New-York tribune., 1902-01-10
THE LYCEUMS LAST SEASON.
MR.. FRoHMAN's THEATRE TO BE REMOVED
NEXT SPRING-THE CAREER OF
THE HOUSE.

The fate Of the Lyceum Theatre is at last sealed.
Long has the doom been foreshadowed of the whole
block in which it stands. the block bounded by
Fourth and Madison aves. and Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth SITS. One building after another has
fallen; the Academy of Design the latest to
go; the Lyceum will be the next. When Daniel
Frohman took possession of Daly's Theatre 1t was
understood and announced that the days OF the
Lyceum drawing close. that its fall
only question Of time. and of much time, and
that Daly's Theatre was intended to take its place.
The final decision was reached yesterday at a
meeting held in Mr.. Frohman's office. at Dalys
Theatre, at which Mr.. Frohman and representa-
tives of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
which the ground. present. The theatre
will close finally at the end of the present
and the building will then be removed. Mr.. Froh-
has not yet planned to any other the
atre a substitute for the Lyceum. and Days
will be his only for the present.
The Lyceum Theatre was built for amateur per-
formances. but 1t decided to devote it to
the of professionals. Daniel Frohman took
charge of it in May, 1855, with the intention of
making IT the home of a stock company. He
not ready to begin this policy at once. however.
and the theatre occupied for time by Miss
Fortescue, English actress who made her first
American appearance here After her. Miss Helen
Dauvray had the house for the greater part of a
season. opening in lone of Our Girls" f. II.
sothern member of her company.
In May. 1887. Mr.. Frohman placed the stage
THE Highest Bidder" with E. H. Sothern a
star The play till July, began again in Au-
gust. and followed by THE Great Pink Pearl"
and "Edithas Burglar" I'm which Miss Elsie
Leslie appeared. The stock company opened Its
first regular November /. 1887. I'm The
Wife" which till June 16 In August Mr..
Sothern again. in Lord Chumley." The
second OF the stock company began with
Sweet Lavender" which for 129 performances
and followed by THE Marquise." Mr. Sothern
revived Lord Chumley" in the autumn. and then
came a short engagement of farce called Our
Flat" with Mrs. Louise Thorndyke BoucicauIt In
the leading part.
The Charity Ball" occupied the season of the
stock company. and Mr.. Sothern reappeared in
August 1880, in The Master of Woodbarrow."
The stock company had a varied season with The
Idler' Nerves" and "Old Heads and Young
Hearts" Mr.. sothern took his in THE
Dancing Girl" and the stock company followed
him, usual Lady Bountiful." Squire Kate"
Merry Gotham and THE Gray Mare" Mr..
Sothern made Captain Lettarblair the produc-
ton of his in 1892. having played it at a
trial matinee the previous year. The novelties OF
the stock company Americans Abroad" and
THE Guardsman.' Sheridan, the Maid of
Bath" Mr.. Sothern's next offering. The stock
company had bad luck with AN American
Duchess" and "Our Country Cousins and then the
great success of THE AmaZons" came relief
from many failures.
1t Mr.. Sotherns turn again in August, 1894.
and he played THE Victoria Cross and "A Way
Win a Woman The stock company tried "A
Woman's Silence" which failed and revived THE
Amazons.' and then produced The Case Of Re-
bellious Susan and Fortune" Mr.. Sothern
PLAYED he Prisoner Of zsnda and the stock f COM I'M
Doubt followed. then Mr.. sothern in IAN Enemy
to the King. and then the stock company again
in The Courtship Of Leonie.' The Late Mr.;
CastelIo," The First Gentleman of Europe and
In April. 1897. Miss Annie Russell appeared as a
ern's play that year Change Alley, and he
also gave The Lady of Lyons The stock com
The Tree of knowledge" The Moth and the
Flame acted by company headed by Her
bert kelcey and Miss Efie Shannon: Mr.. Sothern
with "Trelawney of the Wells" Americans at
Home and John Ingerheld." James K. Hackett
headed the cast in Rupert of Hentzau"
After this the stock company was transferred to
been given at the Lyceum were Miss Hobbs
with Miss Annie Russell the The Sur
prises Of Love" and The Shades of Night" with
Family" with Miss Russell; Richard Savage
Whip" "On and on The Forest Lovers and
The Love Match, with Miss Bertha Galland as
Gate" white Roses and II Love. Thou Lowest,
He Loves" have been given from time time.
Among the prominent actors not already men
tioned. who have appeared At At the Lyeeum have
and Mrs Charles Walcot. Mrs. Thomas Whiffen.
Miss Grace Henderson Miss Louise Dillon Miss
Henrietta Crosman. Nelson Wheatcroft, Charles
Bishop Morton Selten. Mrs Kate Pattison- -Selten
Adams. Thomas Whiffen Owen Fawcett Eugene
Ormond, Miss Elizabeth Tyree, Odell Williams,
Miss May Robson Fritz Williams, c. P. Flockton,
Ferdinand Gottschalk. Miss Mary Mannering. Miss
rts Joseph Wheelock. jr, f. NJ Holland, Mrs.
Mckee Rankin and Mrs G. H. Gilbert