The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16
TuTATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
orxp or DRAMATIC PLEASURE
= MS UEEK TO BE PROUD OF.

EFeth
..,,rce by Alexandra Bison will be per-
An. a, rho Madison Square Theatre to-
prm' r,oht bv n company which Charles
MOI has organized to OCCUPY that house
rom nH, ho season. They are OF such ability
aut ,.ho, NAV be depended on for excellent
thhI.h,y in caso suitable material be provided
o"..v", Those in the cast Of the opening
prus Edward NJ. Holland. Fritz Williams.
eeVe Fox. Amelia Bingham. May Gala
heu samuel Reed. Byron Douglas. Mag
sn"'; u,lIovny Fisher. Katherine Florence.
~. Kearney. Anita Iothe. May Lambert
- Iuousta Close. The piece to start with
,.Iled o and on" In the English
p.-stor The original has boon In steady use
~ p,rIs nearly a year. The theme is the
n.n,i,c French one OF a husband foolinR with
n"a.,rmonial affairs: but in this case the
~, 1, now and singular, and the action Is said
~ .uch that IL lie possible to present 1t
- ,o n faithful translation instead OF the
..r,t adaptation. The principal mar wooes n
-so,beart while believing that q divorce has
~, bimselt free from his wife. but he is mis-
s.tsr ns 10 that, and hence his troubles
Ell Smith Russell will appear tomorrow
,,sh, at the MontHuk. Brooklyn. in Uncle
MAI - a comedy which Martha Morton has
t,rnded on a German original. but no doubt
.hs has put n great deal OF her own talent into
y II was she who fitted out Mr.. Russell with
valuable piece last year, and her skill In such
.,hieyements is hardly eaualled by any other
lmaric,n playwright. The new character for
,ha altar this time Is a man who. after amassinR
v,alth elsewhere, returns to the home OF HIS
..rlI,r Years. hopeful OF finding there the
,,.trul simplicity OF life which he re-
~ombers fondly, but e%ncountering instead
- -nlottuaa M aa1Hah 0nham-
Inc and u~nlovely rs those persons who
h,ys made him weary and cynical In the
ortsIde world. He thereupon sets out to re-
iorm his kin by gratifying their hateful de-
,res in order that experience may change
,hsIr minds and hearts. In that scheme he
,pcceeds by means OF good-humoredtr tricks and
vs,l. devices. Mr.. Russell should be
agreeable in such a role. His companions are
Tlorepce Rockwell. Alfred Hudson. Lionel Bar
yvmore, Ethel Winthrop. William Farnam.
J,coues Martin, Leila Convere. Alice Thill and
Fanny Addison Pitt.
The Grand Opera House for It's weekly change
Of bill offers an extravaganza directly from
Broadway. II Is Mcclellan and Kerker's Yam
tee Doodle Dandy" transferred from the Casino
With cast and scenic outfit intact. Walter Jones.
Thomas Q. Seabrooke. MadRe Leasing and
Edna Wallace Hopper are still the leaders OF
Tie company. and. as they have had q week OF
rest. they should take up their work with re-
neTed zest. Next week the Grand will have
Cumberland 81" again.
The Harlem Onera House presents In 1.-The
Bride Elect " a comic opera that Is all the work
Of Philip st. John Sousa. He says that. con-
,rary TO his practice whom engaged with n col
laborator. he devoted time of and on for years
to this piece. composing the music when he
happened to feel Just like 1t. and writing the
libretto in accordance with his own ideas. It
had a long term Of good favor at the Knicker-
hooker. and its airs were admired not alone for
the Characteristic Sousa marches. but as we'll
for very different compositions.
The Brooklyn Columbia has the B%ostonians
as its visitors this wcek. the first half OF which
Willie devoted to Herbert and Smiths The
Serenade,' and the last half to De Koven and
Smith Robin Hood" Those are Familiarity
entertaining comic operas. in which the COM
pany has had its best successes. no others hav-
ING served them equally well. The casts in
clude Inc names Of Darnabee. Mcdonald. Davis.
Bertram, philp and rockingham.
The Harlem Co!um bus goes into Shakespear-
can service with the Mordaunt Il Block stock
company performing AS You Like It." Mary
Shaw. one Of our most intelligent and efficient
actresses. will be the Rosalind. and Una Abel
TIE companion Celia. The cast provides Mr..
Beacil for tho Orlando. John Il. Malone for the
ghra'. Carl Ahrendt for the ADAM. Alberta
Ganlrin for thc, Aplrey, ami Mr., Mordaunt for
the .JacgIrs.. The result cannot be bad. and
probably will lie very good indeed.
The Murray Hill. with its .Donnelly stock
company. now reyiyes Pi1ue." one OF the sue
pa,y, Utmost Quarter of q, century age. The
llnts Fanny Davenport was then It's heroine and
%ohn Drew rs hero. while John Brongham and
,1mng Avis nlcn wnrn in tim nAaf In thu
present representation. the leading parts arc
assigned 70 Robert iDrouet and Hannah May
i lTpe css S2tH IS % stffl ' G%To SsGGG 70 sF PIayec orera in
Italian. The layout for the week gives two
sS5 onn each Of Carmen" and Faust"
khstieana." thc, latter being coupled as usual
T. BIZ, with Il Pagliacci." CoIlenz. Chalia.
VEN, Montonari and Franceseoni are leaders
farce from the German. is being rehearsed for
early production ut this house.
me staT has the melodrama by, Decourcel-
IT, called Two Little Migrants" In the Eng
nsn version. which spent nearly n whole season
Mthe Academy OF Music three years ago. The
their troubles till death parts them, are about
Sas pathetic figures as have been introduced on
t tSs stag stage; Mildred Holland Is put forward in
THIS evening.
The PEOPLES gives 70 the Bowery an i~llustrs-
!nst such a plain. rough. forceful representa-
t.ion OF Joys aud sorrows. virtues and vices, as
.ne audiences at that theatre Of the multitude
re ready to laugh and cry over. Few OF the
uleu anu sure elements of such pieces are ah-
sCrnt rom this one. The principal actor in IL IL
Charles Marley.
Ills not often that tho American Ia included
OF the theatres In which plays
are carried over from one week to another. Il
happens now with Aida" tho first OF tho
castle Square Company's ventures this
season with grand opera. Two casts as to
principal characters alternate from night to
nGht On Monday Miss Stewart, Miss Mac
nchol' Mr., LAWN. and Mr.. Stewart will sing,
anu on Tuesday Miss Do Treville. Miss Ro-
name Mr. Shenhan. and Mr.. Chase. while ut
'e ma'ihees the two sets will he mixed.
me Sign OF the Cross" passes into it's final
UthlGht at the Fourteenth Street. As in for
met seasons. 1t is appealing to people who do
nu'go hab'tuaiiy 10 tho theatre as well rs those
"modo' II Is digniNed and sympathetic de-
,muoh OF early Christian martyrdom, and at
%e same time Is a strong popular meiodrama
~ .e proper sense Of that abused word.
N.nuhrey Olcott will come next.
MOTEL TopSv Turvy" made Marie Dressler
op'hh her ankle m" other night In the violence
mr lHhny antics. But she Ia at 1t now as
vS.o"Sy as before, md the vim which she dis
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