The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-27
AFFAIRS OF THE THEATRE.
ADA REHAN'S WITHDRAWAL FRoM
AUGUsTIN DALR'S COMP1NT.

In Iondon-,Jcrsey City to he No Longer
skipped OvCr-Drnmatic Notes Hcrc aud
Abroad-Willic Edouin to Return Here.
Ada Rehan's secession from the DAILY COM
pnny to go to London and take q place next
winter In Drury Lane mclodrama Is one OF the
surprising topics In theatrical circles. Miss
Rehan Is known to English audiences rs an
actress Of a wholly different type from those
that usually appear In the sensational pieces
put together for use ut that theatre. She made
q reputation in the British CAPITAL ms n Shake
spenrean comedicnne. Tho only explanation
OF such q curious turn in a career Ike Miss
Rehan's seems to lie in tho ruinor that she has
long been DESTROYS to live In London. and was
prevented from gratifying that by her profess
sional engagements here. Under her contract
with the Drury Lane management she will re-
main in London four months Of the winter
season. and return to take q part In the produc-
ton OF tho same piece here. THE Great Ruby"
will DO acted outside OF New York without Miss
Rehan.
While Brooklyn and Harlem have theatres at
which the best plays and the original COM
panies arrive not long after their departures
from Broadway. nearby Jersey City has been
skipped by dramatic entertainments of the
FIRST grade. But it will be different next sea-
son. Charles Frolman has leased the Academy
of Music over there. and he promises n success
sion OF such stars as Mrs. Carter, Maudc
Adams. John Drew, William Gillette, Julia
Marlowe, Annie Russell. Andrew Mack, Viola
Allen and others OF the first class. Probably
he will begin with the Empire stock company.
Willie Edouin will return TO New York. after
an absence Of many years. TO act at the Olympia
when 1t is opened under George Ledcrer's
management. Louie Freear will also appear
in Tho Man in the Moon" rs the new bur-
lesQuc will be called. She Is the young womh
who suddenly became famous through, her
pearance. She was tho hrst to, Marble Sister
Mary James Top Note" She began as
a singer in %oratorio; tried to make er !
only stumbled by chance into the part Of the
S1IaHey in mThe Girl from J r rEi y: ,s Jos in Mn,
written for her. Miss Halls grotesuueness and
Miss Freear's endowments by nature,
Edna May is to be The heroine in London OF
scented here by Lillian Russell. Miss May re-
Gently denied with a show OF indignation that
she had ever sung. as she surely had, in the
i Was George, Edgar who discovered S the
HSeaFtp; Of Fer re g ana was taken bya
friend to hear them. He detected natural
old Mrs IN Waller hfT; p amG dir nef @nf her T studies dTasT unt ii
J. NJ Hill introduced her in Chicago. 1t was
With VIII q st small wi Sf2bmGGS noyga plgEydI Gsr 'h h6of she 4Es MT
her first experience on the stage. Mr.. Edgar
was rot only responsibIe for Instruction in act
NIX, plN uloo EuN'.H - blIS ~ Np7Shp S'' '"'
William CToturtieigh may next year be seen in
Morgan will remain at. the L,yceum, So will
Hilda sp9nG and Mary M1nnerring; -, -
writing comic operas for next season. Mr..
Sousa has selected George Broadhurst as the
bert viii also have a new lihrettist. Reginald
de Koven and II. b, smith will write a musical
farce FOR Augustin DAILY.
whether serious or facctious. nrc byg2ne in
the Western vaudeville, theatres. Audiences
no longer respond to them. some managers
prohibit them entirely.
Nine. Sawina, said to be the most famous of
Russian actresses. is soon to appear In Berlin.
and the political aspect of this move has not
been overlooked. The Cat and the Cherub" has
recently been made into an opera by a Ger
man composer. The Heart OF Maryland"
has recently been acted at a Berlin theatre in
German with success. Ivette Guilbert re-
turns to the capital for her second season and
| will be heard in a theatre and not in a music
hall. She recently appeared in Stuttgart at
the court theatre.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio's la Gioconda," which
the poet has written in accordance with Greek
models. is shortly to lie acted in Rome. Elco-
nora Duse will have the leading role. Per-
sons who have read the play say that it con;
tains more ramati clements than The Dead
city, did. Roberto Bracco's latest play. The
Tragedy Of n Soul" has been acted with sue
| cess IN various Italldr Clues. -f.rllt'e -NDNtllI.
who is to have a permanent theatre IN Rome.
began life on the stage, at the age of :. and by
the time he was % had made n reputation for
himself. Now he is the best known. OF Italian
actors. His early progress was interfered
viii by the size OF his nose. which used to In.
cline audiences to laughter rather than to tears.
much admired in tragedy as in farce. He is
the first of his family to become az, actor,
wrote for the Indcpendent Theatre in London.
has caused more ommen there than any
play produced in London for months. The
author is about to retire from the stag, in
order to devote himself to, writing. Mrs:
Craigie's next play Is to be called Osborn and
Trysne." 1t Is a tragedy written in verse with
It's scene laid in lUtS in England. All of these
subjects would seem remote enough from
Mrs, ,Craigie's cnGabil'tIes, as they were re-
recently appeared in LONDON for the first time
since her return from this country,
Paris is said TO he so thoroughly devoted to
the music halls that the situation of The
serious theatres grows worse every wear. The
present season is said to be the worst ever
known. None Of the plays has proved profit
able. The theatres are deserted and only the
music halls flourish.