The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
NAVY NEW PLAYS ALMOST READY TO
START TIE NEF SEASON.

rtne This Week-Nulneroua OpeninG
Appointed for Next Week-The Good Gun
rent Bills ntthe End of the summerTcrn
The Columbus Theatre viii be opened 70
49, new season tomorrow night The expert
nopt made az that Harlem house last sprinI
with a stock company at half Broadway price
nr,yided satisfactory amusement. and It ap
n.srs that It was commercially profitable. toe
A. Mordaunt 4 Block. the managing firm. vii
continue there with the same method. TIL,
tresb start was TO have been made last night
hut the illness Of an actress caused a brie
postpopement. The standard Robertson
comedy. Caste" will be acted during the frs
week. The names given indicate a capable
organization. and there IL good reason to ex
pect a series Of adequate REVEALS OF old plays
With now and then. perhaps, a new one.
DaIv's will again be devoted. for a While Al
least, TO the kind Of plays classed as musica
comedies. On Thursday night The Runa'
v,y Girl will be produced. II is an impor.
ta,ion from London. and IL is understood that
The mounting will be an exact and slightly
counterpart Of that which has been seen there
virginia Earle, James T. Powers and several
others in the cast were sent across the ocean
10 see the performance in order that they
might get the points at FIRST hand.
The Murray Hill will open xt.Saturday
night under the stock system. A company
has been formed by Henry v. Donnelly. who
pays that he viii give a succession OF we'll
known plays with competent casts and at very
low prices OF admission. There will be daily
natinees. and the bill win be changed every
Monday. This theatre is situated favorably
for such a venture. as II is accessible by troll
lev travel from all parts Of the city.
The Bostonians now go to Manhattan Beach
IN present T Serenade." Helen Bertram.
lately from stage service in London. will have
the rSle Of the dancingsgirl. formerly assigned
70 Alice Nelson, and William Broderick will
appear as the.counterfeit friar In place Of Eu-
gene Cowles. In other respects the company
"a the same as before. with Mr.. Barnabee. Miss
Davis, Mr.. Philip, Mr.. rockingham. and Mr.
Mcdonald again conspicuously employed.
The Bostonians viii be the last OF the seasons
comic opera visitors at the beach. The Pain
fireworks remain timely as well as resplen-
dent, as the popular citation at the close OF the
war sharpens the interest In the naval events
illustrated. The latest event at Manila is hon.
ored With new pyrotechnio displaya The con-
eerts by Herbert's band win DO continued.
Mr.. Herbert says he may organize . SYM
phopy orchestra for New York next winter.
The only outdoor concerts in town. except
Che free ones In the public parks. arc those Of
the Metropolitan Permanent Orchestra on the
roof OF the Madison Square Garden. While
appreciating the necessity Of giving light and
bright music at this season Of the year" Con-
ductor schmitt says. Il nevertheless do not
depart from q good artistic standing In making
up my programmes"
The big arena of the Madison Square Gar
den remains q lake. on which Our Naval VIC
tories is performed twice q day with minia-
ture cruisers and batteshtpa.
Under q months headway, Yankee Doodle
Dandy" is running along at the Casino. and
seems likely to do so for o long time. One OF
its new sights is Clara Betz. an artists model.
who poses In q semblance OF nudity In the
scene where artists are represented at work.
&c Edna Wallace. whose disclosure Of herself
eclipsed that which Madge leasing had made
on that stage. Is In turn overshadowed In au-
dacity Of exposure. Mr.. Seabrooke and Mr..
Jones have new verses in their comic song
The revival Of The Old Homestead" has
prospered thus far at the Academy Of Music.
partly because the people are hungry for the
atrical food and quite as much because the
New England drama has not yet paled upon
the popular taste. Denman Thompson had q
sixty-nfth birthday last week. Perhaps that
fact has served to renew his vim 1t is sure
that he has never danced moro nimbly In that
comic Quadrile than he does now;
at re Ber seSon Be az she - s9%%eI MS es5 GpSasF VII
last to the end, q the month. -BHf. changes are
made weekly in the vaudeville Of which 1t is
motto a Respectable place for respectable
people" since It was opened. and all accounts
While the stage show Is OF the light and trivial
The Star will devote this week to "A Hired
Girl" one OF last seasons Blaney farces, q
saricatuF HiAt This the theatre lSu vii d iTftfs Riasf time az
hitherto. Keogh 4 Davis. makers Of many
such plays. have no less than eight In prepara-
ton, and, as the Star is their New York house,
we may expect to see most OF these popular
ooncoctions in due course.
The Peoples SypS has 4 var drama ready for to;
.Gettysburg." and is most exciting episode
y q depletion OF the famous charge by Pickett'S
division. The piece has Just about the famil-
lar set OF characters demanded by the multi
S9ds. and they figure IN 2 SUITABLY rapid and
well as serious.
Most of our theatres win be open on or be-
fore the first day Of September. and the small
remainder before the ensuing week Is over.
The Empire viii begin . week from to-mor~
row with William Gillette in "Too Much
johnson" 30 be followed quickly by Secret
Ida Conquest will be the leading
actress with Mr.. Gillette. and the casts will
be the Same as they were in London. John
Drew win come next with THE Liar" and
after that Charles Frohman's stock company. !
probably In Phroso." Jessie MNlward, the
Of Viola Allen in that organization, |
has arrived from England. where she is a
primo fayorite. We have had her here with
Irving. During tho long London run Of the
Empires FIRST drama. "The Girl / Left Be-
hind Me-" she was ia heroine. while the
William Terriss was the hero.
The American Will have . second season with
. musical stock company. the organization
known as the Castle Square. a name derived
from the Boston theatre In which It began. |
& KinRsbury. the managers. say |
that an increased number Of grand operas
will be given. In Difference TO what has seemed
to be the wish Of the audiences. and this has
a stronger corps Of singers The
list will include Grace Golden. Yyonne de Tre-
Vile. Villa Knox. Lizzie Macnichol. Attalie
Claire. Grace Romano. Gertrude Quinlan.
Alice Campbell. Rose Leighton. Joseph P. |
Sheehan. William G.. Stewart, Raymond
Hitchcock. Henry L Chase. Frank MoulAn mt
Fred Urban. with E. P. Temple as stage man !
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