The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
ruE SPRING sEASON BEGINS VT
DIVERSION ABUNDANT

DIVERSION ABUNDANT
.,n,s Russell TO Act In . short Herio-Comic
p,.ce-Au Experiment with y Drnwa TrAps-
,.,sd from tho spanish-Thc Brrent Of
an, sunerors BY the Mnine's DestrsotiOu.
n all the abundance Of theatrical diversion
18th which the spring season begins there is
,It,lo new matter to be disclosed this week.
"nanoerAold 'y5" will DO made predatory 10
.oh Susannahl' at Hoyt's, and It's serio-comio
dc,icacy will be a f~lrst-rate prelude to the bois-
,erous fun OF the longer play. 1t was written
hv Mildred Bowling, and has been used recently
A. two charity matinees with Annie Russell In q
rhle which fits her art and personality to n
.tcc,v "Oh, susannahi" was rather short for
a mil evenings bill, and 30 1t will not have to
h. curtailed TO make time for the added comedy.
Two new plays will have an occasional repre-.
,entation by advanced pupils and graduates OF
The American Academy OF the Dramatic Arts
m Tuesday afternoon at the Empire. They arc
"Washington's Surrender" by w. do Wag-
.,oee. and Court Cards" by PalRrave Simp-
y both short comedies. The bill includes por-
,ions in English Of Moliere's Lea Pr6cieusos
Ridicules.'
An experiment with Spanish matter translated
,n,o English will DO made with "El Gran Gale
o,,o" one Of Echegaray's works. at the Berke-
lev Lyceum, by Eben Plimpton. Maud Banks.
John BIZ, ir, Ethel Douglass. Arthur Giles. and
Fdw.rd lawrence. The version In our tongue
ha, been made by Miss Banks. This 10 an out
mt OF tho Criterion Independent Theatre.
Tho Monday change Of bill by the Castle
souare company at the American will DO to
"Ibe Gypsy Baron" for which q suitable cast
and a new mounting are promised. The orches-
ira has been increased. The chorus Will wear
fresh costumes. Effects in mechanism and
49, Ill, ho rpdartakan Amonp tho
pieces marked for production soon are "Nanop."
"A Trip to Africa. ;" Dorothy" and Faust"
Tho season will extend into the summer.
conspicuous among the weeks visitors at the
outside theatres are Lillian Russell, Della Fox.
and Jefferson De Angels. The prediction was
made by many. when those three comic opera
celebrities started out together in Tho We'd
ding Day" a year ago. that professional divorce
would DO speedily obtained on the ground Of
incompatibility Of temper. But they return to
New York still held In the bonds Of stage union.
and will perform at the Harlem Opera House.
The supporting company retains Miss Saunders.
Mr.. Pruette. Mr.. Greene. and others.
The romantic melodrama Of last season at tho
Empire, The Red Robe" formulated for the
stage by Edward Rose from the novel by Stan
lev Weyman, will DO this weeks strong appeal
for audiences at the Grand Opera House. 1t is a
vigorously sentimental and robustly active
NAV. one of the best OF tho lot which followed
"The Prisoner OF Zenda" in kind. The heroine
now Is Mary Hampton. tho excellent leading
actress in a Frohman company. and the hero is
William Morris. who enacted tho brave Lieu
tenant in "The Girl l Left Behind Me" during
Its long term at the Empire. A minor member
Of the cast, Frank McGlynn. is q nephew Of tho
Rev. Father McGlynn.
The minstrelsy of Primrose and West. which
has afforded entertainment awhile downtown,
now goes up to the Columbus for the amuse-
ment Of Harlem and the upper east side. Billy
Rice, Carroll Johnson. and Ezra Kendall are
conspicuous among the specialists in this nu-
merous company of comedians. The show takes
awide range from negroism to vaudeville, and
Is given with an eye to spectacular effects in
scenery and costuming.
That tried and fearful drama. East Lynne"
Is ready for q now generation of weepers at the
Star. For years and years it has held q place in
stage emotion along with Camille and now
the opportunity is offered of seeing 1t played ex-
c~elently. The cast includes Wilton Lackaye,
Nance ONeil. Rose Eytinge. Mckee Rankin.
Courtney Barnes, and other members OF a stock
company which has been formed for permanency
at a Philadelphia theatre.
The entertainment at the Metropolitan Opera
House tonight to raise money for the families
Of the warship Names sailors will fill the stage
with volunteer actors and the auditorium with
people enough to yield $4,000. though usual
theatre prices will prevail. The affair is con-
Quoted by the Morning Telegraph. Ofcourse the
Sunday law will preclude the acting of plays,
but the several hundred participants in the
programme will surely devise good things to do.
The principals Of oil the comic opera, opera,
and burlesque companies in town will be there
To sing. The current specialists at all the
vaudeville theatres will be at command for
songs. monolognes. and sketches. The names
OF stage celebrities as advertised make a long
and attractive list. So it will be a big affair for
ENTERTAINMENT projected for Lent are various.
Hall tomorrow night with an illustrated ac-
count OF a trip which she has made to the Klon-
building in Firth Avenue Matt Morgan Is paint.
Ing OF Christ entering Jerusalem. The proceeds
20 to the Press Clubs burial aud relief fund.
Lenten matinees that begin this week are q
Peries of Shakespoarean ~recitals at the Astoria
BY Marshall Darrach, and musical programmes
zine Bloodgool. Garrett p. serviss will
begin his illustrated lectures on history and
i .hsatre ne an %%f %dela at the m myfisge@' has At s seas
anrranged with Mr.; Bispham and Mise OPP, in
tho cast. jerome H.. Eddy is to give a Sunday
Rose Coghlan, Edwin Hoff. George Backus.
bottie Collins. and many others, including the
as an actor. Sunday concerts will be held at
the Manhattan by the Seventy-frst Regiment
band. The Actors Society of America is pre-
Avenue.
Scenes from tho Passion Play. as acted by tho
~oberammergau peasants and initiated for the
camera, Will be shown by the Rev. Thomas
pixon tonight at the Academy of Music to IL
lustrate a lecture on The Story of Jesus"
Julie Kopacsy will appear before her farewell
a. the Irving Place in "The Red Wallet" a ma
t,onal Hungarian drama by Alexander Rosen.
Her singh performance this week will be on
Friday nightin Strauss's operetta, The Bat"
The rest OF the week will be devoted to repeti-
tions OF Lodge Brothers." the farcical comedy
by Laufs and Kraatz.
The bill for the matinee at the Knickerbocker
next Friday for the charity OF the BETHEL Sis
terhood has attractive features. William Fa-
versham and Viola Allen will give the balcony
episode from " Romeo and Juliet" William II.
frame iran ana his company will perform one act
teers are Henry Miller. Andrew Mack. Annie