The sun., 1896-09-28

Identified In her case Joseph Haworth strug-
giles almost entirely without success to make
an endurAble figure out OF Ira Bedsler, the
husband, and probably, in the authors pur-
pose, the hero Of the play. II 10 in the CONTRA
diotions OF Bret Harte's characters that
there lies the greatest drawback TO making
them attractive stage figures. II 10 possible In
hction TO make man, apparently selfish and un.
couth, an interesting figure when there are
really flne qualities in him which do not appear
on the surface. But with the figure before
them, audiences cannot readily be convinced
that there exists what they cannot see, ira
Bedslep 10 apparently only an untidy brute and
a clown at times they % arsss % him u up " in nVs a
yaqnsro costume and he is laughed At. No hero
no oect with this sorry creature until the s last
act In tho really touching scone which closes
The PLAY: Ira !. CALLED upon to pardon and take
nobility appears in his character, and Mr.. Ha:
worth Indicates the emotions in this scene OF
delays some Of the beet acting in the her play % to a
minute minute or tyo of the time at which the curtain
SSimos. sS insoratabls as that Of Ira.
STs sss ,ns a, mot made IdGuSus At
to Laugh her. Usually on the stage spsass
tors ask to be shown Dab. flesh, or fowl, and to
SonfTso S them 80 much 9: ra and Sue DO %
IN many of rs scenes. Like mo.t pieces Of lie
day. Il seems . decade or more old, and about
the entire piece there is the air Of another and
81 any play or Western iio wsh SHa mners 90 sSsr
actors.
John Hare lately played In Birmingham the
role Of Eeeles in Caste" part which 1t has
long been his determination to act He was
about to give the play here last spring. but he
resolved TO postpone It for this season. II 10
said that his English appearance was Mr.. Hsre's
debut In tho part, but did he not play It in
Cleveland last winterf Mrs. Bernard Beere is
again seriously Ill In England. and It 10 not be-
lieved that she will recover. Contrary to the
usual impression Mrs. Beere did not mako her
debut lato In life. She commenced as
an actress when very young girl
but married an English baronet and
retired from tho stako until his death.
Then she reappeared and made her present po-
sition. Her father was an artist and she was q
godchild Of Thackeray. Ellen Terry has lately
taken to wearing spectacles of the stage.
Mounet-Sully used to wear them on tho stage
in all of his plays but Gdipe Roi." They were
provided with very thin lenses and fitted closely
over the eye. Jane HadinE, SECOND Weber. and
Coquelin will be no longer allowed to use the
words of the Comedie franchise after their
names In tho future. This prohibition arose
had acted chlldren's parts at the Th9atre
Francais few times and then travelled
through France announcing herself as of the
Coincide Francaise." erbohm Tree is now
acting alternately Hotspur and FulstdR In
Henry W." Henry Irving has been highly
praised for his production of "Cymbeline," but
It is not intended that the play shall be long on
view at the Lyceum Theatre. He 10 to revive
Stranger" which. despite It's great popularity
in London. Then Se viii revive "coriolanus."
Julius Cesar" His new pieces awaiting pro.
ductlon are Nine. sans Gene" :" Robert EN-
met" Q play On the subject Of Robespierre, and
w. q. Wilis's version Of "Rienzi." Sir Henry
IL never heard to complain of the lack of good
plays. But he docs talk about the difficulty OF
securing good actors. The GAlety Theatre in
London 10 the traditional home OF burlesoue
and last year Its stock holders got q dividend of
go per cent. CoQuelin has just produced at the
Porto 81. Martin in Paris q new play called
" jacques Callot," and this will probably
be the last new piece in which he will
be seen before his return To the Theatre
Francais. Henri Cain. the novelist, is one of the
authors; Marie Corelli's dramatization Of her
bohm Tree refused to act. has been accepted for
theatrical enterprise in England. Already a
meodrama dealing with the subject Of the Ar
menian massacres has heen acted there. Au-
thors of this style of play are always eager for
new scenes for the old situations. Another actor
was killed on the stage the other night. The ac-
cldent occurred in Belgrade, and in one
scene an insurgent was supposed to stab the
Turkish Sultan. The young actor playin this
scene was carried away by the excitement of