The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
THE STAGE IN GOTHAM
New York, April Il.

New YORK, April II.
1.-The Last Appeal which is on view
at WaIlack's Theater, takes its title from
an incident in the last act. The scene is
the throne room OF the King OF Austuria,
where he. following an ancient custom,
has hidden all the oppressed of the king
dom TO come before him that he may, in
so far as he can, right all wrongs and in
justices In this scene his own son. the
crown prince, comes as q petitioner be-
fore him, begging justice for the young
, commoner whom he has married in de-
/ ffance Of the royal wishes. In this appeal
the wife joins with such effect that the
king foTgives them, eIevates her to the
peerage, and permits his SOL TO renounce
his right to the throne. All that comes
before this final act is untnteresting talk,
without a glimmeT of comedy There is
no light OF shade in the incidents which
move slowly to the final episode, which IS
reaily the best scene in the piece. Man
ager Harris has provided an excellent cast
and appropriate stage settings. but I am
afraid that ''The List Appeal" will not
be given favor verdict by the public
However, it W = robabIy be continued
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do paying business.
'Fhe Importance of Being Earnest" is
! this weeks bill at the Empire Theater.
where it is expected to run until the house
F., is closed for the summer vacation The
two leading parts in the comedy are cIev-
. eTly acted by Margaret AngIin and Charles
Rfchman, and a pleasing entertainment IS
! the result
Herbert Kelley and Effie Shannon close
their engagement at the Manhattan The
ater Saturday, May 3 Her Lord and
I Master" was given rough stating by the
critics on its first performance Mr. KEEL
! cey and Miss Shannon are clever artists,
but their best endeavors- aided by q good
! company could not save the piece
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Mrs Fiske returns May for short
spring season, during which she will be
seen in Sardou-s "Divoreons.~ Tess of
! the D'UrbervilIes, Little Italy" one
act tragedy by Horace B. Fry. and Ibsep's
"A Doll House" Frederick de BelIeyiIIe
has been specially engaged for the leading
J male parts in these plays.
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| Although Henry ". Savage says he viii
bring King Dodo" into the Herald Square
+ Theater May 5, Manager 2 c. Whitney
! declares that Lulu CHASER and Dolly Var
den" viii stay where they are for three
months at least. On May the Tooth per-
Torrance OF Dolly Warden" will be given,
( and souvenirs in the form OF silver sedan
chairs viii be distributed. AS a matter
OF fact, under Miss GIaser's contract she
can remain at the Herald Square for six
months. she is drawing large audiences
z Of excellent quality. and as long as this
+ condition prevails King Dodo" will be
I barred out.
/ Edwin Stevens, Of the Empire Theater
stock company. and Thomas @ Seabrooke,
/ OF the New York Theater, have been en-
gagged by Sam Shubert and Nixon & zim-
norman for The Chinese Honeymoon,
] which they announce for production at the
{ Casino On May u There is still some IN
I certainty about this, as there is 4 jolly
row on between the Shuberts and H B.
Sire Mr. Sire has given notice to the
owners OF the ground on which the theater
stands that unless d satisfactory sum is
paid him for the building he viii not va
cate It on May / He owns the structure
and loudly procIaims that money talks
and he viii not move on until big wad OF
IT is handed IN TO him In the meantime
active preparations are going on for the
production of The Chinese Honeymoon
+ And there you arei
James E. Wilson and Robert Elliott,
the two leading actors OF the American
Theater Stock Company. retire from that
organization Saturday night of this week.
Publicly, Mr. Wilson says that he is tired
cut with the hard work of eleven perform
ances each week. Elliott says me too"
/ Georgia Wells, the popular Juvenile &C
F.! tress OF the company, viii probably quit
at an early date She also complains of
/ that tired feeling"
For next season the public is promised
a large crop of detective plays. The very
| great success OF Sherlock Holmes" has
/ evidently caused managers to believe that
! this class OF drama is about due as a
profitable investment One play an
euphonious title Of '-0ld Sleuth. the King
/ Of Detectives. 2" It is said to be filled with
! hair-raising episodes covering recent po-
/ lice events in this city.
/ The supplementary spring tour of Mad
/ ame Modjeska and Louis James includes
/ return engagements in nearby cities.
/ WagenhaIs & Kemper's costly scenic pro-
! duction OF Henry WIZ and THE Mer-
/ chant of Venice" will be used. With
/ these engagements Madame Modjeska
! gives her final performances in this coun-
/ try. The season ends May ,, and on May
/ 8 the Polish actress sails for her native
/ land, in all probability never to return.
/
/ The final matinee performance this sea-
son of the students of the StanhoDe-
Wheatcroft Dramatic School took place
/ Monday afternoon at the Madison Square
/ Theatre, and proved to be an interesting
event The theatre was packed to the
doors by an enthusiastic audience which
/ included Jacob Lift, Marc Klaw, A L.
/ ErIanger. Frank ". Sanger, Augustus
/ Pitou. Amelia Bingham. Lillian Russell.
and several other theatrical celebrities.
: Several plays were presented, with every
member Of the school in the casts.
,
/ Joseph Jefferson comes to the HsrIen
/ Opera House April IS for his annual en-
/ gagement OF one week, opening in RIP
/ Van Wrinkle
/ Chauncey Olcott follows. May s. for a
| week in Garrett ONagh," which viii
then be given its final performances in
/ this city.
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