The sun., 1897-09-12
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
A FULL ROUND OF THEATRToAL
PLEASURE IN NEW FORK.

usv Plays Ready for To-Morrow In ga Cont
erm many CoIors.- BY Madeleine Luoetts ny
Ie,t "a stranger In New Work. by Charles
NJ aoyt, and '.Ths Captniu OF the Nom
,uoh,r by Adolph Henneauin--Old Pieces In
Renewal or ContInuRncc-In yaudeSiile
At the reopcning OF Wallnck's Theatre to-
morrow night the auditorium will present
changed and fresheneI aspect, an electrical
lighting plant will be in use, and new play will
"a enacted by company with two new stars
in the lead. The house Is stil controlled by Its
owner. Theodore Moss. and the business dircc.
don is in the hands OF Charles Burnham. Tho
actors principally concerned In the perform
anso are Herbert Kclcey and Efie Shannon,
Snce conspicuous at the Lycoum. They
have not lost much vogue. II any, since they
departed from that organization, and now they
bring themselves to tho Broadway front to.
Fether In "A Coat OF Many Coors," which has
been written for their use by Madeleine Lucctte
Rylcy. The relations which the hero and the
heroine sustain toward each other are at first
those OF lawyer and client. but love sets in, ana
matriuony is the elimination. Tho man is con-
ycrted from r. cynical bachelor to sincere
lover, and the girl from legal seeker of II lost
mother TO an afIectionato sweetheart, Mrs.
Ryley has been successful several times In ft-
ting roles to the personalities Of their players,
and il Is said that her work in this Instance Is
more ambitious than hitherto. William J.
Lemoyne. who used to be with Mr.. keloey and
Miss shannon stage employees OF Daniel
Frohnan, Is In tho cast OFF, Coat OF Many
Colors and so are Burr Mcintosh. Ellie W ilton.
Georgia Busby. and Edmund d. Lyons,
Once year Charles II. Hoyt produces In this
city q now farce of his own composition. The
annual achievement will occur this time at the
ND he tle of thsp nj ia 4
in New York" Tho author, in accordance with
his system Of building up his fun by practice
elsewhere before offering 1t to audiences here,
sent out q company last season with this latest
work. and so we shall get 1t In the best condition
that he can put II into. both as to the matter
which 1t contains and the treatment OF it by the
actors. OF course, 1t represents the adventures
of a stranger who sets out to see the sights OF
the town, and. quite in limo with tarcical prece-
dent. he go TO a French masquerade ball.
The theme Is stale vseuEh the stage,
It is true, but Mr.. Hoyt may b. trusted to
have devised fresh ways OF making 1t amusing.
No doubt 1t will be found racy and not rancid.
The pen that wrote "A Trip To Chinatown" the
most successful American vaudeville farce, can
hardly have failed In this very similar piece OF
work. He has located the scenes in the Hoffman
House waiting room, where the stranger decides
to turn to his own acco mt a letter OF introduc-
ton belonging TO somebody else, and in a
tower room OF the Madison Square Garden.
where this chap audaciously supplants the
man whom tho letter should have recon.
mended to a bevy OF roysterers, taking part
In their carousals, complicating their affairs.
and having lot of sport by means of
his fraud. As this role has been assigned to
Harry Conor. 1t may well be expected that all
It's humor will cross the footlights. Among his
companions in the cast Sadie Martinez,
George A. Bean. and Harry Gifo'i' There are
twenty-five characters, all with pun names.
such as Wright Init, Cumming Swift. Wanda
hniEhts' esrroh sweet ana baron SANDS. \
lot Of new songs will be sung. and there will be
IN. - AJo,nh usrr.ou,r.s r-.,cb t,-.o, vii,
one Oh Aaoipn hennequih reheh tarces WIN
At the Star tomorrow night. The transfer has
been made BY Col. J. F. Milliken. and he has
Ameticanized the characters and scenes. Will
liam Bonelli has the LEADING, role Of q fresh
. Paris and an English version ia current IN Ion
don II will have n week only at the Star after
which the compapy of German dvarfs known n .
th. 1ninutians will begin their annual New
York engagement with n new extravaganza
entitled Tho Fair in Midgettown." The
really accomplished S little comedians OF this
ftted out with effectuai roles and soma OF The
devices, especially one called the fatal cinema
tograph. are mover Inventions. A inlI'srown
for which specracuiar merits are pronised
When the Liliputians shall have departed t Q
staT VIII oe Hevotea ior tne resi- or the season
Gin inc with n timely one called "Tho Heart
OF the klUndyke."
..n Inc Garnen nneatre Will DC reopenen Week
Charles Frohman. and the first occupant Of Ira
stage will be Sol Smith Russell, who seems pre-
pdreu a. 70 h,ake a is aHu M3IIny eHorL 20
'''t - .4'Se
be "A BaChelors Romance" vi hich he has used
y % oayyHhtngo p elsSwhere: ahG IN which annie e
have important paris. "
The Broadway also will start up week
nemSe' "hneE & me fontinhea h n, ,mHnageInent or
opera during mo,t or MI Of the season First
Francis Wi son will revive Half q King" with
the same coInppany that was IN !! SeLoTe eScept
fnnt Se'eSe lynn VIII succeea @ ohTishe il NJ &C.
Dora.i NeNi new pro rt tlon VIII nc ulaue
Sl E Sh',,n tIml nnn ne woven nc ttlgp"aS man.
mi 40 mhlc ni'ua Liarke. IateiS OF the bostohlans'
"t4' o' tn' 'eao'hs soprano
Among tho plays that hold over there Is a