The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-15
The Week in Gotham.

new 1OTk, April lS.--l ne SlOIy Oh tHe
two Ghetto plays of the beginning of the
season is being repeated around QUO
Vadis." There was a neck-and- race
between rival productions of similar plays
then; now the contest is between dramati
cations of the Slenkiewicz novel. Two
adapters, each claiming authority" pre-
pared as many versions for stage presenta-
ton. The enormous success of Ben Hur'
spurred on to endeavor both managers and
writer's. Some weeks ago the Herald
Square theater was engaged for one "Quo
Vadis" company, and Immediately the
other bestirred itseE to get ahead of its
competitor In the matter of metropoli-
tan production. The New York Theater
was engaged, and we are enjoying two
stage presentations of the play, This
makes three semi-religious dramas run
ming on Broadway at tho same time, and
we consider ourselves quite a pious peo-
pie, and our town many miles removed
from Sodom and Gomorrah. or the two
plays the one at the Herald Square Is the
better. Miss Glider, the author of this
version, is a., woman OF intelligence and
culture. and has made an exceedingly
clever adaptation of the famous novel. The
New York production excels in Its scenic
effects but its literary merit is not so
apparent. Both are acted by competent
people. The war will be interesting
while 1t lasts. Fts
Tim. Murphy opened at the Bijou thea
ter Monday night in THE Carpetbagger,
and was enthusiastically received by a
large audience. The play is given with
hn oriu ha nd
and accessories. and promises to have a
prosperous run, Mr. Murphy has de-
veloped into a metropolitan favorite and
his future engagements will he antici-
pated with interest. He continues at the
Bijou for at least month, after which
a vacation will be in order
The Bostonians are presenting THE
Viceroy'' at the Knickerhocker, with much
success. The opera Is tuncful, and Is
capitally sung and acted by Barnabee.
Macdonald, rockingham, Helen Bertram,
Marcia Van Dresser, and the other princl-
pal members of this popular organization.
Their engagement closes the season at this
theater.
Women and Wine" melodrama by
Arthur Shirley and Benjamin Laudeck, Is
on view at the Manhattan theater. The
piece ran for months at the Princess thea
ter in London, and Is still touring In the
English provinces. The story is interest
Ing, and tells OF the evils wrought by
strong drink, The early scenes are laid
In the Hotel Malvern and in London
money-lender's Office Later the action Is
transferred to Paris, and among the
scenes shown are the Grand Prlx at tho
Longschamps race course; the cafe
DAfrique; masked ball in Japanese
restaurant; the Partisan flower market
at sunrise, and the Court OF Assizes. The
court runs the whole emotional gamut
and points a moral. In this respect II
is praiseworthy. Manager w A. Brady
has staged 1t with handsome scenery and
Proctor Otis. Mabel Eaton, Minnie Du-
pree, Howard Kyle. NJ A. Kennedy.
George Osborne, Frank Hatch, Franklin
Roberts and others more or less known
to fame. There is also A supernumerary
force OF nearly two hundred people.
"Sapho" having been declared "a clean
and elvating play by the courts, is again
running at Wallack's. with Olga Neither
sole in the part of Fanny lie Grand. Not
a line or bit of business has been cut
and the suggestive ballroom and stair
way scenes are given just as they were on
the opening night. II Is announced by
the management that "Sapho' will be con-
tinued for several weeks, or until the
| theater Is closed for the summer.
Teddy Marks, who has for several year,
dabbled in vaudeville. has returned from
I London. He is full Of a scheme to erect
building in this city that shall con-
I tain a circus. hppodrome and music
hall. This sort OF an amusement enter
prise Is not a new idea by any means foi
during the last fifteen years it has been
projected by at least dozen managers
and always with the same resulting
building Of the kind is erected. However
| il looks well on paper. and serves to ad-
vertise the brilliant Teddy,
The circus is PLAYING IT'S annual sprlne
engagement at the Madison square Gar
den
The continued attractions are: The
RAYS In "a Hot Old Time at the Vic
toria; J. X Hackett in The Pride Of
Jennico.r at the Criterion; Ben Hur al
the broadway; ~ Man and His Wife.
at the Empire sherlock Holmes" at
the Garrirk; rTrelawny ~ the Wells, az
1 Daiys Stuart Robson in oliver Gold
4 smith" al the Fifth Avenue; MY DauEh-
lter-iD-iaw," at the Lyceum; Why Smith
Left Home at the Madison Square: pWsy
Dewn East" at the Academy. and the
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