The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-01
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
WHAT THE WEEKS BIBLs YIELD IN
DIVERsE PROFUSION.

Diverse
mr.. Meniry,s Vaudeville Recitation OF "The
- Raven win n POE Makeup and = r'ir6-
tho German Performance OF strnust's
"wnidnneiutcr I" by the Carried Company.
Tho current bills at tho theatres contain SOW
eral excellent plays that have come to town for
the week only. Tho Fair in Midgcttown is
being performed by the Liliputinns at the Me
tropolis, the handsome new theatre north OF tho
Harlem, whore n succession OF tho best obtain
able entertainmentsi Is offered this season. Har-
lem has tho comedy actresses and conf come
.dians Of the London Gaiety company, and they
are giving "In Town" for tho last times
prior to going home. At the other Har'
lem theatre, the Columbus, the voice OF
Chauncey Olcott is raised In tho songs or
"Sweet Inniscarra' and his Irish blarncy 10
~ potent az ever. Eighth avenue is visited at
tho Grand Opera Hous BY Carl Haswin and a
competent support in THE Silver King that
durable drama of circumstantial evidence. Lex.
inRton avenue has another tried and true play
with q falsely accused hero, as 1.-THE Ticket OF
Leave Man, u Ia being used by tho Murray Hill
stock company. Tho Bowcry is getting q new
bicoe. "A Guilty Mother" at the Peoples, and
= IL full to repletion with a great stress Of emo
tions and excltemcnts. The Third Avenue The.
way are the Lyccum company In The Princess
Tanning Of The s6hrew,S the hoyt company ina
stranger in New York. Maude Adams In "Tho
a4XIM Marriage Of convenienceAA at the Empire.
NC. Goodwin in A n AMERICAN Citizen al the
a &9lsst ss ssa Fi Aa'1 zSsna.. v Frank IN Daniels aAlisH IN
Al Idoi's Eye" at the Broadway. Julia Arthur
RR .sh II LADY ayA9nf 9 9risb ySen 81 wal!!HG * ;b an FGST.
EtiESe h,.% s. { the y Ri Ns:, Tn ;ss White ss II, Hs Sa.fro
esHis Little Dodge" at the Manhattan, and
SSThs First Born" at the Garden; with hottio
This is pretty ncarly q record week for the
amount of its vaudeville offerings. or these
three shows are continuous: Keith's, whore
Lydia Yeamans-Titus is showing herself q vo-
calist with a nice little way with her, and where
John w. Runsone 10 acceptnbly unlike most Of
his kind; Proctor's has John T. Sullivan, Edwin
n. Favor, and Edith Sinclair: Pastors main
stays are the Mobiles, Pearl Andrews, and Lydia
Barry. At the music halls are E. j. Henley,
Cohsns, for the Pleasure Palace, It Roster 6
SLAPPED for use in Anna Holds inning. As she
giinnGs a oilie aksi negro song, a curtain painted
dnsky heads taking the places Of notes, their
'yn nsr,on voices ons M joining go In the the nsbsI xo,a AliSs
q Fields are the last Of tho current bill, to.
morrow night bringing the first trial Of the new
S1bteNeBoh1n " Snheh DS ohb a. SeAobh
.Doris's Winter Circus is q good. one-rinE
ment for horses, but ali The innings. whether Of
riders or of acrobats. are Of the first class.
genuine Klondike miner-he'i tell YOU so il you
don't believe it-and some trained dogs that at
ssiioanss' "a ar he 'RfssS sn MasSe 9 %nH %Orfs have af been
one %SS,] aqI. i. Ks tf R|G sssOT |, n catch ib1 ljn E "a Ial 1s sRc
prize fight views are nearly perfect realism.
In entering vaudeville Il. J. Henley had the
aim of a specialist to do something singular.
The musical moke seeks undying fame and
clocktke salary days by backing his face,
donning a red wig. and playing selections from
"Cavalerlia Rusticann' on o flute made from q
broomstick; the variety show dancer selects
steps Of his own devising and 30 unusual as to
DO O nightmare O. Mondays to the musicians
Mr.. Henley had observed these students. per
haps, and he selected Poe's Tho Raven" for his
debut at the Pleasure Palace. He reoited the
poem very dramatically. He was disclosed
seated, his head bowed in meditation. At one side
Of him was q, door over WHICH was a marble
about was that half darkness that on occasion
10 dim religious light. or that again is the 40
snatching Of wills. deeds. and other attcsted
stationery: In stimulating the melancholy Poet
shirt. the one held by a patent leather belt. the
ether loose and sheeny. It was much the sort
Ct Sae liT to aht the m seats With se ess1sS d fho ond f e,
wearer, though stern and dignihed, was as 10y
less as Acres. However. he yasn,t there to fIght
with a deal Of. dramatic feeling. throwing oper
to come from that direction. then rushing to biz
window and raising 1t, as the sounds seemed tc
raven as he perched upon the bust, whore he
was represented by q spot Of black; then b,
wi BIRD, and the CO curtain found h him collapse
n 1o6 des o. upon S@ tn the w aGSfi AZ - every virg 9 9na rnst 2
Ssg storm orr H1 were heard ~ withosst' and a most dIs
family through the shutters.
point Of view, It could hardly have. been i'm
proved. Yet the gods found IL rather long. yer;
illustrated songs, Tho house was dark. toe
stanzas toward the end Of the poem the speake
vas over very thin Ice. It was to his credit tina
he. had an entirely respectful hearing at Il
6nd. Should Mr.. Henley look. among hi
s sSnPs1 as to what Is aesceptabiy singular. he wi
nnd a young man-one Of four Cohans- VIII
wins the noisiest and most persistent Of recall
by an extraordinary dance, and he will see Bobb
Gaylor set tho house aroar with the story of
man who was in a boat away out in a river
The box a cigar lighter. OF course, Mr.. Henle
Will I'D mako u -JuuplnB-JhCk U uiInncll, .iu
will he enter the lists as an exhumer of joke
yet his present inning is almost depressing.
Julie Kopaczl is the leading figure now !
etrauss's ~operetta. "Waldmeister," which 10 tn
second work produced for her benefit at til
Irving Place Theatre. 1t is not entirely NO
here, but the manner of the performance differ
20 much from the informal hearing Of tho wor
given at q summer theatre two years ago that
u practically new. Frau Kopuczi. as the Dire
den opera singer, dominates the performance
her vivacity. her physical charms. and her pc
0onal magnetism. But, unlike more familis
comic opera stars, she docs not destroy the pr
portions of the work. The whole performant
10 usually capable and intelligent. For much
the audiences enjoyment Frau Kopaczi is T
sponsible. But there are others who do the
share well.
Perhaps 1t was Just to say OF STRAUSS ope
eta h at the score sounded like tho work OF
beginner, while the text might have been take
for the last effort OF q veteran. The author