The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-19
MUCH DRAMATIC DIVERSITY
THIS WEEKS VERY WIDE RANGE IN
THEATRIcAB AMUSEMENT

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A High Average Grade OF Plays and Players
Now in New York-what the Two Gut
Rate Stock Companies Are Doing.
AZ three Of the theatres where the travelling
companies make weekly visits the plays are
musical. THE Bride Elect at tie Harlem
Opera House. Yankee Doodle Dandy" at the
Grand Opera House. and Tho Serenade" and
Robin Hood" at the Brooklyn Columbia have
substantially the same cast that they did
when in Broadway. and are performed with
equal care and effect. As "The Little Cor
pornl" is stlll at the Broadway with Fran
els Wilson and THE Fortune Teller at Wal
lacks with Alice Nielsen. we are we'll of for
excellent entertainment in the way OF comic
opera. Lower Broadway Is getting q familiar
melodrama in Two Little Migrants" with
Mildred Holland starred" as one Of the cap
tivatinR young ~vaGabonds. and Delphine Per-
rault imp%ersonating the other. They are a
1rst-rate pair. The BoWery Ia seeing some
OF itself on the stage again at the PEOPLES. az
the characters In Down on the Farm" como
of the farm in one act to see the sights Of the
east aide. Charles Manley plays the farmer
%amusinRly.
Tit spacious and pictorial melodrama Of the
English turf. Sporting Life" has . new hero
at the Academy OF Music in William Court
leigh. and he makes the sportive nobleman a
OhOAhSbAS eHu eeAA1AV tSAN"f "AN
abundant ability to take care OF himself in the
episode Of the semi-sentimental boxing match.
This is the last week OF "A Day and o Night" at
| the Garrick. next to the last Of "The Sign OF the
Cross at the Fourteenth Street. and the first
OF ''On and or at the Madison Square. Sou
venirs have marked sthe hftieth performance
of THE Turtle at the Manhattan. sol Smith
Russell is ut the Montauk with Uncle Dick"
q new comedy. Mr.. Mansfield continues with
"Cyrano de Bergerac" OF the.Garden. Miss Al
lenlwith ''The Christian at the Knickerbocker.
Mr.. Drew with The Liars at the Empire, Mr..
the Bitou. Mr.. sotRsra With "T6 Adventure Of
L IrIfS . TTssl9 R,v 81 the Ss h tSs Fifth 4 Hys SSmer sSd
Miss Dressler with Hotel Topsy Turvy" at
the Herald Square.
familiar contributions Of established special
lists. A newcomer In the, oonttnnous show u
Nine I'M Ja35aTsC oh is WIG 81 is playing s, GCSmeB He tS.
Sger for employment the actress ls called upon
to the sketch, and the value Of contrasts Is
R %SGs by Il thi fh I'D dRiS afSsao e sl,e lai affa e s6P
acts of vaudeville mimica, and because OF that
s ss g t9sas iS t9f hen S@in newt s%SsESssss :t'o Sa sssaSs
Pro N%P5' Sh Sss RO Eo ts%li Hil! psai 4 EossnOss
G GiTfhSFa A asifaR ssaR RnSsri III 4i;5 f Eass aSsa and
Vile week. Forsm9st St ,Kolth'S Is q musical
farce ~ Written Fbs Gon Sha plase sb6 6y ne bTs rs. pnIs rs
aecep SR be as a Broadway summer show.
Richard Harlow is q sketch player at Pastors.
where Tony Pastor L among the specislists.
Weber 4 .Fields's. and has been but little
changed Of recent weeks, though preparations
Il BATS twenty minutes Of .burtesquve upon
:'Cyrano de Bergerne" BY Richard Carrie, is an
headed BY the sidmans.. hold the Harlem.
era Sam I: Jacks, and both resorts e1pI99it
tons at the Eden Musse are wax statues Of
the candidates for Governor. and q new lot Of
musicians Is In attendance.
Too much has been expected Of the ~cut-rate
stock companies that have como into generally
prosperous existence within q year or two in
a score Of cities. That they should rehearse
one play each week while performing another.
and under these conditions Of haste and furry
produce results comparable with those of
really less capable travelling parties. is simply
impossible. Unreasonable anticipations are.
therefore. bound to be disappointed. But to
the considerate observer. h knows what
can be done on the stage and what can't. and
who holds In mind no distant view Of the
palmy days to be disenchanted. the achieve
ments Of the two such organizations In this
city are satisfactory fact Z III, Th Gs Mor r1sTIn. e9Rm on S6y
I Il sse IL f9'ui Mary I Shaw Sa1T T Is an i inteIileea At and
proficient RQsalndl barred from great pGpu;
iando, has a musical, flexible voice, his elocu-
petent,. and the only fault that ia worth find
Ing with this transient represeptation iS that at
remarkable Tor its merits.
pr Fes q 8eane 5lffss!S0a a. t tie MS SP@Pa?aH llS T. Is e ga;
gagedthls:weeE IN a repEoduction q "Pique."
S CsSI6n' Of plays by ' Az PSiy"S was
memorably successful at the old Fifth Avenue.
9 TM1S G@S IKE so @@S y The ne s40nU Of III Fio re &c
m~eiodramatic. and It thrilled its au4ienceS
Guilty, Robert Drouet 10 manly and vigorous
quarter Of q century ago. and Hannah May
IRP3shham sga a. thpe proves owe vh h95 Guns ifSS sp Accom- accom-
fRi II IN the ls o 81 cast. MI. BonnefIy'SS
have been driven into round holes sometimes
prising amount OF versatility and adaptabiiity
In this Organization at the Murray Hill.
The Castle Square company has made such
Q decided advance with Aida" that the effort
at artistic effects should not cease when 10
comes to less pretentious works. The Same
care expended ON the lighter operas will bear
good results. Most of the Objectionable ele-
ments at the American are trivial. but they do
not bring dow the standard. II the same re-
gpect were shown to the lighter composers that
the more fastidious auditors. Some one OF
the principals IL. permitted usually to inter
VOICE well. The most striking Instance was
in THE Gondoliers" When william Stewart
In the Morning" which In the point Of music
and verse is one Of the gems Of the opera. he
preferred to show his accomplishments In an
other way and sang q maudlln, ballad as inap-
propriate to the situation as Yankee Doodle"
HHSSWWIaaiiahn G song Dff from th heS WRrscEaassee' of wa Captain n1n
Cook" has cropped up In several of the operas.
II Aida" is, so carefully looked after, there 10
shown to the other works. even II they are
comic.=Usually their scores are good enough.
fore the introduction OF songs not adapted to
them In any way Ia unnecessary. 1t Is worse
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