The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-17
VIEWS OF STAGE AFFAIRS,
.rur CoyouERoRs" PRosPERING
VIII" ~ SPITE OF ATTACK.

.r, saws u CANT ne Performed In
S.r-,.,s-Thr Revival OF "The MERRY
49,, of SIndsnrr Mt Daly's u Not Aito-
~. dmirabie-Th Castle square Go.
a,.,ho,h Mnrbury says that the French So
- q, Dramatic Authors, which she repre-
oV. In ,his country, Will prevent In London the
s"s,o,ion OF pnul pottor's play, "Tho Con-
pO-ars" nm the ground that 1t Is a plagiarism
quo.'. 81, uoire" and Mile. Fif." which oro tho
IT. W. ~ Vi,torlcn SardOu and Guy dc Maupas.
w, and arc protected by tho treaty OF Berno.
\" po,,cr eyulalncd to some OF his friends here
~" a., mia NAV was founded on Snrdou's work.
a~" - ,nc minors which flonted In upper Broad
~, vestcr,lny was that. in consequence OF tho
.,,.cts made upon THE Conquerors" as being
~ .,r,Icit in It's love story, tho play would BIO
SI,hdrown soon ut the Empire. THAT is arrant
.onsensc." said Manager Shea. Not only Is
,ho niece crowding the house, but Is drawing
s,d n,easing the fashionable people who Gus.
,omarily favor the Empire. Mr.. Frohman
,lsnned to produce "A Man and His Wife, a
s,.m,tization Of 'Phroso' and The Silver Key
hui. contrary to usage. he has not begun to re-
s,,rse any successor to Tho Conquerors,' which
arew almost 10000 last week. l believe he
has turned his attention to productions elso-
vhere-'O, Susannah' at Hoyt's, One Summers
Day with Mr.. Drew at WaLiacEs ana a new
piece with Mr.. Miller at the Garden lie ex.
pects, after these are done ana atter laying out
The remainder of the season for tho stock COM
nany. T. go to London in March, where ho Is to
nrodure Mr.. Gillctte's Too Much Johnson and
Belasco's The Heart OF Maryland, both with
American companies, besides q farce; For
6s own London house, the Duke OF fork's,
Se has In preparation Bisson's jealousy
n English and Ahthony HOPES Inc AZ,
,ss, IRE Of .,a LsSY is G nSt sSfre RIM "a at M ho@e t threSsS
mr. 4 Frohman's work, nor are American actors
Or authors doing 80 through him abroad.
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In the second act of THE Merry Wives Of
u,.s.o.n os n,,ved at Daly's. inexcusabIe lib-
"n Ter Sh,t,onooro stapdin 4,
front Of Pages house, young Fenton, with an
,n,roduc,ion not in the text. drops suddenly
" nv non,nn - ,nuo,oaI ,aro.
who sees the grand piano under the old oak
,r.e md thereupon decides to give a ballad, Is
W. y" NOV irrelsvant fpure than this shakes.
pearean lover, who, in q faint and bleating
- yo,ce io;ns with n woman's tremulous
Nnot ~ - - ,,,,,,a;a 800 - ..Tho
soprano in a duet from Nikolais opera OF IN
Merry Wives of Windsor" Singing in the
e,.tosno.-oon comedies "a aorceob,e enough n
enahesp0eie"h
made reasonably incidental. In that case there
1. M great damage to art, whether it be to tho
~ asn,i.,r. 90 ch,tosnooro or not
But to pass deliberately from one fixed form
AZ nlav IN another "a distinctly offensive.
MI, ora,o,oo con serious,v contemn,ate E,n.
ton and Anne Page as the characters in Shake
speare's play at one moment and at the next &C.
cept them In duet taken from an opera; II this
p nnnod . " rsviyais MT Daiv's there should he
found in the theatres repertory of musical
farces numbers much more popular WIN the
~ MiSs Ea ir pa and Mr. McCay' IA Little
Bit OF String might appropriately enough be
put into King Lear, II MI, DAILY ever pro.
So;nt ~ v;exS on MN much jncnnernitT bctWeen
The period of London Assurance" and the mel
odies OF The Gayety GIRL. I'M TACT that q
~ and - n%nress the aense ~ he sitnation
happens to come from an opera founded on the
same story, has nothing to 90 with the propri.
S W On tSe nIovs NJ ShaEesneare' hut IT re.
manned for Mr.. DAILY to transfer a part Of one OF
them into o dramatic performance OF Lhe same
sVreeahIe in the delivery of which she avoids
any suggestion of grossness, and even in those
scenes IN when sho Us emoraceu Dy Fdtstdg
s"mio thnt thera a. no sense ~ imrronrietv
The actress insists without interruption on the
nus hut eeectivc detail that every embrace OF
tSe fots kniybt's ia followed by the same cres.
cendo laughter Her gown is unfortunately
trving md contrasted with thu costume worn
by Emma flames in the same role. is curiously
inartistic and ordinary. The peaked hat. a
wholly unnecessary adjunct. Is as unbecom.
ing as any headrear we'll could DO.
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Nanv tb;pos in the costuu;ng of the Sbako.
N -.
bpearean COMEDY now at Daiy 3 are unworthy Oh
o frst-class theatre. One of these Is the suit
vorp nv The unfortunate Erufon On tho left
49, ~o
leg Is Il square patch ana inc VeiVet ID saoly
worn and faded. The pale blue dress worn by
Slender has tbronpb freouent cleaninos faded
n..I ~.
oa hotllcu sta'e that ID hclther oiue hor "hlte.
Most OF the remaining color seems to have
settled in the left leg of the faded ti1bts The
-
otner Is ALMOST While. Nearly Ill the costumes
are fimsy and cheap. Mr.. Richman's appear
ance as Ford suppests the improvised parb of
II -
= Il amateur WIN Inc taWury hhatcFiais poorly
80 Wy wv 'no ."p eut' q
Ciarkes playing, and one OF the other charac-
ters needs q patch as badly as Fenton must have
wanted one before he got 1t. In the last act the
eolors worn by the fairies are in few cases light
IN shade. vivid blues and reds predominant.
MOST OF the scenery, which has long been in use,
Enzabcthon arcbitectnr ana decnro tin - aSd %
English horticulture.
george Clarke is an authoritative actor with:
method nt eloru iHr iGn.t ssnv Du. w a gSoa
technique. So his performance ia batter than
COulu have been reasonably exDected in view of