The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
VIEW COMEDY, MELoDRAMh, AND
FARCE 10 BE PRESENTED.

Bno AyCeuu1 bt0Ck company w
ana the ButternS, ~ by rInero-"The Whito
Eeathero u show Pieco from DrurS lane
s'uis Little DodEe- y French pirrc OF Fun
An Oid-stSie Circus In Town Again.
The Lyceum stock company always bringa
new play when 1t comes homo TO begin its win
ter season. This year the night of ncxt Tuesday
has been selected for the first American produc'
tion OF "Tho Princess and the Butterfly, a
comedy by Arthur w. Pinero, the English
author of many pieces that have been used sue
ccssfully here. 1t was originally acted at the st.
James, In London, last spring. 1t is a somewhat
pessimistic study Of polite society, with %satirlcai
wit and caustic humor abundant. The Princess
mentioned in the title is n belle OF 10, and tho
Butterfly is n beau nino years older. He pro-
poses marriage and sho Is agreeable, but they
decide upon a month of mutual frivolity be.
fore going into staid wcdlock. Each is as
ISOLATED with n younger sweetheart, and out
OF this condition of their affairs OF the heart
the matter composing tho play is evolved. The
characters are said to DO clearly drawn. tho cpl
sodes arc described as almost recklessly orig.
inal, and the language 10 rated as equal to the
best that the clever Mr.. Pinero has written.
That the work will DO interpreted at the Lyce-
nm neatly, nicely, and oven brilliantly, is pretty
sure. Daniel Frohman's favorito band OF play
ora returns with no material changes. The
only stranger to be introduced is Julia Opp. who
enacted tho Princess in London, and has boon
borrowed for the role here. James X. Hackett
will DO the butterfly lord, and also In the cast
arc Edward Morgan, Mary Mannering, Charles
woloot, Felix Morris, Katherine Florence. Will
Liam Courtleigh, Elizabeth Tyree. Mrs. Whiffen.
Nrs. wolcot, and seven others. Tho London
and Paris scenes have been painted by Edward
q. UNFIT, and some of tho handsome costumes
have been imported.
A melodrams from Drury Lane. that London
theatre Of famous pictorial pieces. will have its
first American representation at the Academy
Of Music tomorrow night. 1t Is called THE
White Heather taking its name from q pleas.
ure yacht that figures in tho action. The au.
thorship is involved and hazy, because there Is
q diverse collaboration by writer's OF the dia-
logue, inventors of empowering scenes. and
various other contributors to the net result.
Tho story which they combined to illus
trato has for its principal male character q
man Intentionally like Cecil Rhodes in certain
recognizable particulars. He is q lord,
uchomer. The dramatic point in his career
IL that he must disown his wife and son by
denying his marriage or lose 4 large amount Of
capital, which he needs imperatively to save
himself from bankruptcy. He makes choice Of
the former course, and therofrom the incidents
piece puts on the stage arc described as surpris:
ingly spacious. elaborate. and novel. One of
Inom ~ an 1n1UALlOu Oh inc DuCuebb OF D6VOu-
shires splendid ball at the time of the Queens
Jubilee. Others are tho London Stock Exchange,
PARK, With %Sicyeiers riding and in;nching; a
Scotch landscape with the mists lifting. and .
submarine setting for one Of the sensational sPi.
Sporting Duchess" at the Academy, he promises
o full duplication of the London scenery by half
music has been composed by William Furst.
The stage management is by Joseph Humphreys.
When IL comes TO making u cast for one of these
English melodramas Mr.. Frohman spares no OK
sides tho subsidiary figures, and among the
actors Engaged are: Rose Coghisn, amelia
Cotton. Miller Kent. Madeleine Bouton. Harry
HARDWOOD, Lewis Baker. Z. V. Backus. George +.
A farce that comes from Paris by the way of
a aisSso Il Ti Il n ssr % His M hi.afs boae s9'm IN sSs
French original were, George Feydeau and
i anny's piee nsn ~Sf!eh make keD feIts h blush . as we'll eTIifa as
laugh. Their theme In tho present case is
farce. an inconstant husband and a fooled wife.
and BY means Of it 10 puts the woman into q
trance whenever he wishes to go on an
s sssepi Senst anS '% ehs ee%iea Rnse' Of the e' Dl ,He
which has been used in Paris and London con.
ssaslaS'' and aas Company al yst orgs sniusni BY ~ him in has
boon playing it a week In New England. Mabel
Amber, M. A. kennedy, Henry bergman, SaHie
tho assf int nrppst 1s'e Of the ann imp Sra.ls' r Sisss'S His i
Little Dodge is not long enough to fill an even.
s shs;vs sHa a s GO as sits By By George essSsasaG by Day. G WlsS
music BY, Edward Jones: This short piece will
DO acted by GEORGE w. Arson. Charles ii. Drew,
The Doris Circus will be opened tomorrow
night in West Forty-second street, just OF
show Of the old.fnShioned Kind, with eGuestrian'
VOiC0 raised again. John IL. Doris is the man,
ager. and associated with him are Gilbert Rob
ibn nsin.s ss n aHs 4. Il. DDs aekr ysiaT sad in fse . slpsp'
sRs %. .s q F sisEsp,' Ia;,,s gh h2n Prtnc Nifs gi Raon sTt
ure on horseback will be Jessie. u baboon, wht
duplicates the feats of the others. The compile
ment of a%crobats. Jugglers., and diverse muscu
lar actors Is represented to be ample.
One of the things to be grateful for on Thanks
giving Day will be tho cleanliness of tho worl
that tho "star " actors then in town will DO do
ing for our amusement. No fuller refutatiol
than that Is required by the accusation that GU
stage 10 in a state of degradation. Tho onl,
vicious heroine now on view 10 the one in 81
Lady of Quality" and even she, as depicted Il
the dramatic version of Mrs. Burnett's novel, 1
q teacher of a moral lesson. Julia Arthur 10 aci
ing admirably and successfully in that role a
Wallack's. and will do so three weeks longer
Tho next sumptuous production at this theatr
will be "a Ward of France"
Maud Adams is quite beyond reproach in he
lmpersonation OF the prankish yet sentiments
girl in THE Little Minister" at the Carried
Mr.. Barrie's dramatization of his novel is goo
literature. ana 1t Is treated with artistic stage
craft. Nor is this pure, normal. and a%nti-Ibse
kind Of play above the taste of the frequenter
Of our theatres. as the crowded condition OF tn
house nightly proves beyond question.
Richard Mansfield, surely an exponent c
sound art on the stage, passes into the fns
week OF his engagement at tho Filth Avcnu,
and divides 1t among seven plays well known |
his repertory. ranging from his first success, Nj
GTpteT,s Prince Karl" to the latest of then
Merchant OF Venice 'Dr. Jckyll and Nj
Hyde" Richard III. Beau Brummel," an
"A Partisan Rom nee" His successor on tn
stage will be Alexandra Viandi. the Polls
actress
John Drew is doing his best at the Empir,
and with the happiest results. to maintain tina
stage, at an. excellent level OF elevation. -
Marriage of Convenience" combining the ia
snts OF Dumas and Grumpy in its composition
and enacted expertly by Mr.. Drew and his con
Duny. is n credit tn eyprNhniy pnnpnrpaI Tb