New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-02-18
THE DRAMATIC WEEK.
VARIOUS EVENTS.

TIE week now closing has been OF storm and
xsvere cold and theatrical activity has not met
with enthusiastic public response Important the
strical incidents have occurred and have been re-
oorded Miss Ada Rehan has pleased her audience
With her brilliant impersonaton OF Lady Teazle
,r Willard has repeated his fine performances of
;slenksrn, in The Niddleman.' and GoodwilIie in
THE Professors Love Story" Miss Rehan closes
be- engage nent az the Liberty Theatre tonight
hut she decided TO prolong her for three
rrseks and she will expend that time in other
,tjes Tonight. also. the farewell word will be
<,olzen BY Mr. Willard. the Knickerbocker Thea
,re and by Asr. Edward Terry. at the Princess
and Mr. Frank Worthins will cease TO play at the
Madison Square. The vulgar and ridiculous drama
~ ..Friquet" which has encountered the stage since
January 81 at the Savoy. will he discontinued to-
,trbt and simultaneously. Messrs. Ward & Vokes
vii disappear from the New-York Theatre. and
NJ ! Cohen from the American.
On Tuesday afternoon, February L. Mr.. Aldora
sber7. an unknown performer, said TO have come
f,orn TIE West appeared at the New-York Theatre
ens made an abortive attempt TO act Hamlet. This
proceeding requires comment and it is men
tioned here only as a matter of record Several
,stersns energed.-Barton Hill. John Malone. Sam
mol x Chester and Constance Hamblin. On
"wednesday evening a loathsome and revolving COM
-,osition entitled 'Nachtasyl," sgnifying The
1-tehr Refuge by Mr.. Maxim Gorki-a writer whose
raroe has Of late been made n1omentarily promi-
rent because of association with troubles in
Russia was revealed at the Irving Place Theatre,
n German. This is a Photographic picture OF
Sums" in a Russian cty-a thing easily made.
and always about equally offensive and useless.
n, Thursday evening. February Is. in the theatre
=. -be College Of St. Francis Xavier, No. 20 West
,sb-sr "a modern miracle play called "Tele-
,.snhus" was represented This piece. written by
NJ John D Mccarthy. an accomplished scholar of
-be Society Of Jesus. relates the lives of st.
ambrose Bishop of Milan (34o-SgO and ST. Tele-
-nsnhus an Asia1ic monk. who. in the time of the
y17peror Honorius descended into the arena, to
p-event the sanguinary combat Of gadiators. and
was stoned 10 death by Infatuated multitude
srcorplishing however. through the sacrifice OF
his life the abolition of the horrible custom. long
prevalent in Rome OF human butchery for public
snort NJ. Mccarthy has handled this theme with
ability and discretion-llis objec: beTg 10 follow
somewhat in the track that was opened by the
-ssusctation Of ''Everyrnan.' but modern.
and rot Obsolete language
4 few changes announced for mex. week
no one Of them especially important Mr.. 7. Forbes
Robertson will succeed Mr.. Willard, at the Knick-
erbooker Theatre. appearing in Mr.. Esmond s
comedy called Love and the Man" farce
NAMED The Educatf OF Mr.. Pipp'' viii be pro-
suoeG a the Liberty Theatre. and a farce named
Who Goes THERE" will be shown at the Princess
Rr Wright Lorinner will appear at the New-York
Theatre in his Dorcassooiety. Sunday-school spec
tacle called The Shepherd King and will pose as
DAVID. Miss Margaret WycherIy. unknown per
former. viii emerge at the Hudson Theatre and
begin series OF afternoon performances OF some
Of the EscchaFne symbolic, gaseous dramas or MI
" yeats-that stGpendous reformer OF the
stage. who. knowing nothing about it, assumes TO
teach everything. even to veterans Miss Grace
George will to the Savoy Theatre and pro
duce On February q. a new play called Abigail
Miss Beatrice Herford. at the Lyceuni, VIII give
another OF her brisk afternoon monologues. The
American Theatre will be devoted TO the popular
drama entitled In Old Kentucky" Mr.. George
sydney VIII perform the West End Theatre, pre-
seuting Busy Ivy" which appears TO be q popu-
lar cIa=zic. Miss Ethel Barrymore Will return 10
New-York, playing at the Harlem Opera House. IN
Sunday Al other houses change Is intimated,
fer the present
Mrs Carter is on the hoodtide Of success. at the
Belasco Theatre. with her powerful and pathetic
performance IN the tragedy OF "Adrea." Miss Cros-
nan goes on, for two weeks longer. at the Acad-
en- acting in Sweet Kitty Beilairs" Miss Blanche
Bates viii appear thsre. March 9. IN The
T,srlnc Of the Gods" Mr.. David Warheld is act
ing with brilliant ability. at the B5ou. IN The
Nusie Master" Mrs Fiske is drawing. and delight
ing crowded houses al the Manhattan Theatre, with
the Deeply interesting drama of Leah Kleschna -
very ahlv acted By one of the most thoroughly
equipped dramatic companies now extant- Miss
Adams is prosperous at the Empire, where she will
remain three weeks longer. Mr. Gillette comes TO
that house on March g. in Sherlock Holmes" Mr.
DaIy Ny. Jefferson de Angels, Miss Blanche Walsh
and Mss schen are among the visible players now
here. and there is an abundance of diversified en-
fertain1nent within the public reach. The end OF
the season. however, Is already in sight. The
GROWING event viii be the return of Richard Mans
field who comes TO the Amsterdam Theatre.
March 20 and remains there four weeks, acting IN
z round Of parts. including Shylock and Richard
III ". ".