The morning times., 1896-01-05
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| Robert Manteil. who ma kes his annual ap-
pearance at the Grand Opera House on
| Monday evening, is one of the best actors
| England has ever sent to this country. He
| pgesents during the week three of his
| most powerful and successful plays. 1.-THE
Corsican Brothers." 1.-The Husband' and
| .Monbars."
! "The Corsican Brothers'' will be given
| on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday even
| ings; also at the Saturday matinee. This
| production OF one of the most famous OF
old-time melodramas will undoubtedly prove
| one of the most attractive events of the
| season, and theater-goers who can recall
| past presentations of the play will be
surprised on witnessing the present costly
| revival.
On wednesday matinee and evening he
presents Espy williams powerful society
! drama entitled ''The Husband" The play
| is said to be very strong one, resembling
Fedora IN great measure, the differ
ence between the two plays being that
Fedora, woman, makes 1t her life work
to avenge the violent death of her hus-
band. while in 1.-The Husband" the parts
are reversed.
On Thursday and Friday nights Mr..
Manteil presents "Monbars," play in
ness OF every kind. The costumes and
scenery put us at once in a romantic at
mosphere, while the people OF the action
are moved by the motive and events OF
the most real kind.
|. Mr.. Mantell has surrounded himsel with
a company comprising such artists as Z. /.
Ringgold, +. 8. Eberie, Willis Granger,
Frank Smith, Richard Malchier, John
O'Neil, Edgar MacGregor, John Warner
Miss Edith Chapman tlately with Wardo
and james,, Kate Lester, Eleanor Merron,
and Jessica Miner.
The first performance in this city OF His
Excellency," new comic opera by w. s.
Gilbert, will be given at the National
Theater next Monday night. An entire
English organization has been sent over
for the opera by George Edwardes, manager
of the Lyric Theater. London, where the
work ran for six months ast winter. seor-
ing a big success. and has just closed q
season of 100 nights at the Broadway
Theater.
His Excellcncy- is the work of the
huInorist and satirical w. s. Gilbert. whom
we have known ever SO long through his
collaboration with Sir Arthur Sullivan.
1t has been in prosperous use many months
in the British capital, and has just closed
q most successful season of Il 90 nights at
the Broadway Theater. That Mr.. Gilbert
has written up to his average, seems GER
tain TO Judge by the London estimate, and
Notwithstanding the good reason for lack
of confidence in the ability of the casts
commonly brought across the Atlantic, an
adequate representation may be expected
in this instant.
II Nancy Mcintosh. Julius Stegcr. John
lie Hay, and Elain Terris, whom we know
about, have fitting companions IN the
strangers. we shall not have another ex-
ample OF worthy play spoiled by I'M
worthy actors. "His Excelency'' will be
under the management of Messrs. Ha yman
and Frohinan, and will be transferred to
this city precisely as it was given at the
London Lyric. and the Broadway Theater,
New York, as Messrs. Frohinan and Hay
man have imported the entire British pro-
,luction. people, bag and baggage, and we
will be given precisely the same perform
ance as was presented In London.
The Trocadero yaudevi!les will occupy
the stage at the Academy this week. San
dow, as usual, heads the list, as he has
done for the past two years. His repertoire
OF feats has been-enlarged by the addition
of several new and startling exhibitions
OF muscular strength and development,
which will no doubt create fresh enthusiasm
In the temperance in this city OF the great
Prussian strong man.
Some OF his new feats are the lifting by
one finger of a cube of solid iron weighing
750 pounds.
Another feat is the holding aloft in one
hand of two young ladies seated upon
bicycles. Another new feat is the placing
OF a four hundred pound dumb bel upon
his knees and n two hundred pound dumb
bell in his hands, and then laying upon his
back and supporting this enormous weight
with four men dangling upon each bell. But
the Prussian Giant, while he is the star
OF the performance, is not the only one.
ha ftn.t hin fft.
lot of new vaudeville artists the best that
the old world can produce. The only ones
retained of last years program are Amann,
Europe's greatest impersonator, and the
Lucifers, from the Alhambra, London.
The others are entirely new. and include
Mons. O'Gust, the eminent French clown,
from the Folies Bergeres, Paris; N. E.
Kaufman, champion trick bicyclist of tho
world; Billy Van, star minstrel and mono
logue artist, and the five Jordans. The
Jordans have been increased in number
from three to five. Mr.. Jordan's little son
and daughter, August and Nellie, have
been added.
william H. Crane will be the attraction
this week at the Lafayette Square Opera
House. The play he will present is "His
Wire's Father" Martha Mortons comedy
of domestic life, which had its first pro-
duction on any stage in this city on the
closing night OF the comedians visit here
a year ago.
The play was given then under many
d disadvantages. 1t was presented by a
company excessively and painfully ner-
vous and without any special scenic en-
beliishments. Neither was the costuming
rich and the rough edges of the play had
not been rounded. Despite all these things
it pleased an audience of imnease size that
turned out in a heavy downpour OF rain,
- to-
the fall of the final curtain a few minutes
before midnight.
Those things served to strengthen Mr..
Cranes desire to present the play in New
York. and on its production in that city it
made such a favorable impression that 1t
was deemed wise to keep II on the boards,
until the end OF the season, thus giving it
a run of fourteen weeks.
The charm of the comedy is said to be
IN its simplicity and the strength of its
story. Mr.. Cranes portrayal of the busy
old man is described as being one OF tile
best things he has done in recent years.