Show ELEGRAiaI 11 TIIEATRlvAL REVIEW r New York I5The present is the last week of Lights o London at the Union Square Theatre Lights o London Lon-don has had a run of nearly five months and been an immense success monthsl be followed by a dramatization of Far from the Madding Crowd Clara Morris Mor-ris will take the principal role and the event is looked forward to with pleasant anticipations by the theatregoing public Very little that is new has transpired during the week A new comic opera entitled Giroutte was produced at Dalys on Thursday It does not promise to be a very brilliant success The plot is old and the music only moderately good Maggie Mitchell is playing a remunerative remuner-ative engagement at the Windsor this week She plays her wellknown character char-acter Tar Ohin and Pearl of Savoy Esmeralda at Madisoa Square is witneeed in its prosperous career by delighted de-lighted crowded houses and is filling the pockets of the Mallorye On the occasion of the 150th performance of Esmeralda a short time ago a souvenir in the shape of a tite piece the cost of which must have been as much as 15c or 20c was presented to each lady in the audience The tickets on that occasion occa-sion were advanced from 15U to 2 the writer of this article paying at the box office 2 apieca for seats in the last row of the orchestra It circumstance which proves conclusively to the writer that Mallory brothers understand the souvenir business in all its branches Joe Murphy as Dan OHara in Kerry Gow is delighting crowds of West Siders at the Grand Opera House every night Celebrated Case is being played at the Fifth Avenue with James ONeil as Jean Renaud Jim ONiels impersonation imperson-ation of this character is powerful and artistic and he has made it thoroughly his own Bartley Campbells new play While Slave has proved a more decided success suc-cess than was at first predicted It is filling Fourteenth Street Theatre with delighted audiences nightly Salisburys Troubadores in GreenRoom Green-Room Fun are at Booths GreenRoom Green-Room Fun is the weakest thing that Bronson Howard has yet written and but for the talent of the Troubadores would be a complete failure As it is its it-s by no means a succets Black Crook departs from Niblos to be followed on Monday next by Mr and Mrs McKee Rankin inJuDanites I The last weeks of Italian opera have been exceptionally interesting and successful suc-cessful but the series of performances at popular prices undertaken since tbe regular reg-ular season closed have not proved the success the management expected Olaude Duval continues its popularity popul-arity at the Standard The present is the last week of the San Francisco Minstrels at their little opera house this season Merry War continues at the Thala and Squatter Sovereignty continues the attraction at the Comique Ihis mornings paper announces the death of Ned Hardin at one time well known as a singer and latterly as the publisher of cheap music Hart Jackson playwright died on Wednesday from pleuropneumonia He leaves A wife and two children |