The evening times., 1902-05-01
THE DRAMA IN GOTHAM.

THE DRAMA IN GOTHAM.
! New York. April 80.
To all fntents and purposes this is the
| final week OF the regular theatrical sea-
| son in this town, and with the exception
| Of four musical comedies, there will be
| no important productions until August.
| The season has been fair one, and in
| several instances exceedingly profitable.
/ Mrs Leslie Carter, in 'Du Barry" has
/ packed the Criterion Theater at every
/ performance. but her receipts have not
approached the almost phenomenal TAX
ings at the big Broadway Theater, where
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" has
held the stage for several months.
Busiuess has been good during the
greater part of the season at the Theater
Republic, the Empire TheateT. the Knick-
srbocker, the Garrick, the Herald Square,
and the Fourteenth Street Theater, but
has not been quite SO satisfactory at
WaIlack's, the Bijou and the Garden
At = allackS James K Hackett played
long engagement to light business,
much heated conversation and many dis
agreements with Manager Charles Burn
ham, Hackctt made q great deal of IN
necessary trouble behind and before the
.rrtain: in fact, ne was so strenuous
LAT it was announced at the end OF his
season there that on no account would
ne ever again appear in that theater- Now
il IS stated that Hackett has apoIogized
TO Manager Buraham, and viii play an
engagement in that establishment next
fan, presenting his version OF Tho
Crisis
The KeIcey- Shannon company close an
unsatisfactory engagement at the Man
haitian Theatcr Saturday night, and VIII
Ee followed next Monday BY Mrs. Fiske
IN Tess Of the D'UrberviIles.
There is q lively curiosity to see this
fine actress again, after an interval that
mas shown her in variety or roles. not
one Of which in any manner suggests
Tess.
The revival viii. it is said, approach
the original as near IS possible. Fred
cTiCk de BeIleviIle and John Jack will
again &c seen in their effective :mper-
sonaUons OF Alec and John DuFbeydeId,
ana Mary Parker viii have the part of
Tess mother. Nellie Lingard and BiJoU
Fernandez have been engaged for their
original roles of the miIkmaids- The cast
viii also include Eleanor Moretti. Emily
Stevens and Lillian Claire
a Modern Magdalen" is in its sixth
week at the Bijou, where it continues to
draw excellent audiences,
Manager William Mcconnell says: This
play has ovsrshadowed every other pro
dUcticG IN the history OF the theater the
receipts being 20 per cent ahead OF Miss
Bingham's production OF The Climbers
The house is packed at every perform
anee."
If Weber & Fields paid Jacob Lift $780,
coo to cancel his contract with Willie
Collier It is a sure thing that Lift got
The best Of the bargain. The RiaIto gos-
sips do not fer . moment believe that any
sCch sum OF money was paid to secure
the quaint comedian" It is said that
Collier has never been large money
making star, and it is also whispered that
be IS suffering from that fatal disease
known as 'eIephantiasis.''
There are people who predict that the
young actor VIII not remain for even one
season in the Weber-FieId company He
is noted for his prediction for the cen
ter Of the stage at all times-aud this he
cannot get where Fay Tenpleton and
WEBER {, Fields themselves are ii cyl
dence.
Il IS rumored that this Is to be the Iass
season Of Buffalo Bill ard his Wild West.
The story cones with some authority. but
It is probably untrue The show Is at the
Madison Square Garden, where II IS draw
ing packed houses each day. Colonel Cody /
is not an old man. and in spite cf his
iron gray hair, is the same picturesque
figure that he was twenty years ago. OF
course, ne IS independently rich and all
that. but the calcium IS almost certain to
shine On him fer many seasons to come
What No Buffalo BiIl-no Wild West?
Perish the thought!
Where would our spring entertainment
come from2
Jcserh Jefferson is playing his annual
Engagement at the Harlem opera House,
which is not haI5 large enough to hold all !
gho wish 10 see the famous actor, who is
n splendid health and doing just as good
work as he did decade ago.
Next Moniay ChaunCCy Ofcott comes
TO this theater for his final engagement
here the present season II will also be
the farewell appearance of the popular
comedian in Garrett O'Magh." az next
fall he win be seen n q new romantic
Irish drama, which his manager, Augustus
Pitou, has written for hiEa. hftcr a week
in Brooklyn and 4 week in other nearby
cities SIR. Olcot- goes 20 Europe for his
summer vacation
He WiH be followed at the Harlem
Opera House by Otis Skinner for week
in Francesca da Rimini-" With this en-
gagement Mr. Skinner ends his tour. Next
season he viii produce a dramatization
OF Katherine Catherwood's widely read
'Lazarrc~ The now play viii have its
FIRST performance il Chicago, September
l. and If successful viii De produced IN
this city at later date
Hearts Afame,' a play by Mrs. Robert
T. Eaines, IS to be given a few trial per-
formanees at the Garriek Theater, begin
ming May y.
This is the piece accepted by Amelia
Bingham, but that actress changed her
nlind and produced a Modern MagdaIen-''
Robert =. Haines, now Mrs FIsk's lead
ing man, will play the most important
male part. assisted by q competent com
pany. Z can only be given for week.
Among the new stars announced for
next season IS Alice Fisher Miss Fisher
IS q competent actress but does not pcs
sess the kind Of histricnic ability of which
stars are made. She has played many
parts ranging from comedy TO melodrama,
ard while she is always acceptable Il will
be a mistake to place her before the
public a q stellar capacity.
Il f dollars TO doughnuts that Miss
Fisher, who Is ieVeI-headed woman, viii
rot enter upon such 4 venture
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