The times., 1898-11-13

farewell appearances In Sweet Inniscar-
ra" The housed dis packed to the roof at
every performance and hundreds are un-
able to secure seats or standing room. Mr..
Olcott returns January 8. when he will be
seen in new Irish drama which his man.
ager, Augustus Pitou, has written for him.
The new offering isiin rehearsal and will
be tried on the Philadelphia dog January
2. All of the new songs to be introduced in
the play have beeens composed by Mr.. Oh
colt. rie
Not in many years has the local stage
known so many successful productions
as are now running in this city. THE
Liars" at the Empire; THE Little Cor
poral" at the Broadway; ',The Chris
tian," at the Knickerbocker; Catherine, +"
at the Garrick; Hotel Topsy Turvy,"
at the Herald Square; 1.-THE Turtle at
the Manhattan; Kate Kip, Buyer at
lacks; ION and Off, at the Madison
Square; "Cyrano de Bergerac,' at the
Garden Theater; 1.-The Colonial Girl" at
the Lyceum; Sporting Life at the
Academy. and sweet Innlscarra," at the
Fourteenth Street Theater, are all playing
to packed houses nightly. The stock COM
panies at the Murray Hin and Third Ave-
nue. Theaters are not doing well. With
these two exceptions our managers are
just now reaping n rich reward and ad-
ding a goodly sum to their bank ac-
counts.
"The Village Postmaster is to be re.
vived next Monday at the Fourteenth
Street Theater with fine cast, including
Frank Mordaunt, w II. Pascoe Dan
Collyer, Frank Lyman, George Ober
Adelaide Cushman, Maude Winter, Jen-
ME Weathersby. Grace Gaylor Clarke
and other competent actors and actress
es. A chorus of singers and brass band
will be used in the production, which is
booked for a run of several weeks and
will be followed by the first production
in this city of ''The Evil Eye which the
| management describes as a "magica
| spectacular trick comedy"
A bronze turtle, mounted on a circular
onyx base. forming pretty paperweight
was given away at the Manhattan Thea
| ter the other night, to commemorate tn,
seventy-fifth performance of "The Tur
| tie
| In two weeks Mr.. Sothern and his at
| tractive wife, Virginia Harmed leave th,
| Lyceum Theater to be absent until nex
Fall. After them comes the stock com
| pany headed by Edward Morgan ant
| Mary Mannering, in "Trelawney of tn,
| Wells. which is now in active rehearsal
! Mr.. Morgan's place in "The Christian
| was taken Thursday night by Joseph Ha
| worth. who is not an Improvement on tn,
| first impersonator of John Storm.
francis Wilson is In the final week OF
| MS long and exceedingly profitable en-
| sasement at the Broadway Theater
where THE Little Corporal has proved
| TO be hrst-class money maker. on No
| Vember q Mr.. Wilson moves over to tn,
brooklyn Academy of Music for a week
he VIII be followed at the Broadway b,
| Jefferson de Angels in 1.-The Jolly Mus.
keteer' 1t is to, be hoped that "Jeff''-l
| mean Mr.. de Angelis-will catch on.
hathryn kidder writes lady friend II
| town that the tour of the James -Kidder
| Warde triumvirate is really remarkabl.
one Only think of 1t we are drawing
| Sl,5OO in one-night towns In the south
| she says.
! w. NJ Wilkison produces his new come
| dy, "A Stranger In a Strange aLnd." mex
Monday in Bridgeport, Conn. Several O.
| our managers and newspaper men are go
ing up to see the piece. A week later IL
| Newburgh, n. Y, Russ Whytal and hi.
wife start their tour in 'vagabondia. ;
! romantic drama
May keliard, who has had a great dea
of notoriety in this city, made her deb,,
/ on the stage recently at Sam II Jack
appearing in sultry sketch called "a
Warm Reception May is an unhealthy
looking young woman of uncertain age
| She can neither act nor sing.
The foshiwara is the title of n nov
play which Russ -Whytal has written fo
La Loie Fuller.
Joseph jefferson Is recovering and uiI
resume his engagement at the Fifth Avs
nue. Theater next Monday, appearin I,
KIP Van Wrinkle" NANCY SYKES.