The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-13
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
POINTS or SPECIAL INTEREsT IN
CURRENT PERFORMANCES.


The First of the Empires Plays stiil In
I..-A New short Piece In Vaudeville.
Richard Mansfield Is remarkable for his
maintenance OF a repertory from which none
=, his earlier successes is dropped. He first
s,ined attention a. the old nroGigate in "A
p.riaiar Romance" when the English version
81 that French play was brought out by Albert
# palmer with his memorable stock company.
Tho familiar story Is true that John II. Stod-
dart objected to taking the role. Mr.. Mansfield
was substituted. AMI no still uses tho
niece with his own part elaborated.
vh.r no became a star. his first VEN
,ure was with the gallant young guide
in A. C. Qunter's Prince Karl" and that piece
NJ his early prosperity remains serviceable.
The next medium OF his ability as character
actor was Beau Brummel." OF mixed and
sysn mysterious authorship. One certainty 10
that the historic coxcomb was suggested to the
actor BY william Winter. who outlined tho
n,onosed play. but declined as usual to become
= PLAYWRIGHT. Clyde Fitch took the commits
.,on He was then new to such writing,
and this start proved advantageous to him.
An acrimonious dispute arose between him
and Mr.. Mansfield. who asserted that no
w.s n Joint author. II Blanchard Jerrold had
bs.n still alive. he might we'll have mixed In
the row as a claimant. because the new piece
drew manifestly from his old one. Mr.. Mans
oeld is enactlng Beau Brummei again this week
At the Garden Theatre to the satisfaction OF
" Ss iirst drama produced by Charles Froh-
man AT his Empire Theatre, almost seven
Years. ago. The Girl l Left Behind Me-" the
revived this week by the ponnelly stock com.
pany at the Murray Hill OF the Original cast
sydney Armstrong and wa, Wsiiy and E Ss1snp
WheatcPoft 10 dead. hat odete iyler.
EsSsEias a0, f Rs.c. MG EaSset
Morn MOTHS sV Cyril Scott and william Il Thompson
retain NOR 6s % the Ssro
o. tSe late William Terrlss during the year OF
the piece in London. Ia nov In the Emil
Is'F While sf he nas 1f Miss 3Tsrd we're
wA h asn Esas As suJ Tss ss' %GSd
.anguine Prejudice against American
s.y sss not Murray Ss O'f Kin 0'frISG
the actors are doing excellent work aud the
that the characters are in no sense complex.
Hannah May lugham and Ralph stuart are
better ,hAn the originals as the (, serious lovers
S Ssu equals Ti the Hr.t Villain IL all but
i SSHn girl SHOWN peasaon Of the role and
apower to carryit ont William Redmund "a
thrilling u the G.nsra,s sc sem, WIN WIS hiS
dron ami Walter Allen are praisewnrthy. That
so adequate a performance can he prepare Tor
ssngle week Is marvellous.
Fox and Allen are proving at the Pleasure
Palace that new standards hold for introducing
,pecialties. Once on u time the fair soubrctte
trpped In clad In fur-trimmed brief
gown. glanced coyly to right and to left
AMI said: He is not here So while M
waiting for him. ladies and gentlemen. I'll en-
deavor to give you"-shs always endeavored-
my original creation. aauickstep IN goioshes-"
Then the stage hands turned on a paper snow
storm and she danced. Nowadays this sort OF
thing won't do Fox and Allen are away be-
Jond IT, Their sketch places them as sweet
hearts who have quatrelled and who have met
unintent!onally 10 a dentists office. The dent
He H places his come' y com psnion in the operat:
nolsily The audience knows what is com g.
and that once the crank is turned the OCCUPANT
sScs, through which the patient can be put.
turns his crank rapidly. Thefeat the other
srGs muscaily. Gould ANYTHING be neaterl
P e only for sGSR al
tunes and in the end arc Joined BY
This preface to song and dance has. too. other
value than novelty; While the woman awaits
pSa s0T mS ons hsn4 shd wtS
COMPLICATED anger In the other. He orders an
assistant to send in filing for, the patients
teeth. and bundle o! straw II thrown in. with
apckaxe and like hardware. Thin at the cal
FOR tools for clean ny hoe and stable broom
are thrown in. The old-tIme .I;.love.to-
the laughter that is created by these devices
MI IL,
plays In Wheels within Wheels" at the
Madison Square and The Right OF the To-
divldual" at the Irving Place. III Trovatore'
is having its last repetitions for the season a
the American. The Lit Company led by ElitS
Proctor Otis AMI Joseph KilRore is with
Sporting Life" at the Grand Opera House
Danman Thompson il with The Old Home
stead" at the Harlem Opera House. West'i
An-trel- are NJ the Star.
night BY Julia MarIowe Tor the .fii,ieth Tins o
Barbara frietchie," and by Minnie hadderI
iissee Tor the hundredth OF Becky SHARP.
Elder Miss BLOSSOM" and the same limit i.
AKA t9I The RSiy Fsr% SshSs plsy: Z
pspa. VIE TfG ' Mas HeS Rrs H1 aas
WITH Mr. MIS- p.s Tas krGEany q TiaT r
Gillette: The Ameer,"' with Mr. Daniels: THE
Singing GirI,", with Miss Nielsen and Sister
Current vaudeville IL Of all sorts Four con-
tinuous shows offer long bills Of commendablt
specihtles and sketches. Names that coun
especially In these programmes are Gertrude
Mansfield, Cary Wilbur Watson and Hutchint
and the Neuvelles at Proctor's: Alcide Capt
tame Raymon Moore, the Ravens and thu
Freezes at the Pleasure Palace: the Craggs, A
o. Duncan, the Girl with the Auburn Hair ant
The QuinianOs AT Keth's. and Tony Pastor anC
Beatrice Moreland at Pastors.
Al the New York few days more remain 70
NE pictures of tho Jcffrles-Sharkey fight
,hoddy Dotty" will soon give way at tn
Comique TO a weekly succession OF touring bur
iesquers The Dewey's tenants are spec aiist
among whom are Grapewin and Chance. WI!
llhmS and Tucker and Ezra Kendall, Wa!
snow, motion photographs and band music ar
Lien Musee offerings.
The ,engaRement OF Gus and Max Rogers II
The Rogers Brothers In Wall Street" nj tn
Victoria, Will end on Dec 80. On New Year,
Day. Edna Wallace Hopper and Jerome Syke
VI. come there In SousaS extravaganza
.hrls and the Wonder full Lamp"
The farce from the French which Charlie
trohman will produce soon. with Elsie y
H MG,l In the pTlpcna, part. has been named tn
Beginning next Sunday night Roster h Bal
VII be devoted once more to vaudeville
Round New York in Eighty Minutes" wi
be continued until then. The special matine
o. II Tor the benefit oi the Parnell Monumen
tnnd Will be given on Dec. u IA announced.
The New York will be closed next week an