The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
AZ JITRIvIGlNZI WILL mr. N
Only NEW PRODUCTION.
Hut Henry Irving win Return, aud There
viii lie Changes of Plays by Helen
Modjeska, olga Nethersols and Others,
with Considerable Novelty In vaudeville.

Modjeska, Olga Nethersole and Others,
With Considerable Novelty In vaudeville.
The only new theatrical production Of note
this week will i- an extravaganza, The Regatta
Girl, With which a departure from vaudeville
will be made at Roster & Balls To morrow
night I, is the composition ii clay NJ Greene.
j. Cheeyer Goodwin and Charles Bradley - TO
words, Ia prose- and verse, and 81 John j. Braham
and Harry Mel elan ns To music MIR Mcclellan
is known as tune maker for = few ballads
only, but something striking IL expected Of him
now lie il a cousin Of that Mir Mel elan whose
press name is Hugh Morton The play Ia English
IN scenes representing kensing,on Gardens,
y villa on the Thames at regatta time, and the
stage II the Co,ent Garden Theatre, where a
very pre,entious ballet entitled Progress" is
shown The company includes Eddie Girard
Alexander Clarke, Amelia Summervine, Laura
Joyce Bell. Jennie Ieamans, Charles kennig
ham. Attalie Claire, william 7 T~erriss, Ethel
Jackson, Giovanni Perugini, Margare, Mac
donald. Henri IeonI, Blanche Sherwood, Leo
more Harris and Olive Ulnch. Most Of these
names mean talent, Il one Kind or another, and
collectively they indicate a great deal Of enter
tainment The ballet is practically a separate
affair. though the action leads mp To tConnectedly
" san hN'NtUh llFIOIl NlbllFl N'llfNlllllS o. E'''l
in that line as the biggest Of the London music
halls produce. 1t has been brought over from
the Scala, At Milan, where it was arranged by
Mayot,i t" music 10y Mar"nco The list Of dancers
contains the names OF pessioni, Romeo. Ferrari,
Rice, Cassie, Muller, Cara, kiraliy. l%Tonlne,
Ilnyo, Muller, Cameron, lOvelace and Ricardo,
belonging to men and women engaged for ahih.
ties in dance or pantomine.
Henry Irving and the London I.ycsum COM
pany will come to the knickerlocker to morrow
night, and probably Ellen Terry will he with
them. though her recent illness causes some
doubt "Robespierre" would not miss her as
much as some Of the later reviyals would. For
instance. The Merchant, of Venice, scheduled
for part Of the week following, would lose half
its interest without the exceptionally fine Poritd
II Ellen Terry. The first week will Ire devoted
10 Sardou's melodrama Of the French Revolution.
The rest Of the engagement will be taken up with
The Bells, The Merchant Of Venice, Nance
GldReld," Waterloo and THE Amber Heart "
After the Irving Terry term j" II So'hern and
Virginia Harmed will come in an elaborate pro
duction Of "'The Sunken Bell"
Helena MNdJeska begins her last week at the
Fifth Avenue In it she will appear in all the
roles that she has played before In her engage
ment The first three evenings will he devoted
to the Scribe comedy, "The Ladies' Battle on
Wednesday afternoon Marie Antoine,te" will
IL given. The Polish actresses admired per
Torrance in MARY Stuart will he repeated on
Thursday, and Friday will see her In Much Ado
About Nothing Saturday will bring Mac
beth twice Following Nine. Modieska's stay
the Fihh Avenues stage will he used by Stuart
Robson in oliver Goldsmith" written to order
by Augustus Thomas. Mr. Robson's company
includes Henry r mxey, Walter Hale, II 4
Weaver. beaumont Smith, Jeffrey, Lewis, Ellen
Mortimer and Florence Rockwell After four
weeks Of oliver Goldsmith" Joseph jefferson
will play n short engagement In The Rivals"
RIP Van Wrinkle. The Cricket on the Hearth"
md lend Me Five Shilings"
Cah Wagner, who began his engagement at
the Irving Place last week. and Ada Merto,
ono Of the better members Of Heinrich Conried 3
stock company, will I've seen on Thursday night
and for the rest Of the week in the title parts Of
Hero and leandcr." This is Grnlparzer's poetic
tragedy, which has been played for many years
IN Germany, but has never been seen here. The
first three nights uf the week will b. devoted H.
Felix Phllppi's The Golden Cage. Mrs. Wilhel.
NINA SChluteT, who will play a Leading part, Will
Ia We u testimonial to-morrow night
The interesting Japanese actors who have
been at the Berkeley lNceum Will move 20 the
Bijou tomorrow for a short stay The perform
ance Of these OrentalS, headrd, by kawakami
and saba NaCCO, Hre educational and entertain
ing in a high degree. .
jacques Auher's opera, Fra Davolo," will
I've revived by the Castle Square singers. II has
been given before by this company at the American
and was v ell received. The cast for this weeks
performances include Reginald Roberts, William
Prue,te, Frank Nloulan, Charles Meyers. Louis
Casayant. Maude Lillian Bern and Maude Lam
bert. That should ensure good results.
The NurruN Hill VIII have Edward L. hlllpT' a
comedy, Peaceful Valley" The Donn-lly com
pany viii take the paris acted eight years ago
by Sol Smith Russell and his comrades. for whom
II was written
"A Runaway Gin" will be at the Harlem Opera
House this week. This English musical farce
has some Of the prpttiest Of music Of n light order
heard IN many years. Its success al DAILY y
and the Fifth Avenue last season was deserved.
The company that is playing 1t now contains
some Of the actors then appearing in II, notably
Paula Edwards, who was comical when She sang
Ign Surl'ty.
The Grand Opera House will have mn enter
tanning show thus week in Primrose and Dock
staders MINISTRIES. They were AT the Herald
Sauara recently. and they then showed to New
York that ole. fashioned negro minstrelsy was
still amusing.
That ever green American success, II ncle ON $
Cabin" will be- at the Star 1t - rare nowadays
that n dtamatllaton Of the famous book is seen
in the metropolis.
The Third Avenue will have Just Before
Dawn, a m'loIrama
The theatres that make no change nearly oil
have popular players. The Broadway surely
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