The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
I'VE THEATRES TO BE OPENED ron
THE AMUSEMENT SEASON.

ne First Tiuo Of "The Privateer'' At the star
ana OF ga Bachelors BABY ut the Murray
Htt-Ths Renewal or = Never AEain'' nt the
c,rr,cr cad or -. The CIrcns Girl, at Daiy's
rho Pleasure Palace Once More In Use.
Tho third week in August brings, as usual. a !
ohanac from ouietude to activity in the diver
rlona Of the stage. Two OF the closed theatres,
ne eArrick and Days, will be rcopened to-
morrow. and three more, the Star, the Murray
HIN. and the Pleasure Palace. on Saturday next
The season at the Garrick will begin with a re-
pewal OF that merry farce from Paris. Never
Again. which has been in steady use in Chicago
,Ince IL went away from New York, and Is now
on its way TO London. II can stay here only
one week before being exported by Charles
Fnohman, and the company which returns TO
town with it will be sent across the Atlantic.
Then we shall learn whether London audiences
will like one Of our farcical casts as we'll as they
did the melodramatic one which Mr.. Gillette
headed. Never Again" still commands the
services OF Fritz Williams. May Robson. Katha-
rine Florence. and others of the original set.
Grace Kimball takes the place OF Isabel Irving.
THE Circus GIRL as renewed at Days to-
morrow night. will have nearly the former cast,
including Nancy Mcintosh. Virginia Earle,
James Powers. Cyril Scott, Catharine Lewis.
Fife Germon, May Young. and Herbert Gresh-
am. 1t Is promised that the chorus girls shall
be as numerous and as pretty as before. After
the demand for this merry musical play closes,
probably a month from now, that other enter
tainment of o jovial and tuneful kind, The
Geisha," will be returned to the Daily stage for
awhile. The DAILY stock company has gone to
England for a short professional tour with Ada
Rehan at its head and will not come homo until
late In the autumn.
srl. - Al - I q thu tit1A ~ tha NJ IN hA
presented for the first time at Saturday nights
reopening OF the Star. 1t is from the pen OF
Harrison Grey Fiske, editor Of the Dramatic
Mirror, and is understood to be a melodrama OF
the vigorously romantic and picturesque type.
Its story has not been divulged, but its char
acters and their action are known to pertain to
q period in the eighteenth century when pirates
were powerful on the high seas. Tho work is
wholly original with Mr.. Fiske, whose hand has
had some experience in writing dramas. and a
great deal In reviewing them. The producer of
"The Privateer" is Lewis Morrison, and he
promises q competent company and adequate
ocenery. Dora Goldthwaite and Harry Bagge
are assigned to leading roles.
"a Bachelors Baby" will be acted at the
Murray Hill on Saturday night by the stock
company which has been orga niLed for the sea-
son ut that theatre. TIL piece is announced as
. new and original work Of Coyne Fletcher: It
may prove TO DO q version OF "Bootles's Baby"
Q comedy which Kate Claxton used some years
ego. Ono of its scenes is in a Western army camp.
Mckee Rankin is the director of this enterprise
made school attached. he Is a Competent man.
: as fs! 1ss : i G6tSTs sts S at tbs house, house, ia Me0 ni made
and franklin Richie. as yet unknown in this
part Of the country Others In the e1SHmPany
Tabor, J. B.. Cooper, Thomas Luther, Annie
Saveriey. John Ince, Amy Leonard. and Charles
VERY Little Faust" is to be sung and acted
y tho peFsX company one week kh longer in the
tainments at this seashore resort are still tho
souse concerts, which, are pleasant to lovers OF
popular music, and the Pain fireworks. to the
display of which new feats by acrobats and
Palm Carnival Of Fire" is set Town for next
Be- unprecedentedly extensive. The Bostonians
are to revive robin Hood at Manhattan next
The, Whlrl Of the Town" Is whirling through
the summer at the Casino SO vigorously that it
Xhn lass IN town Ssrt Snsal the W WfIf so OF ss sosne6ir;
on Aug. 80. Meanwhile. the Preparations for
Morton 8 Kerker's new burIesque, The Belle
3 Sai NV wa aSskd an ade c SSdiihs Of i0 the pqes sGtic eeS:
pany win probably be in the cast Of the ensuing
win remain in undisturbed possession OF the Ca
sino during another winter, the LITIGATION over
The Mctropolitsp Permanent Orchestra still
makes a successful demand upon the attention
the Madison Square Garden Is a really, popular
resort for the sake Of the melody and comfort
are given with especial care. and several vocal
lists sing In the intervals OF the Instrumental
numbers; The season here will last to the sum.
The reopeninEs dated for a week from to-mor.
row night are sufficiently numerous and impor.
season. Zone Round Of Pleasure" will resume
performances at the Knickerbocker. but it can
Hnnf1nna Il nyraaRC nlr AfnrA 1ir 20 ~
The Klaw s. Erlanger extravaganza has been so
condensed that 1t can end before IL o'clock. In
Of three, but 1t is safe TO believe that none OF
the good humor has been excluded. and much
E WsIts @at g99s Is PFFGf GRat5 f tRGIIGdi Msr 4ew cs songs
Charles Kirke. Ida. Brooks, and the Rogers
BROTHERS are retained, and the recruits are Clara
wisdom. Robert, Mansfield, Edith Sinclair, and
ID, W. Treddenick. The Garrick will, on the same
plight, present the latest Of John J; McNally's
In Boston last spring. and therefore Is hardly a
doubtful experiment 1t will be performed by
p pam es h At the a ead of : ne nfw Week 9F she Hcad sGm;
OF Music will be reopened with Nature a
spectacular play by William Z. De verna. The
expectation Is that this will be not only n big
and bright show; with fine ballets and scenery.
but that It will also contain many positive
Addie Rennee are to be the principal dancers.
Halt a dozen other theatres will be opened on
Sept. 80. and most of them with new plays.
The Lyceum company. while playing in Chi
$50, Is rehsarsing Piner9,s new comedy, The
Frlncess ana the Butterfly, with which the
winter season at the home theatre will be
started. Mary Mannering has been assigned to
the role OF the Italian heroine and James X.
HaGkett to that OF the hero. while Julia Opp
viii impersonate an American girl. Charles
Erohman's stock company will make a tour Of
the country before coming to the Empire. which
theatre will be opened on Sept. 3 with "Secret
Service" ana the players who have presented
mat drama in London. Augustln DAYS com.
Pany Is divided, one part remaining in musical
tatGes at bis New York theatre and the other.
led by Ada Rehan. going to London for a short
engagement prior 10 n tour OF the United States.
hn old C~ongreye comedy, Love for Love-"
WI be performed In December by Sargent stu
dSepts:. 4 second Chinese serious play in Eng.
ish, When Turk Meets Turk" Is getting San
FRANCISCO attention. Dore Davidson and Pauline
!. Rust have written a drama which. Mr.. David.
son says. has been condemned by many man.
ayers because its theme is ahead Of the times
and so he Is going to have it read by competent
sctors TO an expert audience. THE Alderman
mas been altered, ard Odell Williams will try il
again. Alfred Cohen has written a mu,
siGsl comedy. The Gay D(butsnte,,, and
Rice company Will perform II. Snusa's new
somic opera, The Bride Elect" viii be produced
%Sy kiaw & Erlanger about midw inter, corinne
comic opera In which Lillian Russell sang las