The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-14

Joseph Haworth's New Play at the New
Opera House.

Joseph HawOrth's New Play at the New
Opera House
No one who ever read Ann Katharine
Green's novel, "The Leavenwortn Case, +"
could fail to recognize the fact that there
were dramatic possibilities IN the story.
Yet it was exceedingly difficult to see
how the story could be converted into an
acting drama and yet preserve the salient
features of the novel.
Miss Green has solved the problem. but
she has hardly dramatized the story.
Departing widely from the novel, using
il only as a basis of construction,
she has made as effective O
play as has teen placed on the
| American stage for some time. In doing
this she has evidently beeu aided in a
large degree by Mr.. Haworth. whose
knowledge of stage craft was put under
| contribution in arranging the scenes aud
situations.
The drama affords Mr.. Haworth many
| and excellent opportunities for the mani
| festation of his powers and his Trueman
Harwell may be accepted as one or the
most striking characterizations in his
| repertoire. 1t may not be tine most pleas
ing. but it affords better opportunity for
| study han he can find in
the other characters he portrays, and
the vacillationS between madness and
| sanity are finely drawn-for it may be as
sumed that no man really sane would
ever aCt6MDU To VIII u WOuldu > lON0 Oy
numbering her u~ncle-unless she became
an accomplice in the deed. Mr.. Haworth's
| outburst, when he finds that he has
tricked himself; that Mary Leavenworth
had no knowledge that he committed the
crime that has thrown the shadow OF
suspicion upon herself and her cousin,
Eleanor LeayenWorth, and thtt she has
only detestation tor the assassin. is very
fine.
The support is excellent. Kathryn
Kidder and Louise Rial, as Mary and
| Eleanor Leavenworth. are provided with
parts that fit them admirably. Ebenezer
Gryce, the detective, is well played by
Atkins Lawrence, as Is also Raymond,
the lawyer. by Edward Drouet.
The only deficiency in the piece Is the
| comic element, but John Daley, as
Thomas, and Anna McVeigh aud Eva
Allen, as Mollie and Katie, get all there
is out of the situation. Marion Earl, as
Gryce's house girl, made the audience re-
| greet that there was not opportunity
| afforded her to do a little more.
''The Leavenworth Case" will be re-
| peated tonight.
Sadie Seaman in "Eily."
The attraction at the Academy of Music
next week will be Sadie Seaman 10 an
elaborate production of the beautiful
four-act romantic Irish comedy-drama,
"Eily." The play is from the pen of the
late Fred MarSuen, author or Sucn ram
Gus Irish plays as kerry Cow" "Shaun
Rhue" and sIrish Minstrel" Miss Scan
Ian comes by her comedy talent legiti-
mately, having the comedy blood of the
Seaman family in her veins. She is the
sister of the well known Irish COM
edian, W.. J. Seaman, and was
for many years leading soubretJe
of his company, appearing with
him in all his successes. In "E!ly'
Miss Scanlan has a part exactly suited
to her line of work, her representation OF
the character of the bonnie Irish lass be-
ing true to the smallest detail; her brogue
is racy aud of the soil of Ireland, the
nrogue of the Irish hillside and valley.
Miss ScaElan's personal magnetism is one
of her many charms. From her first ap-
pearance she captivates her audiences
and holds them till the fall of he cur
tain. Incidental to the play Miss Scan
Ian will be heard in a number OF new
and pretty songs, and will also give an
imitation Of her brother, w. J.. Seaman,
singing 1.-The Low Back Car"