The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
THINGS IN THE NEW PLAYS.
uHtrEvBR rs WELL DONE ONCE Is
WDRTH DOING OYER AGAIN.

vb.,ryrr is we'll done once in a play Ia worth
aJng over again. That Is surely true as money
snsiderntnn. I, is not always 40 In intrinsic
re,i, The author may not and usually does
r,, oui,e repeat his first achievement in his second
.u. ,,vinr But when r. G.. Carton wrote
.wbc.la within Wheels" although II was
,,r.,,,iyn " Lord and Lady Algy." he gave So
.,r.b # new manner to the old matter that tho
IT,, r. rlr1v seems original and singular.
,,,b.ry How was less successful with the niclo-
L,.u, If Rupert II licnt1hu," following Tho
p,is,,cf # zendn nnd So was Charles ii. Hoyt
with she farce Il "A Stranger in New York" fol.
ling 4 TIM 10 Chinatown" In each case the
Nd composition was deprived by samoncss
,,,u Duplicating fully the popularity Of the first.
EXAMPLES II selfmiauon by playwrghts are
,uncr rs Sometimes they do not go far beyond
che tircs A. with Augustus Thomns's "Alabama"
.,,,nn' and In Mi,h ,ura," &c rye IL Broad
but.t's What Happened to Jones and Why
sr,.h let Home" ard A. w Pineru's The
So, nd Mrs Tarqueray." The Notorious Mrs.
rtl.rt'h' aud The Gay Lord QucN." Mr..
r,ttn wrote fine thing in Liberty Hail. and
,eIi' IN The Home Secretary" which failed.
last winter the Empire Company played his
q nj and Lady Alcy" with marked success and
,oV In wheels within Wheels" he has uScl
,roin. essentially. the same characters surround.
ircs. situati Tvs and motives. Whether this new
.l..,. 10 .tf
lea u,icsti n Mt yet answered Anyway II IL
better piece " work Ltd and Lady Agy had
- 1T, .,d .,,.,,.i,i,- srencs hut the in.
49, ns sw.vh,t scattered In Wheels
So. VII" ,t,, ig l...p., and everything
,ho ,,,, Thr W, miner # Il is a twin
,s,r 4 LG2y Alan The LO'I F'.c Ia counter
mr., I,rG S,gg IN ugh VIC n tscc him drunk.
The careless young wife and the man who
leads 4. her ciuIrmcnt nfc the same characters In
,,,, c,nc,,ics and the unsuspiciuus husband
,.r,r n SLIGHT variant Aa these trrso ms were
,,I,, INST y,nr the author thought he could
t.,I e., them again
N.,c,y,r Mir Carton drew upon other men 5
81 ,,.ys n, the niece at the Madison Square
a., r,zt net where n woman goes to a man =
,,s :, steal n COMPROMISING letter il caught
,,,,lc, r,n is hidden an another Room and
,hs unsuptIed tnttlc al the mi n she has
t,.,r,d In MARY is none Of il new in ideas
S.,I,, srcpes were frequent a few years ago.
~. Isr-,ry was acting in one at Wal.
,.t,s,,i ,r,tl,r wss shown in AN IDEAL Illus.
n,,to,t,h,f,,cum As for MS HUitrer over.
L.,,,,, TILL about herself we'll there is The
ST., scandal" Mr.. Carton .ecms TO like
s,..tI,,..c,.r, comedy The brothers in 81. ord
.nII.Iy Al,y" we're Surfaces with modern slang
,,,,.,d a, old time damn.mc The last act Of
.,yh.,Is Within Wheels" where Mrs BuIrer
,,,s,,up,, an elopemen, Of an Enclishmnn, and
me- ..,,,,.,i,, 70 a,y. ,b,, a, her fam,
''' ,.,,,,,, us. d.ys c,t. w,L
o., " id. used the idea clcvrrly in Lady Win.
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