| Show BIG OPERA SEASON OPENS IN NEW NEV YORK I Correspondence New Nel York Nov o 28 At present the outlook tnt for or clever new nl plays and an nn theatrical th season ea on Is III not ery very Thus This week at itt tho the theaters may rot rol be UC h a It however for It Is tho the first t week of or grand opera find and much may develop later but Jut Just now no It seems that unless sonic some writers or at dramatists get et to work vork the time theaters th of ot New Oel York wilt will not nut present pre ent many mun nov hot novelties cities or on II plays 11 19 of tit merit luring during the tho com corn comIns comIng lilt Ins season W Ve have hae the tho usual num number her ber of or musical comedies ns nil they are aro culled contain nil oil the Iho familiar characters with Ith changes of or co turn tume ant greater or 01 te less elaborateness and In III Inthe the he I case ca o of ur one or III two t some semite really tuneful songs longs and choruses but they the lire are till nil not worth tine one comic like Hood flood It may be h that the taste tote of or the tile public hIts hilI changed as I thc tho managers erli say liar but Jut how they the know It is Im to tell However It Is I nn on lii III wind 1111 that blows nobody nobol gOOd so in we Wc have two of ot our best beat In iii Shakespearean Shake plays to tobo tobo bo ho thankful for Miss 14 Marlowe having havInK hid hall to retire tor br or almost the whole oC of o one Benson for want nhit of oC a 11 play pInS before die ho begun began with Mr Ir LiSt Ill o had ben been playing unworthy parts to It present their Shakespearean reper I per S S S The success of or David col new lie play ploy Is due not 1101 to any originality of plot or character but to his hl cleverness In iii working up UI a climax and his mastery of stage stape effect In The Man Mr Ir personates Iler the usual who home under a 1 cloud hns has experiences In III our West W Ht anti and any On ono one who hat has Known tile 1110 squaws out there will see how untrue to lIfo life lire are the time marriage and subsequent ad adventures ventures Y of or this fastidious Mr Ir Is a Cl good actor In III eel tab not nOl n it t actor but an interesting anti and 1111 conscientious one and andIn In a Rood good play It would be Jo n ti 1 pleasure to see seu him him p 5 0 James K I Hackett amid Mary Iary lK IllS I ii g are III appearing a In what Is II admitted nil to ill h lC hI n a Society Play lity 1111 hilt but een even this does not gIve HI an on adequate Idea of or orth the tho th emptiness of tiC the tite story Alor Miss lIs and Mr Ir Hackett are clever cleer cleverand and abilities beyond any nn re mc tiLts this play pIn cnn make ninke Those Iho u ho M Miss de do delightful work vork In of or the tim th Wells must regret th the lack IlIck of suit stilt suitable able plays IIII for tor our good got actors and uc ite tf SI S S Slim Thin lim I s the opening week HI of or the t lie season at lit the lie Metropolitan Opera House Home line been Ileen more brilliant than luau any other for many manny y ir anti Herr Heinrich Council hits has shown the tho doubters of or the wisdom wl of or his hl minu novelties are arc acceptable even cyril Ja In a tt I Held itch so wedded r 0 I i I M N T In Johnny Coin IDI lome I to tradition as a has hM always been ben grand gran opera La In given on oti the opening night with the hit old 01 1 favor aver iteM Iten Homer anti and Jacoby and le rH Caru truse o e ScottI mid alit On Oil night nl ht nn iii Quell new to 10 many music lovers hovers 10 01 rt The Tho Queen of ot was given Inn with Marie a 1 new auditIon to tl the compa company ny n us 19 S I thi thiOn On Saturday will be Ie heard the tho fairy opera of ot el and motel by b thIs thin mimic mUI lc la Is different from froum uny other In Its 18 weird und melody the theme U is l also unusual being the tha adventures I lint misfortunes misfortune of ot two poor little children with Ith the thu good Sandman the thit friend of or nil all sleepy little ones oties the witch the ginger gingerbread bread Urea palace und the fourteen angels ThIs Thill senon n promises to bo ho a t I success tho the subscription tom for seats seat 1 nut boxes Is more moore than It Itrel ever rel win Was Jerole There will be he h tour our n performances weekly n a 1 every eer with n a t popular on OIl Saturday night antI ex exra e eIra exira Ira ra performances I on aim Five thousand housand dollars for tor every Hen subscription performance and alit tour four of or these a n week lace tilaco this season Benson nn risk of lose loin 0 1 and an I tho the extra pot form ances arices make possible large profits S S In Tn The of ot William A he hl heby U h by Mrs Humphrey which had ltd its It II Premiere on Tuesday night nt lit the th tar Oar Garrick rick theater Miss Grace Ornee George In cre creating the part of or Lady Hilt Is 18 u II IIer very er Interesting character If Ie that word vord may ma bo be used u In It referring r to a it per lIen ton son nn nil makIng locking In the tho qualities that are arc usually understood uner tood to make malic up char character acter neter She Sho to bo lit even oen more inane foolish than Is III the woman In her love oe tiC ur fair and that la Is saying a good 1 deal theal but hut butIn hutIn butin In one thing the play tia rings die pays for till nil of or if her mistakes mistaken It If It may be he permitted to borrow borro a it 1 line prerogative some nome Mi me circumstances tItus may b be found for 01 Kitty one line being Join William Ashe himself olf anti and the tho other the thc of or society toward any woman who trans traits transgresses tho the code of manners tint not morals Kill Is be I onu Olle of or those unhappy persons who labors with good IntentIons Intention n a handicap III in life for any one hut especially Sin fm o tar for It a woman omun who rewards re ards us as worthy worth of or consideration and anil who ho her tr trying inv to people leollo Several have been made In Inthe time the book and tutu Miss George h hr i r part Pant with tunic mote humor than thun Mi lit Mrs put Pitt In It but Jut In nf of the thu added mulct comedy and the tho qualifications that Miss II II George possesses po ses ell to mako inako Kitty Kilt seem cem attractive the tho part remain art antI and Mr Ir II H Hooves William Ashe she with his hIli Intelligence Mr dr Ir lIen Iten lell Webster ebster tries trl to lU make mitko something of ot tho the uncongenial part laid or of Geoffrey Cliffe S C S The Tue Won Lion the Mouse which was WIS presented for rr or the tue time on Monday night Is by b Charles Churles Klein KI ln the theauthor author of ur Tho The Music Master Till Tao plot 1101 I Is timely about American politics and tho tue Influence of or money mOlley a it power ower Sonic Some all 1111 iiI street magnates combine with the poll pail In lit tilt the th mill of or the time fortuno fortune md 1111 health of ot Judge Ho more lucre other of ot th thi her who selio with great courage to right her fathers lOnKS anti restart region to him him health nail fortune To com cam matters she sl cares for arid U is loved lood In return by hy th son 1011 of or tin till mover In the th scheme ch mu her father Limo Tho stay lU In hi which she carrica car carrlos c r rica rM out her purpose procures tho the pa ta paper per pent peri that prove Prose her fathers Innocence or of the charges changes against him him awi toni Inci Incidentally dentally brings s her heT own love lovo affair to ho toti hoa ti a 1 successful c e srul termination In is II tory er cred creditably Ced CedIa Ia hI shown 15 by IJ MIss Mini lu Grace That the play 1111 hia Is I not convincing and 1111 the Munitions theatric without In vital Interest Is III of or i our hurst e not flit nt tin fault tault of the th player who work hard to act a t their th lr parts well el There Theo would woul seem scent em to tobe tobe be 10 many morn attractive for tar foran an aim evenings entertainment than volt poll 1101 tics liM especially e when such a n diameter character an as Shirley Is II to be brought Into close contact with wih the worst wont ld of them Miss 1111 Margaret has hns made a with Im at nt the tho theater No 00 matter how ho old oM a 1 theme may bo be boo thyme there ther will wi b le lie somo sono pea peo 00 I I pie ile to whom It I Is If a novelty The New of or Wilkie Collins with all imil allhut 11 hut hit writers rH artificially mind and hal tins be h been en n taken ns mis iK the model for til this day even tn somo 1010 of or the tho scenes ICele of or the th earlier version ve rl 11 I being closely cI ly followed fhe he costuming I It Is elaborate and an Ut cf et ort inC iris has hal been ue n mado ti t Ill bring It up III to date at hut but ut the th character of o Mercy Mer Merrick Ic rick lik with wih such uch environment 1 ox ux aa 11 were nero hers In II early life le not Imo litre developed 0 o suddenly into nto n tt I charming and 1111 lady of or cx on ott 01 tho thu stage singe hut hit us arm II hIl long ong as I do tb not follow rollo Hamlets advice to tIle the players player to tn hold bolt the tho mirror ip up UI to unhurt but hit prefer preel to Create a tt 1 semblance of cit lt to 10 suit Hult lv R Rr or r their such Hurh plays will wil no nn to Iw hI is Miss 11 I Ij a mel actress who ho hoIU has IU ms done donI good Iod oik In lii II the tho past vust Pl t find arul no nomi mi lit would 1 ilo thu II so n again In Il a 11 lay but the tho b nuch a n part pat as mis II Zira Zim Is 18 s played tho the morn more Impossible It Il be he colitas s S S i Henry U l Iris his hii excel lent ent work turk In iii 11 The Time Man on tn the Box nn l I also Ilso a lea nal In I ii David II hI Iti which It I Tho Iho plays ate en tit In Irely and his hil work shows that lie he IP hah hini lost 1011 of o hi hIs old time te versa and his acting seems more inure tin tIlt In shed than ever eter There ore are few fw re come corne cOle hum lians lIan us with the I he delightful quality of ot lui hu Ilo nor muon that shows ho and uld few re that could make a it I play Il of ur such nhI plot an III fH tho the Man MII on Oil ni the Box seem CI tie hiie enough to bo be bl Interesting aSS Very Vry Yr f ro few v titled cf Qt musical comedies se to tl lIt fit II hut bitt u Moonshine Is s just right Ight rl hl antI CahIll mikes makes a 1 abright bright spot shot In II II the time musical play pIa world hu hiu h lit Ii ridly big and nu can Citi CUl I el n g a n Itla the chief thing In Is II to be runny fUnny without n n Mi Miss lIb Cahm ahIll admirably In doing 1 Shi She itha two to weeks at the Lib I orty theater AU U wn IIA I WI |
