, 1881-04-05

Miss Gcnoviovo Ward made her appearance
last night before lnrgc but not nh enthusiastic
audience. md KAve Ong Of tho finest perform.
nnccs Ii, tho ro OF Step'antc VIC hayc seotl ILLS
scnSol Slep1ante, Us Our rcadera ure we'll ,lware,
Is the principal peEsonage ln tho play of For
gct-htc.Not." oscr which there has bccn 80 mitch
lcgnl difficulty. Miss Ward originally produced
tho play III London and Matlo u t,rcut succcsa.
Thon Lestor Waltack thought he would MntiGl-
pale tho coming Of stiss Ward to this country.
lilo therefore produced the plaE ut hIs thcatrc
last fall, mud, rs Stcp|unie, Mlss 1tos9 Cogau
was crcd[tcu with rnMklng quite us Ercat
n'scnsatlon In Now fnsk as MIss Wnri In the
snme rast had lnatio In London. When Miss
Ward hoard Ut str. Wallacks course. shu very
quickly landed III Now York. and shu. OWNING
tho right Of production In this country, ut onco
stoppod hin, in his shnrp but lucrative career.
ana then startod upon tour through tho he
public. This IN brIef Is tho history Of tue plny.
The play itscf Is very eas!y described. 1t Ia
Absorbn9ly interesting. but unsynipnthetir. It
wins written by Hermann Mcrync nnl F. c.
Grove. two of best dranattsta LoH,!on hns.-n
fact w.iuh Forget Mc.Sut" would provo II
they Ind written nothing else. ln construction
It ia exceedingly simple. 1t Ia In tIlrce ncts.
Tho Incidents occur in ono roHm. and
theRo incldcnts ,f0 not strutch l.ey6nl
n pcrul Of eighteen hours. There aro hut
eight characters IN tho play. and in0Rt 0f thu
dalog passes between two Of then. St<J'lnAit
and Sir Horace. From the moment the curtain
rises l,ntIl 1t finally fnlls upon tho vuMlulshrd
Sfephante, intcrUst never tlngs. Thcru Is nut a
character IN tho play TINT could be dispensed
With there Ia toi Il itiLo III tho 1laIuE tiMt Ii
mt necessary 10 tho development ut tho story,
and no character il nnde prominent ut tho cx-
pc.se Of another chRrActer,-fu short "l'arGet-
Me-Sot" Is n compact piece Of dramatic work
written In crlsr dlAl0E, ptton keen and
biting In Its satire. and MlWuyY telling.
With nll its cxccl]cnc1cs however
wo ,uea,fcu ,yhothcr thc p,ccr viii
, ~ saas'.',,. o.,, ea.'.,,. ra,.,a1.. ,.,..
has never hoon q fayorit suhteet on tho seHgo
un,css carefully swathod III syuputhottc iuu-
mi nu Stenbax,t IA s,,el, col1. heartIrys. scif
isy ,sS, fnr "nvin"iy nr "mrthy txn,.,,t hnrseif
tHot ha ~, r." hcr ,n,r nsni,st.v Sre,,l III
' ~nu W. ~ esh H. ,rs"'' v"n(u,tx thrs sn
tho dnor wo teel ~ plty t9F th9 ",! nnt
H. IN ,,t.w ~ nnwc t""nd nnans ~ III 1tImn,o
stvs e ~ IT, hnr nrcscnne. Stcni"ute I'M, hr,
rs',t "s 9 !" ysss " " to.ta asu 1
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ne' ~ Ernss St."iamic III % o,,cI ~ :. aacr,v
1si.. nHG 'uy w.. MN ,, ~, nu ~. a W.
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81 sttsjMats hhsh s taat amsau csa.o sas la'Raeu
" !is ,si, thSu ann nan n.m st"wn tanl tue n.s9
h,se nv yuw tho hsh,, ind wu h"vc sIut,,
san wio WIS t, naa 'n9 @ roSU o1 nersa; nno Iorss
nytaefTy ~" TS wss ,oi5 y sfn'SaGea To- c e Kys s,'
from her Infamous lite at!a enter socluty. shn
Wahts u n1 na !auy. aila 10 10 thi4 sho VII
sErsa saos,g ag h. sno e we IT.. shsa FL 10 .r
whom. she never saw after his birth. lIufnro hi
ssus ~ no marriet! !Hto y respectaDlu EnKllsh