The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-11

grApncu' ana tney arc all described under tnis
process by tho Interviewer. Other incidents
Frankly STS ef adtR o%ssr4ISEesSS P PcF %SSi' t GnS t Really SFS are y0f X
beauty In the chorus is above that OF any prior
Casino production, and a scStet in the scene OF
the candy store arc an especially attractive lot.
Ono OF tho %edifying sights OF this town is an
audience watching the developments of an or
binary French farce rs changed by an adaptor
TO hide the real facts. lie never succeeds. NO
body is in the least deceived because the word
supper is used TO mean considerably more,
nor when an actress is engaged" to a young
man docs that euphcmlsm have the slightest
effect on the consciences of the observers. They
understand all that is implied. They know
that there is no bctrothul, and that there is
something wickeder than n meal TO set q fam
lily topsy.turvy in the land of Foydeau, Bison.
Hennequin, and Care. The pretencc of puri-
acation is a concession to propriety, and just as
the manager of that performance OF Camille
w MhSa ne hhehfy James say Years ago IN Boston snm
ventionalities Of our life are carefully plns-
tered over the French deyiltry without con.
happens SSSIfeS t dsHSt'h a French iR IT. fnr9 SH9 ros il SG the mosf
elaborate efforts to make it look as though II
5 aSss me sS1n'' Then q the Fslse p pS snSs IS IS Pts,nlE
The Proper Caper' Is such q case. There is no
c SfHx. eS of siHieS 4 and Io ssuS of Purity I. b q a msans
broader than Never Again." or "The Gay
original ~foulness Of these pieces adroitiy; They
were. moreover, performed with much more
nicely. Very little has been done for the new
or farce. Possibly 1t may not be SO good an
example OF the class as those other two were,
s sCsre It Is IN no it more are i ai%ost %,t h rs'i e9cept daS
just as good as they well could be. Kate Meek,
as an old wife, Is discreet and amusing without
are young women who could not well be more
charming. Alice Fischer is enthusiastic, in
look 25. Amelia bingham, as tho music hall
e eensea Mno % %oS bd play sense GemS OF sn us @ trS as
well as her beauty and intelligence, make
her a fortunate selection for such a role But
coed. portrayer of character, and the Hungarian
Mr.. Cotton has unique ideas of Hungarian dia.
leot, Evidently Jdh and dber are to his mind
Thomas Burns is SO self-reprossed that only in
those scenes which suit that method is he effoc-
tive. Herr Link played tho father in the Ger
man version in a way which would have made
The Proper Caper" a success from his share in
it. None of the actors is to be compared to his
The. quality that would have relieved the gross.
ness is refinement and delicacy in the perform
little stage at Hoyts looks, as empty with its
few chairs and tables. Such poverty of proper
The is is a sStRiBH sb6 in a Ni Ss% i fSdm t lS sirs
1t character. At the Irving Place 1t was easy
10 see what sort of n woman lodged there. Her
photographs and letters lay about, and there
was an appearance of ~Bohemianism and stage
stage with none OF these illusions. Its broad
lines have to be spoken in surroundings which
throw the entire attention to them alone. There
IS tone that did not come from its own words.
The scenes. in their sparseness and stiffness,
are as formal as the stage Of the Theatre Fran
Henri Chivot, who died in Paris the other day,
had been writing for a great many years, but on
the day Of his death one OF his plays was to
have been read TO the company OF the Theatre
Devazet in Paris. Besides his comic opera
hbrettos, which he wrote in collaboration with
Duro. some OF his plays have been seen in New
York. But they never Jared as well. les
Petites Noisines' was acted ut the Fifth Ave
nue. Theatre as Loves Extract" when the Ro.
senfelds were the managers OF that house. and
lie Voyage dc Suzet;e," a spectacle with music,
was a failure at the American. The last of his
comic opera works to be heard in New. York was
made into "Fleur-de-Lys" by Cheever Goodwin
for Della Fox. The Mascot" La Cigale,
'Boccaccio." and NINE. Favart' are some of his
better remembered works. and lie Grand Mo
gul," under the name OF Tho Snake Charmer,"
has q historic interest for New York theatre
goers, in that it introduced Lillian Russell to
upper Broadway audiences.
Dramatists who write about famous French.
men are sure TO have their troubl, $ unless they
SUCK 10 Iacl6. lD6lr descendants shy AT poetic
license. The present Representatives OF the
families of Alfred de Musset and George Sand
prevented the pertornanss Of a play which
Rod als Ar made RsAi the her hero Ds die by S' p SdsST@i has as
have produced documents to prove that their
ancestor died Of ~c9nsunption. The play was act.
history is said to be on the side of the descend.
ants.
Loconte de Lisles play Les Erynnes' is to be
given nj the Thfhtrp Francois ne soon ua
Mounet-Sully Is ready TO act the leading role.
1t was produced last summer at the Orange fes.
The dramatists of Spain are said to have
written seventeen plays for production this
enough to indicate unusual activity on the part
OF the writers for the stage, jose Echegaray
promises a drama which will be Il compensa-
ton for his last fiasco.
Celine C%haqmopt, who is particularly famous
as mab Iee nrs Iet dgai1f ram OF Inc mDa atsgS ms ba has per r
Cleo de Merode is made the central figure of
an episode in a current Paris burlcsque. One
scene of it is laid in the Touer de dnisc at tho
opcra-a part Of the theatre to which subscIib.
The directors.of the opera arc Mini. GGaiiiard and
Bertrand. NJ, Gaillard brings to the ballet a
siam and Introduces hin TO a young woman
who Is dressed to look as much as possible like
the absent Cleo. NJ. Gaillard wrote a letter Of
protest to the manager, and the next night the
Introduction was made not by a man who was
made TO resemble Gaillard, but his partner, NJ.
DtIl diu
A new operetta and a one-act musical farce,
said TO be almost completed, have been found
among the possessions of Franz Won Suppe, who
died three years ago. The operetta. which is
in three acts. will be completed by a Viennese
musician. ''Thc Model" which was sung here
a year ago last summer. was not completed at
the time of Won Suppe's death, but was finished
by another. The recently discovered work
was commenced a number Of years ago and is
said to DO in the composers best style.
The Fortune Hunter" which has been re-
ceived with so little favor as to make W. 8.
Gilbert say that he will never write another
play. is made up of Chicago heiressos, dissi.
pated Frenchmen and virtuOus English wives
compounded into IA mixture which seems like
the most extravaganza of Ouida's least meritori-
GUS novels. The treatment Of the story as well
as the language of the play il said to be highly
m~elodramatic and TO contain nothing charaG.
%teristio OF Gilbert's style. After the failure oil
the play which preceded this one, Mr.. Gilbert
said he would write another, and in spite OF his
recent threat there will doubtless be otheI
dramas from Mr.. Gilbert.
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