The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-28
THE DRAMA IN LONDON.


OLD vs.. NEW PLAYs-REv1vAL or sTHx MAN
O. AIR1lR" AT THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VEINS NOBLE INTERPRETATION or A NOBLE
pEAMA-REvIvAL or "oURs" At THE PRINCE
OF wALRs'-How AMERICAN MEN SPEND
4 MONEY AT PooLER
LONDON, May Is. 1875
am tired Of hearing about the decadence of this and
that and tho other particularly or the decadencs the
drama do not believe in the good old times;p III
did q short course OF "venicc Preserved" and other
famous old tragedies not At all preserved would
cure mo or delusion- II Is shakespeare's fault
that he was born 900 years soon II be were alive
now what modern convenences he would put into his
plays and what herones he would make out OF Ameri-
can women The other day ] that wonderful old
comedy OF Tho Hypocrite" II wonderiul-in It's
capacity for boring. bad adaptation or Moliere's
s.Tarturc." Il had but ono redccming ica-
turc-the character OF Mawworm, which Bick-
orstinc, tho adapter, originated, aud which
Lision improved by intcrpolatng
amusing that Compton. the ciovercst Of Eng
lish low comedians makes inmitabc. Suited in Ian
guagc, ARTIFICIAL sentiment unpleasant in plot tho
majority of old plays great examples OF what
avoid Yet spite Of the iurd 'Jano Shores OF on
grandfathers, wo arc told that there arc no English
dramatsts living We told this while Gilbert and
Boucicault and Wills and Herman C. Aerivae and
other clever walking about Gllingsthcir pock
cts with substantial public approval Herman Mcri-
vales .Ail for Her. which Mr. wallack purchased
for America and W. @. wins 'The Man o. Airie"
nobler in plot and beautiful in language than
wilderness Of "Jane shores" The former about
DO withdrawn alter running 200 nights. while the latter
has been recently revived ut tho Hzymarket for tho
purpose OF displaying Mr. Hermann VEINS great ability
IN the ute role
The foundation of "The Man o. AirlIcr Is German.
Seeing Dawson In Carl Won HoItes drama OF .sIor-
bcerbaum und Bcttelstab," Mr.. Vein, who knew the
author made literal translation OF his work. which he
submitted 10 W. O. Wills and then down from
wiIls' dictasion much strengthened adaptation SO
OF The unconsenial German element SIN chung 10
Il. however that Wills cut loose from tho original
play and dictated '.The Man o. Arlc" It stands
The only resemblance between the that the hero
OF both IL al unfortunate poet whose works become
famous twenty years after hts supposed death Let
tell the story IN brief paragraph James HarebelI
scotch poet Of the people. pure guiielcss
be the dupe OF unprincipcd OF tho world,
through whom he robbed OF his honest savings
Poverty kills Harebels delicate wife, Sorrow and the
discovery of his TRENDS treachery the simple
mad and tbs madness, which develops itself The
OF act third, Is rendered IN mastery by Mr..
vcMn Twenty years eiapsing. curtain rises upon
. scene OF iestivity. statue Is 10 90 unveed--a
statue Of James Harebcn, who mad and d,s-
unprecedented, all belcved--before his poems were
published. His old friends are about nonor his
memory, and his son. who has recollection OF his
father joins in tho festival old old man bere OF
reason enters and selves the poems OF James Harebe,
that have been ieit the garden table. he Is
pleased with the gldcd book = child With new toy ;
will not renquish " when rcqucsted peers curiously
Al the covered statue, and when Is exposed 10
sits beneath w. dancing the poems up and down The