The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
TIL WEEK On OUR STAGE.
AN ATrRACTIvE VAEIETY OF PA rs
TO Bk PREskNrhD TO US.

Lower narbor'' and Ex~travnganHa In
"~Broadway to T~okio"-Ths Other Bills.
Charles FrohmAn will put ono Of his many
importauons Of Parson pleasantly on view
at the Lyccum Theatre to, morrow night. II
is an output OF two practsed French makers
of farcical comedies. Michael Care and Paul
Bilhaud, and il entitled The Surprises OF Love"
The fun IL based on the odd conceit that what
is called the Burnet phLs In a lottery Ia wholly
coniectural until IL Is won by a be,rothed girl.
and then II turns out TO DO an accomplished but
Impoverished young man. lie is so fascinating
that his owner falls In love with him, and so do
some other unreasonable village maidens. From
that complication the surprises arise, and II Is
said that they are lively. One episode Is
the Imprisonment Of the ahecionate heroine
In q summer house with the prize chap when
she should be at the altar with her afianced
husband, Leading roles in this piece have been
assigned 10 ELSIE dc Wolfe, II. Reeves-Smith.
Olive May. Eric Hope. Charles Bowser, Marga-
ret Robinson and wallace Erskine, These names
indicate q careful selection Of appropriate talent.
and seem TO show. TOO. that the performance
will be given in a spiht Of true comedy rather
than extravagant farce.
Olga Nethersole will introduce at Wallack's to-
morrow night. a dramatic version by Clyde Fitch
Of Daudets "Sspho." This play will necessarily
be a depletion Of a wanton's life, as the outcast
heroine Of the French novel has been made as con-
s~picuous in the action as possible in order TO pro-
vide a strong role for Miss Nethersole. There
is bound to be a discussion Of this creatures I'M
morality, and the ~propriety Of illustrating IL on
the stage. Such publicity is counted on to aid
these assailable enterprises, OF the artistic
nual,tiaa of tha Nynhurtipn thera NAV wall Iva
good expectation. Mr.. Fitch is a clever play
wright, Miss Ne,hersole has made her repu-
tation as an expert and forceful actress by en-
bodying eroic characters with vivid holiness.
That she will go the full length Of her opportun.
iy and ability as Sapho is altogether likely.
She promises that fine costumes and scenery
| shall be shown, Her company WAS formed for
a tour with the Dnudet-F Fitch drama, and had
had plenty Of practice in other cities.
The Castle Square company win rise TO an
| occasion OF grand opera at the American To- NOR
row night A work wholly new to this city.
al the Lower Harbor," by Nicola Spenelli and
Eugene Checci, will be produced. 1t is Of tragic
! impor, and In the modern style OF Italian COM
position, the most familiar example of which
with us Is "Cavalleria Rustcana-" The sub
iect is the opposed love Of q woman for her children
anu LOT Vic SNtelltdIt VI utl uInldTTlcu udNS
The time Of the action is forty years ago and the
place Naples. The scenes are a public square
and the interior Of an inn, The mounting will,
III said, b. liberal The alternating casts assign
Selma Kronel and Mary Linck to the princi.
pal female part and william G Stewart and
William Pruette to the male one, besides employ
ing Mary Darlington, Jennie Davies, Frank
Belcher and Herman Brand In the same bill
will b. an Ofcnbach o~peretua, The Magic Melody, "
never before performed in New York. This
will have the services Of the Misses Morgan, Quin,
Ian and Lambert and Messrs. Roberts, Cassavert
and Moulan. Tomorrow nights entertain.
ment will be the G50th by the Castle Square com
pany at the American. The souvenirs will be
| silver and violet vases,
The Sircs have postponed broadway to
Toxic at the New York until Tuesday night.
This extravaganza is meant To b. a worthy sue
cessor to the native ones which have been gor-
geously produced under the same auspices there
and at the Casino II is sure that, whatever
, the outcome may be, 4 great deal Of money and
work has been expended in the preparations.
The authors are Louis Harrison and George V.
Herbert as to language and 4. B Sloane and
Reginald de Koven as to music. II will set forth
showily a tale that the mummy q Cleopatra was
brought to life by an Egyptian fencing master
Of the present day; that the heart Of the beautiful
queen had been removed before her nterment:
that her modern possessor, being deeply enam
cred Of her, missed that vital organ Of love
and that, learning il was someH here on sale
a. a curio, ne searched far and wide for it. Sc
did numerous Of her suitors. Well known and
seemingly suitable performers have been engaged.
They include Gus Harlan, Fay Templstun, Joseph
Sparks Josie Sadler, ldaIine Cotton. Mamie
kcIsu, lglacio Martlne,u, Joseph on. Gilbert
Gregory, Charles kirke, Lew Simmons, Nicholas
Long and Christine Blessing.
Felix SchwAighoter viii introduce two more
short German plays, "Scheu the Schoolmaster"
and "ut,cl!m,s Success besides appearing in
one act 4 The Telegraph Girl" on the puesday
night 4 his farewell AT the Irving Place The
Nobody" will be repeated 10 morrow night The
lie41rhIahz society will 60 TO this theatre on
performed by the Conried company The rest
Of the week will be. given to Blumcn,hal and
Kadelburg's AT the White Horse Tavern"
-Four new short pieces, serious and comic will
be introduced by pupils Of the v %heatcroi,- Stan
Theatre on Thursday afternoon.
The dramas Of Gerhard Hauptmsnn are 10 be
brought out in liddish at a Hebrew theatre in
the Bowery. The first Of them will be "reamster
Henschel, with Adler in the principal role.
\ new melodrama called THE King Of Rogues,'
will be- produced at the Star to morrow night,
Archibald Cowper and Harry +. Spiers are credited
with the authorship, The principal scenes rep,
| present the JOHANNESBURG hoteI, Tie Harden Of
The Maison dor, o moving train on the Southern
Railway Of France and the tower Of San Jacques,
showing the great clock in operation. The cast
is headed by Rolinda Bainbridge.
The vaudeville provision is ample. A con
tinuous bill Of the all variety order is the offering
at Proctor's Palace. Its leaders are Montgomery
and Stone, two men who copy the singing and
dancing Of negroes, and who are Just returned
from London An importation that should prove
interesting 10 a batch Of trained collies. whose
first showing in this country will be made to
morrow. An instrumental concert Is promised
from them. The Others listed are Halliday and
Ward. McPhee and Hin. Harding and All Sid
the Ia Noles, Florence Henri King and the
1'ysons.
Marie Dressler will be to the fore at Proctor $
Theatre. Her medium Is a sketch entitled
twenty Minutes in Shirt Waists" and Adele
Harrington Is her companion. Another pleasing
sketch will BE- from Willard Simms and Jennie
Graham. Leo Dervalto, an equillbnst, will fll
up q spiral path TO- the top Of the stage opening
and back, there will ibe diillcul, acroLatcs from,
the l3entons, and Keno. Welch and Melrose will
do like tricks with comic twists. Sisson and
Wallare ard the kleAts are some Of the others
| The kalatechnoscope, the name given To the
motion picture mechanism at the Proctor houses,
is in So rvice here. as well as uptown.
Vaudeville concerts that will cover both after
noon and evening will be given To day at the
Proctor theatres. At the Palace the n,Gre con
splc,loI,s contributors will be Pauline Moran
Twenty third street the best known entertainers
will be Edward Harrigan, the Tysons, Hid,
Thomas and I'd. Latell.