The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-15
NEW PLAYS REPRESENTED.
,,crTToUsLY ROMANTIC OPERA
A GERMAN OOMSDE.

nsar,.d Company In "At the white Horse
Tsv.rn," by Blumenthnl and Kadolburg,
!, ,omanttcIsm which has been prevalent
m,lodrama got into comic opera at the
m.nS,vsv Theatre last evening. Stanis.aus
N~s. author o! The jolly Musketeer."
VS M, been much more comic than
oN,o,s I'm his purpose. although he hpd
~L,,on 10 the order. OF Jefferson de An
vi, a monkeyshiner among comedians.
~. composer, Julian Edwards, had worked
.snon,ously In making the music. The cur
-. h,d not been up I'VE minutes before a
snwnsny OF the Kings Musketeers marched
lin the swing OF swashbucklers
Tho picturesque uniform OF those brawl-
- and fighters Of Richolieu's time In
y.,,cs stridinR to a deflnntly martial air. and
"a hv n CAPTAIN who has been condemned to
s..,b for duelllnR. This gallant bravo had
S.or sspecially privileged TO become his own
vvooutioner. yet with involuntary suicide i'm
e.sdIrg he had a heart buoyant enough to love
,, ,,oht a maiden whom he encountered at n
e,.hiro we'll, what could be more In accord
~,,h The spirit Of the DUNES romances with
,hs,r ready heroes OF unreasonable adventure
M cmrse IL had not been deemed expedient to
w.Leaserious role for Mr.. De Angels, and so he
though appearing In the guise OF q musketeer.
sos Iudlcrous and jolly. But he was affixed to
,ho sober romance, II not quite inserted
~ n be was a Count, enamoured OF an
hrmble innkeeper's daughter and forbid
Son nv his proud father to marry her.
night there came the ingenious device in
NJ stanee's plot. The Captain, believ-
Inc that he had TO die next day. offered to
make the girl his wife. solely in order to leave
bsr A titled widow. and thus render her
,licible to enter q noble family. 80 much
"a that was arranged between the two
friends. But a complication arose when
,he Captain found out that the provisional
bride was the girl who had enchanted him at
,he we'll, and that to be her husband merely as
, nroyy, without real marital authority, was
moi satisfactory to himself. however serviceable
Il might be to his comrade. Eventually he was
hardened, to live for happiness with her. and
The other fellow found connubial compensation
elsewhere.
The audience was far too friendly to have re-
;ec.ed the play without good cause. but it was
subjected to no such necessity. The enter
tainmeut was liked sincerely. both for It's ro-
manticism, which was rendered very pictorial
nv the handsome mounting. and for its
sntic fun, which was delivered by the star
and a satellite OF almost the stars own size.
This assistant comedian was Harry Mac
donough, who was very much like the princi-
nal in voice and action. and was his companion
IN songs and dances and knockabout TOOL
cry, Thus there was a team Of comedians,
working with singular unanimity. and with
quite double the effect that either could
have produced alone. Mr.. Macdonough played
the landlord, and there was no jealous cur
tailment OF his opportunities. Mr.. De
Angels had never been more laughable
with his clowning. and there were this
E vTrV the SRI With the temporary husband that
and %socaIiy toIerable. Bertha WaitEinGer was
who cons" I'd the disappointed lover, None
:ss, e. E !a;Ho' sfa Sssas S ~ y r. $S;'Ii ss4,Gs NJ !:
fortunate in having obtained n comic opera In
which bis tomfoHler r i & more r. ore amusing n6, 8 ng than 2
actor who pleases by main strength good hu;
norAdly expended. The nonsense which had
iCrhim to sing. we're not too abundant andwere
repete with %colloquial jest, There was time
enough for ballads with neat sentiment set to
tunetui airs. and some concerted mum bers that
were am bilious enough to save the. composi-
ton from commonness. IL was a Jovial and
not ~inartistic entertainment. 5
The tame OF AT the White Horse
Tavern as a success in Germany has
reached this country. 1t is one Of the
Blumenthal- Kadelburg pieces and was for
that reason regarded with suspicion. Il
would never have been accepted on the
strength Of its repute abroad nor on the stand
Ing Of its authors. rs their recent output has
been little inspired. So 1t had to win on
its own merits at the Irving Place last
night. It did win-to a degree that
few Of the German farces have recently. The
large audience laughed at 1t considerably more
than it deserved. although it is seldom dull.
and supplied with clever speeches In nearly
SUi Z sf Ss. t,a Its ,r hnm riII Is t q the s simplss. kind,
Sophisticated as we'll as to the Ingenious. It is
free from lndelcaey. even II the complications
Iess is, picturesque with contrast and novel
y. The adventures that befall a party
.. tourists in the Austrian Tyrol Is
tourists is . Berlin, manqfScturer, vulgar.
tsS'$ III, ccs%S lg. to drink xassE instead
tr on a journey every fourth summer.
Tn study Of this gentle old man was the most
dsllghtiul in the play. and he, seemed almost a
him, There were his daughter, who lisped SO
that to stranger she only said Yes" and No"
her i%S s assaefIEs ian aad bat St shs6 %S SsaS Mai iRn.
Sd the customary supply OF youthful lovers.
hT sSIs, was Tsi,t. little W. story to EscP these
agreeab,a and DII th9 episoues Were
even graceful to an exceptional degree. Last
nignt the performance. had Just the
simplicity, to bring out the merits
%the work. 1t could have been better acted
~ Selalis. It's tenuous nature became dan
seI9usly obvious once or twice In the
hFrst act, and It's structure was old FASH
Sned from the first word to the
n.y. But A the White Horse Inn"
W. e1arm enough to explain its popularity
S3eaa. even II L cannot readily be understood
wv WI me play has made a sensation. Two
Ms predecessors In recent seasons, "Zwei
VIZ WIN almost the same Endorsement. and as
hn nWo Eseuteheons"" and Number 8" exposed
I'M I'M yyHSnnonplace they were in any language.
sInSSl a great Improvement over them. It is
bbo1sttDas good as the best that these two COL
MAJ I ! ever wrote, Manager Copried sup
~ . picturesque scene for the piece and a
'An'yorm OF real water that looked very wet.