The times., 1899-01-12
THINGS THEATRICAL.

lHlNNN IHEh XII Al.
That most amusing of all Rosenfeld
comedies The Senator" was presented
last night at the Grand by the Lyceum
Theatre Stock Company. An audience
that was Unexpectedly large in view OF
! the newspaper condemnation that had
| greeted the performance OF Tuesday even
| ing witnessed the show and waxed merry
/ over the excellent lines and situations in
which the piece abounds. The Senator
/ is a work in which the most pointed satire
is handled most delicately. Ine traces of
/ humcr being especially enjoyable in this,
{ the city that forms a locale fer the effort.
In the hands of w II. Crane and his able
support the piece became favorite, even
/ though it possesses many faults that
might have marred it in the hands of a
! combination of less ability. The render
ing given the work last night bore but
I few Of the marks that spoiled that afford
ed Jim, the Penman.' The ensemble re-
| mained notably rough and many of the
! characterizations seemed amateurish in
| the extreme. Still. the players exhibited
more confidence in reciting their lines and
seemed to know them better, circum-
| stance that proved a great relief to those
! who had seen the former production and
| who anticipated an equal amount OF care
| lessness in this. In other respects the
! two were much alike. Often. when es-
pecially able people were on the stage. the
Offering rose to great heights, and again
when the poorer members OF the company
appeared it fell Though decidedly super
ior to the presentation which preceded it.
that of The Senator was still much
below the average of the entertainments
given in hgh-class houses as it was above
! that Of those frequently seen in popular
priced places of amusement.
The individual members of the cast
ranked almost as before. Mr.. Craven
I was seen to some advantage in the title
| role, his impersonation being consistent
and thoughtful. Miss Remark was even
better than on the preceding evening. Mr..
| Grattan was cast as Won Strahl. Mr.. Dwy
er appeared Armstrong, Mr.. Cooper
made a passable Ling Ching, Mr.. Flood
was the Schuyler. Mr.. Creighton was the
Silas Denham, Mr.. Albaugh the Vance,
Mr. Winter the Sharpless, Mr.. Slater the
| Erastus. Miss Rivers the iirs. Armstrong.
Miss Bradley the Mrs. Schuylar. Miss
! Franklyn the Josie and Miss Lamkin. who
| will be remembered for her work with the
| Columbia Stock Company, was the Mrs
Hillary.
Moths" will be the bill tonight.
The opportunity to see James A. Herne,
author of shore Acres" in a new charac-
ter part and in a new play written by him
self should prove deeply interesting to
| theatregOers. The piece is The Rev.
| Griffith Davenport and the actor dramat
ist will enact its title role on Monday
| evening at the Lafayette Square Opera
| House. over 100 people will be employed
in the production. the scenic and mechani-
cal accessories of which are claimed to be
on a scale OF magniticence rarely surpassed.
The locale of this effort is Stony Mead,
| Va. and Washington. ID. c.
Those who have attended the rehearsals
! say that the work is unlike any other ever
presented on the American stage. This
was almost true of Shore Acres" and II
Mr.. Herne proves himself by this new Of
fering as able an actor and playwright as
he seemed to those who saw his famous
| New England comedy drama the stage will
he indeed enriched. The company engaged
to support Mr.. Herne is a remarkable one
and includes many admirable people. As
there are over forty of them, one may read
lily imagine that this presentation will be
most memorable event.
For next week at the Columbia Evans &
Ziegfeld announce their presentation of
The French Maid" with a cast which in
cludes Anna Held and Charles a. Bigelow.
Miss Held no longer appears in the title
role, having been supplanted by Idaiene
Cotton, who, if report is true. has been
highly successful The French woman
will. however, be seen In an entirely new
speciality, which she introduces for the
first time in this city. She will also wear
some magnificent creations by Worth.
The French Maid is by far the best OF
the many imported comedies that have en-
anated from the Herald Square Theatre
1t is full of life. action and music and its
| spectacular features are marked by a
! 1s l.
with Kaleidoscope movement of glitter
ing ballets and beautiful women Mr.
Bigelow's impersonation of the cockney
waiter will be long remembered. The
best part of this gentleman's work is that
he does not appear to be under any strain
in being funny. He takes all his trials
and tribulatiOns with the utmost serious
ness, and his every word and gesture
bring forth outbursts of laughter The
balance of the cast is composed OF the
same people seen during the former en-
| gagcment.
Hoyt's "A Day and Night In New
York. announced as being the merriest
concoction of humor that has emanated
from the brain Of this popular playwright
and which is said TO have been testing
the capacity of the Garrick Theatre New
York, for the past ten weeks. will be pre-
sented next Monday at the National. with
the original cast and all the stage acees-
sories used In the metropolis. The piece
involves the experience of young man OF
sainted aspect who arrives in Gotham from
New Jersey with a hand-satchel full OF
morals. who is prompted by his surround
ings to discard the said morals and become
sporty This character was especially
written for Otis Harlan, whose unique
and breezy impcrsonation OF Hot Stuff il
"A Black sheep will be pleasantly re-
membered. He is supported by Il cast
which Mr.. Hoyt claims is the strongest
and most versatile he has ever organized
Among the prominent members of thi.
company are William Devere. Villa Knox
Louise Cunning. Jules Jordan and Ed
ward Garvie.
The wiseacre who cOnfesses to a lillin.
for the last two things named in schiller,
proverb about wine. women and song,
should purchase seats in advance fo
Charles II. Yale's production of "Th,
Devils Auction" which will he seen mex
week at the Academy. Not only is it sal,
that the chorus girls brought forward
in the presentation are more than orlin
, arily fair to look upon but it is furthc
claimed that the feminine portion OF th
=, east is of decidedly attractive order
The music used during the performanc,