The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-04
INCIDENTS OF THE STAGE.
TEARS STILL FLOW AT Perform
80. IyCEy OF EAST LTNNE.U
n. Itsllao Drama No Longer Mas = Henae IN
the BoucrJ-A poE and = Cat-What Some
=, Dur players Are DeinE or PianntnG.

1ns Utaiian Drama No Longer mass Honfe IN
tho Boucry-A BoE ana . Cat-what Some
Ar our players Are DoinE or PianninE.
r.,rc arc still women who go TO the theatre
D.. ,bo spgo Of a good cry. The spirit OF the
- in which Clara Morris played In Miss
ss.',,or" or camille 10 an obllgato Of SYM
,,tbet.c SMILES has not yet disappeared. There
nav bo icvcr OF these emotional designations
.,ailahle at the uptown theatres, and, indeed.
4, might Re worth while TO investigate the de-
Linn Of weeping in theatres, which was an In
.,.riablo phenomenon Of success In the seven
Az, "rrou. Frou," Divorce Tho Bankers
p,rchtcr." and Fast Lynne" sailed prosper.
,r,Iv along on n briny current that buoyed
them into conspicuous trtumphs OF their era.
~ .mille' is stil here to weep over, and possi-
hv Olga Ncthersolo produces the wettest re-
,nI,, with 1t to-day. East Lynne chiefly
,h,ou,h tie efforts Of the indefatigable Ada
or,r. was kept In use. ModjoSks did not dis
ssin Il formerly. Nance o'Neil belongs to the
-E,,t Lynne period Of the American stage.
with her youthfulness and intelligence, che Is
,,,l A drrelict OF the pocket handkerchief epoch
and when she acts with Rose Etynee on tho
stare OF the star Theatre, tho older actress
,,,m, a beginner. Miss O'Neil is q most effec-
Nv, tear producer. Never did East Lynne har-
hor , moro melancholy mistress. When she
.npear, her demeauor plainly says: IF you
h,r, tears. prepare to shed them now" The
.naicnees at the Star succumb, and following
Mis-, o'Ncll's lachrymose lead. weep copiously
until the play is over, No actress to-day can
better play that old role in the old way. That
sa pity, Miss O'Neil has force and great
I,cnt, but she has lost all sense Of proportion
and all perception OF light and shade. II may
some back TO her, but her faults are not dimin.
ishinr, Wilton LaCkaye In not seen at his best
without whiskers and other DISCUSSES, and his
9sure is acquiring heavy proportions. But no
s.n = torT asient Shes by speaking what seems to
g. the authors lines. At all events. they do
not sound like tho actors customary raucous
unaffected. The performance seems curiously
unActionistic. 1t Is O survival OF O style that
has become rare, and possibly that fact Is not
10 be deplored. But IL Is undoubtedly effective
with Star audiences.
The Tcatro ~Italiano has shut up shop and tho
italian drama is again homeless in New York.
After a brief but energetic career, the man
nters gave up their efforts to attract the
Italians, even with prices which were their
highest OF so conts, and bills that often in
cluded several plays and lasted until 1 o'clock
in the morning. Tho German drama is the
only forign drama that seems to prosper in
New York and it requires hard work. The
French have not had u theatre here in many
hI5t ulAA VIVA NHN oNob VI thSAA o"h pSA
formers who come receive scant support. The
productions at the En~glish.speaking theatres
are as a rule SO much moro satisfactory that
tho young generation takes to them and leaves
the performances in other languages TO the
support of the older people and those who have
not yet learned English. The Germans begin
TO feel at home in this country quickly, and
that circumstance. makes the maintenance Of
even a German theatre especially difficult.
Elisabeth Robins's Forthcoming production
attempt to perform an Ibsen play ever made in
New York. Leo Diatrichstein, who has had
experience in these dramas, will be associated
with her. and whether or not, the New York
public will support an 1bsen drama for eight
performances should be in q measure decided
by this effort. The dramatists birthday falls
on March 90, and on the following night Miss
Robins will commence hers the work which she
continued several years in London.
Trained cats and dogs now at Proctor's give
Q oomical copy Of q trick of animal training
that was seen in the Hagcnbeck show. There
the performers. were @ broad-backed and placid
tempered ring horse and n picturesque lion,
whose bad temper was later proved by his
nearly killing his trainer. This surly beast
crouched on q raised platform beneath which
the horse trotted, and as the horse passed out
from in unde: sprans to his back and rode
around 70 his starting place. At Prootor's
the stecd is u white poodle, who earlier in the
speciality Is the outfits miscellaneous clown.
But as a miniature ring animal he Is as docile
and steady gated as the most serene of circus
horses. For elevated platform a chair seat serves
and on 1t puss crouches in quite as alert o pose
Is the lions. The dog trots beneath tho chair.
waits ohediently II puss is over deliberate, and
promptly. resumes his circling when she Is 90. |
cats eatS f {Poa R' p Ssss' rest Ml' but asi Is e oli long T f1o% ths
resi- OF his back, and he feels the dig of claws
Or the look in his watery eyes ls deceitfuL As
another pair starts from another chair in an
opposite direction. and all keep at the exer-
else until released, though their trainer Is
gay IS an unenthusiastic participant, and at
most times seems unpleasantly cowed., With
tne dogs IT Is different; The one that has the
s s; and his rider chambers up to the top of the |
uSGi head, apparently with merciless clawlng |
Si.a Ss h Sas But the dog ways his tan in e
SVg OF ms collection turns backward somer-
s sSaiis v, with3ut urging. but In q way lessons
parks and ways his tail like a terrier at q rat |
POE. all Of which suggests that training SO will |
my d pupil was not much Of a task. after all.
Sir Squire Bancroft. now in this city, speaks
tho first performance of Our American
eousln.' which he witnessed hero thirty-nine
years ago. with Edward S. Sothern, Joseph
jefferson. Laura Keene, Edwin varrey, and ,
cara Stevens in the cast. Mr.. varrey 10 not
'e only one Of these actors now before the
Public. Mrs. Stevens is acting the mother in
way Down East" at the Manhattan, and do
ing 1t well enough to Justify admiration for the
sctors OF that earlier school.
"uton Laokaye will soon be seen in q dra-
matte version Of Lovers novel, Charles
y Maley." made by Theodore sayre. the youth.
'pl out promising author of THE Wife of VIII
0ugh9y' and other one.act plays that pos
,e1Sea real theatrical qualities. Nance O'Eeil
Nv % the heroine OF 'That Lass O. Lowrie's'
"nen Mrs burnetts novel is transferred to the
.sSse. lhe.two pieces will be given by the
sohpeny at the head OF which are Mr.. Lack.
Aye and Miss O'Neil.
Sohn Blair viii act next season with Julia
1aadnfaoWe; He Is now engaged in "El Gran
.% am AFTER a curious experience of several
\, ,sasons, AS one of Franklin Sargent's puniIs
sa.e indication Of exceptional talent when
RIee dppeareG at the student performance at the
nan NSS'esi but his professional acting In Car
mo Wife OF Searli," and other plays
30 elaborate and hammered that every
y OF promise seemed to have died out. But
. = ihe hehegaray drama his work IL highly
"FFIhn n though lugubrious.
.nr I a. MaiIaco Hopper says she will not ap-
no ~ "A Normandy Wedding" but 10 seek
nk another comic opera. Mrs. Hopper's I'd
I, an would prefer TO see her under circum-
= ~; Nv luat did not let her sing. Waiter Jones
= H. Aale.a comic opera next season that was
'rc l. some years ago by Clay Greene and