The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
-ur WEEKS ROUND OF PLEASURE IN
DRAMA AND VAUDETIJBE.

r.- Matter Very Scarce, but Good Matter
pI.nty-Julia Arthur for the First limo
In "Pygmnlion and GalateH '-Scveral
other Pieces to he Revived Interestingly.
No nav play will be performed in New York
chic week, outside OF vaudeville. but there will
"a some novelty In the shifts and reproductions.
Jvii. Arthur will appear at Wallack's In "Pyg-
ualion and Galatea," that whimsical piece in
~hIch william S. Gilbert mixed up wit, pathos,
,rayesty and tragedy. Wo have had many dis
,,reutahed actresses In the Ruise OF the vivined
statue. but Miss Arthur surely need not dis
,n,st the potency OF her beauty. The bill will
,nn,nds Mercedes" which Thomas Bailey
aIdrioh translated from the original Spanish
melodrama. The character OF the unmarried
nother, who wreaks a terrible vengeance. was
he arst in which Miss Arthur commanded at
t.ntIon. She will bring out next week Roberto
pr.cco's Z" Inndelia" in an English version.
return OF The Highwayman" to the
nroadway. where it was last seasons feature
In comic opera, will enliven the week there
nth outright fun. serio-comic sentiment and
nonular music. The company has been trav-
.l,i,o since IL quilted New York. and its NOM
hsrship has not been changed in any material
respect. Camille D'Arvilhe is still the heroine.
Joserh O'Mara the hero. and Jerome Sykes
the detective officer who travesties Sherlock
Holmes. Reginald Roberts. Maud Williams
and Nellie Braggins are retained. Ono
week hence a dramatization OF Marie Cor
rslli,s novel. 1.-THE Sorrows OF Satan" will be
nroduced. Accompany formed for that purpose
includes John L. Kellerd. Mary Shaw. Miller
Kent. Anna Robinson. Ida Vernon and Grace
Tlkins. A ballet and some electrical effects
ara to help In the Illustration Of Satan's ad-
ventures on earth.
The opera at the American this week will DO
Faust" In English. Previous performances
Of It BY the Castle Square company pleased the
audiences. not only because the work itself
possesses an enduring popularity. but as well
by good singing and adequate acting. Eloise
Morgan, formerly of the Bostonians, will join
the forces and make her first appearance here
rs Marguerite tomorrow night. Thereafter
she will alternate In that role with Miss De
Treyille. Oscar Regneas, hitherto heard in
concerts and o~ratorio. will similarly share
Mephitopheles with Mr.. Chase. while Mr..
sbeehan and Mr.. Bassett will relieve each
other as Faust. Mr.. Stewart will be the Vdlen-
tine Miss Macnlchol the Seibel. and Miss
Leighton the Martha. Electrical effects. q
military band, and q cavalry troop will DO In
troduced in a production described as I'M
commonly spectacular.
James X. Hackett Is a star now His tour has
taken him to several large cities. and to-mor-
row he will arrive In New York for q week at
the Harlem Opera House. He will there play
the hero in Tho Tree OF knowledge" the
drama In which he figured last season at the
Lyc4um. His part now. as then. Is that OF the
man who seeks to prevent a fri lends elopement
with an adventures. There is an exciting
episode In the third act between him and the
woman. The supporting ompany was organ
lied at the Lyceum, and the original mounting
Of the piece 10 used.
The weeks drama at the Grand Opera House
will be Scott Marbles " Lost in Siberia" which
THE Sun has had occasion to describe as a
good example ofdts robustly sensational kind.
Russian maltreatment Of the Jews In Odessa Is
shown up. SO are the workings OF the secret
police against the Nihilists. There is a great
deal Of popular slap-dash and slam-bang. One
scene represents the annual fair at Novogorod
in a kaleidoscope manner.
The repertory Of the old Union Square OF the
time when that theatre had the pick and choice
OF French melodramas has yielded several
suitable plays for reproduction by the stock
company at the Murray Hill. Another. the
English version Of "A Celebrated Case" will be
performed by the Donnelly actors this week.
The case celebrated Is that OF a brave and hon
est soldier convicted by false circumstantial
evidence OF robbery and murder. The cast will
include Messrs. Drouet. Redmond. Allen. and
King, Mrs. Barry. and the Misses Ingham. Dom
nelly. MilIiken. and Baudet. The Murray Hill
has a field to itself and seems to be filling
1t advantageously.
A singularly interesting exhibition will be
given at Carnegie Hall next Wednesday even
ing. By means OF the microscope Pope Leo
XIII. will be shown as he lives and moves In
the Vatican. These photographs were dis
played before Cardinal Gibbons at Baltimore
AMI Archbishop Martinelli at Washington.
They have officially sanctioned them. They
depict his Holiness being carried in a sedan
chair. taking a morning walk. sitting with a
group, Of priests, driving in a carriage accom-
panied by his military guard. resting. In the
garden. and standing at the stone platform
near the villa. In each view he Is seen bestow-
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starring tours. will be presented at the Third
a ASvsnps S, Eh!ch A IL @sai Ph a drama .dDt theatre r ,S st
sral measure OF farce, and its fun is of a kind
70 be easily appreciable by miscellaneous au-
in II, too. with a fire scene as the Chief means
The Dreyius case will be presented with
Devils Island" which has been seen several
times in town: It's hero is the prosecuted
woes and adventures are made to much sIcesd
IN fancy what they have boon In fact. The
hpectacular climax Is his rescue from his Island
prison ~ a yacht. The Star has q Sunday night
vaudeville concert.
A sensational drama with some OF its excit-
ing scenes 70 the, Capitol at Washing on is
rousing AFFAIRS which Lincoln J. Garter puts
2n the stage. They appeal especially to the
Bowtry. and tn 3 one will be found at the
Peoples. y contains some OF the latest and
most ingenious o., the authors Inventions u
one OF the elaborate illusions.
There Is no sign Of holiday dulness in the
vaudeville shows. The continuous theatres
will have tomorrow more than their average
OF new matter and contributors. Two we'll
known recruits at Proctor's will be Isabelle
Eyesson and Henry Chanfrau. The former
VIII be seen In a new comedletta. entitled
Ninltreds Husband" and will be aided by
Charles Saunders and Belle Stokes. A scene
from Kit, the Arkansaw Traveller" will be
chanirau's medium. and with him will be play
ss who have travelled with that well-tried
play. Another dramatic num- Der will be In the
hands OF the Willett and Thorne troupe. For
bDecialists thare will ha loo WaIoh Rnmhallo