The sun., 1897-12-05
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
TWo VIEW BROADWAY FIROED AND
VIEW BOWERY IrELODRlMl.

TWO NEW BROIDWII lAROEb AND
a VIEW BoWERE MELoDRlMA.
huRustfn paiy stoch Cenpasy IN 'Hansev
Rine n-Mr. Richards ana Mr.. Canneia IN
"Ny Doys n-n1iss Fitraiien IN "siadeiino
sr Fort Renon-A Supply OF Familiar Pieces.
new farce entitled "My Boys" but BY
whom written and when or whore 10 not d.
vulRed, will be performed at tho Manhattan to-
morrow night by George Richards and Eugene
Garfield, assisted by other comedians. Mr..
Richards and Mr.. Garfield earned regulations
as character delineators Of eccentric character
in several Hoyt plays. They are genuinely
funny men. and, beyond their amusing person.
alities. they are clever artists. In the present
piece they imporsonate brothers in love with
tho same girl. and both go OF their
isSher's farm to seek fortunes with which to
win the mutually chosen one for wife.
There are lauRhablo results, winding up with
each Of the three persons finding in an outsider
asatisfactory companion in matrimony. These
premises indicate lively and merry entertain
ment. The production 10 hardly an experiment,
as my Boy" has been In use elsewhere since
last summer.
Tho only other new dramatic revelation on
Monday night will be made in tho Bowery, in
the form of Madeline Of Fort Reno" It is .
border thriller, and tho Peoples 10 the theatre
chosen for its introduction to this metropolis.
The expectation Is that 1t will contain a great
amount and variety Of excitement. Adelaide
Fitzallen is to be its heroine. Indians and SOL
diers figure in its action.
On Tuesday night now farce will DO present
cd at Daly's. 1t Is called Number Nine; or,
the Lady Of Ostende" In tho original It was
German, from the pens of Oscar Blumenthal
and Gustave Heidelberg, authors Of many pieces
that have borno translation into English sue
cessfully. The worder of tho version to be used
here is f. G. Burnand, and 1t is understood he
has put considerable Of his own matter into It
in tho process of ADAPTATION. Ada Rchan s not
in the cast, as she finds It necessary to rest till
after the holidays, but as q compensation for
her absence some new members of the stock
company will be employed. among thom an In
teresting stranger in Lettice Fairfax who has
been brought from England. and is said to be
beautiful and accomplished; Irene Perry.
Charles Richman. Joseph Herbert. Cyril Scott,
William Owen. Lila Converse, and Mrs. q. H.
Gilbert will have parts. Mise Rehan will appear
in tomorrow nights last performance Of Tho
Tanning Of the Shrew."
The production of"A Ward of France" will
be made at Wallack's n week from tomorrow.
Il has had month each in Boston and Phla-
delphia, and is thus described by the Boston
Herald: The title Is somewhat misleading In
that 1t suggests an adaptation of u foreign work.
whereas 1t is an entirely original American
semi.historical drama. 1t deals with an adroit
subjects at the beginning of the present century,
and the authors have discovered and developed
nurpo.es fhey have a. sureI ou made a revea,ion In
the possibilities of American history as fund
from which TO draw unusual and picturesque
dramatic matter. The most theatrical Of the
hand. perhaps. yet with reasonable fidelity and
This is one OF tho trusts enterprises. the pro-
ducers being Klaw and Erlanger. and 1t denotes
Ind The E
Proctor Otis, Mabel Bert. Henry Herman.
Joseph Whiting. Charles Kent Una Abel. Max
Edith Ward, Blanche Johnson. and a dozen
Others. The mounting is described as very rich
in costumes and scenery.
The Monday changes of bill include quick
return to town by Cumberland 81" This
new romantic American drama. which was so
lately performed fifty times downtown, goes
now for the week to the Harlem Opera House.
No member Of the original noteworthy cast has
been dropped. tho outfit of beautiful scenery re-
mains intact. and there is no reason to presume
that the highly praised and extremely prosper
GUS performance has suffered any deterioration
during its brief absence from New York.
In the shift of plays, the Grand Opera House
gets "Half a King" the comic opera which
Francis Wilson is using n second seeson, which
has had two long terms in Broadway, but which
now goes ovor to Eighth avenue for the first
time. Mr.. Wilson has never since "Erminie :"
had better medium for his humor than the
vaeabond gypsy and bogus monarch.
The Star provides itself with an Irish musical
play, "Shamus O'Brien," once and not long
ago an accepted entertainment in upper Broad.
way. 1t will be recalled as a dramatic treat.
ment of the arrest, conviction, and escape OF
ha har0 in he la
strongly to Irish hearts, and is well filled with
blended sentiments of love. humor. and pat
The choice Of an old play to revive at the Muir.
ray Hill to, morrow nil has fallen upon Hood.
man Blind" which WAS one of the Loudon mel
odrarnas imported TO Wallack's long ago. 1t
afforded now by the Rankin stock company, the
role OF the heroine falls to Nance O'Neill. OF
course. The scenic features will be- as before
views Of tho Thames Embankment and West.
minister Bridge.
where she will spond the week at tho Columbu. !.
Herown Cuban exeter. " For Liberty and Love. .
would seem to be to the liking of this theatres
audiences. Its story of love and hate, heroism
and cowardice virtue and villainy, Is interwo
ven with depction OF warfare on the unhappy
island all in away to ensross and satisfy will
Marie h. anSther dramatic
heroine in Shall We Forgive Heri" This il
one of the newer pieces in which a womans past
~
Miss Wainwright is a alegitimately accomplished
actress. long esteemed.
Katie Emmett is tho weeks visitor at the
Third Avenue. Miss Emmett is a favorte OF
the east-side stage. She appears In a play called
1.-THE Waits Of New York" that Is conducive tc
her popularity. and is a keen satisfaction Il
people who like to witness scenes from the
harder and harsher life of our city set forth
with streaks of fun to relieve the seriousnese.
Tho mother and the widow of the late Wilian
Hoey, will be benefited by, matinee, at thu
Herald Square next Thursday. The volunteers
include Henry f. Dixey, Andrew Mack, Vest,
Tilley, Julia Arthur, Anna Hold. May Irwin
saharet. and the Weber g. Fields company. Tha
insures an abundance Of excellent entertainment
by prime favorites.
The theatrical "stars'' now in Now Yorl
make brilliant constellation. Mauds Adam
10 an effulRent sinner at tho Garrick. Asid
from her abilities as an actress, and with n
deroEation OF her in that respect, It may be sal
that her personal vogue with women surpasso
that Of any other player now before tho public
IL Is settled that she will remain at this hous
with THE Little Minister" all winter.