The morning times., 1896-04-08
HoSoRs WERE MR.. TABER's.
In .she Stoops u Conquer" He Eclipsed
HiS DnIntY w Ift.'s kate.


The Tabers and their Geilo W. players at
the New n ationn! Tbea,er last night
changed their bill 10 present one or Tie
novelties OF their repertoire. The novelty
was none other tnan Dr. Oliver 6Oldsmltn
exquisite iiJtic comedy classic, ohe Sloops
10 conquer.
so mlICn Icpcnds upon the point of view
in commenting upon prcGGcucn CI TINS
character that IL Is as wen 10 ueiiht pOsI-
lions and distinguish premises. Unlike
"afi-Gaui,' The kIusuonI III piay-gOcfs IS
not Ctiyiued into three, but two parts.
The rirst Oh these, anu Tie Overwhelming
matorty are those who find the theitter
a hospital to cure care ana disI'ehsary
Of mis- OF forgetfuiness. The minority,
..wiaJ stand bJIUngest DtCd Use theS SlahO
alone" by PHILOSOPHER lbsens ; proposition,
are a few who seek IN The theater the
elevation of the mind, as well as or apart
nom the dissipation or troubles, who took
TO the stage iOr the perpetudtl tloh Oh Eau
lowed Traditions, the reservation Oh tne
drama as The handInai1cn, II no TIC sis'eE
OF literature. -.
To the former a little excursion into the
dainty artIIiCiiiitcs OF DIR. GOLDSMITH
last century atmosphere IL tedlous ana
not at all TO lie CCuntenancedi DuJ 10 lhe
minority, the precious nope OF TIE optiillse
and the patron OF the real artiSt' tht lIedt
was unQuesIiOnable- Such piOdtctlOl as
The Tabers gave last evening may De lheiled
10 am Aliiine taken from thc dusty hbfstry
shelf The unTcyerent one complains thdl
the print is haH, the back IS sun. Inc pt8ts
thuinbed, the edge worn, the cover spit
AMI the color faded. so II rs, ioFsS.i,n, iI
and such is the reason for The bibllOphhe 5
reverence. r
TO certain ears the simplicity, stiIiBesS'
Inconsistency, pTmtlyCncsS anu Uhusudt-
ness of the old comedies are their cAiiTins'
The Tabers have tLeir thanks. BytHe way,
| they were strong in attendance last night,
| for the house was well llHed-
As for the production In poiht ~ MAJ J
| be sad tnat IT was admirable IN every
| detail. This play Is rarely gwen bI'
| II seems to develop new posslbiities gdci
| time Originally It was stock piece
| Tneu Stuarl Robson found reason III IOny
| Lunpkin to star that character LaSl
| night Kate Hardcastle was apparently
| the reason OF AIRS. 1aber's performance, BAT
| as a matter or IaCt, The real star was
| Mr. Taber as Charles aIar!Owe. IHe cha r
| acter or Lumpkin was Te!egated 10 tae back
| ground as consistently as discreet Stage
| management dared, and subOrGiidteH tC
| iaconSIderdte Importance by casting II 10
| very earnest anu COmfEenuaDiC aCtOr, bul
| one possessed OF insufficient personal eI
| Iiciency.
| given mis- fr.efitis the DesI evidence OF the
| IIne talents they nave bOasted lie possessed
1t was an aTtiStlcdlly conceived Jnu Wei
| finished piece OF acting. The s!HlailOi
| or the differentiated moods WHEN ne
| modest, timid, awkward IN dHiidence
| and hopelessiy dispiTited in The PTc>enc'
| or a, woman his superior, or when he n
| light, airy. Ciebouair, fllrty and impuden
4 the presence III lAssAAL van x
| and feiIow-1nen, was finely achieved Il
| had the true touch or GthcaCy auu appTe
| cIatiOn or the eXigenCles OF character iih
| circumstances. Ar. Taber was IIupFes ;
! sive but not depressing as The StyTt O
| many OF MariOwes mOOis have suggested
| themselves IL other actors
| Mrs. Tai8T's Kate EIrGCaStle was III
| that It cOu.d tie, bat that = not more tndL
! beng pretty and daring young eighteenth
| century woman who feared not 10 DO a
| trick TO win q husband. Tie far artiSte'S
| personality ANA COnsJIcntiOU>ntsS lent more
| lttracttyeness 10 the lady slavey OF an
| other day than DR.. Goldsmith had con
| cetyed for her.
| Mr EdInand Lawrence worked very
| hard To overcome the difficulties that
| bcset the actor pOrtraying thS tTiC6tTIe> OF
| Tony Lumpkin, but iEe greatest obstacle
4 between han, iiIS role and the audience was
| the memory OF other TODys. he acted
| with earnestDesS and intelligence and, per
haps, 10 those seeing the p-d!'f0r the Iirst
| time, with humorous effectiveness
Tie fault IS not entirely N the SuOTtSo
ings or IT. LaWrcuCe'S Abilities IL u
| equally 10 be assigned To q method OF
stage mana cement, which cuts The buSI-
ness when it cannot consist emily cut the
speeches of those who are not stars
The Others or the cast were more or less
Creditabie Mr.. Frederic Murphy a. Rogers,
though he did not speak I've lines, por-
traycd IN lis expressive face whole
| story OF inanity. His cCuntenanCe was a
| map of inCapacity and stupidity. He was
| very excellent in q small way. It was
| difficult to understand Mrs. Sol Smith IN
| The lines of Mrs. HardCaS5le. but the same
| fault could not he found with MI. William
/ F. owen as MT. HardcaStie when he IT,
/ membered his. Mr.. Doughty as Hastings
| and Miss Woodward as Miss Neville were
| both good.
| Tonight The Hunchback" is to be given