The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
-yr spRING SEASONS PROGRESS
h" TUE1TRICdL DIVERSION.

r..ri, All Tnstes-The Oniy View Ono IL
,,Tbe RED wallet" In Gerunr-Anerican
p.but OF ChirEwin. tho White-ESed famir.
r, .nrinr season has brought us quickly to q
-. in which no new play Will be offered, save
- German. This single dramatic novelty
iii ho The Red Wallet" n Hungarian peasant
-. originally. and tho work OF Franz
C,.nreehi. We shall got 1t at the irving Place
- Wednesday night in a German version by
Alexander Iloscn, anu WIN JUNO hopaoSJ -
,he serious heroine.
,,,,. Proctor Otis will ofTcr herself to us as
90, tho Grand Opera House tomorrow night
"olivcr Twist" 1t will not be an expert
u, hoveyer. so far as Miss Otis's perform
- n, Nancy Skies is concerned. as she has
s,.rod Tint character In and out of town with
s,,,inction. She is an actress in command OF
.h,l and force, and is notably handsome. be-
.,des with her mobile face and commanding
- She il a rare example of o direct trans
.r from the drawing room to n conspicuous
Nc nm tho stage. Tho Bin Skies to her Nancy
iii In Charles Barron, of Boston fame particn-
,.rlv. but by no means a stranger here.
walter Jones is n second new a~spirant for
Nav York honors as q star. lilo Will make mis-
r.n,rrc Mt the Fourteenth Street tomorrow
ri0ht. and he seeks probable safety in the we'll
remembered Casino extravaganza, In Gay New
YORK" because he figured centrally In that
n,.ce Of fun when it had a long term in Broad
~ Mr.. Jones Is one OF tho most droll and
.,tn,ral of our comedians. He is an excellent
mimic and a comical clown. lie is familiar and
.onedential with his audiences. and n working
majority OF people yield to his efforts to amuse
them. In his present company arc Jcannetto
papeard. Gertrude leila. Lee Harrison. Louis
wesley. and n full chorus.
The Monday change of bill at the American will
pelo .N"'o", Tn. ..., -, ~. CO.
jar "orh VI '' 60. c.,,an o. a.
sduare .o"p""S " ia - s.n,uu :,
title role, in Which sue snouiu W n"ppi'S o"'
ployed. Among the others assigned are Joseph
e,.ohor Cnorpe frederick, Gertrude Ouinlan,
eneeu""' NJ Ivhi,o p,sa,o Ea;rh,,rn
Mildred Meade i'utn "nnu' nesS'o
Oscar Girard and Richard Ridgeley. No doubt
49, rcorircment of a largo and we'll controlled
y Iii ho satisfied as II usually IN here.
chorus VIII DO sa',SNou' "s .'ua! 20 noI
The costumes viii be appropriate, the manage
rnort SAYS and the scenery new.
"euV a =" ;ts aonortnro for Iondon ,vber. e.
Is to be presented at the Adelphi early in April,
.Tho Heart of MARYLAND will spend the pres
oI.ra :, ,ho IIor,om onera uopse II was IN
this war drama, with its blend of loving, hating.
and fighting, that David Belasco first convinced
the theatrical puoic 'hac No couIa aiono ahu
unaided write a successful play. True. he had
oohe II 49, :" -. ~. 49,. -.
with coIlaoor"'ors h"u given Il t"A'o A"pios
sion that he was less an author than an expert
In .togecraft. But The Heart OF MARYLAND"
IN ', siG rinh, in nI fame. Mrs. Leslie Carter has
pct MIN right Ill ialie' ~ ioeH' u ="
remained at the head of the company since the
,,av was Mt the Herald Square. and will enact
pay u " ~ 81 uo.,ona anaonoma,t Indood
the heroine in the Harlem engagement. lndeed'
the cast shows only a single change.
Inc star w. one, .no, n
drama OF the tennessee mountains IL "asre-
-,rdaj oa tt for nnnnlaFitv whan first nrn-
anced IN this city two wears ago. Its theme Ia a
.. "o.. $50 - -. $500.
wholly white and who villainously shifts tho
stigma from himself to his rival in n love affair.
The nature of the piece is melodramatic. David
Higgins, the author. is the actor OF the heroic
character, and with him in the cast are Georgia
waldron and Louise Rial.
play, A Irish Gentleman" will DO the at
W y Wock rvs Sns so pncentIv az = tbe Fomrteenth
Street for seventy-fve nights, and was so gem
orally commented upon, that 1t is hardly neces-
ssMl3; " ~ t; nr haIIad;st a,thnngh tbis 10
only his second season as a star, no seems to
haye, already established himself N prosperous
keannsaiSs "fn '"0 '""i' -" "A
Garrett p. Serviss will begin at the Lyceum
tomorrow morning a fortnight, OF daily illus
Tnsed,r isct ~ pc,e Iet,pSs a Ereat "W WeaneS Spa' ~,
Greece, Thursdays to Napoleon Bonaparte, Fri.
days to Paris, and Saturdays to William Tell
instrnctir We kind NJ entertoinuent A'
Beatrice Herford will start at the Waldorf
Astoria tomorrow, morning with dramatic mon
tspttainer 81 q d i artistic tind GU
Jerome II. Eddy will give a Sunday affair at
ne Fourteenth Street two weeks from tonight.
Gathilde Cottre,ly Tnttie coIlIins Edwin HofP'
and thirty others, including the Rev. James III.
VI Harris as an actor.
Seek will ho roonenad nn m Warch ~ Tor he re.
turn Of Helena Modjeska, whose recent engage
ment did not exhaust the demand for her. She
Eiirsbeib Robins viii nneor in i Hedda Gabler"
for the first in a series OF Ibsen dramas in Eng
Lsh. Manager Knowles explains that his ar
SimnIv giva o. f No. seas ,us% T,.h NV Snr s DmS
plays as he desires to produce there. MI. DAILY
Is not to control the theatre further than that.
-
Tho nev.st NJ tho comic onoraa is +" A Nor
n.ns. w.S.,.', - c.
uhAAuS "euuihg al the f1eralu square. Some
way or other an expectation that it would not
amount 10 much nreceded its norformnnce here.
p.,ha.. 49,. " -, -
fofnapS tnat was because there hao peen
changes In title, matter, and cast before 1t was
brought into New York. But that is the process
~ vbIoh ~. 80
~ "nieh some successes were wrought out AT
al events "A Normandy Wedding" is to stay