The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
WHAT THE ACTORS DO TO LMUsB
AUDIENCES IN AUG UST

A now burlC8Quo, enLlJlCu DlLLlo NhblnO, Dy |
Edward Corbett, will be performed at the
Casinos roof garden tomorrow night. 1t pur.
,orts to DO q more careful and coherent affair
than has vet been presented at this resort the
prescnt summer. It Is said that forty persons
will DO engaged in the representation. Sam
barnard and John I. Kelly, comedians of the
roughly comic type, are to lead this force Of
ncrrymAkers One of the characters in tho
piece Is o theatrical manager who renounces
the stage with n view to reforming and bocom-
ing a pirate. There are travesties of various
things, and the Klondike gold field Is one OF tho
subiec,s treated. Songs and dances ABOUND.
In the Casino proper there is q continuance Of
"Thc Whirl Of the Town." which now passes
into Its eleventh week. Tho bicvcle will DO
glorifcd in next Friday nights performance by
means Of intcrpolated matter, and 1t is expected
that the theatre will be full Of bicyclists. Some
OF the celebrities of the wheel have been invited
10 occupy boxes. The extravaganza retains all
Its first set Of comedians, and they still work
spirltcdIy.
The nmusements at Manhattan Beach are
varied for August by the pro iuction of Very
Little Faust" and tho efforts Of the Parry Comic !
Opera Company Of singers and comedians. This
American version OF LA Petit Faust viii in
duo time be followed by Rob Roy" at the
hands OF the Bustonians. The Sousn concerts
are tho afternoon diversion at NJ ,nhattan and
the Pain fireworks are on view In the first half
OF the evening. These three things provide q
succession OF diversions at tho beach from 4
o'cnck till IL.
The popular concerts Of the Metropolitan Per-
mnncnt Orch 'stra arc unsteady attractive on
the roof OF mison Square Garden. and be-
sides that, the place is an airy summer.night
ro5or;. The band consists Of fifty expert and
harmonious players. Thomas MCQUEEN has
boon engaged for tonight.
Two roof resorts are given over to specialists.
whnsc employment is sure on every week night,
rain or shine. Few of Roster * Bial's last weeks
entertainers hold over. the new list including
the Pantzers. two acrobatic equillhrists; the
Beaumont sisters. Sato. n comic juggler; Nc
Bride and Goo rich. De Besscll, Montgomery
ami Stone. the Rogers brothers, Eulalie, Ottilie,
and Tataii.
On the u]ppermost stage OF the OLYMPIA are, as
newcomers. Josie De Witt, violinist; Hacker and
Lester. bicycle .%eNnerts; Harrignn, the EN-.
perors OF Music" ami the vinette sisters. died
sisters. the Dunbtrs, James Thornton, the Cou-
ture brothers, Alburtus and Bartram. and the
Though a novel resort OF vaudeville. the
ste mer Grand Republic sticks closely to tho
rs OF each Monday a fresh batch o. special
lists. Lew Hawkins is the only one OF to- nights
S Se, s't s1%p,n to apP srs ! Timnis De- 'v Wist. / c ars
n%etist: pe ri An lrews, a m. mic; Wil!i,m Foo'e.
an imi'ator of the late J. w. Kelly; Paul Mich
Mo"ney. 0''' s '~ NAN
q X. Stto. IcBride and Goodrich, S .die Fox,
Horace Goldin, the Farnum brothers, Lizzie b.
Raymond: Belle Hathaway. and Cunningham
stormy days crowd the continuous show
eil.iHy shows are prcspering. Fret rank spe-
y lists Ire an .rous In this week rosters. At
PGrvis Onri, who inrgles and does a serpeniine
dance on u slack wire: Louise Truax, a youthful
whistler; Arras and Alice, Cymnasts with buig-
M hicpDS and enduring smiles. the SevmOurS
Walter HYDE. Mapes and Whitney, johnson,
AMI June. the :Msnio1za sisters asT Damon. lyon
and Cir Gil ' I'd: and snd T ,!ii1T;n Di wsom ss ske,Yh Up i an
s saad dsF ana s,f the Sef R 1seS''inS who hoG are ' IN Charge Gst't Of
James T. Kelly
M A. shs an ni'f Dolly 81 po Sosiss oll Who ave viii fn Be n seen in q :
comic sketch, entitled ."Bilgevillc Junction"
ii PEI inemasosrap Sh has anoth her co9sl leu.
ons inning. and these specialists are listed: The
gent. Swan and B'mbard. shayne and worden,
Burns rms and nd C rolnns Lar cas- hi md Collins the
0t Sexi Wednesdas sVeni =" IS styIed Country
buyers, night" at P Pro t Theatre, where espe :
S Si,i, GTspii rom ons ~ ot f be m''f Th he G eSSS%sp0 Ses
York TRIO: Fog and Allen: the C.oyer trio Al;
MSn sud II i ?rvey are Hsa some ansT Of the ot speoi ohSEn"i uiMo
Akers:rom and John Qu'gley appear tonight.
works. b nd music, and clnematographe pictures
and the sunday offerings are as full as those
of week days.
The announcement that a series OF matinees
devoted TO Henrik Iosen's plays may be a
feature Of the winter season has brought a let
ter TO THE Sun These productions, as proposed,
will be given by subscription and rely very
little or not at all on the support OF the general
public. No particulars of the season have been
divulSed and the man who wrote to THE Sun
might have waited for further details, AS similar
schemes have been announced and got no nearer
realization than this latest plan. The CORE
e%rontcEt says:
Nhnow incompreheusible why ~anytoiy should at
tempt the produ "tion OF Ibsen's plays The battle ha
been fought and lost. The verdict of even the mel
who have admired Ibsen most is that his plays arr
not. rs a rule. adapted for stage performance. Ever
that precious crowd in London which has for the pas
Blk years gott N various Ibsen plays on the stag
yawn d over John Gabriel Borkman" last summe
when II was given with almost the pick OF London
actors-actors who indeed could have assured soh'
success for almost any other piece. ! know
that audiences were bored. for I saw then
on two occasions, ard a more uninterestrd. ratiguet
III reVivSiso OF ":Th,w wild DucE"i was the same story
Even the enthusiastic lbsenites among the crit c
we're not adj TO- TO- p9 M up p T 81, y ra u 8 ire. ,n % Ssrr t .se Pc ~
o. on Of :hs Norw G!an's plays AMI began TO tlam
i"Sm LOT cyeryeo oay' s "sppi thai !" Their f'S Old %sthod
are too ~ariih,ial. When they are amateurs Il !
Of ncggtSsl ability Don; in any ca,e pI. sar ;, Re !,
the train. bu, II would b e dIiloyrt to ID N. There
no - 81 In tUnsl erin the question OF lHsens stag
siIe tiyeness tn go INTO the great influence that h
hal Oh tEe drama Of his time, ror 10 II n cessary I
co.Imeni any or his remark BILE studies OF III
Inl Character. Ta'y viii always st.nd for them
s. yes. sun iyp.s or Iuea aud won n a
he bas drawn snow beyond any dispute tn
pni!Hs that the man has brought to tear on his ohseI
V1'iJ1 ~ nature. ] am r>fer-!nt only to the hoI o e1
ness ~ MS plays for stegs performance. Then the
bore hi, .rratest admirers. They do not act. Thi
assertion Il met generally with the Claim that a ma
OF lbs'n,s practical theatrical experience could nc
have deliberately written plays that were only 10 D
read. But he did; and while his pieces answer /
every respect to the most eSaCting test OF cOnstrut
ton. they are nevertheless weGrison'e when ~ comes I
putting them on tine stage. Then theirphi!osophy thrl
poetry, and even tn ir truth seem t. disappear. Fa
tgttlering Of professional enthusiasts I never vii
posed a more a. al tie lot thun the au1i'nces tina
hear tie two IDsen plays given last summer In lot
con, They have learned not that the silrlt or nghtin
Tor n W Cause 'l- loft them, but that the works I
lbs"h. whatever they he for the reader, are not meal
Tor IN spectator. Most OF the people who grew ie
vat II that cause read the plays before IN y sa
them l.tel; and the alnlcnltY OF decldlng on the vall