The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26
NEW THEATRICAL THINGS,
TIE FIRST TIME HERE OF 1.-THE
IDOLS ETE,o 4 COMIC PERA

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comic opo \ by Victor Herbert and ii. Is. Smith.
who supplied him with tho successful " Wizard
OF the Nile" II tho demeanor OF the audience
which listened to the new piece may be taken rs
an indication of its success. the present work
ou,b, > nroro o,i,o n q ,seful no its pr,dcccssor.
osnst P.o'o ~. - t', 1900 mnto
You can make EN- appiauu' Dut Sout""
EN- laugh unless they want to-" said a PROBES
,iopn, oracle flor Tho sccond net and that may DO
~ ,N.-,I t,n..,mobl,
true. At all events they laughed Prcsumaoiy
only Mr.. smith and Mr.. Daniels made EN- do it.
so The Idols Ego must from .nH1 i"Gs nave
been a success MI Dahielss poc"'inr h"n,o'
undoubtedly appeals to n largo public. Mr..
Smith in his latest iibrottO has given him
numerous opportunities 10 oAh'o'' h'S 1T "
thcir best advantaEe' -.
j" 'p''" n"' ~ nt,'o "".i,u
audience was never cohtuseu' anu this qu"h'.
was appreciated by persons who have not
learned to laugh at Mr. Daniels ls scenes
were in India, ana It's women were '",lousis
dressed In ihouerh gowns anu orioh'"i ur"poi,
les MIR. Daniels as an aeronauC "ns pIaIou
In the usuaI conspicuous S't"a''o"s "non
iall TO the star concuiah III conic opef"' anu
some OF these were h'Eh'E "nh"s'hS III '"on,
selves. Many OF MS spcechcs "'ro :" INV
witty. and n few were deprcssihglS sta'e' nu'
MIR. Smiths text was lar ABOVE tho aver
age. Mono OF MS previous WORK nus eon,
tanned quite so much 'hat IN speech IL
Victor lcrbcrtS score. on inc other
land. was almost wholly trivial SO Tar ms tho
hrst TWO acts revca,e"i H. IN writing Gown 10
puoiic taste rs MI iieroert mas uhuer'"kch 10
40. inc tact lhHt one can 20 100 iar Gown mas
tsI"nsIs ana musirinnn nt,nin,nrnis' But most
of the score was very colorlcss and unintercst.
inE from my point Of View ooio,o, wit, NJ
Daniels were NOT ospGc nilv capnbic, 1t - the
opera was evidently written with tho ohio tor
nlAcinK no t1r'ltul0f SlTlln on tntlr nDNprS-
ini1roL. Helen Rcdinond and Claudia CtrIstcdt
.rc, n comedy pair, and A.. F. Whclan's
LmoGr iGfs were nj b TnSTIr'1 as ever:
shown in a more favorable light, and the spcc,a.
tors laughed at him heartily. they were thcr"
iot tnmt ptFp ao so sn ! Ne thn nno' : rh rye ana inc
sichtly and the costumes snowy. althonrh
there was no unusual lavishness about the pro-
ouc''o"' -
Eight years ago. Edward H.. sothern, David
e'a''' ie"4' . ~ ''' II II froh-
man got together IN a joint effort to nmuso
audiences at tho Lyceum Theatre. Tho new
manager had undertaken to put tho young
two authors. then without fame. had writ
rnti'ieo Loru ohumie!. mo TOUR men con-
cerned advanced greatly in their several lines
after that and did much hetter tbin,. 4, ,ot;,r
y 'n".' u Wv = ' Things III acting
play writlng, and managing. Nevertheless.
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in the chambers, and until the more wholesome
sentiment OF the third act enabled him to be
The nlax had a mountinp which though NOT
new, was all handsome and appropriate. The
cast included Eta Hawkin In, her orig
aides fsm',,ier mem hers af pbe Sotbern aceS, NC &c
The theatre was full of highly entertained and
OFTEN enthusiastic people who laughed a great
and recalled Mr. Sothern many times go II
must be written down that Lord Chumley is
again a success.
The most dramatic moment in "Mcsorley's
Twins" a three-act farce that had its first per.
formanoe hereabouts at the Grand last night.
was in a love scene. Mark Murphy. with a
fringe of red hair about the top of his head and
hona.th h;so mir had his Iaa.i.uo 49, -
pehes'h Son lac NE iaaS love oesiue MN on
a sofa. She was as willing as Bdrkis, too.
and very soon a hugging and kissing match
-oo In nrogreso A. obort ~. 80 -
vac IL piostse9' az aoou' mo tehth KISS
Murphy turned to the audience and with a most
blissful smile remarked, II lost my watch this
mo~onoo" No,binn Ole. IN ,ho nh..ssoaIs
WY ohee' +'othihs eh'e III 'he play approached
this line in effectiveness, although q pianist
was 80 long applauded that he had
80
lor substituting a song ior turther piano exer-
cises' Five minutes AFTER the FARGO started a
song abonta girl VINO was always teasing was
on ana after that' when the centre OF the stage
was noI nea by specialist' MARX Murphy or
MAJ NJ. Wits was turned loose. and, with the
aid OF some foil or other. filled in the time until