The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
COMEDY AND MEtoDRAMA.
NEW ARE "OUR COUNTRY COUSINS"
AND "DlRKEsT RUSSIA"

ans Hssine IN "Ho. Inti-s."-Aiss
Revival sr Hsyrs "a Texas Steer"
fashionable life at Newport was the con-
genial subject illustrated at the Lyceum The
atre last evening. By means OF Our
Country Cousins." . new comedy By Paul
NJ Potter. The same author had lately
given . clever and entertaining depic-
tion. in Sheridan" Of manners and Incidents
In London q century ago. and there was
curiosity 20 see II he had done IS
we'll with matters near BY Truth 10
tell. he had not. His story was that
an I'm mense fortune had been bedueathed to q
man and his wife. provided they lived happily
together. but II they auarrelled seriously'the
millions would 90 to some other relatives ofthe
testator II they were happily welded. The pair
thus put on q trial Of good behavior consisted
Of . wife who was qualin ed to help win. for
she was q thoroughly good woman. and hus-
band who was likely to cause failure. for he
was secretly involved in dlsgracsful love
affair with his sister-in-law.
The country cousins mentioned In the title
were the relatives who. as possible benea-
Charles under the peculiar will we're bent on
discovering. cultlyating. and exposing some
cause for disruption between the two direct
heirs.
Mr.. Potter had expended much ingenious
labor on this quartet OF characters to make
them typical and comioaL Two OF them
were . father and son from Virginia, and
two were q mother and daughter from
Cape Cod In order to possibly profit by the
provisions Of the will these needed 10 inter-
marry. and. as they mismated themselves in
the wooing-the old man taking the young
girl and the young man taking the old woman
there followed inevitably q readiustment
Of the couples. Mrs. Within. Mr.. Lemoyne.
Miss ference. and Fritz Williams made some
OF the Iesulting scenes yivaeio Ni, snd indl-
cot made drst-ratc subsidiary fun as society
some Of The serious portions of the play did
well with the audience and some did not. al;
%aeot M ormondc. and Miss adisen f Ii The
lying il . iiaison So!wsen a husband and his
sister in-law. next-door cottaRers At New
many 'n curious %srS %sIy %6s nd
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while others Gid not, and the audience. 1T the
fesliSs IN he e mater ao Of verdict VI 10 own
The production, being made at the Lycsum.
Sne e. shs Ss
play that are weak and there els Is much that Wi!
theatre In Fourth avenue
There was a new melodrama at the Four
tsenth street Theatre last night. and IL proved
to be vsyy taking ono II. Grattan
Donnelley was Its author. and his title
was Darkest Russia" 1t located one
act in the house Of Russian nobleman.
smother in q Nihillst rendezvous in
cellar. third In the office Of the Minister Of
Siberian mines which was travelled 81 ssiiss:
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and The pardons from the Gar barely escaped
Of tie rule which has :n al endsd
we'll IL melodramS.
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was entirely capable OF caring for his or her
q the list. Tor Ss she plsysd a. rsye s HSai
sss The postsr a o. y ali ale the O' mischief Ra
IN the play. Harry Hawk was equally
az easier one, Tor hts Americas among strange
people was the ehiet comedy part, and its
TSsrs o could BENZ Sc 20 doaSt from the plays re.
i Was 80 was more due 70 pistSrisi excellence
than to strength or novelty Of plot
Plays are changed 30 infrequently at the
Madison Square Garden that last nights re-
production Of :" A Texas Steer" even though
the piece acted was very familiar one Of
Charles H. Hoyts works demands q bit
Of considerats attention 1t was performed
much In the old way with Tim Murphy
IS the Texan cattle ranehsr who goes into
politics. carries bis Southwestern manners
to Washington. has their roughness smoothsd
BY contact with polished surfaces. and. take
aim altogether. IL q character OF ell-balanesd
fun and dignity. Mr. Murphy was brought
forward from the variety shows. where Mr..
HSSs has hi. fOS1s s. ana from q the ssst
performances Of Texas steer has
been extremely valuable In It's success.
Minsoms and clever actresses. Flora Walsh
Hoyt. with whom none Of the heToinss OF her
honest. good 6uaOisd. Outspofsn Saaghtsf
Of the msmber from Texas, She was
Evans did well with the role. All tho merits
81 the fareleal comedy were fully revived ia
the new representation, and Mr.. Hoyts singu-
lar facility In that Kind OF composition vas
demonstrated again.
Last night COquslin was seen In q comedy
role OF the kind In which he sxcels. and In
which he Is best liked By New York