New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-05
THEATRICAL NOVELTIES.
MANY NEW PLAYS AND REVEALS Or
FERED FOR THIS WEEK.

! row night viii be sydney Grundys "A Pair OF
Spectacles" a comedy In three acts. which VIII
present Mr.. Hare IN the part OF Benjamin Gold
finch Mr. Hare has presented "A Pair OF Specta-
cles' over a thousand times since he first produced
II I'm the carly part OF 1890. Charles Groves. who
first played the part Of Uncle Gregory, the SELF
made tigh-nsted man who ''cooms fra Shefned'
will appear in his original character. The cast will
| also include Gilbert Hare. Alban Atwood. Charles
Rock Eugene Mayeur. Fred Thorne. Miss Nellie
| Thornc Mss Clifford and Miss May Harvey. "A
| Pair Of Spectaces" will be preceded by W. = Gill
| bert's Comedy and Tragedy" in which Miss Nell
son and Fred Terry will be prominent
most attractive week has been planned for the
| Metropolitan Opera House. TIE programme Is
| this: Tomorrow evening. carmen; Wednesday
| THE Huguenois'. Thursday. die Walkire': Fri
day. Faust: Saturday afternoon, Les Pecheurs
| de Perles" and la Navarraise'; Saturday even
| ing AIDA" At the concert tonight the soloists
| will be Nine Melba. Nine. Scalch. Signor Gre
monini. signor Campanari and NJ. Plancon
At Days Theatre N" last performance OF
| Twelfth Night" viii occur tomorrow evening. on
Tuesday evening Mr. DAILY VIII present for the hrst
time in English The TWO Escutcheons" adapted
| By sydney Ros ,nfed from the German Of Blumen-
thai and Heidelberg THE Two EscutcheOns" tas
met with great favor in the German theatres in
! Guiding the one in This city. Miss Rehan and IN"
DAILY company viii be seen 70 good advantage. Ed
win Stevens has been added - tho cast and VIII
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! Days management.
The Benefit n the Doubt" is the name o. y.
" Plnerp's latest play. which VIII be- presented a;
the Iyc-um Theatre tomorrow evening The per-
/ sons employed In tho representation arc Herbert
Kel.,y " j. l~ Moync stephen Gra,'an. Fritz
William. Walter = Hale Ferdinand Go;isrhaik.
/ Ernest Tarletpn. " auckland. Edward Wilks.
Misses Isabel Irving. Ezra Proctor OTIS. Elizabeth
/ T,rec and Gertrude Rivers Mrs. Charles Waicot
and Mrs Thomas Whnen.
Tomorrow nigh; John Drew begins brief on
gag.rnoni a, Pamcr's Theatre opening in The
/ Baube shop" which he played at the Empire
/ Theatre last season. This play and others were
/ to De repeated Mr.. Drew's recent engagement at
| the Empire but the success OF "Chrisiopher. Jr,
/ prevented the fulflnent OF the promises The
/ Baubic shop viii be followed by week OF '"rhe
! Masked Ball" after which there will be a new
! play.
! Miss Olga Nethersole has secured extension
! OF time a. the Empire Theatre FOR another week.
/ I'niil few days ago II Was understood that last
| night would the Last OF Carmen" Then Mr.
! Frohman received dispatch from Henry Arthur
| Jones' saying that the London production Of
| Michael and His Lost Angel" would not be ready
| for January s. when Il to have its first repre-
sensations simultaneously In London and New
York and asking Mr.. Frohman II II would be
convenient for him 20 wait until January 10 10 do
! the play here The success Of Carmen" made 1t
easy to gain Mr. Frohman's consent, which was at
once sent. This new arrangement postpones the
homecoming OF the Empire Theatre Stock Com
pany for another week.
on Tuesday at the Garrck Theatre the first
New York performance will he given OF Mrs. Pom
d.rburys Pact" with Stuart Robson In the char
acter OF Matthew Ponderbury, the depressing hus-
band Mrs Ponderbury's Past is Charles Bur
nands adaptation from Madame Mongodn,' by
Me.srs Blum and Touche
"Ferdnand's Marriage Contract will be contn-
ued at the Irving Place Theatre FOR the first three
nights OF this week 1t has pleased the audiences
and the house IL crowded every night on Thurs
day The Thorny Path" new three-act drama by
Fellx Philppl, will be produced. 1t will be the bill
for the rest OF the week including the Saturday
matinee.
\ silver token is To mari. the Tooth performance
OF ''The Heart Of Maryland at the Herald Square
Theatre a week from tomorrow night. An cxcur-
sion party of go Marylanders now In the city
a visit Will witness the play this week party
Of members Of the Southern Society is also to
attend soon.
The stage " the Grand Opera House will be
plel this week by The Masqueralers." the play
by Henry Arthur Jones which occupied large
part Of the season the Empire Theatre last yen.
II will Dee played by company headed by Fore st
Robinson and Miss Mabel Burt.
At the Harlem Opera House this week The Gay
Parslans. which has been running at Hoyts Thea
tire for nearly $50 nights. will be played with
change In It's cast. Preceding It will be "A comedet-
ia entitled 'Tco Happy by Half" which tomorrow
will have It's first representation In America. In the
cast will be Charles Wells. Miss Elaine Ellison and
W. II. Shirley
Charles n. Hoyt will again take possession OF the
stage of his own theatre tomorrow night and will
present for the first time In this city his farce "A
Black Sheep and How 1t Came out in the Wash"
The is laid In Tombstone. Ariz. and the bill
says that the piece ~ "a treat for lovers OF peace
and quiet" In the Otis Harlan Joseph
Frankau, William De We're. Harry Luckstone, Jo-
seph Natus. William F. Mack. Steve Maey. William
Halter Sntz Edwards. Miss Ada Dare Miss Agnes
Rose Lane. Miss Agnes Paul. Miss Eta Gilroy. Miss
Nellie Butler. Miss Rose Sutherland. Miss Frankie
Bailey and Miss Bessie Clayton
What with important changes In the company and
the introduction of new scene. The Strange Ad-
ventures of Miss Brown at the Standard Theatre
will seem almost like play this week. Robert
T.. Graham will be seen as Captain Courtenay. To-
morrow evening will be "Elks' Night" at the Stand
ard
Tomorrow night will be a notable one for "Ex-
celslor Jr. at the Olympia Theatre II will be the
hftieth time that this entertainment has been per-
formed, and the occasion will be commemorated In q
fitting manner. The performance continues to at
tract large audiences
For this week Tony Pastor has engaged George
Powers the banjo player. recently Of the San Fran
cisco Minstrels and Dan Waldron, who will appear
for the rs' on ms s aa Hs Other
character singer; T. W. Newton. ventr.loquis: Ken
mo a4G We h Ghn + D% Dean and lose p
and Louis. In contortion act Tony Pastor In
SONGS and paroiies and Miss Bessie Redwood in
new songs