The herald., 1895-11-08
DRAMA in NEW YORK
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NEW YORK. Nov. 9. 1895. Belasco' S
The Heart of Maryland, produced at the
Herald Square theater October 22d, IS sIch
tremendous success that l have printed
in this weeks Stage News the opinion of
nearly all the New York critics. The
| play is undoubtedly the best American
war drama vet written, and will run out
the entire season at the Herald Square
theater, when it will probably be taken
| TO London with the present cast. No No.
company will be sent out this season, and
as the play will, in all Likelihood, run an
other season in the metropolis, Maryland
Will not be seen on the road in two years.
This is the penalty the cities outside of
New York pay when a metropolitan pro-
auction is an overwhelming success.
Nat Goodwin has also made such q
strong hit in Henry Guy Carletons' new
play, Am bltIon, that l quote the critics
again. For my part. 1 shink Ambition an
excellent play, and Mr.. Nat G. Goodwin
the best American comedian alive, bar
ring none.
The Shop Girl, a London farcical piece,
written by an American dramatist, is a
great success. 1t does not pr etend to be
other than an amusing series of clever
skits on passing events. but it is bright,
cleanIy written. up to date and full of
am: the whole thing goes with sparkle
and dash. | found 1t full of genuine
humor, and it will have as long a run as
the manager can afford it.
The idea of turning the Fourteenth
street theater into place for continuous
foolish one. Moreover, it il not at all
continuous, as regards the drama, with
its acts sand wicheu in between variety
turns This, to my thinking. is an
innovation. but no improvement on the
real continuous performance houses. The
result is simply disastrous, and | have
no belief that the attempt will be carried
out even to the "bitter end AS man.
agerial speculation, it seems an nnusu-
ally short-si ghted step to transform pop.
ular house into something that is neither
tbeater, lecture room nor side show.
The Sons of the Night must not be con-
founded with the late Charles Gaylor's
ADAPTATION from the French, the Son of
this Night, the pi.ce at the Peoples be-
ing one of the Harvey production. re-
gard that enter rislng dramatist as
great producer, and also as n successful
author in a general way. The Sons Of
the Night is strong melodrama, fall of
stir and sensation. very well mounted
and we'll acted. 1t will. l think, make
money on the road.
Sir Henry Irving. Kt.. is very i'll ad-
vised TO present him self before us as Mac
beth. That part l am convinced. he
cannot satisfactorily EN- body. for IN it all
his worst mannerisms become disagreeably
prominent. Supposing, for arguments
sake, that he could rlay it, his conception
OF the character in Enthusiastically wrong.
He believes that the Thane must have
been a murderer at heart long before he
meets his better nalf in the play, and
that the assassination of Duncan was de
oided upon by him after his first meeting
with the weird sisters. | need not say
that this theory is totally at variance
with what every Shakeapearean scholar
tn INKS, and is quite opposed to the shirt
and letter of the text. Moreover. as
matter of fact. it com pletely destroys the
character of Lady Macbeth. who, il not
the sugsestor, supporter and almost the
executor of the murders, has been totally
misunderstood by generations of actors
and audiences. Really, Sir Henry, you
should not so deceive the good-natLied,
easy-going American public by palming
off Bill Skies sort of Macbeth upon it.
J. III. Hills The Capitol is coming
money at the Standard, and as whit ole,
the attendance at all the theaters has
been large curing the week.-Dunlop's
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