The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-11
A NEW PLAY AND DEBUT.
MIR. HARRIGAN'S "NoT0RIETYO
AND MIRA HELLER IN "MIGNON.O

a Fresh lot Of New YORK city Character
Make Their First stage Appearance at
Hnrrignr's Theatre and Sing - Hsir
Dozen Ditties 60 Brahnm's Tunes.
Edward Harrignn ~reopcned his portrait gal
lery of New York characters last evening. The
collection that no exhibited was framed In a
play called "Notoriety." The likenesses were
somewhat familiar, because most Of them only
thinly overlnid the well-known personalities
OF the Hnrrigan company, but II the actors
were not ompletelydispuised they nevertheless
were So much modified as TO stand for a new
set Of images copied from life. Mr.. Harrigan
himself, however, was not ms distinctive an in
dividual as usual. lie was the keeper Of a road
house frequented by astonishingly mixed pco-
pie, from millionaIres to trnmps. but he
was rather undistluguished among them. lie
.nng two songs that jingled to tunes by David
Braham. One was THE Old Neighborhood,"
which told of Cherry Hill's peculierities. an ex-
cur.ion party from that quarter joining in the
chorus: the other was Tally Ho" which was
made pertinent by the visit of a coaching party
TO the inn. Mr.. Harrigan was visibly nervous,
as he is always during n first performance. and
he had to be prompted frequently In the Ian
guage that had been written with his own pen.
The quality Of the composition was on q pnr
with that Of his earlier plays. EpiRram was
abundant, much of 1t light, less of II dull,
and all Of 1t satisfactory to the majority of the
listeners, to judge by the applause. A consider
able percentage of the words will have to be
sacrificed because the performance lasted until
nearly midnight, although it started promptly
and was not delayed long between acts.
Mr.. Wild and Mrs. Yeamans were not to be
bud ged or shaken in their tasks by the trepida-
tion that comes TO many actors in unaccustomed
roles. Their comicality is unalterable. but the
audience received them so cordially that all
thought of waning popularity was dispelled at
once. Mr.. Wild's grinning negro this time
was a trainer Of p~ugilists, incidentally en-
gagged to defend a German millionaire against
mythical Anarchists. He was very funny. SO
was Mrs. Yeamans as an Irish woman who had
grown rich In the old junk business. There
were differentiated Irishmen by Charles F. Nc
Carthy, George Merritt, and others; variegated
negroes by Joseph Sparks, James Mccullough,
Burke. a bH6nco operator By Charles CofreSy, and
a dozen more of assorted types. Queenie Vassar
represented an heircss devoted to athletic sports
and sang THE Girl that's Up to Date" and
Emma Pollock was the innkeeper's daughter.
Melancholy MdyN. a serious effort in. the form
of n wrecked. woman. unprecedented by Vivian
BERNARD; and with a pathetic bal LoT which
acted by Harry Wright, had :" Out on q College
Rah Ran, to sing sing. 1.-The The >, most sst successful ,s csnr. sony nS
both vim and melody.
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hold either his men or the soloists up to their
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nrst appearance as -hiDhoH, sishor NouNeAi
making his as Wilhelm Mebter. and IL is n
we'll known fact that under such circumstance
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nervousness and timidity are likely to mar rem
derings. Signor Nouvelli Is too mature an artist
10 sunes mueh rom suen A,A.se, y ne was
attacked oy hoarsehess IN the last ac'' anu sang
badly. IL Is only considerate, TO attribute, his
and TO refrain from commenting at all upon his