The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-05
A LIVELY DRAMATIC WEEK.
UNUSUAL NEWHKss OF ma TERTAL Ia TIE
IN THE SEASON
Even the Combination Theatres Have Tn.
familiar Plays" Drifted Apart" mt tho
CONGRATULATIONS and Jannuschek.

hVhtt' W IL -. uuu icTCy IcnuRll, Is
new thing at the Garden. whore 1t raises the
curtain In predatory way for Husband and
Wife," Cora Tanner and Harold Russell COM
prise the cast The little play tells Of the
alienation OF a married pair. the husband
having long neglected his wife for separate
pleasures. so that she takes It into her hoad
to find consolation In social distraction. The
Indifference OF the ono and the complaininCs
Of tho other Rre followed by a reconciliation,
which Is brought about by the accidental
sight OF dead baby's shoes. This scene is
touohngly written and pathcticaiiy enacted.
Miss TANNER thus gets an opportunity to start
tears in the audience preliminary to the laugh
ter OF Husband and Wife"
For the FIRST week in May this is O notably
lively one at the theatres Besides the glto-
gether now plays produced in broadway on
Monday evening, there are unfamiliar pieces
at the houses whore novelty Is not often
found Victor Hugo's 1.-THE Hunchback OF
Notre Dame" provided amelodrama once very
popular in the theatres 1t was u good OK
ample OF the romanticism which 1ourished In
the palmy days. A new version Of tho play.
entitled "The Egyptian" retaining about all
OF the old value. but adapting II, to modern
taste. Ia acted this week ut tho HArlom Opera
House. Margaret Mather Is the heroine.
This actress Is Mt once pleasing and dis
pleasing. Her natural advantages are marked.
and she has become q compelling kind OF
artist, but she Is too strenuous and too monot-
onously forcible. Audiences in general like
her very much. however. and she puts plays
on the stage with care. intelligence. and lib
erality. In the case OF " The Egyptian Otis
Skinner plays the monk with much skill and
effect. and the Quasimodo by Joseph L. Whit
ing Is treated we'll. Preceding the principal
play. Charles Reades Nance Oldleld" is
given pleasantly. with Miss Mather as Nance
At the other Harlem thoatre. the Columbus
lasco-D De Milo series Of society dramas. is re-
vived. Its characters are assumed by mem-
GeEs PANEL me ans M In;
nam. All the roles are unprecedented ade-
iiscredit to the Lycsum's own stage.
Bowery theatricals this week have impor-
drama called Dangers Of Great City" has
been acted for the lirst time in New York. and
rom the vsohventionai FORMS 81 sensational ieni
Euises the identity Of Wilfred REMEDY: who
isisS S e as city hs S Sea Of
nedy is not vet an expert. but he is prom
hs s rss e aS1s Ills sV cram. khs ss tbs Is
characters. a fairly well-contrved plot. and
language: and the exsrcis Sc Of care would have
Sa Of @
undas It's %e ereda BE Thing
in its not always credita bic GLASS. The author
that that. the proper PLACE il xSish to sex ap
sna TSs pot 81 Mr.
play follows the persecution OF a Wall street
IN ,
hin: ana s6e parsues the wicked one in various
tectiye who is also hunting the assassin but
to search
ing Is the orth9dox one Of Piss III the right
fRd Se1 9s 1s sa 1ns h
as to She s y
stsEs presence. and e not a little versatils.
Best claim to distpcsion. In the ea e
scenes she has to impersonate three widely
%t In pMer Boseas
audiences have taken her unreseryedly into
TINT xS1Fy nSt s @ y
r. does not nessst his lev opporstunIses. He lie
Dr. yesu ana M Re stars IN the rst e DAYS 81
that variously dramatized story The minor
and the scenic and mechanical outfit is above
the BoWery average.
It seems to be beloved widely that the pres
The Harvest Moon at tho %i idr"i IN the
es s n Salient VIII pa9
this city Doubtless this is not true. It is
the stage e az an s' esy perhns
current appearances at tho Windsor may form
lest baa ss W II at
sna nded with these
and admireTs OF vii soon s set on
for bne gS0ss tbyt the
ested in her behalf. she viii DO enabled to take
n her le9ye IN More MSd memorable Way Fran
Sixty odd Years. she has deYoted Y nearly hall a
been hard worEins. dignihed. and INTENSELY ten i
ambitious actress ever since 1857, In which
ss me1 asSn Hn & d.ns
made about 1870. and She has travelled UNI
seSfS n WIN
been Hnsyen. and she has not been able to re-
Would be tho most sgSstan Sf1 tribnte That
could be paid to her. When she retires there
s w pSmain the Of her na Of heE
and crafty, Hortense; Of her pathetic Nary
shnLnrL and Of her fine performance Of Lady
Mdcbah. This week. at tho Windsor. she hns
app M,a IN play which. though not without
uncommon power, it Is called 1.-THE Harvest
MGoh; and it Is labelled untruthfully as an
yan,anischek's company, In spite OF elaborate
reSisioh ana modernizing the play Is easily
iish m ne The Golden Plough. which
WIS WIS actea IN this city and elsewhere many years
ago. IL sometimes suggests in theme and |
ssStioa me more powerful Lady Xudlsys
0asley hostess Of the Harvest Moon Inn. a
HEEm a 81. with the usual ,molodramatic past.
1iatEed v sk!nlly, and gains value at the hands
a. .e nfItetah actress The support contains
H H 6ar an Ant aattractiXe soabstc in jessie
P smi nayis. anH rather droll comedian in
GSsa6y ssmaIh sn00nT3hsandng tho fact that
lore for nearly two years. 1t is probable that hat
ne ne scene o. her TeappearanSe has not been
ence. that could be gathered would hnnnr