New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Productions Ahead-Second Nights in Lon
don-Plans for Melba and Others.

don-Plans for Melba and Others.
Next Monday and the days following will be even
more fun of theatrical novelties than this week
To-day Miss Crosman, Mrs. Langtry, Andrew
Mack and the Rogers Brothers appear. and on
Thursday WaIlack's opens with Peggy from
Paris But next week the openings will be more
numerous and more interesting as a whole.
On Monday. the 14th unless the courts forbid
the appearance of Tyrone Power, Stephen Phillipss
poetic drama Of Ulysses" with the original Lon
don setting. will be produced the Garden, Miss
Rose Coghlen playing Penelope and Mr.. Power
the title part On the evening at the Acad-
envy of Music, the popular English melodTama
Drink" built from Zola's novel. "LAssommoir,"
by Charles Reade will be exhibited Charles
Warner, who is familiar with his part from 1900
performances in London and the provinces, Will
play the leading character. On the same evening
Mrs Fiske will again appear in her powerful i'm
personation OF Mary of Magdala" at the Man
haitian. And the Murray Hill Theatre will open
for the season under its new management and
during the summer, and Edward Harrigan, sup
ported by Mrs Annie Yeamans. as OF old, WIN
by himself and called Under Cover" He has been
two weeks, but It written OF course for New
York The experiment of producing it so far over
curiosity. The only other production on Monday
is at the Victoria. where Miss BLANCHE Ring will
and Reginald de Koven. called The Jersey Lily
Drew viii open his season at the Herald Square
,h In new play Of modern Italy by An;
Captain Dieppe." and Wednesday evening
TbaTes HaT hI VIII be seen at the Criterion
from Blankley's," by F. Anstey.
reopen his payhoase With rhe Darling Of the the
Gods" with the same excellent cast magnihcent
leading parts. There will. Mr.. Belasco announces
innovation. for the demand for them last spring
when the play closed with the attendance still at
Finally on Thursday evening, Weber and Fields
@ Isp season te o %tR hr Tsw
ton OF seats for the opening night will be held in
with the members of the cast as auctioneers.
Charles Burnham. the veteran manager of Wal
lacks Theatre. very wisely refuses be sanguine
OF the success. fearful of the failure, Of
production because of its reception on a first
night. lie waits for the impartial audience that
gathers the second night. and watches their
attitude toward the play with set features and
quick breath. Even IL the play has been severely
scored in the papers the morning following its
production. he does not despair If the second night
house seems pleased, declaring that criticism
more than a week. How far this is true is not. OF
course. definitely ascertanable and the question Is
still further complicated, kyrle Bellew says by
the fact that in America a popular player can
S s Play 70 n Pebba bose S Ean
he said Saturday, lis quite different thermometer
OF the play delivered by the first night audience
and by the morning papers is all inpoTtant TINS
S2 sy no IN f and 6 ae u a pS Sa ms Ta is NC
half way success There is either success al once
or failure. The second night house is either ful
morning what his fate is. The most striking in
when musical comedy was produced in London
with six stars IN the cast each drawing salary
The second rieht there were exactly seven shings
in the house! You can't kill play so quickly as
NO" said listener but there we'd
Ike to-
Mr.. Howells not long ago sat in the Easy Chair
and gerially appreciated the vaudeville stage and
vaudeville stunts" he lngeringly called them
Bat IL remained for an unknown spectator at the
Orpheum Music Hall last Saturday truly to catch
tire essential value In vaudeville players work
~ liked that bill" said he. when the show was
Ike Mr. L6nffeiIor,s he. too. knew bow to put
the emphasis on perspirauon.
At last an excuse has been found for the "souve-
mir postal card When the stage manager at
Days Theatre commenced TO prepare his stage
for the production of Three Little Maids he
found himself quite without plans Of the seesneTy
not uncommon. the English managers had failed TO
Trobroar.s renfesenfaiiye in Nes-York remen-
berei. however, that ne had souvenir postal card
this card the entire preliminary rrePsTstioRs were were
the company arrived.
Nine. Melba. who is not to sing with the Opera
Company this season. win arrive in this country
next month for n series of concerts under the
mana cement Of <. A. Ellis. manager OF the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. She will sing with that
organization and also with company OF her own.
composed OF Van Hoose, Charles Gilbert. Mile.
sasollI harpist; Miss Liewela Davies, pianist, and
Charles North, flute.
Elliason Van Hoose will arrive in this country at
the end Of the month He is 10 sing at the Worces-
ter Festival before Joining Meba, He has been
preparing himself this summer for his operate
debut with Koening. OF the Paris Grand Opera
David Bispham expects this winter TO give sew
eral readings OF Manfred with Schurann's
music He will also repeat his readings Of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream He will arrive from
Europe in time sing At the Maine Musical Fes-
tival.
Nine Suzanne Adams viii reach this country
shortly opening her concert tour October )
Leo stern 'cellist viii accompany her on this tour
sidney Grant and Miss Louise Galloway have
been engaged for ~T-he Fortune Hunters" the new
musical comedy IN which Lola and Nellie Haw-