The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-02
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
uutT rs GOING ON JUST NOW AT
al THE NEW FORK THEATREs.

v,r vs.hisstenian Play Preaucea at the
Nstiuee OF the American Acadsny ef the
pr.mat,c Arts-A Crewu That Deenuae
Cemic-A Revival Of ''The Gypsy Baron.r ,
The play that was brand new in yesterdays
n,tlnee OF the American Academy of the Ora
,oatic Arts at the Empire Theatre was wash
,no,on's Surrender" The author Of it's half
hour OF fiction. w. de Wegstaffe, had based IL
unon the fact that George Washington. when q
Colonel in the service OF King George and at the
40. o, %, wooed and welded Martha Gusts, a
b,auttful and wealthy young widow. The fu-
ture father Of his country was disclosed as q
modes, hero, just from the Braddock campaign
AGAINST the Indians. He stopped by chance at
an Old Dominion house In which the widow
vas A guest, and at once surrendered himself to
her The composition was not particularly
ucr,torious, as a piece to be either read or
.c.-i. nor got was 1t at all clumsy or crude,
and the boldness OF the conceit did not fail Of
theatrical effect. MIR. De Magistrates inten-
tons we're carried out more than passably by
Mr.. Sargeant's advanced students, of whom
George Irving and Margaret Kenmare con.
triyed TO resemble the earlier portraits Of George
and Martha Washington. Others in the cast
were Messrs. Pigeon, Halton. Maylon, Hart,
and Lewis. A brief scene from LES Precicuses
Ridicules' was another thing on tho pro-
Grlnne. Inc pasSdRB iTOIu NE . COIlcuy
where the valet pretcnds to be n nobleman, and
20 imposes himself upon two socially aspiring
eirls, had been translated into modern and ex.
Illicit English by Mrs. Charles A. Doremus.
The character OF the false beau was sustained
with animation and drollcry by Francis Sodg.
wick, while the two other roles were taken by
Jessica Sheldon and Marion French.
The third and last piece was j. Palgrave
Simpsons comedy Court Cards" and II con-
tanned the best achievement and the worst mis-.
han OF the afternoon. The achievement was
BY Florence Haverleigh. who enacted.the in
Reutou.ly counter. plotting Princess with natu.
raj numor and some Of tho skill of an expert.
snced coincidence. Pretty, pouting Addie
REIN played the other perplexed and misuscd
maiden. LLOYD Carleton. who has had a BIT
OF professional training, was first rate as the
scheming Baron, and the lovers were MIR.
Dowager Duchess. from whose whiIls OF will
the complications in this piece arise, had been
assigned to Wilhelmina Hornemann, and 1t
was with'her that the nishap.calne.. Miss Horne
mann was competent-surprisingly SO for a
novice-and she carried AN air of majesty brave
perial crown slipped down over her right eye,
imparting to her Majesty a, rakish expression
which did, not comport with imperial dignity.
She looked as Annie cana used to as the
bride with a jag and q cocky wreath in one OF
Harrigan's farces. The audience tried to
ignore the accident ~nolitely, but soon somebody
laughed, and Immediately the whole assem-
blaSe was in 4 roar Of merriment. The actress
was unaware OF what had happened to her
crown. and the hilarity seemed TO mystify her.
but she went on vigorously. So did the laugh.
ter, TIL the curtain fell on what in other re.
spects had been n prosperous exhibition OF PROM
Using dramatic students.
A romantic melodrama and a comic opera are
conspicuous among the plays that have come
back to New York this week. The Wedding
Day" is at the Harlem Opera House, with Lillian
Russell, Della Fox, and Jefferson D'Angelis
leading a company that has been on n tour ever
tince 1t departed from the knickerbocker. Tn.
der the Red Robe" is at the Grand Opera House,
with William Morris. Mary Hampton, and Giles
Shine in its PRINCIPAL parts. Thus Harlem and
Eighth avenue are getting two of the marked
Broadway successes of last season in excellent
condition. The Star has East Lynne with a
cast good enough to include Nance O'Neill, viii
ton Lackaye, Rose Eytinge. and Mckee Rankin.
The Columbus has the Primrose and Vest
company in minstrelsy brought up to date. The
new pieces include "El Gran Galieto" at the
Berkeley, and .Dangerflcld. '95." as a prelude
to oh, susannah." at. Hoyt's. THE Gypsy
Baron" has been reproduced ut the American.
This is TIE final week Of Chauncey Olcott in
sweet lnniscarra' at the Fourteenth Street
ana De Wolf Hopper in Eel Captain at the
FiHh Avenue. The list OF continued PLAYS con.
toiIo n virginia tOuTtSnlp WITH MT. Crane
at the knickerbocker. The Little Minister
with Miss Adams at the Garrick, ''One Sum.
ner's Day" with Mr.. Drew at Wallack's, 9TH
Master" with Mr.. Miller at the Garden, THE
Conquerors' at the Empire, What Happened
to Jones" at the Bijou. Way Down East at
the Manhattan, The White Heather at the
Academy of Music, THE Telephone Girl" at
the Casino. THE Tree of knowledge at the
LyGelm, The Highwayman' at the Broadway,
ana "A Normandy Wedding at the Herald
SqWT; sf.,noun ,ot,o
weeks rosters of the continuous shows, and the
9est.known. of specially folk are supplied abun-
DAINTY besides. Minnie Seligman is at the
Pleasure PALACE. with John W. Ranson,. 4. o.
Part and names Gus Williams, Bobby Gaylor,
Musical Dale. and the Dunns among the spc.
sialtsts; at proctor's Theatre, Cora Tanner is a
Soh,tloutor twice daily, j. X. Emmett, Press Ell
bridge; and Leonidas being lesser lights; at
Pastors are Mrs. Yeamans and Francesca Rod.
s'hs, as sketch players, and Maud Raymond is
vI The music halls are three; Weber & Fields's,
Win a bright leader Of specialists in Mary Nor;
IN Preparation; Charmlon. Julie Mackay. and
me rogers brothers are to the fore at Roster
Seieority, will make his American debut next
Moh1ay. lmoGene Conner and Mark Murphy
changes made in the bill at sam Jacks do not
replace the female minstrel show nor lessen the
tIhunoer OF living pictures. At the Eden Musee
" ibthlS u III IdoSlOu fld1
Vows and the wax figures OF Capt. Sigsbee OF
FOR freedom.
Nobody said that Johann Strauss had begun
10 lose his great fund of original melody when
The Gypsy Baron was sung first here. In
"aldmeister' there were signs that the fresh
ness and originality Of his inspiration were wan.
ing But there was none Of that in 1.-THE
gypsy Baron which is a fund Of delicious
melody. ~piquant and lively, and varied by occa-
slohal touches of Hungarian treatment that add
q freshness to the score. The operetta might
wen have been one of the most popular that
strauss ever wrote, and 1t is to this day In Ger
many Particularly in Vienna is the opera
hked' and it is q regular feature of the roper
oore there. Here 1t has never met with any
treat success. The reason 'or that 10 not dim.
cut 10 lind. Never was work supplied with a
moro hopelessly incomprehensible and tedious
noretto. Possibly the first English translator
itt out an act or forgot a scene or otherwise
complicated the real facts about the wandering
sSpSy lady with the gray wig and the distressed
look, the hog raispr and the otbar OH - n - ara In