The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08
PLAYS NEW TO OUR STAGE.
cow,cAIITT FROM ENGLAND AND
"oEvTJuEyT FROM NEW ENGLAND.
-r., n, O susnnunh ~ and the serious-
-. 4, WA Down East r-CondeEsed
remedy In Tho Duchess OF DeVonshire ~
..,.,, nodiesEn and Hlinnie sciieman.

violently comic farce, oh, SusannahV'
made its first American auuiehee iaugh great
deal last night at Hoyts lheatro' ithau oeen
brought from London, where no less th"n tnroe
EnRlishmcn. named Ambient Naho' ana ht
wood. had concentrated their talent IN manu-.
featuring IT, -. ~, nno ,hat
fashioned n preposterous play Out ono tnat
.,r IN appenl successfully to mlrth-
Is sure So,y Yorkers ma II has
fully lnchneu z.i.. n.
10 LOndoncrs. IL piacos u youhE pn9sroian IN
che centre OF some absurdly domestic misunder-
tne sS,d m,kcs them wbirl around him.
standings an" 'n"Nos ".n " ..nS.a.m
te has a jealous wife. whom no mas married
secretly +" ma,cbmntcr to forco two
efforts oil u
girls upon him ana the sehtimcnla' on
-, nos,,ivc Of triumphs in low comedy was
%oo,, Josenhine Hall in tho role OF that amor
Sror" II WINS tho same sort of cnrica-
w ,,h,oh sbe had given In 18th Girl from
CT, " bu, there was much moro OF It, and she
lanondod IN the additional requirements with
.s"na,nt shirt and skill. Unctuous humor Of
~ a nronounccd kind is rare In women on
.as.,.no esnccinlly Young women. The whole
~ ,hI. farce IL like n travcsty, or burlesouc,
N,,hnr, tho slipbtest concession to FEASIBILITY,
'.sso,oo ~ II ia further off from ANYTHING that
-n.,a roory hanpen than this "slavey's' WOO
49, -, her master, Nevertheless, Miss Halls
s-o,,ory has so many touches of nature, and
=. 80 ,nstinot with rough yet genuine feeling.
A., hor performance was accented by last
.iah,,s oudienc, as ouite within the limits of
dramatic art, and she was applaudcd consider
ately as well as laugneb II aisa4 snr eGS:hno
.nree ~ IN yention Of ludicrous situations. Thcy
have written fat.wittedly and constructed like
noviees. put tney nave a,so pFo spch ~ .i IN s T"nGS
lions LOT lTtQuonl sohoo Soeh opSoS
and ection as and strite tbc nudiiior
across s .ns b ,Opddi'eTffbS The com COMPANY at Hoyt's has
Fritz Williams ana ho9ert CotH H LOT iss PIN.
cipal coWeaians, ~ tha m;ece Thev
after q Icw repetisioh nio ~ Ma M,nPa hecG us rr l,aey
seemed neI'9us Last u,HnI. u ,rn tni.a n
was easlly I"Siie. yes'nu paHs nn. % IAN"
and Maggie rieiuihs "as oroaui' i"ee''ous'
"'way Down East" a drama of New England
life. BY Lottie Blair Parker, was acted last
.,sh, at the Manhattan for the first time
in this city, and Its performance marked
the beginning there Of the management Of
Ws.sr,, BRADY and Ziegfeld. Jr. The audience
hoosFs' u ""u H
was large and uncomfortably enthusiastic. The
applause was deafening at every juncturo of
tne pia!' anu ~ WOO "J
throughout the theatre. Every hollow palm In
the orchestra seats had its counterpart in the
Raiiery'ahu o"ieoh' eoh'fiouleu
Its share to the uproar. No masterpiece could
have created more noise. Mrs. Parker's play Is
one of the customary bucolio pieces fashioned
on THE Old Homestead" and quite different
from shore Acres It lacked the main
was no Denman Thomson in it to supply
na.,h,o 70 "shora Acrss" hsoausa :, 40.
patso' " snoi' Aeieo. ue'"uso ue-
pended wholly on conventional effects. Its
twangs and some broad caricatures OF familiar
stage types. Its dramatic interest arose from
the story OF a deceived girl who won tho love
OF theatrical value in its development, al.
though at least one dramatic scene was in
ressonableness and common sense there Was
nothing 20 far as the actions of the characters
revealed it. But pastoral plays are not always
supplied with these elements. The public
which enjoys them is quite willing to accept
substitutes. These were amply provided by
the author, and the management in the
shape OF sleigh bells, snow storms, quartets,
Enoiand 5rama snoh a a ,votar h1,,LatS 80
management OF Joseph Grismer, were we'll nj
tended to last night. and created their custom.
~ emSJsroa Mfs' Tarkers ply - csr,aam 10 INC
uptown theatres or moi il n o1cstion' e"'o
The characterization was chiefly centred in a
Jew England iarmer OF generous MIND but
had found a place in his home because he had
learned part Of the. story of her life and found
NJ nv a uh;o hot answer TO MS stahdard
Commandments. Odell Williams indicated well
me humor Of this role. but the serious side was
cnntradint9o- represen.ea. Ihe character was
rather crudely shown. The acting of The
play was generally good. Phoebe Davis.
Dnpree S Wsre ~ Fla Mood. ana Minnie
stage New England women. Howard KYLE
Frank Lander. and Felix Haney did their duty
6nd fsnlt WITH an IN M mere Vas Iit.te OF morning 70
scenery was Appropriate and n cturesone and
inc snoWstorms active.
there il nnt . ptaS Is nigniy cohventionai. ana
ming to end. But that NAV NOT Interfare
with It's popularity in the theatres that
way than ihe More remote from Broad-
sion OF the third act there were calls for The
sHthor. The stage manager appeared to say
tain. Then n HTy IL bm3 y 10 come before me cur
formed him that Mrs. Parker was loo nervonsto
S Sem 20 the theatre at all. There was then a
nervous.
. snort play that had It's first performance
~ heiths yesterday supplied n somewhat new
version of the husband yrho o,,onas 80.
hail I'D ~ ~ "'VoNus naughty
No u VINO then lies to his wife about 1t.
The element OF novelty Law in the fact that
the wife. too Ind ,,;oI,s -. '""s
was hard pushed to cover up her naughtiness.
enc was seen frat returninu fro,, IN L,.a,ol, Ioll