New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21
A NEW SEASON.
,,,,ry BEGINNING AT THE THE
AIRES.
LATTER OF MR. DAYS MUSICAL FARcEs-THE
nosroNrANs AT MANHATTAN BEACH


OTHER THEATRES TO OPEN SOON.
.,o,,rically New-York is usually dull enough
.,o summer. but this summer it has been
W., than usual II is taking considerable
".,oes 10 try to keep play or an operetta
ING in this humid town through the nights
,ba, discouraging characteristic makes its
I'd percentages. Usually two or three the
have made the attempt but this year
49,. have been several weeks when only one
as making a pretence Of anything more than
Pew business and for a little while there
80 none at all. Now the signals 10 begin ac-
49,, are hoisted again. THE Old Homestead"
.Sair passed into the field Of vision last week.
rs,s week new entertainment will be pre-
TOD Next week two or three more theatres
All onen The week after that will begin with
/ Nor Day. and then the open places of amuse-
-, will begin to be almost too many to
count
4 Tho novelty Of this week will be musi
%, farce presented by Mr.. DAILY at his theatre
|-bich opens early. though not quite so early as
bos. wear Days Theatre has now two distinct
|,enutations. the one for the finest productions
II, old standard and modern comedy by the
stock company which il has always had. and
khs other for the frohy and sparkling musical
n,eces Of the series that began with The
coiatv Girl" 1t Is 10 this class, of course, that
,te new piece belongs. II is called "A Runaway
Girl" 1t is impossible to guess how long the
mile that the word girl must always appear in
the title will De adhered 10. 1t was produced
al the Gaiety Theatre London, on May q. and
is sill running there. 1t seems to take re-
mark he number Of men to make ore of these
,ioces Six 5 the usual number, and six is
The number in this Thus The dialogue is
Iyr.es are by Aubrey Hopwood and Harry
G,coabank. and the music is by Ivan Caiyi
Ind Lionel Monckton.
The heroine Of the piece is Winifred Grey
she is an orphan. and the ward OF Lord and
Lady Coodle She is placed in a convent in
Corsica She thinks that her guardians are go
ng to force her 10 a distasteful marriage. and
Bhe does not like the convent anyway. So she
runs away from ii and joins band Of MINISTRIES
Hho happen 10 be in wood near by. She is
eounted a valuable acquisition 10 the band,
beng a good singer. She sings for some Eng
ish visitors. among whom are Lord and Lady
roCdle Who have come to look for her, because
she has heea discovered 70 he an neiress. and
Guy Stanley. their nephew who s the person to
whom hey intend 20 marry her. He fails in
owe W.;h her and she with him. He refuses to
marry The girl whom his uncle and aunt have
!, ked ont for him and joins the band. IL and
N.ni.red then run away from the MINISTRIES and
Zee t. Venice. followed by the mirstrels and
Lord and Lady CoCde. After some further
oml atoms. Inserted apparently for the pur-
Jose r proonging the story. il ends. Of course
\ the discovery that the lovers are the persons
Ehom thsir relatives and guardians intended for
aCh other
There many moro characters than have
err been mentioned the cast including no less
han forty persons. The cast will include Miss
Icg.nia Earle. Miss Paula Edwardes who is
ew this theatre: Miss Mabelle Gilman Miss
Farguerite Lemon, Miss Belle Harper, James
Powers. Cyril Scott. Herbert Gresham. Will
ed Clarke and Arthur Donaldson.
The Bostonians will make another visit to
lew York this week though not to the Borough
4 Manhattan They will appear at Manhattan
Beach tomorrow evening ard for the rest OF
Ae week, and will sing THE Serenade." The
ast will be for the most part the same as when
>is operetta was last seen here, though there
Dl necessarily be some changes.