The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-01
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
n,.ys or CoNzRlsTED KINDS
M" IN umEROUS OLD ONES.

Cou'o pro,.rrp.n In "Jaok and tho
aA''"Lv Farce In "Ths my''
o..rs In "The Broken Melody"
N a. matter will DO plenty on our stage THIS
"a II prescnts n diversity from which TO
49,. amusement. The shifts OF old plays are
shoo'o .norous than usual. too. and the pieces
w. hsve not yet run out their course NJ
wh.,,r,s OF their original production are an
'uo",I,o lat. Extra performances will be
ah"or The afternoon of election day, and the
R'p" =, tho vote will generally DO read from
"'.,sge. so that people may combine theatre
"IaIrsrsion and political information.
p.h.rt billiard will offer himself ana Inc
,,,nmy" for amusement at the Garden mo
,stomorrow night Tho actor 10 well enough
.noun 10 this public in various roles, from 70
m,n,Ic drama to ridiculous farce ana ne pos
".. sunleient facility TO succeed whenever
ses ..nm.tances favor him. "The Mummy"
- Nr. billiard procured It while in Eng
..,sntlv. 1t Is described as altogether and
"s.,.cantly comic. Mr.. Hilliard appears In
49,, an rgyptlan mummy. but only at the very
80, NJ the play, and merely long enough to
- ,av,v,s,d into q wholesome man alive, to
errre thereafter In absurd adventures. There
MD seem TO be nothing Rrowsome In the af-
t.ir s,oept tn. title. The aim 10 fun solely. MIR.
uilliard lmpersonates q monarch brought to
London from n pyramid in Egypt and ewak-
,ned from a sleep Of centuries.
I,sps,e Van Biene will make an American
dSbut at the American Theatre on Thursday
,,vb;. He Is a European celebrity In acting
and music. He came into attention at FIRST as .
r,ovsr Of tho vloloncello. and is regarded rs y
ns.,sr ~ that instrument Later he became
an actor. and it is as the hero OF . play entitled
9Th. Broken Melody -" that he will offer his
services 10 our entertainment. The piece 10 the
work of Herbert Keene and ]. e. Tanner, and
has been used by Mr.. Van Biene for years In
England and on the Continent of Europe. lie
Is said to have acted in 1t more than q thousand
times. His role 10 that of a musician, poor and
struggling at nrst. but rich and famous later,
and this man is made to figure in q dramatic
.tory. Incidentally, he plays the cello. and
the dir of Home, Sweet Home" 10 introduced
with what is said to be wonderfully pathetic
effect. Mr.. Van Biene's music Is an important
factor in the piece. He has brought . full
dramatic company.
new musical play by Reginald Dc Koven
and Harry Smith will be performed at the
Herald Square tomorrow night Its title 10
, "The Mandarin" and Its nature 10 Chinese,
although the authors say that they have not
aimed at Chinese realism, but have thought It
advisable to sacrifice accuracy in order to mako
the stage pictures pretty and novel" We are
also assured in advance that this 10 o comic
opera. and not romantic, nor In any way serious.
The taste Of New Workers 10 elastic In the mat
ter Of plays, and all they demand Is that an
entertainment shall be good Of Its kind. Mr..
De Koven and Mr.. Smith have elaborated suo-
~cessfuliy several times, notably In Robin
Hood" and Rob Roy and we may expect that
they have done 1t again in The Mandarin"
m a s.-. ---- ~ r~tl-A.. .
mandarin who. finding that he closely resem-
bles the husband of a beautiful woman, disguises
himself az that husband In order 10 deceive the
wife. He is arrested while thus engaged and
In prisoned. while the other man il put into the
place OF the ruler. The fun Is evolved from that
complication. Tho company contains Adele
Richie. Henry Norman, George G. Boniface,
George Honey. and others selected for supposed
fitness to their tasks.
y new extravaganza 10 to be disclosed to-mor-
row night Ut the Casino. The authors are R. A.
Barnet WHO has written several pieces of sue
cessful POPULARITY. and A. B. Sloane. q practised
musical com poser. The work 10 called Tho
Strange Adyenturea of Jack and tho Bean
stalk" and it is understood TO illustrate not
only the nursery tale mentioned in the title, but
to take similar liberties with several other of
the cherished melod OF childhood. Char
b"perS from THESE EnyWto anu bucCuOt08 1T0
brought together in a whimsical story. This
scheme is a reminder Of the typical Christmas
pantomimes OF the English stage. but It 10 not
likely that there will be much resemblance
further than in general form. because Mr.. Bar
net has hitherto been distinctly American in the
manner OF his fun. The production 10 made by
Klaw & Erlanger. whose agent in the affair 10
Ben Teal. The promises include novel ballets, pic
turesque costuming, and slightly scenery. Henry
V. DonreIly and Edward Girard. who have
been together for years in vaudeville farces.
are important In tho cast. Among tho others
are Hubert Wilke. Madge Leasing. Merri o.
borne. Carrie Perkins. and n dozen more who
are known for ability in the way Of trayesty
and burlesque.
Aubrey Boucicault is to be one Of this weeks
contributors to continuous vaudeville. although
his recent marriage to q wealthy woman was
reported to have transferred him from the stage
to the field of letters. Assisted by Helene Lowell
and VIII Barnard, he will give O short farce
entitled Wanted o Widow" The specialists
OF the ali-day programme are Crimmins and
Gore. the Rhinehart sisters, Huested and Guyer.
Harrlgan. Walter Ellis. Gretchen Lyons, Carr
and Mcleod. Lucius Henderson. tho Rice
brothers. +. J. Holland. II. l.. Sebastian. and
Mile. Chester. The cinematographe and the
Painters are the bills only continued items.
For a week from Monday tho first appearance
OF Eben Plympton is promised. and Payne
Clarke Is to come one week later.
But few of last weeks entertainers at Pastors
hold over into this week. though among them
are Lew Dockstader and Mr.. Pastor himself.
Their new list of companions includes tho Mac
Avoys' whose dance has necessitated adding
new girdeFs beneath the stage; Katie Rooney.
smith and Campbell, Thomas and Quinn, the
e'anIeys, Melrose and Elmer, tho Gleesons.
george ii. Fielding, the Marshalls. Billy Payne,
Lewis and Elliott. and Frey and Fields.
lhis Is the last week Of tombstone Bennett and
T. Miller Kent at Proctor's Twenty third Street.
aud The vltascope is to be withdrawn from both
proctor houses on Saturday night. Sphinx and
splnk, De Bersell. Ena Bertoldi. and G. w. Lit
uehe!d are the best known OF the other per-
formers. AT the Pleasure Palace are Nobel, the
noites, haOly, and Clermont's animals. All OF
.nese are lately imported. and an sauilibrist
nau.eu ehare VIII make her first American APP
pearahce on Monday. Charlotte Parry aud Law
III y anu harrington are familiar ones.
oine vaudeville forces of Hammerstein's
H. mpIa VIII Tomorrow night be transferred to
III, III s,nss'c3Sered roof, which Is now styled the
tWnn ~. Harden. There is scarcely any change In
sne IOster "i specialists, but there's news ia one
he"lS added entertainment of the Long Acre
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