The evening times., 1896-11-18
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

H. Beerbom Tree brings with him from
London the entire biz production OF Seats
his new Her Ma Jesty's Tbeater there-sO
named by PERMISSION of the queen-wben
be returns nome at the end OF his thirteen
weeks tour or this country
Seats OF the Mighty" is taken from the
novel OF that name, and the dramatiZation
has been made by Gilbert Parker, who
suggestion from Mr.. Tree. The author is
now on the way to this country with the
at the Lafayette Square Opera House dur
ing Mr.. Tree sengagementthere next week.
Henry Arthur Jones drama, The Dane
ing Girl" viii be given for the first four
nights and Parker play will he produced
for the first time on any stage on Friday
night Miss Kate RUrke is Trees leading
| lady, and Nina Bouclcault, Lionel Brouch,
Janette steer, and son OF the late George
Du Maurier are members OF the company.
The attraction at the Columbia Theater
next week. and which will be seen also at
natinees on Thursday Thanksgiving Day
and saturday, will be Frank Daniels and his
opera company in his great success OF last
season, the WIZARD Ot the Nile
Managers La Shelle and Clark have re-
tained all of the prominent members of last
years Caat with but one exception. IalS is
quite unusual in the theatrical world, for
most managers, having attained so great
a success in the first season OF play or
opera, deem that 1t is possible to retrenCh
expenses and lower the quality OF the
production somewhat SO as to reapa greater
DcGerit from the paIrona " wnIcH Jnry nUid
is bound to come. Messrs. La Shelle and
Clark, however. have not been InIsieI by any
such argument, as is proven by the notice
which the press of Brooklyn gave the per
formance during its first production there
last week, which was the Ilrst stand OF tue
present tour.
The new face in the cast is that of Miss
Thornton, an attractive young California
girl, fresh from years OF study with Euro
Pean masters; She makes ner debut as
Cleopatra in this company. OF those who
were seen in support of Mr.. Daniels last
season Louise Royce, Gretta RiSley, Walter
Allen, Leonard Walker. and Louise CasSa-
want still appear in theiroriginal roles. Each
purchaser OF reserved seat i'll advance
OF the opening is promised portrait OF
Frank Daniels in character.
The new American melcdrama, 1.-The
Great Diamond Robbery" which stands
prominent as one of the great successes OF
the year, comes to this city on Monday,
November %, to the Ne National Theater.
with matinees on Wednesday, Thursday
tThanksgiving), and Saturday
The wonderful success OF The Great Dia-
mond Robbery in Gotham; where II w.s
seen for five months, entitled it to its
claim for public patronage as one OF the
most powerful melodramas OF the day.
touching upon an American subject and
dealing with it in masterful manner.
THE Great Diamond Robbery" is rich
in scenic investituTe, and its great SIX
acts represent different scenes which are
from the brushes Of those famous scenic
artists Clare, Albert, Marston and Hoyt,
each scene reflccting the master mind Of
the individual artist whu painted it.
The company is a large and capable one,
both as regards numbers and artistic
strength, as the cast includes Rose Eytlnge,
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, Selenc johnson. Fan
ny Cohen, Louise Closer, Ellen Cummins.
Irene Hayward, W. A. Whitecar, Edward
Ames, Thom as NJ. Hunter, Joseph E.
Whiting, j H. Cosser, George C. Boniface,
Joseph Bell, Gustave Frankel, Joseph A.
Wilkes, James Bevins, James Floyd, John
Jones, W. A. Black and E. NJ. Bartlett.
John W. Isham's novelty, Oriental
Anenca.' will ie The attraction at tine
Academy next week This entertainment
was given at the Aca DENY a few weeksaGo,
and made such a decided hit that the man
agement decided on d return date as early
| as possible. A the beginning Of the last
| engagement theatergoers did not exactly
understand the nature OF the enteftalnInent
but from fair opening house on Monday
night, the size of the audiences steadily IN
creased and the engagement closed Satur-
day night to the capacity or the theater.
The reason given for the success of
Improvement on all entertainments OF like
character, not only an elevation of the
character of the program OF the week, but
the manner i'll which that work Is done
by the many people engaged in the
company, and the style of costumiHg and
staging the production. If criticised un-
biasedIy, one would say that Mr. 1sham
has aimed too high, rather than not to
have aimed high enough.
The regular Wednesday and Saturday
matinees Will be given during the engage
ment, and a special matinee on Thanks
giving Day. at the regular matinee prices,
25 and so cents for reserved seats,
Next weeks attraction at the Bijou
Theater will be romantic drama, Slaves
of Gold,' which has been on the road for
two seasons, but has, nevertheless lost none
OF its popularity. The company which
will appear next week is composed of en-
tirely new blood, Arnold Reeves, the star,
ity, who has scored several successes in the
past two years.
As for the play itself, it abounds in scenic
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