn self
out of reach. He holds the secrets as well
as the keys to Abhcy's Theater, so II is
impossible To say just what will occupy
the stage famous IN memories OF BeerhOhm
Tree hernia ardt, Dusc. Hare, Irving, Rus
sell, and W ilson. Tn is much we do
know. it is to be one OF the syndicate
circuit.
Mr.. Sothcrp opens the LyCcum iii Sep
.tember in ii new pla Y by Mr.. X. n. Stephens
called AN Enemy of the King. This will
he put on for two months, by whit h time
In November the Lyoeum Stock Company
Will ne seen III conc. ne W
ing at the LyCeum till the close Of the
season. Some of the stoek K company, by the
way. prior tothe New Yorkengage cement will
have been on the road with The Prisoner
OF Zenda." opening in San FIanc isco in
August and playing eastward.
COMIC OPERA HOUSES.
The Broadway will he devoted exclusively
to comic opera next season. at least So II
would appear from the present schedule
"Ei Captain is still prospecting at this
house. but it does not seem possible that
ii can continue into next month The iaa
season opens at the house with our old
friend Jeff de Angels as the bright par
tic,ilar star in Harry u. Smith and LuGwig
Englander's comic opera, The calip."
He Will have the PICK of the Della Fox com
pany and Nat Roth To manage him. lie is
10 be succeeded by the Whitney Opera
Company IN the new Irish opera. Brian
boru,' which opens its American career
and the new Columbia Theater in WASH
ington at tie same time. The Bostunians
are due at this house with q new opera.
but tina be nipped III the bad by theatrical
frost, which has a way OF attacking the
operate pumpkin. DeWolf Hopper returns
to the Broadway in February with Ell
Captain"
AT udt casino the yexpacbto runin' In Gay
New York; until the middle OF August. 1t
was the intention to produce "Shamrs
O'Brieu'-IrcIand seems to he coming Ia
the front in upper BrOadway--un August
81. but there is some. difficulty about Mr.
Duff's claim to the rights. and the open
ing attraction is unsettled as yet. In No
vemher lack and the Bearstalk." =" which
sounds like Drury Lane pantomirnc. but
isn't, will he put on. It's a burieSque by
r. A. Barnet, similar to Excelsior. ir., :"
and others of that style, of which Mr.
Barnet has been frequently guilty. and
the chappies are expected to keep ii gOin z
all winter. In February Miss Lillian Rus
sell puts in an appearance, in a new opera.
and remains six weeks. Miss Della Fox
succeeds her. probably in The Little
Trooper and .Fleur- de Lis and she
will fill the bill until the Fourth Annual
Revic w is ready, in May or J une-
The Herald Square wiilrDmc nfOr Il share
of comic opera after Evans and Hoey have
rejuvenatcd "A Parlor Match The
production announced is the Smith and De
Koven Opera Company in that firm OF
composers new work, The Mandarin"
Tile theme is Chinese
CAYyAN AT PALMER's
In view of the comic oprra craze affecting
other theaters. Mr.. Palmer thinks there
is a good chance the op ming ofthe season
for light comedy and 4 new star at his
theater. He is looking for both. On Oc
tober Georgia Cayvan begins her season.
Hermann will he slndwich.d for two weeks
bet ween her and another new star, every
bofy's friend, Maurice Barrymore in
Roaring Dick & CO. W. J. LeMoyne
Will he in Barrymore's support which ac-
.rounts for Felix Morris coming to the
Lyceum. Then follows Julia Marlowe for
four weeks, after which Mr. Palmer hopes I o
find hit among three plays he will pro
duce, one each by AugCstus Thomas, Pau,
Potter, and Paul Blouet In the springtime
iS in
reproduction of his wizard
Hhyt's Theater will swing its doors i'm
early September with a new farce which
Frohman tried on Philadelphia this spring
Itis from theFrench of Bsson, is called. The
LIAR and was named over in Clyde Fitch
oven. 1t will he succeeded by A. c. Gun-
ter's Florida Enchantment.' This is not
Mr.. Gunter's first effort. His Mr. Pot
terof Texas" and Mr. Brown of New York -
were once popular on the stage, and he is
the author of " Prince Karl" which Mans
field has played for years. HoyG will have
a new comedy ready aaout the time the
snow begins 10 melt, and hopes to finish
the season with it.
AT FRoHMAN'S THEATERs.
AT the Empire Theater Mr.. John Drew
begins his annual engagement on August
81 in u new play. Mr. Drew will remain
for some weeks, and IL the play is a 20 ht
will not change the bill. If the nneX-
pected happens, however. he will reviv,
some of his Old successes, or possibly pre-
sent another new play, which he vii
have ready.
Miss Olga Nethersole will follow Mr.
Drew, probably in a new play. Just wha
IT will be the mana cement don't cara. to
announce Just yet. The stock company
OF the theater, who go on the.road shortly
as far as San Francisco, VIII return b!