The sun., 1901-04-09
THE THEATRE AT EASTER.
AMPLE DIvERSION LAST NIGHT. BUT
NO VIEW PLAY BROUGHT OUT.



Easter Monday brought no new drama to
our theatres last night, but the changes Of
plays were dignfed by Hamlet" and
"L'Aiglon" Sarah Bernhardt and Constant
Coquelin began farewell week at the Metro
rolitan Opera House with Rostand's Napo-
leonlc tragedy. and the size of the audi
torium did not impose a strain under which
their voices failed. although the extra clort
vas disadyGntageous to the subuetics of
tncr acting The masquerade and the battle
field showed up well as animate pictures
on the big stage. while the less filling scenes
looked title lonesome and far away
Edward II Sothern appeared finely In
Hamlet at the Harlem Opera House His
performance had gained something In poise
and ease since his departure on tour. Vir-
gina Harmed was again the Opheitc. and there
had been no appreCiable changes in the cast
full duplication Of the scenery that had
been burned in Cincinnati was displayed.
thauncoy Olcott brought forward Ma
vourncen" at tho Fourteenth Street This
Irish romance had been his first vehicle on
the roadway Of star actors. and it bore a re-
vival without seeming obsolete. notwth-
standing that in some other pieces he had
figured as a less conventional hero lie sang
great deligh OF his audience
The Greenwall company appeared in East
Lynne" at the American. with Jane Ken
mark as the elopins wife who returns to her
children in tho disguise Of a govcrness The
Donney company at the Murray Hill re-
vved A Contented Woman" with Dorothy
Donnelly as the woman who finds less satis-
faction in politics than in domesticity. Frank
Daniels came to the Grand Opera House with
The Ameer, the comic opera in which he
devotes his .grotesquenesS of humor to the
oaricature Of an Oriental monarch in trouble
Efie ElSler was at the Metropolis with Bar
hara Frietchie The Star had on the
Stroke OF Twelve "
Neither Anglomania or Anglorhobia has
any manifest effect upon the theatrical taste
Of New York nowadays The people at tho
Kniokerbocker last night did not seem 10
care rap whether the American extrava-
Ranza Of The Casino Girl had or had not
been successful in London but they evinced
an interest in those members Of the returned
company who had not been in the perform
anccs a year ago at the Casino and. in the
Monday night lack Of any new play. they
were disposed to regard this old one as some
thing Ike a novelty 1t was highly en-
joyable AFFAIR Of ourr ght tomf foolcry, lasting
respects nm Improvement upon what it had
been before going abroad and coming back
The original composition was IA witess
and every way A. worthless as before, but
fun and music had been profusely put into
II. and dash and 20 had been thrown in
The stranger first in interest was Katie Sey-
mour a London prime favorte. and she
plea sed the audience here, though the sat
isfagtipn m Nth bnr bppping
She was twinkle-footed iiCger- ointed
creature ugly to a pQulnt degree in face, but
d-humored. though showing scant ability
az an actress She contributed much to the
show. vet did not achieve n success that was
az all big There was an uncommonly agree
able tenor singer in Harry Farleigh, a hand
some young Englshman with good voice.
clear cnunciation and a manly herring The
chorus and ballet were mostly English girls
of the smooth and solid type not very viva
Cious, but generally COmey An international
quartet Of dlnseuses we're liked feIture
Ella Snyder, who went away IN a minor
role returned rs the feminine principal of the
company She had earned the promotion,
and deserved the Commendalion that her
pleasant singing and competent acting won
She was the eIunl Of her predecessor In abil-
ity and eVcee Ted her in charm Albert Hart
sam Collins and Charles Dox retained three
Of the low comedy parts. and the fourth, that
Of the German Pi-hl, had been taken up by
James + sullivan, who showed good reasons
why London had laughed AZ him The per
fprmancc at the kniCkerbockcr was al o.
cether better than the first one AZ the Casino
had boon and one calculated 30 amuse most
people in rough and ready as well as neat
and gracious ways
Minnie Ashley returned ~ tho san Toy"
company NJ Dalv's last night after n long
absence due ~ trouble with her eyes and
sang again the song about = certlin Rhoda
who couldn't remember having ever run u
ragoda william Favcrsham passed into
the second half Of Tn" fortnight revival Of
Brother Officers with tho -toCk company
Mt the Empire The Shades of Night" and
ON and on began their final week nj the
Ivccum other plays that held over were
The Price of Peace" Mt the Broadway, Uncle
Toms cabin NJ tho Acadennyof Music, The
lirlhers" At tho Biiou. Are You MRson2'
~ Wallacks In the Palace Of the King" NJ
tlo Republic. When knighthood Was in
Flower qt the Criterion, Capt Jnks Of
tho Horse Marirc-' az the Garrick. 4 ndcr
Two Flags" NJ tho Garden. NV Tady" at tho
Victoria. "On the quiet ~ the Madison
square. "Fiddle-Gec-dee" at Weber 4 Ficld,'~.
Florodora" NJ the Casino Lovers Lane"
1T the Manhattan ana Die Bcruenmt" Frau"
atthe Irving Place
llr enterprise maze gpol showing
EeIth'- had San Bernard ~ \ monolugi-t.
SinmS and Angelo aud tho Nutor~ "a -ket IA
folk, and continued lat weeks -pectacGl1r
dance.
A. Proctor's Twcnrv-thrd Street ncw
lonoocuc was furnished by pighv Bell
and familiar offerings OF the first grad" came
rom ChingulI and DGnufrlu, ". II Clenart
md Murray and Lane.
kathryn Os,rrmnn was tho central figure
10 new short farce NJ proctors Fifth Avc-
nue. Dean Edsdll was the chief PLAYER Of an
4f Lkatfl Madame RuIfpTfV" rp-
u"a'ed and Sevcrus Shafrrr was foremost
socialist
Nt proc,or'- i2jth Street two wee Fast
Indian lorobals. FatmJ and Smauu, gave
'h"'r first performanc" M Am"riCn. Clarlce
Vance O,tO Suuetqro and Ward and Curran
were SOCIALISTS.
I.r moro conspicuous innings a. Proctor's
Palace we're q sketch for Dev"r" and Morrow,
urUbaltr- bv the Olracs, vocnlSm by Lclma
concerts nv its Neapolitan musicians and
motion PICTURES made mp the stage show
1T the EGou Musac whore the wax show was
th" main thing Jess Dandy and the Russell
brothers v,rn leaders 40 Pastors. In the
Olip Of the female hurl"sQue show at tho Dewey
tie t"rudlilS were Foremost specialists.
tatrice and Charles ] Ellis we're. ~ Hurtig
4 Seamon's The Gddy fhrong' continued
AZ the New York White Rat show headed
b. James j. Corbett was given at koster Il
BinHS
MEMORIAL TO MRS. JOHN DREW.
window Given by Her Son. the Actor. Unveiled
In a IarChmOnt Church,