The sun., 1891-04-02
THEMES OF THE THEATRES.
. VIEW AMERICAN DRAMA ACTED AT
THE MADISON SQUARE


s....S by the Palmer Company-A West
I'm Neioarasna, Daniel Boone." In the
Rowery-In the ,Combination Houses.
Iuoustus Thomas has offered-at last-an
..o.n,abIe play TO tho public. 1t was acted
.uits triun,phantly at the Madison Square
Sbsa,re last evening, and SURPRISED audience
,.coiyed IL with very great satisfaction. Mr..
Thomns had been favoted for one brief senti-
.,.n,,, pIece. but he had been condemned for
s.vs,al other curtain. raising brsvitea He
Nd done moderately well with dramatization
., n,somebody else's story. but all the reputation
-hicb II had brought ID him baA been lost
IN The ilasco OF an original drama. 30 Ala
hama" last nights play. was not promisingly
,.com mended to it's first audience. As tho title
Indicates, IL was Southern In Its scenes and In
the majority OF i's characters. The hrst acc
Introduced these personagss in the garden OF a
nodsst Alabama home. The time was half q
.s.nsra,ion after the war. There was an ex-
coniederate Colonel. realized In correct
fashion BY F. NJ. Holland; q country squire.
n.de unctuous and true to life by fat Charles
Harris: q reasonable woman and two girls
At the far South by May Brooklyn. Agnes Miller.
and Nannie Craddock: native white
youncster and m aged negro by Henry
Woodruff and Reub Fax. and all those spoke
rph tho speech Of Alabamians. besides look
ins ike their several types OF Alabama human
Nv. During tho frat net they were humorous
mostly in their illustration Of tho stagnated
rnra lito Of their region. and tho audience was
thereby won over 10 . merry regatd OF the
rork. Tho feeling toward Mr.. Thomas re-
NAMED amiably Jolly. too. during second act.
Al tho close Of which the story had progressed
so for as to involve most OF the characters
IN Affairs Of love aud epmity Two North
L.. nod
Edward Bell had been brought bustlingly into
the droxsy town by the projection OF a rail-
road: and these intruders had gotten into the
santim sntality as we'll - tho business Of the
community. Up to this point the drama bad
eonouered tho assemblsee's prejudice against
Nj. .TbomH u playwright, aDd had Won % ap;; 2;
familiar s.n ss%e thira act that was the very
acme Of theatric romenticism. 1t was In. q
sonauea sUms 81 ils pensimental It
Was in q magnolia grove OF rare scenic beauty.
and to that was q measure OF its entrancipg
samepr sMe' and illusion Of the fine picture. the
praise Is nevertheless due upresertedly to the
s s as sa.vas ssSs ass sSown
One eide was complete. The other was. an
uncovered heap; nearly covering z broken
sherman's soldiers. An old, impoyerishea.
and, decropit planter tadmirahly acted BY J: =:
&C. WhsS the sns
il his hatred Of every Northern man .pI thing.
Rs Rsad hda Sass, the TN 'ni Ss snd
sssT Il, q their %.lsss e
obdnrately forbade the betrothal with as
much ssperity as though the suisEs f.. had been
hal been long absent and estranged by reason
oi Unionism, figured uprecognized in this new
s ssa % S. snsSar9 IN Sd vi hs aha
skilluly written act was an ninterruptedelope-
menl Tho curtain had t. be raised three
times on 1t. and again to let the people see tho
A fourth act brought all The e, meters r. to "a
hsIpy mS Mr. 9 9
real dramatic slrength in q manner which
Ss .onsd hsa prssiousy I9s osnasd WORK WIN
Tho goxerys now play this week Is q good
S.e seama ali its scenes
S q % Ssa .an nna doa on IL #.
9sss shs oaases as!ais ne
much IN late years. though all that has come
from i has not been brought to public view.
strnction oi Speciality and Sensational N 9 piays.
He started Emmst into fortune with the flrst
Of the Fritz" series. and he has done a good
ensfs 5e.e1 an shan sse a ass
Is o stirring. not too improbable story THAT
@ ana snss Monday nsRt Il bss
This theatre will have no better week in lis
hat Gaysn MSie E Sas
incidents n e & out h5e
ture OF the redskin iu the days Of tho Ken
tIeky S ptonfse5s: . f and tho episode Of duel In
Boene s "is csfssfs s9asfsui and
Sr y 6y IN Which
nsvsrthsess Is hsptul to the interest HernS IN II:
than thai. Boone is imrersonsted BY William
n, %nasor "s.sF from
son' and hls grim hnmor: Ths nimbIeeiooted bIsfss
s:d Ps fs.ddfb,p b 1ndaa caanaa rs bsyS ss
elective, villain in George Barr. Who was ms
SSGSndy S;S hissed and thereby complimented for
,ionabIe right in the play but they are fhSe there
Charles II: French Joseph Madde1, S and LIZZIE lTs
trained horses have more ss excHsasls reiaens 9%s
tSsss ns s story; as havs q band Of cowboys. and
'seonmohly displayed on the Bowery stage
At the combination theatres in town, where
no clement Of newness marks this week's
Cnanges there Is at least no reason TO com plain
OF unntersstine entertainments. This audi.
Ires tym nave ao not bsen extraordinarily isrge it
msmaIs, mIIes, !or the alter Lcntan period does not
usually come in with boom, but still there ia
y apsrceptible increase in the receipts and ali
.Ge mnhagers seem confident that good tines
Ere at hand Mckee Rankin has brought "The
Hhnurk pack 10 us. and he IL at Niblo's with
Inn. unique play. He has not yet faced a
CC,,fpwned C,f audience. Nitlo's IL q big place 20
@ i.', ant low stars have packed 1t since The town
i}sg iTsgMa 10 grow away from lower Broadway and
"a larger support than that which It has thus
si Itcelved, Tho actor has doue no hsttsr
Ne many who will regard his chHraeter
Mat9n ar,'i'i, Of the Freneh-Canadian as the most
Ssase c carer. At Niblo's he has night
fenrIhln call. and lie fairly wins il.
WhoDeet WWIhoet Hert's part in the revival is new.
marn The CRnuck" was at the Eilou she an.
Roa!eu az the old farmers daughter Now size
"Snn 1 ihterDolated soubrette role and she is rc.
,uaatts ,uutts1 10 sing and be hlithe generally. The
sh. hA iiortunately. is within her reach and thus
that lives Go evidence OF a measure OF versatility
ia. was not previously credited to her Charles
"SiSs S,ii who plays the Yankee. Cyrus SfebJins,
10 no., sun valuable member Of Rankin's .up.
utel rewritten nv In IN In 80"