The sun., 1894-02-14
THEMES OF THE THEATRES.
THREE VIEW PLzrs BROUeHr TO NO
TICE BIT DRAMATIC PUPILa

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Bm IN the Press-t weeh's shuts.
Time was when dramatic pupils tested
| themselves before audiences In familiar plays.
and the dread Of seeing familiar roles treated
badly kept iudicious persons away from such
| occasions But the methods Of the theatrical
schoolmasters have changed. and Mr. Wheat
croft and Mr.. Sargent vie with each other In
exhibiting their novlces 10 new tasks Thus II
comes about that we get Mseterlinck and 1bsen
at the Berkeley Lyceum. and sometimes such
piece Of home mi ade liberalism as "A Wall
Street Battle" In which a put-snd-cal riot in
Russell SaRe's office was depicted. with Mr.
Sage himself represented as figuring in a we'll
remembered episode OF his business a. .
money lender and cornerer. The authorship
was ascribed to Ben Teal but he declares that
he was only its producer. He knows who
wrote II. and he SAYS the public would be SUR
prised by the name. II no should tell It. but he
won't Mr. Sage was shown as at once hag-
eler over the price Of an apple and an operator
in n deal that amounted to a million dollars:
as the conscientious protector OF sentiment
ally endangered typewriter girl and the ruth
loss wreoker Of his partner. whose death from
heart disease climaXed the brief play. The
composition was plain bold effort in realism.
and clever too.
OF course. few OF the pupils OF Mr.. Sargent
and Mr.. Wheatcroit promising though the
majority Of them are. can do full Justice to the
characters which they enact; yet at the En-
pire Theatre yesterday afternoon majority
OF the twenty-five whom Mr. Wheatcroft put
forward did surprisingly we'll A dozen we're
it to go on the professional stage at once in
minor parts. and half as many could do i'm
portant acting competently. Besides passages
from Pygmalion and Galatea" three unk rown
plays were performed There was only one act
in each. "A Passing Cloud. " by Pearl Bullard,
was marred by puerile puns. but was at on ingly
witty 1t gave simply the visit OF A young
widow TO n household which contained the
man with whom she had fallen in love but he
was the happy husband Of her most intimate
friend. and quite unconscious OF the feeling
which he had melted in her. So she went
away with her secret in her heart. "Sus-
picion.' by Lorimer Stoddard. was another
domestic comedy. having to do with the mixed
love and business affairs OF a mercantile firm.
and showing altogether human characteristics
in its IersonageS
Neither 2t those PLAYS amounted to much.
though both were clever but they were stgnin-
cant in trendInG toward what the dilsttanti call
reraticism. That is to say. they were unexAg.
commonplace. They also ended unhappily.
For that matter. SO did the twenty minute
Poninski," the other play In the bill. Here we
got the old theme Of a woman yielding herself
1or one nlENt 10 n NlllAlnOus man as tho Drlr9
body dear to her. In this case the woman was
the young wife Of kussian nobIeman. the
she made the sacrifice WAS her broth.
subject was handled with dramatic force. anI
with less OF indecency than usual. the circum-
with at the time the action begins. The work
was tragedy indeed. Notwithstanding it's
poison and the bestiai poles ofilcer Of a stab
from the husbands sword.
The PLAYS continued indefinitely are
"Chsrleys Aunt" at the Standard. The But
ternies" at Palmer's "l492" at the Garden.
Sowing the Wind" at the Empire A Trip to
Chinatown" at Hoyts The ORallallas" at
the Broadway. A womNn's Revenge" at tho
American, Shore Acres" ut Days and The
Corner Grocer at the Germania.
The weeks changes at the combination"
theatres contain no novelties Edward S.
Willard is acting ii. that very. original and
story" at the Harlem Opera House '''''
:. AZ the Park an unexpected prolonEation Of |
week and another. and so demonstrate its |
success with that portion Of the public which |
The Peoples has iurld meloirama OF much |
more thHp ordinary merit in Paul kauvar,"
NE wsa6n1Wn sa X ,S hram"tif Nersion by steele
OF Two Cities. with spectacular climax in |
the sacrifice Of the hero on the Guillo
Negro mtnstrelsy, according to Lew Dock |
stalers modern methods. and with that orig |
inal humorst himsel nt the, front OF the stage. |
is che en-, ertainment at the Harlem Columbus |
Mr.. Dockstader has a new monologue and |
some timely topical dittles.
The talents OF George ilson and the Barlow
brothers. formerly Ministries OF note are de. |
yoted 10 the tarcieality and vaudeville that is
pIsntiIIbIs ,bs em6SSdisd Na in Monte Earle the
=. GitT persons and places are illustrated at
Ni6Lo,s by means Of The Pulse q New York
examples imported from London with The
favorable difference that the scenes and char
scters are more comprehensible from being at
home.
Even those people who do not go to theatres
1t all will soon know. through the changes Of
names In the newspaper Advertisements and
street posters. that some OF the familiar plays
are to have successors. This Is tho last week
of Our Country Cousins" at the Lyceum
and on Monday next A. w. Pinero's latest
comedy. " The Amazons." will be acted at
hat theatre. Extrnsc interest In that occur
renee lies in the fact that the artistic and ad-
kathrine Clemmous. the clever actress who
has introduced herself TO this public as tho
remain at the Flnh Avenue into April aud viii
UDS Ss%d9 Rs% Ela, ~ oyd tryGH Atsr that
number OF their own and other authors pieces,
S,eglnninG with Ioyes Extract" Henry q,
Miner % wTite;to IT., TIE SUN that the house has not
srtsntly published. but that the arrangement
8 made on sharing terms. with q certain guar
Intes to him. after the usual manner the only
Inference being that they take several months
u time.
The expected production Of "Gudgeons" at
he Empire has been POSTPONED indefinitely |
md u revival OF The Girl Left Behind Me-"
5 rendered impossible there by the prosper
rus duration OF Sowing the Wind" Those
circumstance have led to an arrangement for
what the manAGsmePt calls an Immense
ls" at the Academy Of Music on March IL |
With noteworthy east and extensive scenery.
That gives four weeks more 10 In old Ken |
occupied tho Academy stage.
only until saturday will The Leather
'atch continue at liaIrigan's. and then
1 he Moollen Stoc ing" will ensue during |
he brief remainder ofths HArTiRan company's |
aasOn. After that Pauline Hall will take pos |
sssion of the house for production OF " The
loneymOoneIs," comic opera by 4. NJ 5. |
lcLellAn and William Hurst. |
The Casino will put aside Prince Kan"
/ the emu of next week aud give place TO |
About Town. farce based on The Corner
irocsE" the German piece now at the Ger
mania, This will be performed BY RussslIs
omedlAns; the company long employed In
lDFAetOTV' anf arfa in |