New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-04
THE DRAMA.
TUE local THEATRES AT EASTER.
,,o,.s NOVELTIES AND INCIDENTS.

A.. the opening Of the Easter season there Is
81 = show Of active enterprise In the local
.noo,res and fashion her custom holus' TINS year
'" ,ears before The changes. however. are
a. ~ .,s and tho novelties not remark
10. .oomendahe endeavor to present Shake
80. was made last night AT the Herald Square
Eve about the last place In the world where
- . thing might have been expected-and MT
% n Nsclean Miss Odette Tyler Mrs Mac'ean'
chorIes r Hanford and their company APP
MI a., .O,bello" A farce called THE Cuckoo
Pe'' nrosented AT Walacks Theatre. Another
We ao,iad THE Purple Lady " was produced at
- puou Theatre. Mrs. Fiske. at the Firth Ave
80 Theatre revived the drama OF Tess OF 'he
,1,I-rherviles" and repeated her well-rememoered
-..,orroarce Of it's principal character Mr. Dom
LII AZ the Murray Hill Theatre made present
-. - "a Partisan Romance Ada Rehan. VINO
-. Few nights has been absent from the bill, re-
.oared At DAYS Theatre. acting Lady Garnet'
app.TA Goa, Ruby" Miss Irwin played at the
cr.,d Onera House. in Kate Kip Miss Marie
1,o,n,r,qht participated in performance at the
-o,.oo nresenting piece called Josephine versus
xoroleon" Mr.. Chauncey Olcott began an en-
r,er, ~ one week at the Harlem Opera House
~osent,ng "A Romance Of Athlone. Ano'hei
re,eer Mr. Paul Gilmore. entered the local
cd presenting himself as D'Artagnan' IN thea're
LIED the Metropolis situated in the pleasing
n,rbs Of Harlem Mr. James O'Nein and his
clever associates at the Broadway Theatre repeated
,be,r brilliant Interpretation of the OLD dumas
novel and Mr.. Sothern and his company AT 'he
Knickerbocker Theatre, entered on the last WEN
~ their engagement here. presenting a"''"'t
,.,,ra Of the same subject. The engagement OF
~ o,vem at the Broadway Theatre will extend
,o-u x Mr. Gillette's skilful and laughaole
aan,ation Of foreign farce, entitled because She
we'd Him So was repeated at the MauiSo"
c,uare Theatre. where IL has given much pleaSu'e
80 many people Mr.. Jerome's play OF Jo"'i III,
ro-6eld'. was repeated at the Lyceum Theatre ana
.l,r yhO1lf q
- e n heavy and trte production. incohereh,
r,oa,ool false TO nature and devoid OF any sensI
~ meaning and II is not particularly well ac'eu'
W :. hoe been well received and highly COM
rended The regular season at the LE'eu'',
theatre will close next Saturday night Gore anu
r,orc were celebrated in Mr.. Tilotsons Report loi
nutv" at the Fourteenth Street Ihea"e' w.
cor.or.e nlav Of Lord and Lady Algy was ac'cu
=, tho Empire Theatre. where 1t has eh'ereu -"
The third month Of prosperous '"'o''
musical farce 'In Gay Paroe' was repe"'Vu az
the casino Mr. Neil Burgess appeared d. r..
-, rbeatrA Mr. Denman Thompson. acune III
The Old Homestead" dfused virtue al ,he CO, W
- The entertainments Of the hour II VIII "0
eh..r,ed are numerous and much dNerslheu'
,,,s dramatic incidents Of more or less I'M
ro close AT hand An afternoon per-
tr,oance OF "Trelawny OF the wells VIII oo So
=, tho Ivceum Theatre to-day. ana the opp, 'ui-''
- 80 ,o,,np this adrot and pungent satire OF con-
- ,'.,,.,. .lihe in society and upon the stage
ven y.
-. o., no widely improved. An afternoon p'.
<orr,once Of Little Italy" and "DiVorcohS WIN
- given by Mrs. Fiske and her company AZ INC
- ,,.or,e Theatre on Wednesday. Mrs FlsKe
rresentrnent Of "Divorcons' pours hoOu Vi 49,
,o,,le unon the French problem play anu WHO
:, Is in the highest degree en)oyapIe' il
- certainly il ought 10 exercised most saiu.ai'
go ,,oo, tho public taste. Miss Julia Mar
800 ,.,u come TO the Knickerbocker Theatre next
.L Anril 10 presenting a new Drama Ca''u
..ool,,e,te This play is romantic IN charac'el'
- e rotahle for brisk action and wealth OF lhcl-
den, and in other cities 1t has been receive" "'''
s.,,on fovor II provides Miss Marlowe with
character commingling vivacity with sehti"e"''
snd her performance OF it has been much admired
A.. ,.,ar,es corhlan's engagement at the Fifth
,,a,ua Theatre will begin next Tuesday eVenins'
Anril IL when he will present his ne" drain" i''
,va m an episode in the French heVoiu'o"'
.,led Citizen Pierre" This play has beeh ioHe ~
nronaration. and It will enlist the services " d
s,rorg cornpanv and OF numerous auXilianes. MISE
60 x.rersola will appear at the Harlem opera
ryo,,se on Anrn 10 and will act there TOT wen
,,resenting the various fearful dramas WIN ""'o"
Ior name is associated. suppemehtd'E SV
will gin at the Lyceum Theatre on Apr" w. w.
Nv lanes K Hackett and company o'ta"'N'U
~ his sunnort will present Mr. Anthony HOPE
-. .,prnart 10 Hentzau" The famous German
- Sorrentbal will make his re-entrance IN
Aroer,ca next Thursday night, April b. al 'he IL
,I,g Place Theatre acting Nathan the WISE
sonnenthal has many admirers mere anu '''
audience is not limited 10 the Germans ne WI"
10 cordially welcomed and. If his plays are Ju-
diciouslv selected and his strength is not Vaihy N
nerdod on such subjects Hamlet ana hihs
oor" he will doubtless. have an exceedingly
rrosnorous season. Several productions OF hoiheo
end Inlet" are impending over TINS community
One OF them will be made next MONDAY a. u,o
Herald Square Theatre by Mr.. Maclean ana ms
associates and Juliet will be represented D! N''s
o5e,,e TYLER. Another will be accomplished later
-. 49,. rroad,rov Theatre bv Miss Julia Arthur.
,b,rd and the most colossal, will be effected uhder
tho vieilant eye Of that eminent shakespeareah
scholar Mr. Charles Frohman, whose ripe eHpeI-
enc4 with such edifying works as me Cohquei
ors "Zaza" and THE Cuckoo have so wen
o,areed him for reverent mnstration at the shrine
~ Shakespeare These dramatic epldemlcs arc
among the most comical occurrences that diversity
tho chronicle Of the stage. Soon after Charlotte
C,ishnan died there a sudden run on Lazy
Macbeth and various blooming damsels snat'ereu
Themselves against that character ana were seen
no more Al another time there was run Oh
Claude Melnotte. and almost every walKlhe-sen'le
man in the country laneuished and vanished IN
"a aeeo vale shut IN with roses The law that
regulates such ebullitons mas not been discovered
but probablv they result from an Impulse Nndred
with that which causes every sheep in the flock TO
initiate the leap OF leader
The nos,tive novelties Of the night are the farce
q, Tho Cuckoo al Wallacks Theatre and the
farce % The Purple Lady" at the Bijou For the
first Of these the public is indebted to Mr. Charles
Frohman manager who has distinguished him
self by presenting some Of the most offensive plays
ever seen upon the New York stage. The CUCKOO
g ~ T-rer IN origin and Il comes here by the way
OF London Its subject may be inferred from its
title Its story relates the proceedings of gay
husband and a sprighty wife. each Of whom Is
supposed 10 be treading the primrose path or
dahance-the one bent upon luxurious prohigacy'
the other upon resentful licentiousness The nus
band is A fool VINO SETS out TO he rake. the wife
takes a kindred course: and. the end OF this
rivalry I'm vice-a contention which is invested with