New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-26
A BUSY WEEK.
NUMEROUS OPENINGS AT THE rgr.rn.

NUMEROUS OPENINGS AT THE THEATRE
MISS MAUDN ADAMS AS A sTAR-'THE pp,x
MAID'-oPENINo OF THE GERMAN On.
soN-ANorHER MUSICAL PIECE
AT THE CASINO.
The theatre-goers Of New-York will ga
! star this week. Miss Maude adams h..
had her admirers here. and very warm ono.
1t is now to be tried whether the public 4. 49,.
| to accept her as the central figure OF a co,..."
and play. or only as the most importan, !.
the surrounding figures
Miss Adams has been on the stage ever .,,
she was a child She began in California ~.
her first appearance in New-York was nine w.
ago. when she played in "A Midnight Bell :.
the Bjou Theatre. She was engaged soon =.
terward by Charles Frohman and acted =.
Men and Women" and THE Lost Paradise :.
ProctOr's Theatre. for which Mr. Frohman NO.
then supplying the attractions. When John
Drew made his first attempt as star MI,
Adams became the leading woman Of his com.
pany, and she kept that position till the end q,
last season. She attracted favorable attention
from the very beginning Of her New-York Career
and she rose to high position as a favon,
metropolitan actress with her first appearane.
in Mr.. Drews company in THE Masked Bali,
Everybody knows by this time that Ms,
Adams is to come before the NeW-iork public
as a star in "The Little Minister" play made
by J. NJ Barrie from HI novel or the same tlta
But the readers Of the hcok who go TO see the
play must not expect to fil.j sny ehi;t reproduc.
tion of the delightful story with witch they are
familiar A glance at the lis; c. chdracters Is
enough TO show that the story hiss S.;a much
changed In fitting 1t for the stage. Indeed, /.
would need nothing more than the name Of
Lady Babbie as that of the character to 10
PLAYED by Miss Adams to show that When L
is seen that Lord Rintoul Is 3tSaie's fatner, In.
stead Of Gavin Dshart's rival for her affections.
and that Margaret does not appear at all. the
sweeping nature Of the changes Oes'hs 10 be
understood.
The play has scerss in The ha.! of !d-toul Cas- l..
tIe where there gro ncn, "a the hook. and 10
caddam Wood. III Mamie Web'ters cottas.
and in the Maze G&fdcn. TAs following is the
cast:
c,, nisbar, ......................R Robert Edesn
Io-d Rintoul BIZ " 'e'soo
CAPTAIN IIa.weli. ''4n'ns
Lady Babble Lord Rntou's daughter Miss MA''e A'am'
r.,ce Der maid ........ .......Mss Mislfet GORDON
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r,h Doy Observation-Disclosures. 'orye Fawce
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silva Toss .........I ''''''-- Inn F"
-, r.y,.on ............ W.,',d BIckl.i
"a ,,..................Tho Thomas Vl.entns
Sannl. w.astsr..................Mis J'a" Ten E'&
-. so-vs,, ......... Ais E.u4 Bonnie
Another French woman viii take the pace o.
the girl from Paris At the Herald square inca
ire this wee k The vehicle In which she arrives
IS called The French Maid. ara OF course she
is the French maid too. The play Is under
stood to be work Of the same character as
THE Girl from Taris." that is. farcicdl III pan
and musical in comoositiol. ne fren'"
Maid" has had a career of five months at Ter
rvs Theatre, London. and OF about year ana
4 half in the whole Of England
Rep,rt speaks well of the songs with which
thc piece abounds They are. ii Is SAID better
than the average Of the lyric efforts III su'n
niec.s The plot has met with less favor. being
i, +, declared. at the same time thin and intri
cate This is certainly the impression c'h'eye'
10y tie synopsis which has been tuinlshei 10
alvarez II would be- useless To try II relate
the story here. To read it and To try To uhcef'
stand it in any condensed form. the reader NAY
be assured. is as good way to get headach'
as to sit up all night in i railway train WIN Tue
vcnt.litors shut
There is a French maid at a hotel in B5ulosns
who gives the maine 10 the play. her own mans
being Susette She has appointments I" meek
half a dozen men at ball and tn" men disguise
themselves as one another. There is pair OK
twins. There is a British admiral ami there IS
4 Naharajah OF PunkapOre, VINO has received
the honorary rank If admiral The adhia'
ira,,,t,s on account Of his wife, and a hotel