The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01

Tho character OF Nora keeps "A pcurs Housss
Nv view. Ghosts" has. few public PERFORM
many. although Il IL played occasion1liy In Aus
trlA and Italy: The French, who have felt tho
other nation, have almost abandoned tho AZ.
tempt TO try the plays on its stage. The. Ger
mans, who have. through sudermann and his
pTecist on" Of tie Value Of ISsen'S %thoories.
Fl. plays SaS than sI' any ots sSS nl SGoslO'ST There %1 y num- q.
fSs. hold y a p plIpGe H II sso IIe y roSrss. q S,s ssS sh sso
list All but two Of tho fSsen plays in in London
hive been given b. tho private theatre socGie.
the performance of the Ibsen plays on Tho
stage, and the very people who praise them most
from a knowledge gained by reading, have been
great Interest in few productions OF. some Of
long as the performances were capable and tho
spirit of the undertaking reasonable and judi
cious.
The Pleasure Palace will be rcopened two
weeks from next Saturday night with vaudeville.
updor the continued direction Of e, d. Price.
Wallack's is being remodelled rs to Its balcony
lines in a way that, In connection with new dec
Grafton. will give n modern aspect to the au-
ditorium. The Manhattan. formerly the STAN
dard. is being extensively improved. A new
electric plant has been put into the Academy Of
Music In order to illumino Mature" impress
sively. Tho Third Avenue Is for rental.
Maud Adams will use In her starring tour
stage versions Of Barrie's The Little Minister"
and Hopes Phroso," and We shall see them at
the Empire late in September. Sadie Martinez
will have tho principal woman role in "A
Stranger in New York. at Hoyt's. with Harry
Conor in the opposite part. Mabel Bert, Maud
Granger. and Maud Winter go into the cast Of
"A Ward OF France Richard Mansfield 10
writing mn outnhipcrn phy hnf xvhather for pubr
LEGATION or merely for his own edificetion. is not
told, Reuben Fax will go INTO vaudeville with
pen. TIL three Hawthorne %sisters. who have
been singing AMI acting neat ballads in the va
T TIE for fneT Tsirs @,!' By Sep n. srattan pi Don nelly. I'd.
warl J. Henley. who has beer unable to recover
his loi t 'nd :: M Sn ns eRsts a dramatic school, with
Richard Harding Davis made his debut as m
nctor lately at the Hay.markot In LONDON: But
RAW, purposes. and J. N: b%ris:s,the SatheTs 81
barrie, formerly a professional actress. was the
The belief that London audiences are banker.
in: for American plays rests upon a very slight
hnsis Of fat. The FIRST Of our pieces to escape
f fTilu Ts, in tho. 1sot s sitI the %H sucd Hs.a M n tsf il s sanieycd
was uncomfortable. This next offer OF an ont
GiI' : A IN, RsSi, Sr Mo ' lRSiS, w Tss , s1Sst Of mo @Tbs
In London and is still going in the provinces;
but IL in E shst case f,v the company .c Tss m ssE'
up " L4iiEiihu SC'lot SOt
vice" Is tie first genuine triumph Of an
American play with American actors. In the
British capita1. Tho next venture OF the kind
will b, THE Heart OF Maryland" next spring,
with a cast headed by Mrs. Leslie Carter. A
numb r OF pieces have gone from America to
England and found acceptance there that were
not American In character. and were not adver
true o. T GavP r'sinns" and Lost. Straye1
or stolen" and 1t will he true o, Never Again"
India" all these being French fhrccs translated
by American dram fists. sGyeral comic operS:
Nile" and "Ei Caption are to he sent to Lon
don. but they are toreirn in their themes. While
there Is no doubt that any really strong dr,ma
which Is Mt tho same time comprehensive &c
London audiences, will succeed In that city. nc
matter what may he its source. there is no rca
son TO "ssnme thrt an American brand serves n:
a recommendation THE County Fair" with
all its sincere and mirthfnl char cterizntion. ha'
Just en-, orntrrei a London fissco. AS TO Paris
II would he 'oo'hardy TO nut forward a play there
az Of Am"ri an authorship. When "Secre
Service" is acted there 1t will he in a French
version By Decoursellc. the French dramatist.