New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-01
MR. pJTOU'S DRAMATIC COMPANY.

>,r a,oustus Pitou has formed n stock company
for the presentation OF miscellaneous plays and he
will present this organization next week at the Union
Square Theatre in One-act piece called Her first
Love by Mr.. Iorrimer SioddaId (son OF the poet
p II stoddard) and The Last straw adapted from
Abe French OF VI. Paul Ferrier. The company III
clndes Nelson Wheatcroft, William Faver>ham. W. H.
Thompson George Backns George W. Leslie, OusiaVe
Frankel Charles Collins, Henry II. Raymond MINNIE
seligman Ida Vernon, Jane Stuart. Adelaide sianhope
Laura woodal Vida CyOy, Frederic Perry ana Alfred
W. Palmer.
.The Last Straw" In which Mr. lftou's company VIII
appear:
Before the curtain rises Oh the first act OF inc
comedy loud crash OF the breaking OF dishes Is
heard then a slap. followed by n woman's scream.
When the curtain goes up 1t discloses the boudoIr OF
Mrs Hemsley. The breakfast table and chairs are
overturned and the breakfast things strewn In
confusion on the floor. Mr.. and Mrs. Hemsley. a
vounc married couple standing In the centre glar
inc at each other. She has paper In her hand
There is q pause. When the husband saws, well
this Is The Last straw" she answers. And this time
IL has broken the camel's back" They turn ana so
ont slammipg the doors behind them. Servants rush
In and view the wreck. Mr.. Hemsey enters ana
says wilson II my lady calls for me. | have gone
To my lawyers" Shortly after the wife enters and
saws Annette. II anybody calls for me, have gone
10 my lawyers" Husband and wife find their lawyers
absent at the Law Courts and each leaves Instructions
for the LAWYERS to call. Mr. Farquhar the husbands
LAWYER calls first and Is mistaken by the wife for her
LAWYER Sh. tells him her case and cause OF action
before she discovers her mistake. Sir Robert Milwau
the fathcr OF Mrs. Hemsley, is wid0wer ana mas
taught his daughters 10 believe him an exemplary
man. whereas he Is a gay old chap. belongs 70 an
athletic club and has an admiration for the ades o
the ballet lie has discovered African OF great
muscular development and has arranged with the
stork Athletic Club to have sparring bout In the
grounds connected with his mansion. to be followed
bv a midnight snpper TO which he has invited num-
her OF friends including some OF the ladies OF the
ballet At the end OF the first act Mrs Hemsey
leaves her husbands home, and. accompanied by her
French maid flies her father for arriving
m his house Just he Is in the midst of his prepar-
lion lie is expecting the African champion and later
his friends of the ballet He Is in dilemma. Mrs.
uemsIev is followed to fathers house by her hus-
band know that she is under the
paterna roof The father uses every device 10 DING
ubout reconciliation and get rid Of the husband and
wife before his guests arrive. Mrs Hemsley Is de-
t>rmned TO STAY and he puts her in distant corner
of the building where she viii not hear what l. gong
on. Complications cIsue In which DIR. Horace DIP
rose bachelor OF thirty five and Mrs. Alma Beecham,
a dashing widow. figure prominently. The last act
shows the same scene as the hrst-the HUSBAND anu
wife have returned separately IL has been ARRANGED
he made known by the husband and vile III ue
presence OF their respective lawyers with sir hoDa,
Milward. who is magistrate, acting AS Judge. Inc
scene of the quarrel. which supposed 10 nave
taken place before the curtain went up Is enacted
The breakfast table is set the husband and wife take
fhelr places She accuses him OF having slapPeo ie
lace He denies II point blank, this so exasperales
her that In paroxysm OF rage she siaps ms "a" NJ
lie Is Cverjosed II lust what ne nrfao d.secnds
An the original comedy situation In which husoaho
and wife are ieconeied ,,rous.