The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
OF THE THEATRE.
"EL CAPITINn PLATED WITH "A
SURF ACCOMPANIES

TIE Ds weir Helper Company st nsnhattsr
Beaoh-The Beia Character OF "nosine.'
y Preach Piece UnitEeiy 60 ne Imported
MIRA LinEsrd's beauty ana Talent
Manhattan Beach opened wide for the sum
mer season on Saturday night with "El Capt.
tan," tho Klein comic opera, which wa
played In the seashore theatre to a surf accom-
paniment. The performers wero De Vol Hop
por and his company of comedians and singers
and thoy made the piece go faster than 1t had
gone in the city in order to let 1t last only two
hours and a half. Last year tho arrangement
Of diversions at Manhattan kept two perform
ancos in simultaneous progress, but this year
the time tables are 30 adjusted that a visitor
may hear tho sousa concert from 4 o'clock to O.
eat and drink from o to 8, SEQ the Pain reworks
from 8 to o, and then hear and see "El CAPT
tan from o to half past IL. The shortening of
the play omits q little OF the matter. but the loss
IN fully compensated by tho gain OF spirited
celebrity. Mr.. Hopper spurs his humor into q
run, and the others try to keep pace with him.
No time "a wasted while the curtain 10
The comedian has hardly finished his usual
funny speech after the second act before all Is
I ready TO begin tho third. There was q crowded
audience on Saturday night, composed largely
| of people familiar with tho play, and many of
them were already fatigucd with the earlier
Va .A0 e'"t o'
OF tho rapid action kept them engrossed. Edna
Wallace Hopper, who deserves no place in
comic opera, since sho can neither sing nor
dance, and whose stage value was nearly all
sacrificed when she quit the legitimate drama,
cmsed her nreaence Sy 9race, neetness. and
piauancy. Nellie Bergen was the soprano. as
S ennes S1h,H asSi Was ouits may ~ 90 eo ssIa a .sa ev ,no
SSmpossr sSusa va. n . boz, and the ASSEM-;
his music are a Biz factor at Manhattan Reach.
unanimity that it seems a genuine success. 1t
=. ha hrt sIichtIU Ma Inaass az TtSo..s
T,,ro n Az asua , NAV more t,.ut,v raua,r'
tionary against social conditions now exist
ing. But tbe author has Interested his am.
ILL.,. ~ s..Mna ~r,,h > n.oh,one .,an u
". and 90 has made a drama said to be an
.noros,,no as som. that sardon ana nnmas
wrote on themes that were In the public mind.
But he has written in tho light of the now
drama, and his best achievement seems to lie
In uniting something like the naturalness and
tranknesD of 1bsen's methods and the stage.
play Is called "Rosine," Its author Is Alfred
niap. IN. :, 40 s,n,a.t $500 .ana.o.. .ho
piece tels IN an almost unmarried monotone the
story story of a ~0n Ssns, suae ri g Rosans Is tho
ployese, and a,dn she e. finds rSs h herself a a., the |. death To- Of her
poverty when the son OF q farmer crosses her
path, and me TWO lail IN love. HIS mother is o
cities who have not tho same affection for tho
sou that she mas. she ls opposed 70 the mar.
MJ ~ T Tbn E,e un1 1eI,s fnta na thn h u Ru ~ anu
| the girl from time to time. On one Of these
occasions his sister comes to, her house. and
te q n,Dstn ! 1oioua Il ~ nog ioHer has iets her
own class. The girl is again homeless and
penniless. She appeals to her one friend, u
ho la ane no sess n Rrr Re- y 2ot ~ ~ mo ~ tor
| tolerable by the women with whom she asso-
ciates. They cannot forgive her gentle man
ners NOT hsr educaton. wnlcn Is not me ad-
| they struggled to gain it Tor nar. "A
The ladies refuse to employ her. and she 10
onr Sma as Sia , or .tn ~ morf ~. h IN the notary
make her his mistress. She refuses at first. hut
is about to accept when an old friend Of her
Sattsr ny assont pTh mer as = - wFiung me
after so many years, remember that they were
once sweethearts. Love begins to burn again
tm.n ahs thong nv vo oULssirrnS q HI ~ WIN Inc
| rade Of her childhood offers to take her as his
wife IN a union that has no sanotilcation be-
$ethar ne This nun eve : sh bn a 1fS n y II me
gives them money enough to go to Paris and
start life there. There are said to DO powerful
Sant d,s ii Snara and sita uS play, s a. wen ~ as orl.
s ua1t nrti88ue.. ~ ~ ~ donnt.ad mnicn Iae most
Would not be ashamed 70 have invented' g Bat
he ~ - vii III reach' tbess abopss 'Tb Soser ra ns ~ ma
nbiy he LITTLE in an EneIish version hevonS tn
inds,,cocv ~ tba scanas nd tba o St ING
Frencb tyne al a IS WhicS o Hme sn ~ : scua1es Of
ttno.H i;t t}fpeS 1o'u' WHICH our Suuiences "ould
An'" n'''' -
'onn Drew WIN not return TO plays OF mod
ern life next winter, but will be seen In Sydney
Grnndv's adantation from the oId.r n,nno,
onI,aS %nnasan y, ronIo q oiuef dumas
called "A Marriage OF Convenience He will
play the role acted In London by Lewis Waller,
while winfred Enerv's r6la will fall IN Iooho,
yrrino Tha sucoesa ~ tho o o,S aon,a,. 70 - iSeoei
don has been SO great that it win DO succeeded
-probably within A wear or tvyo from nrosont
p,ooa"s ~ yeof VI w. iron present
indications-by another Dumas translation on
which Sydney Grundy 10 at present engaged.
This play viii be drawn from mile, do Rail-.
10 pN"' :" uia"n y mne' ue neho-
lsle,' one OF tho most famousSof the plays of
the older Dumas. 1t was acted first in 1889.
what a r~eaction be. baon cou..d hr 81. 80.
"nAS = on d peeh caused oy inc taste
Tor romantic drama which began two years ago
and has already lod US back to the comedies of
Dunasi