The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-24
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THE LYoBUM C0MPANTOoMEs HOME
WITH A NEW COMEDY. ~

EEat h"V -
Mr.. Van Bieno In q Vaudeville SKETCH
The stock company Of the Lyoeum Theatre
was at home last night, and q cordial audience
went thorc to witness tho first performance In
America OF 1.-THE Princess and the Butterfly
comedy by Arthur Wing Pinero. the English
author of many noteworthy plays. This one
is clovorly whim sical and analytical with
sexual sentiment. That element recon-.
mended it to intellectually apprcciative people
in London, and will, no doubt, have similar
potency here. This kind and degree OF suo
cess is further assured ut tho Lyceum by
the export and ornamental manner Of the
representation. There 10 no great strength
Of story, nor any violence OF action, to force this
play upon the attention of the multitude: but 1t
appeals to astuto observers Of the subtler stage
literature, and will yield good satisfaction TO
them. In that respect, and to that extent, 1t
was a singularly successful entertainment.
Tho subject which many Of the twenty-five
characters in "The Princess and the Butterfly
talk about, in their diverse ways, and from
their various points of view, 10 matrimonial
love. A woman of 40, who Is a fascinating
princess, and a man OF 40. who Is 30 gay
amcmbor Of fashionable society that he 10 called
q butterfly, Professionally ,gree to marry each
other at the end of a month, but when that time
has expired she pairs off instead with q young
follow and he with a girl. The max
ing of this engagement ia preceded by
much discussion between tho TWO of the
memories of their vanished youth, and
tho regrets of this middle ago. Those converse
tions arc prolix, yet are 80 polished In ideas
and diction that they are probably tedious to
only q few of the listeners. Then tho progress
q the play iSrvI becomes ,Soo, more animated ate There There
S ~ the Ses,s sS%nsef6 v fSS sr, Nor, and i,o 9 s,t deter;
siye maiden whom he has deemed his niece, but
who is discovered to DO Of no kin to him. So
with a double wedding in prospect. -,,u-
s5Ss at we're ere jJs SSss k. III Ta sISst '% Sna Of Ju Tie
ggppMs Morgan %Rs 'h and yo%Sn MAZE a aSo Tsse E Sno q
these failed to characterize. the role ,efrso-
Ga,' sn si'I Ior e St,l IN f SsSfisi H Small lhf ps StaS wsr Se en-.
afs'S M sd%%i aisot. S ~ sa &o r1ESF Mrs. as WACO MEs; W aas
Miss Florence. Thore were, several servioesble
into an ease and naturainess that were remark.
able. They were participants in modish London
t lions pH rsqui s9Sls'f Them ' e were e seHTn Il ns f naS.
n ,s1 han and cultured in speooh. They wore
OF today, the toiists Of the women Being rioR
ana beautiful. The, dwSlt and visited in mag;
s at tie Lg Ss%ss'' moro MS play s4st sa 7 Ever or e' ss a a S1RSsl
sost, and none haa been acted with better tact Of
S @ss in al re So . "Ta1 : r dslissst s2d . sHs Bs ct isdiss
and gentlemen engaged. in perfectly natural
and reasonable concerns Of life.
Whoever prepared the sketch in which Au.
Ruste Van Biene is appearing at the Pleasure
Palace, his task was an easy one, for the man
and his violoncello are about all there 10 to 1t OF
any interest. But. Of course. It is very different
from anything so common as q speciality. You
have u slender woman and q remarkably broad
child speaking of an absent husband and father
who haa haan fnrnad aunv fhrou0h anna 0rfnv-
GUS misunderstanding. Then the mother leaves
the stage, and the mature child hustles out to
the sidewalk to bring In the blind mud-
clan, who is doing stunts " all over the neigh
tsoa 9oTdc Then he plays within doors. reeogni.
AFFAIR ends on the -sl9west curtain that ever
d dropped .Idu unii s. by red Are; One po mist.ks that a.
a%voided. As the curtain rose q photograph OF
the nhe,b mu siehIa was H., Wow on a table. The
Enc eheslld, this is yosR faSsthsr. when | am.
put the picture aside without calling the chiidS
clan in, and listened raptly to his playing. With
out p taking agh up the pho';SSfaph sPd sIesSing oSs
yes. the rather prominent nose: Ali! that fno
holds the fiddle bow. Nee Godi' It's he. met
. fawther!'' Had the writer done this no would
S Sat se Rer Z SEASONS saasas mor ssG 9han ar sssssL I Il nfu e
recognize Herr Van Biene by his photograph,
e, foundation builds on sand. Though the sketch
- merited quite as much for the authors omis-
sions as for his commissioning, 1t served to intro
duce the 'cellist, and that being done the sketch
might as well skip by the nearest entrance.
This is a holiday week at tho theatres and all
OF them will have extra Thanksgiving matin6es
tomorrow. Some of the current Entertainments
will close their New York terms on Saturday.
One OF these is " Cumberland 81" at the Four
teenth Street, where its fiftieth performance on
Friday night will have souvenirs. THE Geisha"
at DAILY 3 is another that reaches an end. Rich.
ard Mansfield is rounding up his engagement at
the Fifth Avenue with seven selections from his
repertory. Henry +. Dixey comes to a conclu.
sion at the Garden with his show of magic and
mirth.
The regular Monday changes brought some Of
the best-known plays back to town. THE Girl
left Behind Me- is at the Third Avenue with
Specis with tho original one at t6e Empire four
years ago. What Happened TO Jones" has the
i iateiy G at the ns B BIZ %Fa" "T RSe Gir hI i4Sa PA Psr i Pas Is
acted spiritodly at the Harlem Opera House by
Square; East Lynne" by the stock company
at the Murray Hill has Nance ONeill fol. its
PPr rIiiiRRe ' %sS,FG as the sT Psop S9srrY pr RlSts.s. .n 4
West arc giving modern minstrelsy at the Co
H Tai f?'Fs s9 yA s' %ssd.dR1 1e q Music sas III. !FSs T PaiS.
Ills Little Dodge" Il the Manhattan. The
conti3u4nces include Miss Adams in THE LIT
Marriage Of Conyenienee, at the Empire. Miss
Irwin II THE Swell Miss FitTwel!" At the
Broadway, Mas Arthur in "A Lady Of Quality"
Ct Wallack's, Mr.. Goodwin In AN American
Citizen Mt the Knickerbocker, Miss Kopacsy in
THE Cooling, Dove at the Irving Place, "The
Heart of the Klondike". at the Star. "a
Mali" at the Herald Square, and 1900" at
Names we'll enough known to suggest their
owners stage performances are plentiful In the
current vaudeville rosters. Twice u day at
keith's come Lydia YeamansTitus, ]. X.
Emmett, Blanca Bendetta, and tho Adolphis;
the griffith, are at Proctor's, with George II,
Wood, Fred Solomon, Walter Leon, and Lima
Panlzer;, at Pastors arc Alice Shaw, Tony
Pastor, Eugene o'Eourke, and George Evans.
In the music halls Augpste Van Biene has
taken to sketch playing, and Is at the Pleasure
Palace, where. too. are Haines and Pettingill,
Josephine Sabel, Clifford and HUH. and Max.