The times., 1898-12-04
news OF 7HB RIAlL7O
Grand Opera Season Opens at
the Metropolitan.
SUCCESSES OF THE YEAR
List of Plays With Unfinished Run.
ON Broadway-A New Version of
"None But the brave Deserve the
Fair''-cIassic Drama In the As
cendant-NOtes.

Fair''-ciassic Drama In the As
/ cendant-NOtes.
New York, Dec. 3-The. grand opera
season at the Metropolitan Opera House
began Tuesday night with an, ambitious
production of ''rannehauser.,1, in which
Eames, Meissinger and Nordiea We're the
prime donne. The occasion was made
doubly interesting By reason Of the first
appearance in this city of Van Dyek. the
Flemish tenor, who created strong
impression and became a favorIte at
once. The cast also included Bispham
Bars, Plancon and other well-known ar
lists. The production was 'magnificently
staged. In the large audience were rep
resentatives of our first families The per-
formance went with a swing that was
really beyond expectations. During the
week THE Barber of Seville" Romeo
and Juliet and Martha were sung.
| Patriotism prevails Just now at the
| Grand. where play with the title of
The Red White and Blue is being pre-
sented to overfiowing houses. The new
piece is a realistic military drama The
story deals with the adventures and tri-
ais experienced by an American family
In Cuba during the late Spanish Ameri-
can war, and the Plays climax shows
battle scene, in which about 200 men and
women take part. The effort is strong.
and its tabieaus exciting, to say the
least.
nrd t1fertt w
thur added another role to her present
seasons repertoire and gave her second
new production of a legitimate drama. ap-
| pearing for the first time as Rosalind in
"As You Like IT. Miss Arthur was ney-
er more charming. In her boys garb in
the forest scene she was a lovely thing to
look upon. Her impersonation was all
| that could be desired and won several en-
thusiasuc curtain calls A gentleman
named w. S. Hart attempted the part of
Orlando and failed completely The as
piraN Is about the worst leading actor
what ever happened and has certainly
! mistaken his calling. He gave a pretty
| good burlesQue Of the role and succeeded
IN calling forth considerable laughter but
| very little applause. Edwin Holt. Robert
McWade. and Edith Knight Mollison were
acceptable as the Banlshed Duke. Touch
stone, and Phoebe. The scenery and cos
| tunes We're new and handsome Next
! week Miss Arthur will be seen in her re-
| markabie portrayal OF Mercedes In the
drama of that name. 1t was in this play
| that she made very strong impression
iour or hve Years ago and on the same
stage.
After week in Brooklyn, Viola Allen
mas returned to town and is presenting
| Inc Christian" at the Garden for an ex-
tended run, which is expected to last dur
ing the entire season. Manager George
| Iyier tells me that hundreds are being
| turheu away at every performances
While The Christian" is not the best of
oHer1ngs II possesses such positive human
| interest and Is so well acted that one
scarcely thinks of Its many absurdities of
! construction.
The Casino has long been, devoted to
scraps OF a more or less sanguinary
character, but a recent rough and turn-
| BILE between two of the ladies appearing
in "A Dangerous Maid has attracted
considerable attention: 1t seems that Ed
| ma Aug and Agnes Yates occupied the
same dressing-room. Edna halls from the
| West, and. judging from her newest af-
| fair of honor, Is female Rough Rider
Aggie is New York girl, and won't stand
any fooiing, SO when Edna interfered with
her crimping iron she struck out and al
l
a hight Oman un-Marquis of Queensbury
battle-in which hair was pulled out and
| considerable damage done. to the faces of
the fair combatants. Referee Manager
George Lederer stopped the t'contest' and
declared all bets off. The young women
! have kept in seclusion ever since
Many beauties of the stage are offering
their services 10 make the annual bazaar
of the Professional Woman's League at
| the Waldorf-Astoria success. The fair
| opened Monday with Ethel Barrymore
May Buckley, Madge Lessing Laura Burt
and Merri Osborne among those behind
| the booths. Every one of these girls pos
| sesses a positive genius for separating a
man from his money-and they do it 1t
4 is unsafe for anyone to attend the gam
| boil unless he or she has a large bunch
| of the long green" Result-several thou
| sand dollars added to the treasury of the
P. W. l.
| In these days, when there is so much
talk of Shakespeare's losing ground, 1t
| is pleasure to note that 1.-THE Merchant
! of Venice" with Ada Rehan as Portia, is
| drawing large and decidedly fashionable
| audiences at Days. Speaking of Shakes
| peare and the standard drama ii is re-
ported here officially that Managers Wag-
| enhals and Kemper, of the Louis James,
| Kathryn kidder-Frederick Warde "tri-
| umvirate" contemplate a spectacular pro-
| duction of "Corolanus" next fall in this
city. Damon and Pythias" will also be
! AIDED to their repertory
| The frisky and funny Turtle" contin-
| ues its prosperous run at the Manhattan
where 1t reached its one hundredth per-
| formance on Monday. The occasion was
| celebrated with floral decorations, satin
programs and souvenirs. Sadie Martinot
| is still showing herself In the disrobing
scene of the piece, which l hear is to be
| followed by a farce called tLady Godiva'
| in which the modest and retiring Sadie
will endeavor to outstrip all her previous
| efforts.
1t is rumored that Rose Coghlan will
| star in Carmen" l wonder If she will
| show the public a kiss equal in sensuous-
| ness to that of the famed Nethersole
AS You know, the Nethersole kiss begins
with a yum-m and ends with an 90. 1t
is accompanied by a pair of languishing
white arms and the heaving of a bosom.
1t is luscious. smothering kiss. Can
| Rose equal 1t?
''Trelawney of the Wells is surely in
| for a seasons run at the Lyceum. The
| play is wonderfully clever and is ami
rably acted by E. ]. Morgan, Mary Man
| nering and everyone else in the cast 1t
| appeals to all classes of the intel,ig5 mt
and educated-the occasional and the fire.
quent theatergoer.
| Richard Mansfield and his nose are On
| view at the Harlem Opera House. After
| this week "Cyrano de Bergerac'' will not
be seen here again this season. This Of
| is magniacently staged and In the chef
en- ,la yx-