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Honalre Is making the world gasp, last tour through America before going .,,.
Jerome Sykes, the famous comedian, in into grand opera at Covent Garden, Lon- Amelia Bingham now appears in a new
The Billionaire is making all New Tork don. enjoys the distinction of being the play by Clyde Fitch. It is called The
laugh. The clever play is a great sue- only American singer engaged for the Frisky Mrs. Johnson." The play is now
cess, and 8ykes' rendering of John Doe is .grand cycle of musical festivals given appearing. at, the. princess theatre. New
declared the best thing that artist has this spring through the Dominion of York, and will afterwards tour the
done for a long time. Canada. country.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. The theatre goer
In New York is surfeited for the moment
with as much genuine amusement as he
can utilise. I wonjt Bay that this
Amusement is of the character that will
stand hypercrltlclsm, but it is of a "kind
which suits the average human mind so
well that there are few losses' to be
counted, to the expenses at any of our
playhouses.
We must charge Charles Frohman with
having made one omission to our curri
culum of amusement in having post
poned the presentation of Stephen Phil
lip's "Ulysses" until the fall, for we all
should have liked to see a presentation
of this promising dramatist's work dur
ing the season.
But Mr. Frohman has given us so
many good things that we cannot afford
to .cast any reflections upon his efforts.
His latest presentation, "The Unfore
seen" at the Empire is received as one
of the best things we have had this sea
son. The plot is too exhaustive for in
corporation in a weekly letter, but it
covers in an altogether novel manner
the foibles of the time which seems to
be the purpose of the highest kind of
everyday "play now presented-sufficient
to saj there is a new phase of modern
life presented in it and originality in
plays nowadays, to say the least is a
virtue. That is to say the motive, of
course, principles and scenes can be
more easily presented. We have in "The
Unforeseen" a fortunate representation
of modern life, even to the flippancy of
a woman lying, not for childish gain
but as a little personal point in life; it
Is a character study. In fact throughout
Robert. Marshall's comedy there is not a
dull moment to the sensitive, keen intel
lectual understanding. It is not a bit of
a problem play, for those who seek that
must go elsewhere for the moment.
Another dainty morsel which we have
gotten into town is the "Bird in the
Cage," which has succeeded Mabel Gil
man's beautiful comic opera "The Mock
ing1 Bird" at the Bijou. This is a Clyde
Fitch production and allows Sandol Mll
ttken to leap from musical comedy into
the real thing with Ed. Harrigan. who
proves himself to be nothing less than
a comic star.
Audrey Boucicault has left the Prin
cess theatre, where he had followed Wee
don Gros8mlth with an Intensely clever
play presented under the auspices of the
Shubert Bros., and has been succeeded
in turn by a clever comedy in which
Louis Mann has the starring part "The
Consul" was written by Chas. F. Nlrd
llnger, well known in literary annals as
editor of the Illustrated American- and
Town Topics, also of a lot of good dra
matic reviewing.
"Charlemagne" is a transcript from
real life. An official In the .state depart
ment at Washington told Mr. Nirdlinger
of the extraordinary doings of a certain
consul at the capital of a minor prin
cipality in southern Europe, and little
exaggeration was vneeded for their
effective scenic use. Hock conceived
the brilliant but dangerous idea of mak
ing this principality an American pos
session, and the violent although ingeni
ous schemes by which he tries to carry
out his droll ambition might have given
the state department considerable
trouble. Hock establishes the American
consulate In a cafe, which he conducts
under the sign of "The Spread Eagle
Cafe." There he continually rails at the
government to which he Is accredited,
and parades the delights and advant
ages of being a "boss" In a republic. The
prince and the government find it diffi
cult to proceed against the disorders of
the cafe, because If they close It they at
the same time, close the American con
sulate. He becomes popular with the
people to whom he gives copious liba
tions, incurs the enmity of the reigning
prince, does all sorts of diplomatic ab
surdities, backed up by the constitution
of the United States, which he avers is
used only for curl-papers for the statue
of liberty. He Introduces as the national
anthem of America, "There's A Hot
Time In The Old Town To-Night" to the
citizens, who take more kindly to it than
their own. which It eventually supplants.
His catch phrase, "It listens like a
laugh," savers, when sounded with the
deep guttural role of the unctuous1 Mann
humor. The play runs along In this
strain through four acts, and when
"Hock" Anally has the principality of
Carinthla In the throes of civil dlssention,
the order "Removed for the good of the
service" comes from the home office, and
the American consul has one more feast
to Bacchus, and then sails for the land
where "All men are created free and
equal."
The advent of "Mr. Blue Beard" at the
Knickerbocker, so long heralded, has
simply proved Itself the spectacular res
suit of the season and outdoes what the
"Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" did at
the Broadway, where "The Silver Slip
per" is running Into a continuous per
formance on the same lines.
"The Billionaire," under the same man
agement, continues a striking success
at Daly's as does "Johnny Comes March
ing Home" at the New York, which I
understand will finally give way to a
negro minstrel show under the same
auspices. If this carries as well with the
American public as the Moore and Bur
gess minstrels did in London years ago it
will be a treat to all of us and there Is
little doubt that this able management
will give us such a treat.
"Mr. PJckwick," De Wolf Hopper's new
musical production at the Herald Sqtfare
theatre, is in for an indefinite run. The
company has been playing "Mr. Pick
wick" since last August and has met
with great success out of town. There Is
every indication that the coming run will
prove the most successful that the elon
gated comedian has ever enjoyed In New.
York.
Miss Elizabeth Tyree's winsome imper
sonation of the capricious, daredevil
Dolly Ersklne In "Gretna Green" has
carried this romantic comedy with Its
pretty story of love and elopements. Its
picturesque and colonial stage setting
and beautiful costumes, to a gratifying
popular success at the Madison Square
theatre.
Blanche Walsh will appear as the suc
cessor to Viola Allen at the Victoria
theatre in Wagenhals and Kempers and
Oscar Hammersteln's presentation of
Tolstoi's "Resurrection." The wonderful
success of the piece in Paris and the de
mand for its production in almost every
country of Europe, has naturally caused
unusual interest to be felt among our
theatregoers in its appearance in this
city, and the fact that the version to be
used by Miss Walsh is the same that is
now running at the Odeon theatre, Paris,
and will be used in Berlin and Vienna,
increases that interest.
Miss Julia Marlowe continues to attract '
large audiences at the Criterion theatre
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So many cases of consumption are developing In the theatrical profession that leading actors and actresses of the
United States are prominently engaged in a movement to found a home for consumptive thesplans. The plan is to pur
chase Miramont castle at Manltou, and turn it Into a free sanitarium for actors and actresses. Outside of the individuals
active in this worthy movement, every theatrical organization in the country has pledged its support. The promoters hope
soon to realize the sum of $100,000.