The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-05
AMONG THE THEATRES
Edwin Stevens Makes a
Decided Hit as Wang
at the Academy Of
Music.

The coming Of comic opera TO Jersey
City is sufficiently sparse to make 1t
worth while attending when it does
come. Wang is here, "Wang' with
the elephant on his hands, likewise the
numerous family of pretty stepdaughters;
also the Colum bian Guard OF Statutesaue
Soldiers, and all the rest Of the outfit.
Wang has had q METROPOLITAN run of
sufficient length to make Its plot a
matter of general Information, SO that
the majority of theatre goers already
Know tnat Wang" regent OF Siam and
uncle of Mataya, the Crown Prince. has
been left by his deceased brother with 4
large stock of Liabilities and very few
available assets. Tine largest OF the
former is an elephant boaght-on credit
from the King of Cam oodia. Tais Is
where the elephant comes ia in the plop.
he comes In Oh the stage every now and
then. tue most irresistinty funny prop
erty" animal imaginai lie. The efforts of
Wang Ia ril himself Of the '~'sispnant OH
his hands make mp the play.
Mr.. Ed win Stevens, who plays the
Regent Ut Siam, Is already well known
upon the comic opera stage. There re
manned only the necessity of a star role
that should give him tue opportunity to
0iSb1At A17 CSSCAbfl katC0tS. HES 10
pertunity has come In Wang" He
gives q sardonic twist to his humer that
adds atirAcsiveness to the grotesQus
character. His rapid changes from oeaaa
lug devotion in fFont OF his elderly
haHcee, TO exasperatea despair Dehtnd
her back. We're simply beyond Initiating.
ll ID 10 small matter TO follow am actor
like Hopner, VINO created "Wane'' so
thoroughly that the two anne suggest
each other, but in spite OF tnis, it Is not
hard TO sac how the present "WaHg"
exceeds the Hrst-ia u sort of grim humor
that makes the part a forcstal
Probably the first impression produced
BY Virginia Earl AS Mataya was her re-
markaLle facial resemblance TO Della
Fox, to say nothing of her exact repro
auction IF the .'poeket Vsnus's' stage
business. With all this. she has a great
part of that charm Of mtanaer chat car
ries Della through and makes all the
matinee girls fail Ia lore with her. The
house was hers from first TO last. In
short, she made al much of u pretty
boy" as ans one could wish, Her famous
song, "A shady mock, u babbliAg brook"
was recalled tive times ARother mum
Der TO be loudly recalled was ASK Of the
Man i'll the Meon," while the "Baby"
song. with four pretty midaets tossing
Stevens grasely explained, .sThere are
other !" kthsl Lyaton made y great
hit as La Veuve Frimousse. aud
pretty Anaiee De Kaih looked
siderable as Gillette. Florence Drake as
Maria has an excellent Voice, but tx IN the
first act she would put .wa ore hatpips
In iler hat It wout rsmoy the necessity
for ho.diug Aer heck 30 stiff. Lioaa Cop
ley. Helen Elkas. LoAt>a Wilhe!nli. Ivy
Bell, Belle Travsrs, Marie Brsgozzt. Al
maada Moeller aud Grace Lyman vera
the other danghtera. Iuhn A. Parks IS
Jean Boucher. Jossph s. Greensfelder AS
Fracasse, and Camm Marvel as Pepanti
were excellent. Frank Casey as the sor-
rowfal P4Bat broaghs dew rAe Aousa.
The chorus was we'll trained rs to sing
ing aud pretty as so looks. The best
lumber from an artistic standpoint Was
tue quartette In The second acS. A word
mast be said in recognition of she must
cal director. Eugene Rautepberg. who
seems as conscientious a conductor as ever
visited tbs city.
WANG" VIII play during the week
with maJinee5 as usual.