New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-07
THE DRAMA.
DALY'S THEATRE REoPENED.

DAYS. THEATRE REOPENED.
1t was night Of gladness and pleasure at Days
Theatre. Every seat occupied, and everywhere
the aspect OF a rejoiccd and brilliant audience ex.
pressed sympathetic interest and joyous satisfaction
new piece called Little Miss MIllion--a piece
which is both sparkling and sbstantalwas presented
for the first time ard With that the theatre
nerriy and appropriately opened FOR the dramatic
year. Between Mr. Days comedians AID their pub
lc the relation Is one Of sympathy and Kindness, and
as one By ore the iavortc players stood revealed the
popular goodwill found expression IN earnest plaudits
that could not be mistaken For Ada Rehan the We
come was ieTvent. protracted enthusiastic and al
fectionaie; for Mr.. Lewis il took the form OF tumut
and happy laughter There can be no question Of the
local pride IN Ada Rehan's remarkable achievements
OF the chvalrous personal interest with which she
is regarded. No actress In ew York since the days
OF Cara Fisher AID May Taylor has been emphs,i
cally tie pab.ic iavorite. AMI no actress anywhere
has better deserved that genial consid
Grafton and gracious emlnenoe. Youth, beauty
exuberant spirits happy heart. ro
mantle temperament and fine dramatic powers well
developed AID nicely trained unite IN that remarkable
woman to make her object Of natural admiration ;
while her exceptional versatility and proficiency in
the dramatic art long since made her a representa-
tive comedy actress Of the first rank. 1t would be
difficult TO name another performer OF this period
who can do so many things WELL With such cen
trail figure and with associates Individually so
clever and collectively 50 harmonious, 1t not
surprising that upon Mr.. Days stage the play
should be acted with brilliant precision and potential
effect. " Little Miss Nlon." which Is fouract COM
edy adapted by Mr. DAILY from a German piece by Mr..
Oscar Blumenhal, and which duplicates ten persons
enlisted In its performance the talents and the art OF
Ada Rehan, James Lewis, Arthur Bourcher, Herbert
Gresham. Adelaide Prince, George Clarke, Sidney Her
bert. William sampson. Wllt:cd auckland and William
Gilbert. 1t Is spirited AID charming piece, In which
humorous satire plays lightly folbcs Of character
and amable eccenrlc!t!cs Of conduct: and, with this
symmetrical cast and with the most tasteful Of stage
treatment, II found In ample abundance the public
favor TO which 1t was 50 well commended.
Unlike many OF the light plays that MT.
Daily has adapted from the German, this
one possesses deep sentiment as well az fun {;
and there be doubt. In view of the eager at
tenton with which its course was followed and the
quick sympathy with which It's touches OF feeling,
equally with its strokes OF mirth-were received that
the community Will accept and gladly approve the
innovation. Against this piece, asSuredly, the com
plant cannot be urged that 1t Is all froth. The
farccal element, indecd Is present; but only SUI
iiclenty present 10 impart spice Of pquant mrth
A lively girl has given portrait OF her handsome
brother 20 another girl. who is her school friend, and
she has as, gwen portrait Of her school friend TO
her brother and the possessOrs OF these portraits, who
have met, became attached In fancy. and then
under comic circumstances they confronted. These
are kindred elements Of farce. The fbTc Of the piece
though Serious and when you have departed from
lis contemplation you do not feel that you have been
looking at the frppey in bandbox. The
warmth Of the pabllc response may Le
gathered from the fact THAI before tie
fall Of the first curtain Mr. Lewis Miss Adelaide Prince
and Mr.. Bourcher lad each been recalled upon the
scene by plaudits OF sncerc admiration and delight.
Miss Rehan-as Rcna Primrose. whom her school
they enormously think that her father is very rich
does not appear until act second and after her first
scene which is that Of Ingenious pratle. similar
tribute WINS paid 20 her; and surely 1t was mented
Nothing better Of this kind las been seen upon orr
stage In her best days Mary Cannon. who wa'
extraordinarily fecou, in Ills line OF art never sur
passed the obultion Of sustained gle" aud s"ceily
arch vvadty with which Ada Iehan i.umed the scene
and captvatcd her auditor. The character does not
essentially change from that point Onward, except that
IT deepens and strengthens Us the young ers heart
IL ayakcncd The actrcss never lost her dcnlln
cation with II. and steadily until the end her course
was one triumph OF fascinating personality.
Mr. Lewis has "A character In which the substantial
elements and qualities Of his mind are allowed at least
an equal freedom with his familiar talent for cynical
fun and chlrping oculariiy Beverly Primrose Is an
elderly man OF the world In whom gayey has not cX-
iingu!shed principle and sentiment. The situations
Invented for him are grOtesqucy comc-1nd yet they
seem not impossible. Mr. Arthur Bourchier had ut
Juvenile character. lie was seen under the dlsad-
Vantage OF great nervous excitement. Yet even 50
he revealed a method CT acting that IS distinguished by
simplicity and nature.
In Little Miss Million" IS depicted episode In
the life OF an impulsivc and prOdga GIRL whom TEN
permanent md Circumstance have made way ward. bnt
who 4, nspOcd and true. The story OF her proceed
ings Is little complex the reader Will like better TO
learn II from observation than from narrative The
essential strength OF the piece consists. In Its IN
cdeus I'm IFS characters In the manner In which these
are contristed and in It's sprightly dialogue Mr.
poiv n
hans commonly appreciated a, they should be. since
The manager Is more often remembered than the
md In the spccla ingenuity with which Its eXpcdlenls
Of effect have been employed lie was tho rrclPenf
Of n cordial tribute Of pabc regard and he has be
Gun the new season under most auspcious conditions