The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-08
rrENrs IN TIE THEA TREs.
Robson and Cranes Dromios, Bron.on How
"a. pIay, and WnIiack's my son"

The youth Of u nation is shown In the
.nolity Of It's humor no less than in the |
,o,ycncy OF lis poetry. Something OF the SUI
,,robundant animal spirits gives to its sport |
,yorcaa a defiance and dash that conservatism |
and aeo may envy. hut cannot initiate.
We have sccn this often enough in our litefa- |
,,ro Now we may see IL on our stage. and no. |
,yboro better than ut the Park Theatre. whore |
eounlo Of Americans are playing the two Dro- |
,,ios in an American way.
That u.s. they are playing with less regard to
uhot has grown round the play than TO their
own sportivc instincts Of what is in II. In doing
utsthcv frcshcn and brighten II. But Il would
,robaby not be tolerated for minute in Lon
don whrrc the stage clings TO tho errors with
ouito AZ much tonacity ne TO the greater glories
Of the past.
lis interesting TO observe in this current on
,ortainmcnt 40 pat an illustration of what may
he called the conservatism and radicalism OF
the art of two countries which are separated
more by their respective ages than by space.
What tho Englishman calls mellow We are very
mt 90 call dull What we call bright he is very
op, to call garish and raw. The spic-span
emartness Of our civilization. our whitewash.
our literature our sunsets. annoys. and perhaps
aazglcs. an eye accustomed to see all things
through the sofcning vapor of wet and mel
tncholy climate or the smoke Of tradition
Nor is this ALL II is an awful responsibility
|" nav n''''o"" . n's'o ', "o,i"u you. "o
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one mo "n in'uous' an i"E ,,Sn'u"n prlucS
hn'T,' on n's nun 1u , pu' W. aw"1s
feel ln'' ,"o-,hiI,s o' nun oc'ohE 70 ms race
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COW. 'V'hS' Anu '"" u's",S "h" E.a''N
when we "l w ""u''i' :" ""c" u ohS AMY
Arr''i ,'a' u'' S'"l'uuous EI'"'n,ss Oh nus
f'uh'r' mas uccOiho oIs"n'@ou III HIS h"oi's "hu
dcn'"n"r' ,
Ih' m'm"rW n'r g''s ih'o MS art ne mixes
Irdo 'n U''hS 'o'N'u up III inc nuhor oil tue
l's' "- n' ~ '',N'" UP III n's I"li""y '"rriae''
10 s'"hH uV'h U' p''''orin IKE "h Ninerl'.h'
Only 10 ENJOY "' |''IS VI E'"inS on Ut NV IN
A'h'uie iIEi' '' u'e'N one he'N' - 10 MN
unWorhS %. '"' ''',,url'9 'il"' are III MN
Nc" anu '''" "l ruRl'Sh 'oin'ul"h s'rngeies
o''r mere nt'nElhs erh'hisceh 'es OF mo
Hep'ar'hy WIN MN. Iheh wo are hlled with
awe at kinl oi humor that demands our
reverence ihs'''" ni our leVl'y'
MI l"o'' W"s INC example ct 'hls ulh Hhu
hoAp iun' believe ne Is one OF me greatest
hVotitcs IN th' brush mcropolls' ana never
fails 90 con>ulse tho multitude by his rigid ad-
The grimaces OF former generations. He was
much SURPRISED that the Americans did not
scream with delight. heard him say with
hn' British protest IN his manner why. sir.
Nat II tho way II has always been done on the
English stage.
AZ 10 that irrevocahy fixed the law that II
should never be done any other way. And yet
sv.n MI Tooldlocs'not 20 intohnIccstacy OF JOY
In the British Museum.
The apathy with which Mr.. Toole's venerable
llu WIS received here was not greater than the
establishment with which the English people
received Mr.. stuart Robson. Ihey looked nj
him very much ms they look at COW with SIX
legs He had two degrees OF humor toe much tc
come undcr the regulation, and had violated
lh" English (which in England is also the
haturfn law. lie was monster.
am MT quite prepared To- say that Mr.. Rob
Son j. not monster. but in certain lights he Is
delicious one. Ike tnbbe" or Bottom. IL
doesn't declare to us IA" law OF tho stage man
ae"r. hut he pipes TO us the possibilities Of hu
hNn nature Above all else. he transports th'
hif9"an. Inc puohc lke MS tun ana ms
Ihyei"'ogy and nave paved MS way 10 success
win their laughter
"hon Measrs- Robson ana Crane cohceive'
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