The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09
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No 0t1ID - NDnao AGDM 80 UDnnttIleL Nnhn
Week nj the Few Ystk Theatres.
Ash eanssday"ts not . promisinr title for
Q fares. But IL was appropriately panitential az
q description Of the three-act play given last
night at the Irving Place TheAtreN There was
very little that was amusing in its scenes. The
two authors OF the work. Mlf. Fischer and Jsrno.
had taken for their models the unwearing writer's
Of German farce who have succeeded In making
hishly popular works out OF equivoque with
scarcely another quality IN their dramas. The
formula Of ash wednesday" was O very sim
pie one. Tho worldly father Of q SCHOOLGIRL
went TO n Mardi-Gras ball with an actress who
was disguised e. Boccaccio. In his absence his
daughter and her guardian came to visit him.
Aftor they had retired the actress returned with
him from the ball From that starting point
the most ingenious ~playgoer could construct the
intrigue. To HELM the daughter and the schoolmis.
trees away from the actress. to have them mis-
taken for one another; to bring them finally to-
Rether. ana, with mendaeity on the side Of all
the guilty parties. explain satisfactorily tho
preceding complications, was o. plainly the
duty Of the authors ne 10 was the obvious sur
mise Of the spectators. The two writer's Of the
farce were a. prompt 10 do thor share Of the
work a. the audience was to recognize their OBJ
l~igation. No possibility Of the situation which
one lively episode with another, and they were
expertly developed. Ii they wore met humorous,
it was tho fault Of. the hSpoiesaly mechanical
entitled TO credit for What they made out Ok
their original situation TO tho same extent
sssi ss'y Z star ssss.i n % So iSes Wsish ssn,s Ss dss %nSs
deyelopment Ash Wednesday" might haye
sDS ,n nmSsins bad 1a y mot been 20 psr,si sISm1S
grace Of spontsnsity and hlmor.
lim mite iousr 3, tSo faf ssa'WSsihIS el hsa1ns seSiu ~ sps
natural humor nearly triumphed over q conven-
than capable, BornSard vorWerf stepped out
OF bis usual line with some success. Gustt
Forst, Msrtsa alueok. Franz Mueller. and Au-
This is tho last week of Cumberland 81" at
the Grand Opera House by the Same able COM
pany that has been acting it from the first, ex-
cept that the cast IL strikingly improved by
Marie shotwell as the leading actress and
Louise Galloway as the soubrette- "The Girl
from Paris is finishing its term at wallack's.
Helena Mod5eska 10 devoting q week only to
MARY Stuart ct the Fifth Avenue, and tho
Castle Square company gives the same time to
Martha ct the American. Henry Miller il
appearing for the final times in "Heartsease"
at the Harlem Opera House. "The Great Train
Robbery 10 ct the Star for o single week and
"In Gay New York. has the same limit at the
Columbus. May Irwin IL in the concluding fort
night Of The Swell Miss FitZwel" at the bt1ou
and SO is The French Maid" at the Herald
Square. William II. Crane Is at tho Knicker-
booker with "A Virginia Courtship." Maude
adams at the Garrick with ''The Little Minister,
Chsunsey oleott at the Fourteenth street with
Sweet Inniscarra." josephine Hal at Hoyfs
With Q b sqsannah,n R! 1ss S Seghl9n At the g
G iii" Cam Canine Hs DfHrviiie at the Broadway WITH
"The HiGhwayman,"' the Brady and Ziegfeld
company at the Manhattan with WAY Down
East" Charles Frohman's stock company at
the Empire with ''Tho Conquerors" and Daniel
Frohman's stock company at the Lyceum with
The Tree Of knowledge" and in extra natl
nees of THE Princess and the butterfly, ito the
cast of which James x. Hackett has returned.
-Four continuous shows and three music halls
are supplying vaudeville diversion literally and
in good quality, Al-dey programmes rule at
the Pleasure Palace, where arc James Thorn
at Proctor's Theatre, where Minnie seligman 10
ter for Keith's, too, where the Russell brothers,
Caron and Herbert, Francesca Redding and
Hilda Thomas are listed, and at Pastors, which
has Lillian BurkhArt for its leader.
For the music halls, the Picchiani sisters and
the Kufachins are newly employed acrobatB
and gymnasts at Roster & Bial's; Lizzie b.
Raymond and the billions are reinforcements to
"Pousse Cafe" at Weber d Fields's, and Fog
and Allen head the Harlem's roster. Nautch
dancers are placed conspicuously ct Sam I.
Jacks.
a. the most striking display at the Eden Musee,
but q newer item In wax Ii o group entitled
"Motherless."