The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-31
IN A NEW STAGE SEASON.
CHlnLEs ROYEvs EATErT lFNDlE CON.
IRKbUxTON or l1RTH.

Vtotorien bnrdOu Ana Fnul Potter
Hold = Correspondehce on Plagiarism.
An annual contribution TO the broad humor
Of the stnge IL expected from Charles Hoyt.
There is a real demand for II. and he Ia willing
to respond. From no other playwright can
Just tho Same kind OF entertainment DO OBJ
tanned. Bome people like It and some de-
test it. But II is q fact that nobody
else than Mr.. Hoyt has transferred from
reality TO mimicry 70 well as he the
raoy fun Of American life. his new play. "A
Day and q Night" was performed at the Gar
rick Theatre last evening. It showed no de-
parture from the Hoyt standards. Once again
the characters went on q lark. which became
something very like a spree. There was a New
jersey father. who. returning from long service
a. an Ofncer in the navy. found thathis boy had
grown up into q seeming nlncompoop. The
parent was not pleased. and. in order to cure
what he doomed a fault. he consplred with a
theatrical manager to introduce the young
man to q lot OF roguish chorus girls,
who would pretend that they were choir
singers. The action began on the stage
Of a theatre at q rehearsal. and this
was a time and place. OF course. TO
introduce sonRs and dances. The sedate mem
bers OF the dramatic profession will be apt to
quarrel with Mr.. Hoyt over tho revelation
which he processes 10 make Of name and
morals on the stage. According TO this ex-
position actresses are hoydens. addicted 10
deviltry. and the run Of affairs behind the
scenes is most unbusinesslike. as well
a. impolite. But what would q Hoyt farce
be with It's women c~ircumspect2 The second
and third acts were at the residence OF the
manager. with o dinner in progress out OF
sight. and the deuoe TO pay concurrently in the
visible drawing room. TT actresses frisked
and nirted with the supposedly pious chap In
order TO shock him. but instead they delighted
him. for he was foolinR them. He soon dis
closed himself az tow rounder when in New
York and q sniyellinR hypocrite when in New
Jersey.
80 much for the scheme and substance OF "A
Day and o Night" In merit II was not nearly
equal to "A Stranger In New York" or "A
Trip to Chinatown" though resembling them
generally. Its deficiencies were In originality
OF characterization and In novelty OF incident.
But IL had frequent flashes Of wit along with
It's fun. some OF its comic surprises were effec-
t9al. and II was o vehicle for q lot
ones. 4 negro dItty about Il, potency Of q rabc
Bits foot to avert disaster under certain DC,
not only u p by OTIS Harlan and bis COM
lRsaaa i PIaSed Pp an t 4SSia SsGSS Sleek il Ipq rSie until the
gStnt cam for him him to to throw on Io,,,a his
iiaa iS0 S Sood!nata aRS 'R feiloW w. 0s TRe actor e 5pii was
William bevere enacted the, Jolly father unctu-
and tcomeiy Women n iantasticeaiIy gay aIttire;
were In a majority. Some Of them had special
vaudeville element was irst-rate entertain
ment.
This Is q lively week in New York theatres.
Daniel and Charles Frohman expected to turn
on each the light OF o star on Monday night.
and this was done brightly at the Empire with
William Gillette in TOO Much Johnson" but
there had TO be q postponement Of Edward
II. Sothern and The Adventure Of Lady Ur-
sula'' at the Lyceum until tomorrow, owing
to the illness Of Virginia Harmed. who has a
dominant part in the new play. That will
make Mr.. Sothern's start Simultaneous with
Stuart Robson's with The Meddler" at Wal
lacks. 1.-THE Turtle" is ready for Saturday
night at the Manhattan. The season at the
Harlem Opera House has begun mirthfully
" Tith sh "A s st5sPpgsr no G \ With %ifb a a%b sc i Haas has
ssSSPP;sSniSs ths SSol Inn %sIr,y 4 Hi|as sq RG arb e
'Hcw Jones Was .HypnotfEed." A change Of
extEayaganya hos been made st B~ergenBeach
IN Devils Island at the Fourteenth, Street,
the PEOPLES in THE Light ON the Point
include Yankee Doodle, DANDY. at the
Casing. ,.,:f6e oIa HHS%ss.ssdna ,: q the he 4hs sl
the CONCERTS of the Metropolitan Orchestra
at the Madison Square garden, and down EnrS at
the Pain iireDorEs In The Fail
Vaudeville Is in good supply. The e%optinu-
SqsmS SiiSG pIagSrs. F 9RSis 9 Sf BoSd f Il q tie
Pleasure Palace. where Arthur Dunn and Lille
forth at Proctor's Theatre. and. the Sidmans
SES S g. a Mn tSS So St the enS sPssifbI a4ton 4 Af fh Snt
from fS% q. tSat H q iass S ses PiAETfRRs s &o @tPssG and Posi- eoss
tors. The. weather stu favors the oPen-alr
shows each Of which has several weeks left:
Montague and West. ,Koster 4 Bial's roof lets
8 tFSSD R If hRSfr9eS srls e t SSpld tSTS; a A eE tsS
gsne I; Hoprks aSdEes TarriIsoH. McAyoy and
Tie hey Harlem h9f Sa9 Music Hall Tres Tesu lae d'' S%H 4's MODERN SHsGn
Venus" is on at Sam q; Jack'ss Wax figures
osn a4S make s q s2o f9e 0i M Gaps; Evans are of re-
Victorien sardou and Paul Potter have had
D vigorous correspondence In Paris over the
authorship Of Tho Conquerors." Sardon says
It IL O bold plagiarism OF his Ia Haine." Be-
this controversy began Potter indemni-
ueu moVont0E tOE Inc ubo u lie BJaBO NSEblOn OF L
Maupassant's Mile. FIJI" which constitutes
The first act OF the play produced at the EN-
Dire. Potter's lrst let Ter to sardou said that
The dramas had only one point OF resemblance.
he dispute between two ONE as to which
should kill a certain man. This did not satisfy
Sardou. who replied that he had not heard Of
.he resemblance from Elizabeth Marbury. as
Potter asserted. but from q number OF news
Daner accounts. and had received letters on
he subject from friends In this country. 1T
s not possible no wrote. ito pillage n man
more than you have DONE" Potter responded
Sardou had been accused Of literary lar
,eny. and quoted much that the French dra-
had written when he was accused
If stealing "Odette' from "Fiammina." by
Jchard. This excited Sardou to q retort 30
harp that Potter declared that only sardou's
lind.
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