The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-25
THTS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
urtrRTCAL DULNESS As YET.
yoR LACK OF DIVERSITY.

,.,--a Range OF Plays and Vaudeville.
,,,orob We are getting along toward the end
-. ,hc,trical season, there Is no dulness as
ii, amuscmcnts, nor Is our stage given over
mncb TO mirth and frivolity rs often happens
:. ,he end OF April. Serious dramas are still
-,,b ne in good number and quality. A new
:. IN German will be produced on Thursday
s,eb, at the Irving Place, where Agnes Sorma
- enters upon the last week OF her engage
-, This novelty is THE Lost Bell. /" by Ger.
hart Hauptmann, and 1t is described as n
s.m.,ic fairy tale. Hauptmurn is known here
ss,ci,ally for his IIannclc " and The weav-
~, with their hold realism.
new American drunla entitled "Pharaoh's
n,pchters.' by Mrs. Edwin Knowles. a Brook.
I'm authoress. will he performed tomorrow
,,ght At the Park Theatre in that city. 1t Is
mainly a play OF Colorado mining life, although
n hecins and ends in New York. Its plot pro-
,.cts two women sentimentally into a quest OF
r..lth. A company so excellent rs to contain
Mary shaw. Olive Oliver, John L. Kellerd. Harry
Nils. E. A. Locke, Quecnie Vassar, Julia Batch
alder, and Lorimcr Stoddard has been organized
10 enact Mrs. Knowles's play.
Some OF Monday nights changes OF bill bring
vel.knowu dramas OF serious import back to
nun. Tho Heart OF Maryland the Belasco
romance OF warfare. in which personal loves and
hatreds are depicted in the foreground OF battle
picturys, comes to The Grand Opera House for a
veek. It will find at this theatre Il stage spa
Gors enough for It's scenic purposes, and es.
peially for a picturesque treatment OF the bel
try episode. Mrs. Leslie Carter still leads the
company, which has suffered no material defec-
tons in membership.
Another familiar piece which we shall have
- II. L IA. Nt ~, -
realistic scenes. is. The Sporting Duchess"
which rr;akCs its old place at the Academy of
Music. Its story OF passion and villainy is pre-
seated in Illustrations OF turf sport in England,
ami these cop!ous representations are of a sort
sure TO delight Academy asscmblages.
Thai popularity approved example OF French
nelotrama turned into English, Two Little
Migrants remains u second week at the
American. The loving and lovable boys. as
played with captivating boyishness by Miss
BGsley and Miss Dupree, arc the especially APP
pea.ing element in u play which shows many
qualities in common with English or American
works OF the same grade.
Mrs. F!sSe is a highly emotional and yet es-
p~entiAlly naturalistic actress in Tess Of the
DUrhervilies" at the Fifth Avenue. Although
her performance on the OF ening night seemed
most careful in plan and execution, there was
mArkei Improvement later. in helpful detail as
vel as in important particulars. 1t is with this
play that she has made a probably enduring
fame with the general public.
Henry Miller may be found during the week
1t the Harlem Opera House in the suise OF the
hero OF "Heartsease." There is no question
that Mr.. Miller's talents and personality are
fitted in the role Of the wronged. crushed and
finally retaliRtory musician. The opera house
Bcene in this play is an ingenious contrivance in
tricky yet ~effectual novelty. The Miller COM
pGnY remains intact.
Wilton Lackaye will remain through this week
only at the Garden, and will devote that re-
maindcr of his engagement to repetitions OF
De. Belgraff." The phases OF hypnotism shown
In this singular drama are engrussing. at least to
students Of the subject. and the occult element
is not without its effect upon less thoughtful
auditors. Mr.. Lackaye has an uncommonly
competent company.
kate Claxton has not yet satiated the appetite
for the pathos and hcroism of The Two Or
phans.' She will present it now at the Murray
Hal. with Charles Stevenson as one in what
would seem to he an adequate cast. This is the
last week OF the winter season here, but the
tEedtre Is not to be closed. The Waite Come
aiaiis, u travelling company, Will use it a while
at lowered prices with popular plays.
MeIo..ranIa VIII break out with a rip-roaring
explosion at the Star in the Fourth act OF The
LAai or the Living. the burst being a thrilling
episode OF tue play, which Is one OF Frank Har-
We. : English highly sensational popular pieces.
The ChlraCtcCs are shown arst IN London. then
the so 10 the diamond hc!ds OF Africa, where
they nave various adventures, anu inaily they
Tesarn from foreign mise-ies TO happiness in the
Brush capita.
1; nus oecn decided at the Empire 10 keep the
st0 < company Al work there until proatahle
~ -lencrs cease 10 assemble; so Under the Rod
HoIe viii not stop at the end OF April, a. ex-
Pe-ted. but will continue unit! hot weather sets
In. Alter IN 81 II wtI De the only play used dur
M the summer and autumn tour, AMI other
CUES VIII get II with no change whatever in the
pte-ent cast II Is one Of the Empires most pro-
negnEeu successes.
Perhaps sweet Inn!scarra I" should not be
Gtt.ogUed with the distinctly serious dramas
On oar stage this week. because it contains a
great deal Of fun, ana yet the hero is so beset by
sceAes are 80 understandable that a sober interest
y 6pinIhAnt. The new act, in which Chauncey
U th s'acts me brave lrishman's leap from
Lnt MaT;lIp into the sea. Is a marked improve
mehI.. At The hunGrcdth performance, to-mor.
70" night Inc souvenirs viii be plaques bearing
tAe actor : likeness.
In plays that are me mt for light and jovial
entertainment We shall get an additional one in
"A circus Girl. at Daly's to- morrow night. IL
sthc latest in the George Eiwardes succession
OF =!ch pieces in London. in which there is some
tnl"' Oh a plot TO hold together a lot OF songs and
aaHceS' IL Will be performed here by an Ameri-
car company. containing actors accustomed to
onfiesqre and extravaganza. The Daily stock
company has gone on n tour.
lee theatre in Olympia will be reopened to-
morrow night with The Isle OF Gold" which
hi'ed alsna!ly in Brooklyn recently, and yet may
prove a brilliant success in New York. The first
oo,A was by c. \. Brine. Drcary witlessness
ANiel the piece. but it Is not inclined to stay
uH' Joseph w. Herbert, John F. Harley. and
o'aeGs nave rewritten the text and made radical
S'eritlons In the scheme OF fun. Herman