The times., 1898-09-04
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Degenerate.
TWO FIRST PRODUCTIONS
Hoyf's .aDay and Night' Begins It's
Metropolitan Run-S:uart Robson
Appears in .'The Meddler''-COn-
ing Events and Their Shadows.
Items.

New York, Sept 1.-The flag has drop
ped and they are of" The theatrical
race in this city will be a hot one and
the finishes most uncertain, although
managers, as usual, are hopeful. The i'm
portant event of Thursday night was
the opening of the Lyceum Theater with
L. II. Sothern in Anthony Hopes play.
1.-The Adventures OF Lady Ursula" The
fact that Mr.. Hawkins was the author
lent additional interest to the occasion,
and, of course, there was large audi
ence The new piece is a good one and
should make a lot of money for Manager
Daniel Frohman and his star. The part
of Sir George Sylvester suits Mr.. Soth-
ern admirably and to my mind is as good
as any impersonation that he has given
us Virginia Harmed as the heroine,
Lady Ursula harrington, looked exceed
ingIy handsome and wore two three
gowns which must have been the envy
of the ladies in the audience.
On Monday night occurred the inaugu-
ration of the seventh season at the En-
pire where William Gillette presented
that moss-covered antiquary, TOO Much
Johnson" to a fine house. Next week
Gillette will be seen in that other old
timer. Secret Service"
Charles Frohman threw open the doors
of the Garrick Tuesday evening with
Hoyt's new farce, "a Day and Night"
The comedy tells in the usual Hoytian
way the adventures of a young man from
the country who goes TO New York TO Sc
lect members for a church choir He
falls in with a theatrical manager, and
through him is introduced to a number OF
frisky chorus girls. 4 young leading ac-
tress appears on the scene and tells the
manager the story of her life-that is she
tells him portion of it-for the lives of
most actresses cannot be told. She is in
vited TO the spread, where she discovers
that the young man is her fiance. Here
the fun is at its height and the supposed
ly usual doings of a lot of theatrical peo-
pie at a blow OUT are exploited by the
author. who probably knows how such
affairs are conducted. The piece is filled
with vocal music and several of the
coon" songs are likely 10 become popu-
lar The cast includes Otis Harlan, a
particularly clever comedian, and Mae
Lowery. who has fine pair of shoulders
and yoluptuousness Of bosom that is
the most attractive feature OF her anat-
omy-and she knows Ii. The other girls
of the company are a bright lot and helu
In the general ensemble. "a Day and a
Night is funny in spots and a tribe
coarse. However the performance was
received with much laughter and ap-
plause. OF course Mr.. Hoyt made a
speech-he always does that.
Thursday night at Wallack's Stuart
Robson began a brief engagement, pre-
. senting a new comedy by Augustus
Thomas called The Meddler" 1t is now
two years since this actor was seen here
and during that time he appears to have
aged considerably. In the new play he
impersonates one Frank Eli, who has a
capacity for getting his finger In the af-
fairs OF others. The impersonation is Rob-
soniaR TO degree. There is the same
old squeak our graEdfathers laughed at,
only more pronounced and no longer fun
ny. His supporting company, several Of
whom are engaged for the New York run
only, is an excellent one. and includes
John E. Kellerd, Theodore Hamilton,
Harold Russell, Maude Granger and Ma
RE Burroughs. After Robson comes the
Alice Nelson Opera Company, then Ju-
la Arthur in 4 repertory of the legiti-
mate. BY the way, this will in all proba-
bility be Miss Arthur's final season on
the stage. She is married to a very rich
man and does not need TO work.
The Manhattan reopens Saturday night
with the first production in this country