The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
wow FOR A SUMNER SEASON FULL
OF MIRTH AND MUSIC.

me EstravaEanra, ga Tsound or Pleasure"
a, the Knickerbocker sua tho Review.
..The whiri or tho Towu.r nt tho Casino-
Comic opera at the Buou-odol Williams.
Tho summer theatrical season begins q week
.hood OF summer, according 10 tho almanacs.
1t,rtb and music are TO dominate the stage dur
inc the warm months. Tho new entertainments
,ow ready for this purpose are not makeshifts,
hu, unite as costly and careful as though they
vere TO start in midwinter. That is true of "A
BOUND of Pleasure" the extravaganza which
4, IN be performed at the Knickerbockcr to-
morrow night. Tho play Is a whimsical comedy.
nr farce, which runs wildly into nonsense and
nelodIously into song. The authors are Sydney
poscnfeld, whose best work has been In the
dialogue and verso Of such pieces, and Ludwig
Highlander, a composer OF popular tunes. Three
for practice have been given in
New Haven. with Yale students sitting in judg-
msnt, and the verdict Of those expert and exact
inp observers has been favorable. The scheme
a, the piece sends an English nobleman on q
round of pleasure in American fashionable So
,iety, He visits a lawn party and q horse show,
and those functions are illustrated with hilari-
aus freedom and cxtravagant fancy. The char
,cters sing and dance literally. and there is
much of spectacular beauty. The Klaw and
Trlanger company formed for this piece contains
walter Jones, Jerome Sykes, Richard Carrie,
Charles Kirke, Marie Celeste. Marguerite Sylvia,
Bsbette Rodney, Jessie Carlisle, and others, all
presumably chosen for their fitness in tho roles
assigned TO them.
The annual review at the Casino has boen pre-
pared with due regard to the serious efforts
always requisite for making fun on the stage.
II will be performed on Tuesday night. The
new play has been made by the same men who
-. h,npy IN m similar ioh Inst yaar HuUh
Morton has written the wit and humor of the
dialogue and songs. Gustave Kerker has com.
posed the music. George w. Ledercr has been q
creative director. There is no indication that
the general plan Of the three previous reviews
has been departed from. excepting that there is
less of the burlesquing Of the past winters
dramas, that form Of satire having become
pomewhat stale. On the other hand. the carica.
turing OF conspicuous persons, the travestying
OF public occurrences. and the exaggerating Of
popular fads have been carried, 1t is understood,
further than ever before. Tho action begins in
the new Aquarium at the Battery. proceeds to
upper Broadway, enters the metropolitan Opera
House, and finishes with a scene that is meant
to be extra brilliant. Marches and ballots are
plentiful. and no doubt they are in the Casino
manner OF gorgeous and audacious costuming.
The principal comedians engaged are Louis Har-
rison. Dan Daily, Dave Warfield. Harry McDor-
ough, John Slavin. Lee Harrison. George A.
Schiller, and Henry Norman. Tho actresses in
clude Madge Leasing, Catherine Linyard, Paula
Edwards. Helen Bracket, Claudia Carlstedt,
Ursula Gurnett. and Sylvia Holt. Mile. Bartho
J and La Petite Adelaide are TO dance.
Anew comedy entitled THE Alderman +" will
be brought out at the Fourteenth Street to-
morrow night. 1t has been written by William
Gill for the express purpose Of providing q role
In which Odcll Williams may distinguish him.
self. Mr.. Williams Is a broad and racy por-
trayer of character. The part Of a New York
practical politician fell to him in q drama a year
or so ago. and he played it with much JUNCTION.
It was his success in that case. no doubt. which
led to the present venture. The play is described
as irreproachably legitimate. in that it contains
no songs. dances or monkey shines; but there is
meant to be an abundance Of humor in its repre-.
tentat;onS of political methods in New York.
Mr. Williams appears in the guise of a rough.
and-ready Alderman, not lacking in good nature
or honest impulse. The action carries him
through an election campaign and involves him
in some love affairs.
The Bijou will be reopened tomorrow night
for a summer season of comic operas with n
company containing Max Freeman. Helen
Bertram, Jennie Weathersby, Della Stacey.
George Honey. J. H. Mcdonald. Fred Solomon.
Suullto SdLupuClls a IOlOlooh IL w imam n.
Broderick. The intention is to revive pieces
tina, have been favorites. The first OF them will
be "Erninie." with Mr.. Broderick and Mr..
Solomon as the two thieves. The cast is the
same that has had a week of practice at the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music. and SO may DO
counted on for a smooth performance.
The music hal. in Olympia will be reopened on
June ! for a summer term of operas. per-
formed by the Castle Square Company from
. Boston. This body has a regpertory Of we'll,
eaccio," and some older ones. and it Is intended
TO produce several novelties, too. Low prices
are 10 rule. The seating capacity Of the theatre
ton In operatic amusement. The experiment
has been successful in other large cities:
be Used this summer for concerts. under the
musical direction OF Adolph Neuendorff. All
the necessary preparations are being made for
I A stage for the band will be put in. and a new
/ system of electric lighting, The programmes
are se 10 10 S Be- sold q P fS pshs a 'Sdhis ! a TsIFs %odern's
prices o. admission will be charged. On rainy
or chilly evenings the entertainment will be
brings a revival q Joaquin MilleE's once *:
which Mckee Rankin made considerable fame
and fortune twenty year, Hgo; 1t tells an en-,
woman by avenging Mormons. as an outcome OF
the Infamous Mountain Meadow massacre. Mr.
NahRln Will take up his original role OF the
warm hearted frontiersman. and Nance O'Seil
will have the part of the prosecuted youno
woman who DISCUSSES herself as a boy.
Continuous vaudeville will have tomorrow
y comedian of the frat rank in Felix Morris, whit
will play for the first time among variety foil
Nkeith's. The sketch in which be appears l.
called "A Game Of Cards" a new title for -
Quiet Rubber" which John Hare used as a cur
tain raiser. Specialists who are retained herr
from last weeks roster are the handbell ringers
leonidas's cats and dogs, and Caron and Herbert
Among the others are Matte Wilkes, the Sill
rers. Frank Latona, Ward and Lynch, tn,
Borellis. and the Meers brothers One week from
tomorrow Isabelle Urquhart will be heard her,
A In a sketch called "In DURANGO Vile" Its W
authors will also act in it.
This weeks tip-topper at Pastors Is Maud M
gent. who claims TO have written "Rosi,
oGrady,' and whose singing is. beyond all ques
uoh' up 10 the limit. Watson and Dupre, tn
Angelo sisters-four of 'em-and the Renos arr
others who are toward the top OF the list, whicl
takes in Gallagher and Lamro. Bryant and Oar