The sun., 1892-12-21
AFFAIRS AT THE THEATRES.
THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS NOT
DULL IN STAGE MATTERS.

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Marion Manoin Ms mn Actress In Comedy st
Herrmann's-" As Won Like II" Again At
Dsly's-Chnaees at the Eden Musee-tar-
uaencita Dancing Now at tho Rrondway.
Marion Manola sang two ballads charm
ingly at Herrmann's Theatre last evening.
She and John Mason sang tunefu duet de.
liGhtfully. and its refrain. III We're iou.'
gave the title to q new comedy by William
Young moro curious or puz2ling compost
ton than this play could hardly be imagined
save In tho way OF nightmare. In redundancy
OF language II wns q wonder. What the as
founding plenty OF words were about
was tho question which the audience
appeared to try through ono net to
solve. Then some people gave 1t Zip and
went away. Tho rest continued the struggle
Of comprehension but with small success.
and at tho next fall Of the curtain half the
seats were left empty. not TO be reoccupied.
The more persistent observers. who remained
70 the 1l15 end Of the performance. were re-
wsrded by hearing Miss Manos and Mr.. Ma
son sing another verse apiece OF II l Wcre
You" but that was all. At the start these two
we're lovers estrangcd. and at the finish they
we're lovers reunited. Tho hours Of interven-
ing talk had consisted largely Of dialogues be-
tween. In high flight language aboundinG in
familiar quotations. but giving out no clear
explanations OF the lovers quarrel. nor rre.
seLting any reason why they shouldn't kiss
and make ur. as they did finally. They did
not speak nearly oil the language in the
piece. for Annie Clarke had a lot OF 1t.
and so did others. including ono young
man who gavc tho very long role OF a dandy. all
In falsetto. ani an old ono who had frequent
SPELLS OF dreadful choler without apparent
cause. This is no exagGeration OF the word
mess Of "lt Wore YOU" nor Of the incon-
se1uental aud irrelevant talk. talk. talk that
buried tho trivial theme OF 4 firtation day out
Of sight and hearing. Mr.. Young has written
coherent tragedies in his day. Had his work
in this instance been maltreatod? Not In the
rendition. surely. for tho small company was
capable and careful.
A short and clear play. Tho Army Sur
geon." was enacted cieycrly by Adeine Stan
hope and stanislnus STANCE. with a little help
from others. 1t illustrated a selio comic visit
OF n Confederate surgeon TO Il loyal sweet
heart. It's author was Mr.. STANCE. and he had
not fallen far short of a tnlcrat!y good curtain
raiser.
Tho programme at the Eden NEusee last even:
ing included new features Mnnczi Laos and
by DanEo ils GaLor's Koya, Gypsy Band. Tie
only essential difference in the work Of ths
Msrs was n IN the the ns S
.ss,y lar h SncIsn snnss an% rSm a. ns
other now, part was tho appearance Of
= IIussian yiolinist. the Princess Dolgorouky.
with ut least 50 many Rnssinn styles Of dress
America by French, experts in such matters.
But they wero hardly prepared for the solo:
e., esrisf ser red r rsni S whe lite matepa H. which,
belted in tightly at the waist and reached
to .s its sns Was
nearly four. feet. beneath it were seen
red zouays trousers E very wide; and ending n,
sion 1Si was scr Created by this odd ssrb i yas soon
EIauded with enthuniHTs,mI,: Her SECOND selec:
pInin the artistic had made hit Tho
Third aid s new as tbs was tnn5
at,. nA'is She '15s proved to be possessed "t
q sweet but In no way remarkable soprano
oe a a her 81 fe'y
specially. but Guibal and GreviIls did not ap;
pear. owing. 1t was learned. to the continued
illness OF the former.
at Days last evening. with, Ada Rehnn In Ler
Justly admired portrayal of Hosaii,,d. and John
s:sS ns Hrbar TSs
IN other resnects was aim ost the sumeas when
s; nay as Eiysn S before on dPAs saGs the
m m Wesk n o Mr. hs
failure and did not win succcss. Two other OF
our STICK cHmrn;es are tie edge Of the
are at the Harlem 0porn House in Alabama"
with much the Inm: ,nssicnment OF characters
at Palmer "wn theatre, The play and it's treat,
mont are like admir irahle. 1t huprens that
oa!y ~Ips SspsSa back 4 !. sdsS sTp III!
Irorss"rs loys StH,y.| very ,imi!ar in arts,
Jknrr "a, I'm va m a wlut nm he. mad it.r
airy successes in these pieces, Charles ro-
mans stock COMPANY, is at The w Columbia, In
BeascH and de- Mile. With its power.
inI "h,n'xturr OF, sore'y and business.
stirrin. audiences deeply. Tho important
nemners of th" Original cast are retained;
Froliman's at the :.yrrum. lnhS itself em-
ploye.i t" the fun satisfaction Of its audiences
iancied that .necau-e Sardon wrote this piece
for AN Amrri an Manager and made OF il II
light aitn,I. nr ma nr.n r'',ttsS IN III" wn,k:
1t is to be produced at once in Paris and Lon
don.
Carmcnci,a has broken out into activity after
insry,l 81 d" ,ro.e rathsl nr@s a, n tin ns
Eroadway, AMI do;m.: t; with quite as much
artistic violence rs ever inn,le now hnvran
an;l it j u ilcasnnt jar, ,I,at her dances are
aprs"cin,"I hero ~ hecly ns they were when
they were on view. Res, s-ra,ei to have given
new strength and spirits to Carmsncita. and.
bssi-s that. he seemed to have re-
solved upon change il her performance.
Tho "lh nr" Of ,Iasson remained. bnt
there WAS less r"ckirssness and more eX-
a"tn-ss. The originally showed more OF
control. lrrhnps ~" had decided upon this
course heraus,' $ he was. going into =
legitimate thaatre instead Of II concert hall
She wn- regarded with III" keene,st kind OF
Interest 10y the spectators. who arpluud-d her
enthusiastically. and seemed to find her ully
up to their expectations. Her costume was
the iamila" one for awhile. and then it was
changed ~ something that suggested q /ouave
uniform. with turGan on her black haired
head and tleecy rmflies showing under the
knee long skirt. The Prodigal Father itself
Is performed briskly now. and its .precocious
child. the antithesis OF little Lord Fauntleroy.
being y youngster born and n, bred in stage ne.
farce is the invention OF Glen Mac Donongh.
but his claim OF the authorship OF tho whole
piece is disalowed. for the discovery has BEEN
made that he drew upon ono OF Bisson's plays.
"LEoi Koko." for a theme ana some 0f tho
matter. Plagiarism cannot long remain a
hidden crime in the stage literature Of these
confidently upon exposure.
Original and protected matter has a vnlue
far orr thun matarial which iS tn