New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-07
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NINETY DAYS" AT THE BROADWAY.

Evidently william Gillette's only object in con-
struc'ing the affair called Ninety Days spectacle
winch Was seen at the Broadway Theatre last even
Ing. was 10 tie together by n thread of story
certain elaborate and ingenious sets OF scenery. An
eccentric old millionaire has left will bcquea hing
his whole fortune to u distant relative. Matilda Wat
kins, condition that within Ninety days slc shall
be married 10 the son Of an Intimate friend Of the
millionaire This son hal LccOmc a missionary In
Burmah and Matilda Watkins the legatce. accom-
panied By various friends and relatives Journeys to
Burmah In search OF him. Other relatives of the
millionaire. who had been clt off by the WILL plotted
against the l"gaee and through the agency OF a
wicked detective tried to prevent Matilda from find
Ing the missionary and then from marrying him after
he has been found The narrative Is utterly without
sense reason and II Is amazing that Mr. Gillette
should give his name 10 such prepOstcrois and I'M
diverting stuff. But the scenery is varied compli-
Gated and effective.
The piece IS divided into seven taheaus." In the
first the characters assemble in Fiftlavc mansion.
They land at Alexandria In the second sccne and the
vflanous detective in short time gets the legatcp
and her friends incarccratcd In a Cairo mad house.
from which they are rescued by some American ball
players, who travelling around the world. Next
the theatre OF adventure changes Burrnah. where
dabolcal viccroy attempts to poison The Americans
but Is beguicd into drinking the poison himself The
missionary is found and the Americans journey
ward ON the Atlantic their steamship struc,
by an iceberg, but the lcgacc the missionary and
their co:ipanions, including the murIcrous ctive
escape OH the ice mountain Itself The Iceberg is the
hoalng home OF Polar bear. who cncmis the
detective while the others rescued FINALLY the
legatee gets the fortune.
Better constructed and far entertaining tales
than this have been written by LITTLE boys and girls on
their states in thcr nurseries But the scenery Is OF
sort that exhibits much capacity and skill the part
OF machnists and painters To lIorncr Emens.
Arthur NOcgtlin and Their Assistants, and TO the
constructors OF the machinery far credit Il due
than to Mr.. Gillette. The Egyptian
gaglng TO the eye and OF much interest. In Burmah
the settings gorgeous and sumptuous in Oriental
fashion, but the costumes wcrn by the balict In The
viccroy's palace are supremacy hidcous. The climax
Of ingenuity and dcftncss OF device Is reached when
the ocean steamship appears to break up on the stage
The effects here Will lnger in The memories of all
who them Praise should be- given also 10 the illusion
created I'm the Iceberg Ninety Days" y we'll
worth seeing with the sealed. hut the AUDITORY
nerves became sadly wearcd with the nane talk which
delays the scenic effects. The cast is most extra ordinary
in length but not In merit. Scanty were the oppor-
tunics for acting Of value but those which wcrc
offered did not. a rule. fall into competent bands.
Miss Agnes Miller Efic lnGleSby pleasant
little oasis In desert OF mcdiocrity.