The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-13
PLAYS NEW OR IN REVIVAL.
,ttcs or NOVELTY WAS A FARCE
CALLED "IOTE's EIIRACL"

-...-.r,hy Rssewsis-- Ths Gtri I Isn
p.n,-s Me-" with Its Cavalry "a Horse
,...-- Ro.sssts," = survivor OF wat
go. Palsy Days" The Cor.sy OF Err
-, ,uh stuart Ros,on IN D-pueste.
~. p,,y which was performed for the FIRST
.-.I in English at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
80. sy.nlna under the title Of Loves Ex-
1T and as 10 the origin Of which MYSTERY
81 been maintained. was recognized as
french farce We think It's first title
~, ia Petit Polsscne" A German YER
Gas made Of II. and that was once acted
,",hi. city at the AmberR. In the new form
Ia now II IL still essentially Partisan farce
y, m,,cd lovers, confusing doors. and chaotic
80. purposes; but It has been located In
e. York and the characters naturalized par
.,.nr One OF the doors makes secret passage
h.,vesn adjoining apartments occupied by
80 opera singers. They are left French. and
,s., sneak broken English. The lover OF one
:, ,bsm IL q furiously jealous Mexican, and
"A hs. too, 10 an alien with . foreign accent.
~, there are two actress hunting New
walkers, mijdle-aged and young
h..u uncle and nephew. who are chasers
o,ths vocalista A New England farmer ac-
,ompsuied By his homespun wife and pretty
AauGhtern
~. personages mentioned. there are three
...or.sd servant girls. an intrusive auo-
goossr. and a voluble theatrical manager
That set Of characters was acted with much
,,v,oitr. and general comic ability. By John
J.,nipae, Kate Davis. Matte Ferguson, Max
r,gm.u. J. ]. Finney. Charles Il Wellss. Fred
Io,to Queenie Nassar. Grnoe Filkins. and
othsrs. It was chiefly due to their brisk
snorts that very great deal Of laughter was
excited
The blot which com mingled. jumbled. and
finally set right the persons in Loves Ex-
tract" il not worth recountlnR and yet II was
"A good one as French farces OF misunder-
s.spdlng usually possesa The extract men
toned In the title was perfume designed
nv its inventor to charm and enthrall
,hs senses OF the woman who smelled II.
hut had no such effect on the girls on whom
n was tested. The action OF the piece con-
sisted principally OF pursuits by the infuriate
Mexican OF the other men. under the
belief that they were surreptitious lovers
Of the woman he loves. lie was right In
some cases, wrong In others. and all the
While an inciter oil. turbulence. The incidents
we're hardly rapid enough. and theT need to
be condensed In some instances. but most OF
them are good foolery, IL We are to Judge OF
them By the merry acce ptancc which they en-
loved AZ the Fifth Avenue. The laughter was
s GHSSadG. .% desee. Of Bisson aud other
Partisan writers OF farces, hut they were
sGy new gusss spd ,hsy ps0nsG
The production was excellent in respect OF
scenery and appointments.
The new representation OF The Girl Left
Behind Ne" at the Academy Of Music. last
evening" was In the nature OF illustrative am
plncation. II was not easy to detect any
changes in the text since It was spoken at the
Empire last winter. excepting in the role OF
Gen. Rpnn on. whose military dignity had been
allowed to drop dozen degrees through the in
terpolation OF popularity. In no other respect
was any cheapening or deterioration observa-
bic. The drama was given in the same man
ner and spirit that had recommended II at the
Empire. but with enough more Of emphasis to
make It I'LL tho large Academy. But In spec
tacular ways. The Girl left Behind Ne" was
largely q fresh affair. Instead OF letting the
dramatic element depend only on finely
painted scenery and clever acting for effect.
there was an introduction OF many
men. horses. and other things to make
up q big realistic and thrilling exhibition. 1t
vas as though an already well-printed book
bad been extended to much greater proper
which were highly colored. though hardly
sarish or inaprToDriate in any instance.
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thuslastic soldiers seemed entirely Legitimate.
iuaor. ssian,ry and sentimsnt, with a mill Z
hry band PLAYING the air from which the play
soldiers throwing flowers 70 a veranda iaii Of
delighted young women. 1t was captivating
scene. and the Academy audience seemed to
spplauded tumultuously.
But II was at the end OF the third act. when
ka.t Ia. H.
We're rescued. that the audisncs was sIcftsd
mot tremendously Us means oil an animated
ss@sn bs =, At tSs F%pr. hs S. rs
entered alone and afoot, encountering only
ths heroine and her father at the moment
. tho Indians The soldiers and the
wsrs not seen. The critics had som ething to
~; ;D,hU .m in That peculiar treatment Of
Ei.f more irfssistiSly Popular. and q David
i6.y siill must admit that the To- pressSn
The SfsSe no lonSsy
xSiOrmerly supposed TO, but dashes In on the
hind him some twenty mounted troopers. iil-
KS the scene with rousing tableau OF battle
elimination Of an uneommoniy impressive
act sxeites the spectators to a high pitch OF
echo
tn. company assigned to The Girl Left
behind Me" at the Academy contains some OF
the BEST known mem ers OF Charles Frohman's
nnmerons players. sydney Armstrong. Odetts
IylE Theodore Roberto. Frank Mordaunt.
hdna Wallace Hopper. Thomas Obsrls, James
a. iSarr0ws. and Percy smith remain from the
original cast at the Empire. The recruits
Eho nave been travelling with the piece in
uude James +. Wilson. Byron Douglas. Rob-
~ Edeson Grace Atwell Charles Halleck,
fsfey sharpe. aud Jessie May.
hwas natural that the audience at the Star
Theatre last night should have been inclined
nrsminiseenes. for RosedAls" was FIRST pro-
aueed on that stage thirty years ago. Those
we're the days OF the old regime when the
name OF Wallack was foremost on the New
York stage.
Lester Wallack. who adapted the play from
an English novel. Lady Lees Widowhood."
paIed the principal part then. and it Is the
pls with which he Is most identified in the
puele mind. Actors are soon forgotten and
wen Lester wallack is little known
The majority OF people who 20