The sun., 1898-01-02
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
THE VIEW THE<TRxCAE YElR n
BRIGHT AT THE oUTsEE

BRIGHT AT THE oUTsEE
cr.,,o, Frshuann's Btsck Company In eThs
1o,suerorv,r By Psul N. Pstser-Other
u.v Pinys Are '.The salt ef the HaFth.n
nv Joseph Arthur. ana "The Govsrnersw
-Ju,,s nariowe IN s.As You Liks It.n
The now theatrical year begins auspiciously
18th An abundance of promising new plays and
renerally excellent old ones. A dramatic event
NJ tho weok will bo the return homo Of the
Empire Theatres stock company on Tuesday
night. when Tho Conquerors," by Paul NJ.
Potter will have its first performance. This
most important among Charles Frohman's many
pnrties OF players remains unchanged In any
vital particular. William Faversham and
Viola Allen arc still its leaders. and they will,
Of course, assume tho characters Of the lovers
in the Potter drama. Other Empire favoritos In
tho cast are May Robson, Il. Y. Backus, Ida
Conquest, w. II. Crompton, Joseph Wheolook.
Jr and Jameson Leo Finnoy Recruits are
Blanche Walsh, Carrie Boodgood, and
Guy Standing. Tho layoat OF the sea-
son promises at least three new works, and
mentions probability of several rovivals.
"The Conquerors." with which the start Ia to
be made, has the Frnnco-Prussian battle OF
Sedan for background. Tho hero is a German
Lieutenant and tho heroine o French girl.
one roof and tho theme Of the story seems to be
q love affair growing out of hatred. Grim
aspects of war are said to be involved in tho
action. along with some that are comic. The
time is tho day after tho carnage Of Sedan, but
aparty of music hall women from Paris figure
in an entertainment, So there should DO o con-
trast Of tragedy and comedy. Mr.. Potter has
had his "Trilby" success to prove his ability in
the handling of theatric materials. and It 10 safo
to assume that his designs will be lavishly and
artistically carried out at tho Empire.
We shall have O new Rosdtind in As You
Like It" at tho Knickerbocker tomorrow
night. Julia Marlowe will offer her services as
this heroine of Shakespearean comedy. Miss
Marlowe possesses gifts and attainments sum.
Client to insure her positively against failure in
this venture, and It may bo that she will achieve
o really great success. She has the ever potent
charm of youth and comeliness. She is girl
yet, SO far as stage aspect goos. Her acting 10
instinct with keen intelligence and dramatic
feeling. Her Juliet is delightful in tho earlier
and lighter passages, and its shortcomings are
damaging only in the tragic scenes. But her pow.
ers should DO easily equal to The demands ofEaoso-
lind. She has boen III. but tho report yesterday
was that she had quito recovered, and was re-
hearsing her company. She will introduce to
us as her Orlando a stranger from London,
Alfred Kendrick. Those in tho company whom
our audiences have seen are Il. A. Langdon,
Dodson Mitchell. George W. Anson, Katherine
Wilson, and Eugenla woodford. Previous pro-
duotions by Miss Marlowe have been fully ade-
quate to acting and mounting. and she
promises as much in the present case. she
will revive several pieces from her repertory
and bring out o now one.
new play by Joseph Arthur, called "Tho
Salt of tho Earth" will be introduced in New
York at wallack's tomorrow night. Mr.. Ar
thur was tho author of blue Jeans" an en-
duringly popular depletion of Indiana rural
life. and he has gone to the Hoosior State again
for the scenes and characters Of tho present
piece. He is especially skillful In tho delinea-
ton of country types Of character. His hero in
"The Salt Of tho Earth is young plough
man. industrious worker by day and gallant by
night. He is tho dominant beau Of his neigh.
borhood. He loves o farmers daughter-no
doubt o very winsome daughter. seeing that she
Is enacted by gentle Annie Russell-while tho
swain 10 portrayed BY Theodore Babcook. There
is q deal of hateful rivalry over tho maiden.
and virtue and vtllainy arc brought mp
equarely against each other The exponent Of
= virtue is eloquent In homely way, an asprant
for political honors. and the idol Of the commu.
nifty until tho Vaccinations of his scoundrelly
enemy unjustly convince his sweetheart and
others that he 10 perfdious toward women and
n rascal toward men. Tho plot relates to the
behavior of tho man under the stress Of false &C.
cusatiou and condemnation and his final excul
patton through tho loyal girls efforts. II Mr..
Arthur has carried set of rustics from real life
10 tho stage as cleverly as he did In the earlier
Indiana play his work will deserve recognition
in q Broadway theatre. Besides Miss Russell
and Mr.. Baboook. the cast includes George w.
Wilson, Frank Landers. r. A. Roberts, George
W. Denham, Marion Berg. Maud O'Del and
Alice Fischer.
Tho other new play TO be disclosed tomorrow
r. 49, 80
which does not lot himself be named. and as to
Che quality of his work tho management frankly
bays that dramatic worth and literary meTit
Are not claimed" However. that disavowal
does not imply any lack of amusing value On
the contrary, there is certainty in that respect.
Whoever laughed in tho vaudeville shows at
Comedians Ward and Vokes in their impersona-
tion Of two tatterdemalion tramps, or later was
amused by the same characters as presented in
the play called "a Run on the Bank" will and
tho comic pair again in "Thc Governors at
Hoyt's unaltered in aspect, but with fresh
surroundings The Harold and Percy of famil-
FAR acquaintance will reappear as tho Governors
respectively of Oregon and Idaho on stumping
tour of South Dakota In behalf Of womens Q
rights. OF course. they will sing. dance. and
foH fheo VaaSeyillo ee@ent viii no doubt preponder
ts Lively Lucy Daly is with them and SO are
ert Hlliard will go there with MT. Now York, :"
new. version of !" Lost "a Hours: ,, -.
charity will begin on Saturday next at the Met
ropotsn Opera House The PrsRarot9ns o .Ss snS are
that the funds OF tho Seton Hospital for Con.
sumptives. tho st, Johns Day Nursery, and ,d tho
St. Ann Maternity Hospital may be replen.
the entertainment, beyond question. The per.
formances are to be continued two w, weeks oSG Dy
including many singers of note. These forces
have been organized and directed by Mrs; RI, A:
Dunham Barnes and Livingston Russell. They
have heen rehearsed by C. Rivers Jr.. Fletcher
Rivors and Rufus Love as TO the great variety
music IL is said that no pains or expense have
been spared in the making Of a big. broad, spec
tacular representation of the Cinderella legend.
The plays that pass over from the old year
into tho new offer all tho popular kinds. There