The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
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rtoy IL, Jerome X. Jerome Entitled
I,nu Iurrrtieid" Butal" BiliS"Wtld
w..," Here again Variations and '"h-
,uunt,ons In Drnma and Nnudr'ill"'
,ew rIYy hy Jerome Il. Jerome. entitled
.,""h, IpserNcld.' will lie performed ut the
- on Wednesday night for the first time
hr~her, IL depicts the cOurtShip OF n bril-
an,,' hsu. hy a practical man Of business. their
NDso,esniL wedlork. their unhappy serara-
~ and after a LAPSE Of thirty seven years.
49,. l.,ipc reunion through adversely anu
~ authorizations. The action REQUIRES MIR.
,S,r,n Miss Mandering and others TO age In
.Hna,-,nus between the third and fourth acts
~, will surely bo a novelty. The place and
49,. are England at the beginning OF the pres
v, csntury. So there will lie a display OF
S.orsinn costumes and manners. The first
Ii ., the week at the Iyceum will he de-
.,aI N Americans at Home" which has been
..,Esd,y improved. Tho season OF the stock
.mnapy will end on April 4. and then we shall
sora James Il. Hackett's appearance in
Rupert OF Hent2au' -,
w,r drama called Report for Duty will
rou at the Fourteenth Street tomorrow
si,b, The author is j. h. Tillotson. who has
,,rr.d out several plays of a popular quality.
Thu bero OF the present piece Is a southern
4, uhose sweetheart Is won away from him
,.rsdiously white ho is on ~perilous duty In the
yorth.rn army. He returns to find her mar
,sd 10 his false friend. The two men fight a
duaL which makes the woman n widow. eiigl-
Nj. 70 become tho wife OF the righti Fellow after
all The representation o. warfare takes the
form q, n commandment. i'll which the carnage
ord dest, uction wrought by exploding shells
,ys initiated. A. $. Human and Selma Her
man play the principal parts. The company
has had some practice in the West.
new farce, The Air ship" will be given
a, the Grand opera House. 1t will travesty q
journey By balloon TO Alaska. with a stop at
Dawson City. and lots of nonsense all along
the way. OF course. it will be impregnated
with vaudeville. The entertainment has mani
testify been put together TO meet a popular de-
napd for slightly dramatized variety shows.
Stuart Robson and May Irwin are among the
GraDd's futurities.
Aserious halt-hour drama, Little Italy" by
Horace B. Fry, will be introduced at the Fifth
Avenue on Wednesday night. Mr.. Fry has un-
dertaken to transfer to the stage a homely
tragedy o, life in the Italian quarter OF New
York, and to do it so briefly and tersely that it
NAV be used as a e curtain raiser" The active
personages are q husband. to be enacted by
Frederick de Dellevillc. his wife. by Minnie
Madden Fiske. and her lover. by Tyrone
Power. The longer play in the bill will be
"Dlyorcons." The first half OF the week will
be given up to "Frou-Frou."
Buffalo Bill will be with US again on Wednes-
day as tho central figure In The Wild West"
which will then take possession OF the Madison
souare Garden. He doubtless believes. and
With good reason. that the familiar things
would be missed from his show. Therefore
we shall see again the Indians. the COWBOYS.
the military rough riders and the acrobatic
Arabs. But a new element will be q represen-
tation Of the charge at San Juan Hill. with q lot
OF the Roosevelt regiment and many Cuban
seterans in II. ThiJ exhibition will occupy the
Garden until the middle OF April, when the
sells Brothers Forepau oh Circus will como
in.or two weeks.
Reliance on The Old Homestead" has never
yet proved vain ut the Academy OF Music. The
New HAMPSHIRE farm has spread its scenes
broadly on that stage many times and always
attracted enough to draw remunerative au.
dIences. Beginning to- morrow night. and
probably lasting TO the end Of the season, tho
Did play will be there again. Denman Thomp-
will have Charles Carter. Arthur Kirk patrick.
Frank knapp and Walter Lenox az his rustic
n~eighoors, The balladists have always been
organized. The new members are W. c.
Weeden, tenor Of the COLLEGIATE Church: D..
brake, baritone Of Craze Church. and Grafton
The comedians as well as the singers Of the
stock company at the American will have op-
S%GIK5 ,aaH Nh this M %ssE; win II a h revival ,hs Of s "Ths
monarch, Mr.. Hitchcock the reluctant exc
S%utioRer. Mr., Norman the holder OF many Of
lsss s11e Ml; Taase 81 Ms. a'S Miii RsRDe Mss IS % !!Sn T1l.
Iaa from 51s's seh Hsot Mr. E.li sRssh han their heir; sdq %irs
pursuing bride elect. The performance to.
might will be the 450th here BY thiso Or
ga1izaion. and there will be gift mementos.
lis hI' ai hbsSp IN aih the M epE1'S %i 's1O FL VII Wind %ats
next week.
E1ueriments with a rood grade Of comedy
people. whose ~roSeate memories do not lead
Them TO expect too much OF the old pieces. and
who are content with the really adequate per
ours" one OF the late II. ]. Byron's light and
graceful pieces OF sentiment and .humor. will
viii Vi F ssv. TT this lis week; Henry y Donnelly
no, DO well With it.
Y. may do 50 this week at the Opera House.
Ihat 10 the farce in which sadie Martinot's
s, anl Is OF herself is. by contrast with the
comp ,sI Eu a. tbis e sm. ana a%. dainty ga MY exploit * ths The
nstt,an. and those who go will witness q clever
Those who have no liking for In
selves with It.
.IThe f%ane!tul inventions OF Lewis Carroll in
a. 'ee IN Monderland" have been adapted to
,ae stage by W. dc Wagstaffe and they will be
ensssh.ed at the Carnegie Lyceum at six NATL
ices beginning next Thursday. The pictures
s ~ yr en- Isnnlel have been utilized. and it is
ucs 10 the matter.
me stage has an acquisition. though 1t may
SRsr X pt ths % 81 hin; in the person Of Tom
H,olt this week in THE Sidewalks OF New
dStK, at the Star. He will assume q mimic
Snstfeter. but his real value. no doubt. will he
ue,e!oped In a boxing bout with Bob Arm
snohR. The play Ia one OF those heterogeneous
mars o. melodrama. farce and vaudeville
"nmieh ind favor at this theatre.
me pa, that has had more performances in
SSaterlea thar. any other is Uncle Toms
LsoIh' II will have nine more this week in
nSItem at the Columbus. 1t will be performed
~ .he time-tried Version. but with the modern
ia.erIo!alion Of blooihouuds and donkeys.
beslues that II Will have a lot OF negro buck
Ssncers and cake walkers. The late Harriet
Uoetner stowe would have opened her eyes
" these extra illustrations Of her novel.
az enlertalnment will be given a week from
A. niHht al the Fourteenth Street for the bene-
% ~ hohert Is. Monroe. a theatrical manager
inu nhg from long illness. The volunteers
md TwdiIde a large PROPORTION OF talented singers
me name Of Patrick II. O'Connor was not
I'm % many frequenters Of theatres. But
rem. Tho 1ought tickets at the GarIick will
nsu!,er MS face, uerhars. because II was al.
Svsr ,pIraSahti and his manner, which was