The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-15
THEATRICAL DISCLOSURE.
.,,rr PLAYS OF THREE KINDS
PR INTO STAGE view.

..H EnmRdy nc ~ ~
ms.,s.,s.. n German Meiodramn-charies
s,.,.p.op In .'In Honor,o y sketch.
uu..o "a hnekneyed in thoatricals MS plot
.,.r ovnsies md a misappropriated chlu were
ups ,he s,ove again at Wallack's last night,
ttut the stalcncss which might have been the re-
o n ~ nsinp the old pcrsonnges was averted by
euH taa n fresh and ingenious treatment
- ,Scm The child was not stolen from
~ y. PARENTS by the gypsics. but was
n,.h, ~ be recovered by one OF them, who was
=" n,o,hcr. The Romany wanderers provided
!. r.scaIity for Zone Summers Day" as has
80 heen their wont in fiction. but this time 1t
Cn.,.tod of blackmail instead Of kidnapping.
~" ,,omnn was shown as the companion of q
~ ~ her own race in picturesque yet
-s.I.,s vaerancy on an island in the
rr.mo party Of fashionable London
=. vent 10 that island for n picnic. Ono OF
....o was n major, who. though n bachelor. let
~. ,r,.rds believe him u widower, in order that
nov whom he had adopted might be regarded
!. his son. In point OF fact. the youngster
ras the offspring of n marriage by his
,ov dead brother with the gypsy wanton
rrontioned. when she identified the boy, and
snow that his ~putativo father loved him as his
ovn. she c]onspired with her gypsy paramount to
.,,ort n large sum of money as the price of
non.interfercnce This knavish plot was
.hworted. and there you have the faint tinge Of
meodrama that the new play contained.
Tho nreponderance of matter in "One Sum-
u,r's Day" was sentimental comedy. a goodly
.o,,,on nj which was in or associated with the
character assumed by John Drew. Once more
this actor figured as a mai who deemed himself
TOO old at SO to suitably marry n girl Of 10. TAX
Inc that view Of the question, end aiming at her
hanpiness by destroying his own. he honestly
tried TO marry her off TO a young sutton. At
tho same time, the girl gained from a partial
tnoyledge OF tho affair between the Major and
the Rypsies the mistaken belief that he had been
a bad misbehaver, and that this, though she
loved him, led her to engage herself to marry
one for whom she had no affection. The Major
insisted upon this match. and therein lay
the fault OF the play. a lack OF ade-
ouate motive for the Majors self.sacri-
ace. He knew full well that the girl dotted on
him. that she would be unhappy il she married
another. and still he assisted that other. appar-
entity for ordinary friendships sake, in bringing
about q betrothal. II was not until she declared
her passion in positive terms and asked him
Hoint blank to be her husband that the curtain
was enabled to fall upon the desirable mating.
and agreeable humor to atone for the weak
logic. The author, H.; V. Esmond, had devised
and written several scenes Of PSth those
Those with which Mr.. Drew dealt were Of
course treated deity and, diyertingly in
feeling in the emotional episodes. The
part OF the Major may not hold a place with
some Of Its Drew predecessors. but 4 will be
found satisfying to this actors multitude of
admirers and is intrinsically p~raiseworthy.
Miss Irving was delightfully."- feminine as the
N WOO ,,i heroine tn ma Miss an De en WSlfs cane M.
comic little boy. who made Disturbance
e%splt.l h' BY 1m S"ssef aien apa M ea Ts' R PltaSSSG
Byron acquitted himself satisfactorily in the
part Of the lover who finally had to step aside,
rows and Morgan Conan as an aged and a
juvenile dupe Of the gypsy. creature. The
mounting. was handsome with its two river
views, and tho usual care and taste of q Froh-
man production were in evidence.
Paul Lindau's drama, "Brothers," was pro-
duoed last night at the Irving Place Theatre for
the first time in this country 1t proved to be o
curious play. which began with little promise
Of interest or intensity and closed with
two exceptionally powerful acts. They
bore such a slight relation to what had pre-
ceded them that the only explanation for the
form Of the piece seemed to be found in the fact
that 1t was made from one Of its authors novels.
He had selected some Of the elements of the
book and attempted to confine them to a much
more limited space of lime and yet retain the
complete progress of the story. Thus when
the first two acts showed a young artist
betrothed against his older brothers will
TO an ~operetta singer, the spectators
thought this love story wouli make the play.
When the woman. to free herself from debt. went
70 the house of an old admirer to obtain the
necessary money from him and her betrothed
learned this fr0m hia hirad anv ~ saap,ad
merely as ii the jealousy OF the lover
might %estrange the two temporarily. But
TWIST TWIST to sHf me sof 1ao Rl"y tS fGSf act C w snadf IN
IN the rooms OF his older brother. who was a
p mitasS prosecutor. A murder had been. com;
Mittea. The spy was accused and he confessed
me Grim The man killed was the admirer to
Mnom the woman had gone with honorable
deSt op 10 borrow enough to free her from
he had been warned and followed her
E tdsre, In the passion Of jealousy he had
| e oysr ne Fhe man he believed to be her
SIaer brother. the Judge. The confession of the
tpy vas false, and he had made it only to pro-
mi 4 H. tbs young man, who had been kind to him..
~ tne real murderer insisted on telling the |
rutn. and Killed himself after his written con- |
i' Tho had been handed to his brother.
detail Of those that followed biz "SE 'o Fssers Was IN mo- any IN.
m OF the serious clements, and they com |
e GSissu WITH a long explanatory story when the
Mere interesting in spite of the fact that the
%ost Important incidents of the story were
toss ana not acted before the specta- |
SSo,s' certainly the meeting between the girl. |
LII oetrothed. and her supposed lover shouli |
s peel seen: No episode In the whole de-
tveiopnent OF the story was as important ma
ttuat. ~ was the central point in the intrigue. but
nmas not witnessed. The value OF the last two
~ came as much from the force of The piayino
nnottom the nature of the Incidents. There was
" . iagit TO be found with the splendid naturaI-
! ana sincerity of the actors. Karl Marx In
SSoticniar presented a forcible sketch of a meier.
SVymel That was graphic and vivid. Berhard
sorWerk and Camilla Marbach were admirahle,
nj IN we're the actors. II julius Stroll be excepted. |
= paIt was ungrateful and his concrption az |
iaiSe as his acting was weak.
a oneact play that had its first trial yester-
,L' AZ heith's brought Charles A. Stevenson,
=, ~. husband of Kate Claxton, conspicuously
Luo 'audeVilie' 1t was the work of Kenneth
a.. = whose short plays that have reached
s variety shows in the past year
Nv nearly a score. and was entitled
~ hohor'" Its characters were three: A
"apla'n OF English artillery and a country
80 ooth seeking to marry the same woman.
sAu mat woman. The scene was the interior of
:. nome and there at the beginning were the
q, oiymah and the woman. swapping enough
~s'nfc'sms to ditclose themselves to the audi.
nc OF false metal. and showing the other
80 'he Tiny drama to to be an honest mn.