New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
THEATRES REAP HARTEST.
Crc7cded afternoon and EUening-
Receipts More than !S125 900.

Theatrical managers reapcd an abundant harvest
yesterday and were grateful for it Every play
house town was crowded to the doors last night,
and in Of them many men and women were
standing. Excepting only the two opera houses.
the record for attendance carried by the Hippo
drome That big playhouse was taxed TO its utmost
capacity at both performances and fully thousand
persons were turned away night. According to
the box Office, 17,40S persons, women and chill
dren saw the spectaces of The Battle in the
Skies and the Birdatd Ballet That is the largest
attendance recorded for any performances since
the Hippoororne opened. The receipts were rthe.
more than $4,000.
The maximum charge at the Hippodrome IS 81 50
at night and 81 for the day performance, and the
greater part OF the seating capacity is taken up
by the balcony and gallery, where the prices range
from 80 cents to 81.
The New Amsterdam Theatre. where Little
Memo is the attraction, led the attendance at the
regular houses. Its seating capacity is trife
larger than that Of the other theatres and It was
crowded to the doors at both performances. The
receipts little over $500. the largest sum
taken in by any playhouse in town.
The Liberty Theatre where Frederic Thomp-
son has Via Wireless exhibition,
overlooked by the Thanksgiving crowds IN search
Of entertainment. It, too, taxed to its capac-
iry at both performances few doors below,
where Mrs Fiske is appearing in Salvation Nell
large crowd turned away at night Mrs
Fiske appeared both performances The re-
ceipts were than $500 This playhouse, it
should be remembered, is not large as some of
the others. But 10 all outward appearances, the
public IS anxious behold Mrs Fiske for the
box office records show al advance sale Of $4,000
and II is expected she will occupy the stage of
the Racket for at least ten weeks to The
Gaiety. Webers. the Astor, the Bijou the Circle.
and the New York were among those that turned
crowds away.
formances which gave delight to Montgomery and
Stone. and also Charles Dillingham;. The total
Ceipts at all the playhouses were figured to be
more than $4,000.
heard. and could he verified by doubling Thonlases.
The attendance especially large at the Criterion
Theatre, where Mr.. Gillette may. be seen in Sam
soil" The aggregate receipts at the Frohman
houses for 10th performances we're from $4,000 to
$4,000. Tho attendance at the Empire, the Garricl
and the Lyceum was especially large These houses
had been sold out early Tuesday afternoon.
All the theatres conducted by the Messrs Shubert
shared IN the harvest and the Lyric, at late hour
wGs claiming the banner for record attendance and
receipts Days Theatre where Mr.. Faversham is
playing in THE World and Ills Wife," was sold
GU. on Tuesday night Several Hundred persons I'M
able get seats last night bought them for the
coming week. The advance sale for Days is such
that Mr. Fsversnam's manager announced last
night that that actor would not change the bill for
some time 10 come, although he was anxious TO ap-
pear in another drama.
The receipts AT the Lyric for both performances
s.. 400.
The Herald Square with its Three Twins en-
tertained two of the largest audiences that have
that production in the six months that 1t has
been there. Mr.. BeIascos theatres. the Stuyvesant
and the Belasco. were sold out for Thanksgiving
Monday afternoon
At the Stuyvesant where Miss Bates is appear
ing in THE Fighting Hope" several hundred were
turned away last night The receipts for the two
performances were $500. Miss Bates gave a din
ner for several friends the stage of the Stuy-
vesant at the close OF the afternoon performance
The variety theatres the Lincoln Square the
American, the Colonial and the AIhanbra and
Hammersteins Victoria Theatre were taxed to
their capacity The two German houses were filed