The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-02
NOTES AT THE THEATRES.
A rArDEVILLE COMEDIETTA ACTED
NANNY ny ITS dUIHOR

Points About III IrONntOTc' HUu NuT-
rent Revival In EngIlsh-Earl of Var
mouths Debut NJ IA Professional Actor.
Milton Mobiles has a now comsdietta at
Kciths called "A Blue Grass Widow The
uluyis his own. So is most Of the playing.
'hnuch with him are Dolly Mobiles and Eva
W,s,cott lie Is husband deep In roof
garden Irritation that Ia harmless but secret.
the otner characters are his vile and widow.
who plot successfully 30 bring him to discom-
future aud the straight and narrow domestic
way The widow writes letter making an
aupointment and signing the name oil the
woman who Is the partner o' his Irritation. Inc
wi low also has him informed that tho husband
NJ the other woman is aware oithe misbehavior
and Is seeking vengeance. Then she dons
male attire and prctcnds To be clandestine
visitor to Mobiles wife. Each OF these matters
iurn shes its opportunity Tor the huthor-actor
10 be romical At their end no Is exposed and
con,ritc. which il welcome variation from
TN, tyne OF play whose greatest improbability
u.ualIy lies in the fact that the wife 10
i "iwinkcd. The Nobes's retorts are consid-
rirl pretty line 10y continuous show followers
sample Others seem labored. and stu others
are old The last are a serious Iault III an OIL
r rt.. SSutnT'' But tho affair is highly amusing
i.y.t'hC.vs-. and for n longer time then such
pcces usually MI.
Ell Trnvntore" must have been sung in the
x.,noculnr more frequently than any other
serious Italian opera. But 1t has never ac-
oufrel an English name. even this week at tho
American. In France and Germany. where the
op.ra 10 given as frequently as II Ii here.
the Italian title Is not used rms work Is
no exception to the rule which requires
in every country but this that operas
he announced in the language OF me
people when II iasung ~ their tongue after
awhile I'm. Trout a!or" may be the title by
Sitch the Cretn vii, b" SHOWN ~ hngl,sh. but
s ins a., NafemIrrs," at the American. held
lis German title 80 has nearly every grand
opera Tia, has come into our tongue with the
exception oi Faust. carmen ana lev
called after the name OF the principal charar;
ters II TfovatoIe" has lost some OF It's old
power u draw he public and recent per
well attended But a the American It ia q
winning card stt,, The ,trenu2us :, dramatic ,,S
an Intrigue that few persons have ever under
stood. moves along trryenty. and ~ IN the en-
Of delivery and finish are overlooked. they can
be- spared better from thiswork than from some
others. Routine d. = IT, share IN improving nG
shp.han. now that his nose has eesn again
feegn'ei to ~ prwper junction In ms vocal
vore, AMI they are admirable. Grace Golden
IL a much ue''nr L'pnors than JuIet Mary
Liuck rs lir".ud s!ngs with quite UNNECESSARY
Is the highes, reached this year.
Junius Booth. a son OF Agnes Booth. 10 not in
"Rolespi.rre." although hi, name was printed
IN the east accidentally on the opening night.
He was member Of the Irving company in
London and Sir Henry sends word that he
regrets the young mans absence.
Tn, Earl OF Yarmouth has !o'ncd Charles
Frohman's Comedians. now on tour In Penn
sylvana. In order to rehearse part In Make
Way for the Ladies'. which IS coming to the
Madison Square.
Marian Lons,elow. grandniece OF the poet
l0nG'eliow. has gone on the stage In Boston to
play part in Three Little Lambs" Grace
Hops ms. now in The Dairy Farm is great
IrahtiAYEhter OF BLACK Hawk. the famous
Mabel Gilman ato he succeeded in The
SSar t a Ha hps rd EaT "a ,o NJ
win Wy Innocent BOY Ethel Barrymore :
Mss M,iwarl successor in His EIcelIency
SUNDAY vaudeville concerts have been prohib-
rst 10 thi.a ie,rhia 10y the authorities.
The Italian actors still have their hsadqusr-
tiers in Spring street, and regular performances
are given there several times week. On Satur-
iays the American idea ~ a matinee has been
introduced. Not ali Of the PLAYERS are profess
slonal, although most OF them have had ekpe-
t,enee In their own country: They are now in
tire to be named after Eleanora Duse. Their plan
Is 10 give subscription performances three
Justify them more frequently
ESmond's My Lady's Lord" IL said TO be 4
curiously fantastic play. half satire. half bur
leSIue. in which all but two ~ the characters
are in the costumes Of q century ago Into
this q l-time life william Faycrsham and JOS
sph Wheelock are suddenly introduced from
the present day They wear knickerhockers
In the midst Of the old-iashioned dresses It
IS Intended that the play, II successful here.
in London.
The new operotta written for the Boston ians
by GiacintV Mlnkowsky. The Smugglrrs OF
BadaysZ." is the nrstiwork Of its composer.
who lives In san Francisco F. ]. Stewart. an
9th r. l1usician living there has written with
Clay N. Greene The Conspirators." with It's
scenes Il i'll in Spain.
sam .. Jacks Theatre. at Broadway and
Twenty- ninth street. has been leased by Leo
&. Teller. formerly, business manager for
Weber 4 Fields He VIII have it renovated
an will rcopen II within two weeks. Tn"
name viii b" changed. but to what has not as
yc' been decided. Tbs Gaety and the Theatre
enrique have been thought Of.
kpt ert Ed-son has been engaged to replace
IraLE Northing in Children OF tho Ghetto"
PLAYING one week here aud then going t. Lon
don in the part. His wife. Ellen Burg. will also
Ioln tn rOurany.
pan CoI'yer, Of Harrgan and Hart fame.
VII give W his vaudeville dates and Join Anna
Ile0ds contrary in ''Papa's Wife"
Josef h liawOrth has been engaged for Quo
Nad!-."