The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-06
BEHIND THE CURTAINS.
JOHy DREW,S NEW COMEDY, "THAr
IMPRUDENT YOCNG COUPLE"
The Social Highwayman was an Agree
able Surprise-The Gay Parisians
VIII be Popuisr-Notes.


all was peace and harmony between him
and the critics. lie was an excellent
worker. ana consequently nc tectNed
such notices as caused the starring bee
10 commence buzzlng in his sd-. IL all
ended i'm his going II alone. ard IT as
not long before he realized that wnat
might be overlooked in a stock actor ' as
deserving Of censure in star. 90 not
mean that Mr.. Drew failed 10 Please, |
simply want 70 say that as one of Ia
ly's company he met with rlose success
and played better than he has eyer done
as a star His choice OF ilays has ct
been fortunate. The Herald, I'm com
mentng on his --latest effort has the ioi-
lowing to say:
Figuratively speaking, THAT Impt Ldcnt
Young Couple" is rather airy dict, yet L
doubt not that 1t will Keep Mr Jorn
Drew in pretty good flesh weeks toSe'h-
er.
Whenever MIR. Henry Guy Carieston
stops before the public with new COM
edy the ipipro ssion is invariably the same.
And you ask yourself now II IS u AT
this writer with his good himo', as
ready wit. his graces OF dictlon, does ho'
accomplish better things.
Does the man spend his energies III too
many directions. does he under'a.e Inc
taste and intelligence OF the pu5D OF Is
he nampered perhaps, by trying always
TO make his characters tt the - u'iaf-
tiles of the actor he is writing 20
Let him concentrate his powers On
one subject at the tire, let Liza forget
all about those absurd notions o. wat
the public wants aud what II tctsh
want-it will always want a SoOi pay
and let him above all things draw rhisr-
acters 10 which the actor. Manone1-hNe'
.,-tU hara ia 90 not vice versa.
raen possibly Mr. Carleton "ill ;uin
out a work of more than, ephemerai
value.
The story of THAT fmprudent Young
Coupie"-a msnomer If ever thero NSs
one-positively bored the audi tor
nothing triter and tiinsier rad been t'id
on the local stage in long ume.
And the lines, though not without
certain humor, were sometimes exaspcf-
aiir-. simply because they constantly
refunded YOU of the Western sems
cen. .cs. That manner one does not cx-
pect of a literary man Of ~ at rcpute.
Mr. Drew. at one time an actor OF he
marNable tact, has acquired some very
strange habits during his absence from
the metropolis.
lie leaves next to nothing 70 ones lm-
ag.nation nowadays dotttrg his Is ana
crossing his is until the very limit OF
farce comedy methods has oeen rcacheu
4 very good remedy for such distur-
dances, / imagine, would re 4 revival OF
THE Bauble shop in which play M.
Drew showed us a year aso what ns e~h
rally do.
The Hollands last wssk a7pcared al
the Carrick in a new play. entitled
Social Hghwayman. an; asreeaoiy SUI
prised the audience. The erlucs' Ill
speaking Of the play, said:
The title was suggestive or nothing put
melodramatic commOnplaces, FOR, oear
in mind that Miss Elizebe.h PhiIps
Trains story had been read only by the
| few and that Miss Mary stone. ~h1 had
knsaded It into dramatic form. was so
little known that many viewed inc TO
! menclature suspiciously, rs II Il We're
merely a tyro's nom de plume.
TO everybody's surprise and 10 every
body's satisfaction the lovei,y "ehieN ed
one OF the great artistic successes OF the
! budding season.
Miss Mary Stone-for let it be crate
| fully recorded. there actually IS sNch Il
woman-did her work so ieftly, so els
creetly and sos, unconventiOnaiiy WI al
! that every one who has zen the I4ty
will now want 70 read Miss frain's lock.
| No one. | ana inclined 70 think, VIII
regret the time spent ia its perusal. New
| books that are but little read are very
| often the best books. only recently 1
| was amazed 10 learn how few peopie
here had gone 20 the delightful trouble
| Of acouainting themselves with George
| Gisslue's novel, New Grub street
| Published more than two years since,
not one out Of hundred persons ! asked
| had ever so much as heard Of IT. Vet
| This bit OF fiction IS marked by finer ar
| tistic feeling AVID contains more truths
| than you will detect in all the novels
that fashion DEGREES you must read.
Clever dialogue can commend Itself e
even the most straight-laced, says the
| Herald.
That is one reason why THE Cay
| Parisians" will be popular.
| Another reason is that a great deal OF
art is shown in its handling. The story
set forth I'm the play is interesting. IL
be sure it is the same old story OF infe
licity. which is nearly as old as the granc
sweet song Of love.
The authors. however, have dealt VIII
| Auman nature as it is and not as 4
| should be- In the original French yer
sion there was altogether too much hu
man nature for the American stage
The managerial knife ran through IN
| manuscript remorselessiy ere Mr.. Froh
man had the hardlhood TO produce thu
play in this city.
In its American form II is a Iivel,
|