New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
THE EASTER THEATRES.
ADJUSTMENTS OFFERED IN MORE
ABUNDANCE.
MRS. RYLEY's NEW FARcE-MR. DU souCHEr hA'
ONE. TOO-HYPNoTTsM AND oPEhbiiA-
FIVE HOUSES TO REOPEN


ONE. Too-HYpNoT1sM AND oPERETTA-
FIVE HOUSES TO REOPEN.
There will he n considerable awakening among
the theatres Tomorrow evening Eight OF them, an
unprecedented number. have been closed all throush
Holy Week. and with the coming OF Easter "eeh
five Of these will reopen. with the expectation Vi
revival OF public interest in all Sorts OIL anuSe
ments The other three have been closed nearly all
winter so that they hardly count. one OF these
however. will be open again next week. to take its
share of the general festivity of the week or the
dedication OF the Grant Monument. such an exh-
btion of religious scruples on the part OF theatri-
cal managers as was witnessed in the closing OF so
many theatres last week Is difficult. perhaps lmpos-
sble for the Oldest inhabitant 10 remember 1t
was noticed. however. that no manager who was
doing large business at his theatre felt moved 10
close II account of Holy Week.
The Lyceum Theatre Company has gone for the
season. and it's house will be reopened morrow
night by a special company. with new play. 1t Is
the work Of Mrs. Madeleine Lucettc Ryley. and Is
called 1.-THE Mysterious Mr.. Bugle" The piece IS
said 10 be broadly farcical than any that Mrs.
Ryley has attempted hitherto.
The scene of the play Is at Lakewood. N. ]. The
plot has the well-worn motive of Jealousy. Pretty
much all motives are well worn. Tom Pollinger Is
the hero, and Miss Betty Fondacre Is the heroine.
They are In love with each other according to the
habit or heroes ana herolneS. Inere Is something
in their way as usual. else there would be no
story II is Toms grandmother. She has money.
and Tom hopes 10 have II some time. lie does net
wish TO offend her, because she Is his grand
mother and for other reasons, and she does not be-
lieve in early marriages. About forty she thinks,
is the age at which young man may marry with
or arv excessive risk OF making mistake.
!. To divert suspicion from himself as Bettys lover
and at the same time to guard her against firta-
tions with other men. he induces her 10 represent
herself as the wife OF an imaginary Mr.. Bugle who
is travelling on business. Bettys cousin visits her
at opportune time. for he finds burglar in her
room and locks him into an adjoining one, from
which he escapes. Tom arrives in time to hear the
masculine voice Of the cousin in conversation with
Betty. but not in time TO see the escape OF the
cousin himself by the window. The situation Is
further complicated, and the lovers jealousy fur
Their aroused by the fact that the cousin, in escap
Ing has carried off with him the key to the room
into which he had locked the burglar. This Is the
tangle. Those who the play will behold how all
the characters escape from IT,
The company which Is to play The Mysterious
Mr.. Eugle" is headed by Joseph Holland and Miss
Annie Russell and il has In II, besides Guy Stand
ing Charles Craig. Miss Agnes Findlay; Edgar
Norton, John Wooderson, Henry Phillips and Mas
ter Michaelson. The company has been playing tho
piece. By way OF practise, for few nights out OF
town.