The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-15
TNE,TRlCAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THE TEST OF NANCE DWELL IN
"LE4H H. FoRshKEN."

x,rrc O'Ncill was discovered somewhere
o,, Wet by Mckee Rankin lie brought her
:, New York last winter, and assigned her TO
mart in True to Life" o play more note
,vorthy for introducing her hero than for ANY
,hinv else. ShO was not beautiful, not even
,or,,v. and It wa evident that sho was a
,ovice hut she possessed q clearnoss and force
=, ,ypression that commanded instant praise,
and II seemed probable that she would attain
,N,nencs In her profession. The first severe
,,st a, her capacity is being made this week
,,,,bc Murray Hill Theatre, where, as q mem.
hcr OF the stock company, sho Is enacting the
rersecntcd JeWess in Leah the Forsaken."
Her performance Is admirable for vividncss,
less go fer its pathos, and condemnable only
for technical crudity, Miss o'Nein Is u good
actress. 1t IL az likely as not that she may
become q great one.
Tho new version Of Nature at tho Acad.
.mr Of Music differs in text from tho old one
IN a curtallmont of the serious matter and an
extension OF the comical. That improves the
amusing quality Of the play, and makes it
ple.se the audiences more thnn IL did before.
new ballet OF mirrors is o slightly display,
there 1, u fresh scene at the entrance to Natures
realm, ard the rcsplendence OF tho transfer
nations at the climax has been increased. ma
,ure'' is n fine example OF the ballet spectaclcs
as we Nd 10 see them IN the carly days OF
THE Bla,k Crook" and in It's revival of that
,,yIc VI stage entertainment Is q novelty to
iEo present generation.
one Of tho weeks regular changes Of bin
Upera House, with Mathews and ,Bulger as the
principal cc,nodians, in Its ample fun. The
House. with Joseph Holland at the head OF the
company. straight from the Heart" Is at the
c%oiumbaHs' , "rtSm Gpea Mes Trsin At Rd 6bs Third Al A NE
rise' at It the Empire, 'chsnse Alley" at The
aai square, in Town at the Knickerboeker.
Gg:ssss q r. AZ N, BSsly,s: "% %sSSl, H W. SosS,{ e
Mr. wrish t at the BiJoH. and "a Bachelors
H 5I.es! a2s "A Ct Coat h q Many Th eolo wsst a. % SeT
lacks, "A Stranger in New York at tho Gar
rick. and ''rhe Captain Of the Eonsuch" at the
The harvest time for foreign music hall, &C.
lebritics is approaching. and Cleo de Merode Is
iaf s, sf@' Osy. 9 ManS SnS. S see p wt,i BE- a ss H pspior.
Richards and McAvoy and May in the roster.
fsu the a. h siS dsoms da asSson' Weber Is M Z Fieids's
keeps Marie LOTUS as its chief specialist, and
II III ps GI@s h1 version goes st .s On %S%yii,aly yv k A. the
n nhSs iSH' The y last As W Of the roof season e SO is
hall will be used. The Leigh sisters and the
Murray brothers are here.
In the continuous bills Henry E. nixey is a
conspicuous contributor. and James Thornton,
Stanton and Willard, and Montgomery and
Stone are with him at Keith's. Pastors has
Williams and Walker. O'Brien and Havel, and
the Cohars.
Whoever desires to see an actor from the
palmy days doing something in the manner Of
those palmy days should go to Proctor's Thea
te this week. The senior George c. Boniface
L., th,ra p,aln h;S Jaacanf fror, tha 1aoiti,pota
drama into vaudeville. But he is conceding
nothing of his old.lavored art to the fippant
demands OF the variety show. 1t is true that
he Is playing in o new comedietta, "a Green.
Eyed Monster" but he Is also substantially re.
peating himself in the scene OF mock intoxica-
ton in David Garrick," as he used to enact
It thirty to forty years ago. In the present
sketch he has the role Of an old husband, whose
wife cures him OF jealousy by increasing 1t.
One of the several incidents ia the mans false
pretence Of intoxication, and 1t Is in that pas.
sage that Mr.. BOniface shows how he repre-
sentsd Diary in the tipsy scene long ago. To
the young observer, he Is merely a venerable
looking actor treating, a comic role with the
measured action, elaborate grimaces,, g~utteral
ordinations, wide-open mouth, and lax lower
jaw are more curious than divertins. But any
body with a good memory OF Mr.. Boniface's
as having been brought forward from that
UHEt-diIulTtl ptElOTllhlASC. ~ II 10
eribe superiority TO the old methods Of acting
over the new ones this temperance OF Mr..
trates the artiiciality OF the former and brings
1t into unfavorable contrast with the natural;
ness OF the latter. Reminiscent old men tell
Of the good old theatrical times. of stock com.
panies. when every competent actor, played
widely different characters equally well, and II
was not unusual to see one OF them in q trag'
ey and a farce in the same evening. Veil,
III. Boniface was one of these actors. He 1:
POW showing at Proctor's in "A Green,Eyed
Monster how badly q heavy actor used to
treat a light part in David Garrick."
For a few minutes Henry f. Dixey makes
bis audience think at Kcith's that he reserved
Q new accomplishment for his debut in vaude
vile. Retiring behind o screen long enough
to adjust a wig, tiny mustache, and goatee,
he steps out a better counterfeit of Ignace
Paderewski than Is necessary for the variety
shows. Striding to a piano, with several side
w~iSe.bows in the direction Of the audience, given
as II his dignity were just q bit touched by in
t~errupting applause, he sits on the stool. runs
bis hands through his hair, and then sets them
Scampering over the keys. His imitation Of
the finger exercises Is as close copying as his
makeup. and few suspect trickery until q
messenger enters with q despatch and taps the
player on the shoulder. When he turns to re
' ssye and and open the 9 envelope the PJtHno' an aEto
VuI Mr.. DlAey makes q DurleSQue OF Ine 0nu'
Ing. In the tones Of Sir Henry Irving and Of
Miss Stirling tho specialist gives .comically q
passage from Faust" and then sits at q tiny
table 10 make up for tho English actor. 4
pellet OF grease paint Is shaped to accentuate
the bridge Of his nose, buehy black eyebrows
are fixed in place. and the features are smeared
with gray and lined with black. Then q BLACK
wig with gray hairs as q frame to the face Il
put on, and the milkmano OF "AdOnis' Is agar
view. This process Is too long o one to &c
on without words, 30 the comedian talks as he
treats his. face. AS a black eyebrow efiacei
us own faint one, he remarks. that his OWL
giows have been worn away In putting or
iryihg's. and a joke that Is not so pat is thu
announcement Of his discovery that the TUNE
mat Nero .ldd.ed was "There'n Be q Hot Time
Y the Old Town To Night" A third squib II
we story Of q dutiful son who reminded hi
ather that his fire insurance will run out onTues
NJ Yes, my con-" returned the other, "buI
the nre brigade will run out on Monday" Thu
Test OF Mr.. DiXcy's specially is matter that HI
mas made familiar. The elocutionist who ges
lures with n wooden arm, the travesty of TN
70 ne Queen of the May" and a dance OF thu
most ininLle skipping arc some OF these Items
linen he Is for a minute tho old man out of 9TH,
sseven Ages and concludes his inning witt
Ills English, You Know"
BarFoom humor Is rarely 80 grossly carried
70 the stage as In the sketch In which Stew
brodie has made his debut in vaudeville at tn
Pleasure Palace. First the outside of a grog
gerry Is shown, and later its interior Is dis