New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-02
MIR. HARRIGAYs INVESTIGATION,


Many a playwright with lofty ideals m;,,.
envy Mr.. Edward Harrigau that amazing faeu,,,
which he possesses OF keeping score :.
figures moving through stage-pIece rh,.h
while formless and all but rno,tvsl..'
has nevertheless not moment In II that do.. NJ,
either present vivid glimpse OF real life or BIT Of No.
rOarious fun. His studies Of low Life have naSs "
fortune actor, manager and author, ana VIII,
ever may he the shortcomings and absurdities :,
the productions at tire Theatre Comique no man wS.
has 10 ked at the varied phases Of city nfe th,ouoh
newspaperman's eyes win do hing but feIicitate min
on the happy he has made OF observations which IA
and the genial Mr.. Hart have made AMI applied VIII
a skill that stamps them as real artists.
III Mr.. Harrgan's newest piece, brou MT ont lar u,ys
at the Cd ming for the OF the Theatre Cotn,or
be ore a crowded house, he has gone a little an
side OF his old province and work ont cgne,t
IN the conclusion which has done service freqnen,lvt
less elaborate forms. Many people have Laughed AZ IA
eItemporlzed performance OF Mozarts m2stsr-peee q
which The Comnldndant, by an unlucky pass Nm,
Don Juan in the first ana brip,
out the STAGE manager with man,
apologies that the opera must perforce end since "a.
hero Is dead. similar Joke makes up ths ass act a,
'Inves. igaton" rich widow, having lost her eushi,
heart TO a tenement house agent who hasa thrifty ~,
her ath, wishes their marriage to be -ensatioaal
and plans a public performance Of two scenes from
" Romeo ana Julet, IN winch lover and heref
to be- hero and heroine, while Ear Laurence s to be i'm
personated by a real clergyman. The ceremopv
ia TO be done in Shakespeare's lanR,a,.
and she is to astOund the assembled company with TIA
proclamation that the marriage has not been all SEEM
ing.
Now TIE widows wealth IS invested IN a candle fac
tory at Hunters Point where also Beynard HeKsana,
glue factory sends out its odOrierOus fam.s
in sweet communion with the redOlence OF the eand,
Tho hauhf haff
may be transformed into nnety-fve PER cent
yielding Oeomargarne factory. He seeks 10 circumyent
his rival by getting three back country Legislators who
investigating the nusance OF the city o. threatsa
unfav Orabe report to the candle factory unless ths
widow becOmes Mrs McKenna, and ~ put the stamp Il
their legislative dis pleasure barrack in Mulberry
Bend" OF which his rival is agent. This Ia the
simple device by which all the familiar machinery o. TIN
Tn Comque ~ used TO furnish hour and half 4
diversion The life OF the tenement deuiZens
is the atmosphere in which Harrigsu d Hart,
people have their natural beng. We the IN
amlsln- Investigations the fun /, fast and iurous
and we meet the Italian woman, ths
lish characters the negroe. and thu
Cbinaman OF the police court reports How amuansly
ABSURD all tn, complications are, and how catching "a
music which Dave Blahan has written fof
the piece. is only to Le enjoyed by thos
mental relaxation Description stops ar ir. Tae LeSs
latiyc committee end by becoming supers IN the pei.
Torrance " the ragedyconedy IN ord thar they
ENJOY the ciety OF tie ballet girli and are axe:
ou OF tie company when "RomeJ and juliet" has gd
into snarl because If the memory slips OF the prince
pals, aud tn German bandm,sters bu ginf
wives, woo had bren summonei by NJ Keana {,
thai purpose last resort to prevent report on his
glu factory. Al If tae company arr happily fitted With
parts and the piece was received last night with shouts
Of laughter