The morning times., 1896-01-12
GII NEW YORK 1AEATtRs:
English Plays and Players Have
the Call at Present.
SOME NEW PRODUCTIONS
,e,St Half Dozen New Attrac-
,,ons score Distinct Successes in
the opolis-Hoyt's Play, "a
MACK sheep" Presented for the
First Time in New York.

New York, Jan. 6-This week we are
Saving an unusual richness of new dramatic
ATTRACTIONS
A, five or six theaters plays that have
- I.r,rr been seen here were pre-
scptrd. and in ma ajority OF cases a Touch
So,.,', was scored. In addition to all this,
new PLAYHOUSE called Sanfords S Theater
was thrown open to the public.
pr,bably the most important of the
,,.ndav night productions was Plnero' S
,otest nlav, The Benefit of the Doubt
,,r-n s..., made Known at the Lyceuin
Tra,tar The story of the piece is a
s,.muatnetic one, aud like Others OF this
.nthor's. interesting from start 10 finish.
The cast includes Isabel Irving, Elita
prnctor-uus, Herbert Kelcey, Fritz Will
Iiams. Steve GrattaD, Mrs. Waicot, MIS-
wbifren and Bessie Tyree. We shall prob
ahIy nave The Benefit until Mr.. Froil-
nan rpyives The Prisoner of Zenda," in
which lanes X. Hackett will take the part
,r,ne-Iv impcrsonated by +. H. Sothern.
mad a Jolly coed time at Hoyts
soainr his new piece, "A Black Sheep"
which was presented there for the Ilrst
tima Monday night. Yours truly hasn't
iauehed so heartily before in long time,
and 10 tell the truth there was a coed
season for it. In laughing l had the as
sistance OF house fun OF wen dressed
neopIe. who seemed 10 ENJOY tue per-
fornance as much as id
Tnrnevy niece is constructed upon the lines
,oIIowed by Mr. Hoyt in "A Rag Baby"
IA Hole in the Ground and "A Trip to
CHINATOWN" 1t is Il musical affair with
very little of story, hut what there is OF
II is funny to a degree. The principal
charact is Hot Stuff
Tbis yyuS impersonated by Otis Harlan, a
decidedly clever comedian. whose antics
were received with shouts oflaughter. The
Others in The east were Ada Dare, william
Aeyere. Io>cpn Frankar, Harry Luck
stone. W. F. Mack, Snitz Edwards and
pretty girls too numerous to mention
Down at the Fourteenth Street Theater
Frank Bush made his debut here as star,
sppeariny in a farce comedy called Girl
Wanted" The story OF the piece is OF the
flimsiest description. but affords this
comedian Stn opportunity to impersonate
several amusing characters. The scenes are
laid in this city, in and around the Bowcry.
There is the usual number OF specialties,
songs and dances.
Next week Manager RoSenquest presents
an English melodrama. called Saved From
the Sea. which IS TO run for one week only
aud will be followed on the Goth by the
return of Chauncey 0lcott, the singing Irish
comedian, in ''Mavourneen." Atthe end of
olcott's engagement a New England comedy
drama by Alica Z. Ives and jerome II. Eddy,
entitled The Village Postmaster" viii
be produced for run.
VERY CLEVER COMEDY.
At Days Tuesday night The Two
Escutcheuns." adapted from the German
by Sidney Resented, was made known in
the presence OF 4 regular DAILY first night
audience. The comedy is very amusing, and
is cleverlv acted by Miss Rehan, James
Lewis, Mrs Gilbert, Make Elliott, Frank
WuTthingtOn and Edwin Stevens. The lat
ter, who has long been known as a cunic
opera comedian, made ms first appearance
Us a regular mrIuhaT OF the company.
AtAbhey's John Hare is appearing in "A
Pair OF spcC,ec.cS' taking the part of
GoidflnCh. which was acted by ]. II. Stod-
dard when The -p-Ce was originally pro-
duced by the Wa.lack Stock Company. The
English actor gIvc> splendid imperSona-
ton, and has Increased his popularity with
our theairr Eo"rs ii beFt's Comedy and
Tragedy is being presented as a curtain
raiser, with Ju.ii Nelson, the handSumest
woman On ae English stage" and Fred
Terry In The cast.
Before the close OF this week there Will
arrive from Europe a young American
soprano wHH ! an tod. is possessed of
phenomenal voice, which ranges from G
below Ia L in J.iIssimu. The name of this
young artist j, Ellen Beach Yaw, a Cali
fornla CIR who has been studying in Europe,
where her M Aod has evoked as much cum
nent as the wonderful altitude of her voice.
Hiss faw Is said 10 sing in Italian, French,
Swedish and English. She is described as
a slender, graceful, blonde young woman,
WiJh classical face
Her first appearance here will be made
"a f-tTnsYl f.fTl md hi
trand orchestra and Macmillan Dick, i
N2.lnist, are TO assist the young singer.
'lga Netbr.Sole and her passionate kisses
til only be seen during the present week,
hs Tie Empire stock Company is to return
IrNt Monday, in Michael and His Lost
Ange.'
IL is an absolute fact that the attrac
ti0hs that are just now doing the best
business are American ones. They are
rank Daniels, at the Casino, Excelsior,
u, at the Olympia, and The Heart of
MaFyland,' at the Herald Square. ! am
H'otlly glad that this is SO. 1t is said
on pretty good authority that the three
EAsiish Burlcsque companies which have
recently been exploited here have lost
money from the start. There are hundreds
Ui american actors and actresses walking
ule streets WHO find il absolutely impos-
sible 10 secure work, because of the pres
'ICe OF nVe or six English companies in
our theaters.
ii these importations had been successful,
na'l'e actors would probably have been
wiped out entirely. Just now there are
ihllcatlons of general revulsion against
.he foreigners. The Shop GIRL IAN
Ar'lsts Model" and His Excellency,"-
arc an OF the same cha aracter, and il is not
uhialf TO say that as an entertainment,
.nese pieces are not calculated TO please
,he intelligent. After the present season
II Is not likely that we shall see so many
Of these Brltishers.