New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
ON THE LONDON STAGE.
JUBILEE FESTIVITIES OVERsHADO"
THE THEATRICAL WORLD.

.s,ump" which Ia the chief topic OF conversation
in theatrical circles, will come TO an end wiz" ,"s
Jubilee celebrations. which are oouo'esS 's
cause Secret Service 49, however, an eHceptio"
% tho general rule and Is doing ms wei! at ine
Comedy Theatre. to which 1t was transferred iast
Monday az II did during Its four weeks run III '"e
Adelphi. 49,, -
The dramatic feature OF the week was the open.
Ing of Sarah Bcrnhardts season o, 'he nue,p
Theatre with Alfred de Mussets "Lorenzacc'o
Tho fra, nsrformancc as already cabled was on
Thursday last 1t was attended by the fr'hce anu
princess of Wales and many other notapie peop''
y no NAV was generally condemned and the genera
verdict was that Nine. Berrhardt was "''''
IN log, advantage THE Times' says
OF ia not Nine Bernhardts fortune. as IL may
IN ~ a burosatie artist don her pettcoats VIII"
,mnuni;y Assrredly, the public who Judge her ny
mis- unhappy personeton will marvel al the iai"e
she enjoys" .,,., Toe
Nine. Barnhardt Is to remain at the Adeiph' io'
four weeks during which her repertory WIN
.,s, of GA Tosca" La Dame aux Cafnehas'
.,,osda >. "I,Etrongere" and her latest Sardou
,,cce "spIritisme" which was so much discussc"
when II was produced in Paris last season
rcsides Nine Bernhardts London VIII sooh nav
another French company-tnat OF ni",r, .-a -,
who begins a short season at the Lyric i"."
r,.re 9e Besides Madame Sans-Gene she WIN p"'
"Amcureuse" by N. G. de Porto h'cn., " ,,a,,D
acts and "Lolotte" a one-act play by NM W
hoc and UoIevy both of which were played at t.'e
,,vasa Palace al the entertainment given there W
President Faure to the Car and Czarlna'
Resides "I,orenzacclo" the only novelty THIS wen
ves Messrs Brlsson and Sylvancs lar'e.
Alyc OH at the Strand Theatre Inc piece -
noisy and extravagant' po.,des tho
Music is much 70 the fore just new. De9'r.' -.
,aro,,co If lean de Resske in opera. the HANGER
rs,,,,,I dr,w crowds to the Crystal faIaoe ."
Mordo,, Wednesday and Friday. on tne iirs' uas
"The Messiah" was superbly rendered. ri'e 49,
.,,a-,c,ns dominated, three OF the so'o '"e
,i, americans Nine. Albani was mucn ap
nIaudcd in Sweet Rose and Lily iroi', -.
dora. Ella Russell achieved success WIN ' -
., Amor" and Nine Nordca was successiui WIN
"Oh Had | Jubars Lyre. i"c
strong feature OF the festival - g..
odotto TYLER has left the Frohman secret Ser
,,co" Company and has been replaced % iiops
Ross. Miss Tyler has gone u i"''' VII
back to the United States n.,... ~,
rhrsdav has been greatly benefited by the sea
voyage and Is Joining in the Jupnee ies..'.,
She was in the royal inclosure az Asco. vi
and in the evening she occupied seu' WIN ''o''
and Tody Murcaster in their box NJ the oPe'".
p,dorewsli had another crowded concert d.
-, nj, today The audience was almost
.,.o,,. cornosed of women, ard there were INC
usual emotional scenes. c-
matinee for the benefit OF the Quee"' ~
nemoratIon Fund will be- given at '"e 10y ~,
Theatre on June o. under the management Oh ru.
ward. Terry vertable galaxy of dramatic taien'
PROMISES 10 take part. including Sir Henry Inns
st pornhardt Nine Rejane Mr.. and Mrs. bah-
croft peerbohm Tree, George Alexander Edwar"
Terry Cyril Maude Charles Wyndham ana Joh'
Hare all Of whom Will be supported oy ther IT,
gpectiye companies. ,,,.
r,n,o viii aIso no four performances of "Frou
From " =, special performance OF lpsehs Doii
House" and one performance OF La Douiouieu'.'
ho oroat sccess of the last Paris season. IN WHICH
Nine Refane will be supported by the entire CUM
many which played the piece at the Paris Nauue-
Vile a., go
Charles Hawtry hes arranged to begin MS au-
tumn season at the Comedy lneatre WIN ""
tbrco-oct uIav BIZ H. Y. Esmond entitled "A sum
,n,,., Afternoon" 1t is said that the American
rights of this PLAY have been secured By Charies
Frohman. r, ~,
william Armstrong, musical critic OF Ihe en-.
cago Tribune" yesterday delivered lecture a.
Queens Hall on "A Group OF American song com
posers" 1t is probable that one result OF TINS lec'
,,re which by the way was Mr. Armstrong; Lon
don debut will be to bring American song co"i
posers prominently before the English puohc' -
novel feature of the lecture was the singing W
Nine Nordica OF each song cited by Mr. Armstrong
az illustrating his subject Besides this iec'uie'
Mr. Armstrong has been invited By Sir Alexander
N,ckenze 70 lecture before the Royal Academy OF
Music on June ~. ,
II ,s announced that Julia Arthur, the American
actress who has been connected with Slr feh'!
Irvirgs company at the Lyceum during the present
season. Is to create the principal part IN "A Laus
Of Quality" when that piece is produced In New
York 1t is a dramatization by Mrs Hodgson
burnett of her own novel of that title and she mas
been assisted in the work by stephen Townsen lo,,
Robert Pateman and Louis Netnersole are ne 60
me eite blue Jeans" and The Cherry
r r. Pemberton's adaptations Of Edmund Keen en-
and Henry Esmond have been pIfcnaSeda "a who
Will play them both in America; =, s,,o,aoror
In the company now paying IN me
Campbell whom she greatly resembles In appear.
ance AS yet she has been only seen in small part
III A daughter of Henry Arthur Jones. the yell
known hnssh play g is stage a. aIu nder coqaen
Miss Jones is said to be young handsome anu
sgror zaccon. the Italian tragedian whom George
Edwardes proposes shortly to bring out IN L1ndoh,
acton WHO has Visited tina, country for many years
s as Sre2!e and acosas The Rights Of the SOUL
The English and Colonial rights of ~ Au6erge du
T nSM sbnSSce a Thinning at the Paris Foss BRA
matiques. have been purchased by William Gree.
pleted by Captain Basil. Hood, the author Of the
amusing French Maid this seasq hesn cd
DANDY Dan the Life Guardsman." and after trial
production in the aTT m on sGe abont the
middle MID pe q ll9s eptember
on wednesday afISrnooIh p .hs nnsra tnminue
The programme besides a miscellaneous entertain
rcnt bv many popular theatrical and variety artists.
included new farclca comedy by Abilene Voeri'
entitled The Syndicate. ,. -
The attempt 10 place Drury Lane Theatre on q
sourd financial basis under the management OF
Arthur Collins has proved a complete success. me
capital of the limited company has been fuIy
subscribed Mr. Collins takes possession OF tne
house next Friday and will at once begin rehearshg
the drama with which he proposes to open IN 'ne
were go successfully laid down by the late Cir Al.
gusus Harris. whose gross receipts rom ~,
amounted to over lss Mr. CoiIinss COMPANY %nISert
Camnhel Augustus Glover will be musical d.
rector and Arthur Snirgess will furnish the new
The Drury Lane Theatre belongs TO the DUKE OF
Bedford who rents the house to the new &C., SoHlpuny
for a. 90 year, which Is to be graGuaily RAISED
to fe5JN the company also paying hait me insur-
ance premiums. Formerly the rent OF Drury Lane